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WolframAlpha, Google Killer it is Not, but Still Kinda Cool

May 18th, 2009 | By Dave | Category: General Information

Whenever someone creates a search engine the very first things out of someone’s mouth is, “its a Google Killer.” Sad to say, for those who want a Google Killer, this ain’t it. Be that as it may, I have been fooling around with the Wolfram Alpha search engine for some time now and in many [...]



Can you Outgrow Dedicated Hosting?

Mar 19th, 2009 | By Dave | Category: General Information

Today’s topic comes from a reader who wrote, can you outgrow dedicated hosting? At first glance I was going to say no, since colocation is like a sidegrade, not really and upgrade or a downgrade it simply is.
But that wouldn’t really answer the question (well it would but not the spirit of the question). So [...]



Great Website Title Tags

Jan 21st, 2009 | By Derek Vaughan | Category: General Information

As we greet the beginning of the New Year, it is an opportune time to review and if necessary revise and update your website’s title tags. First things first, so what exactly is a title tag? The title tag for a web page is displayed in a visitor’s web browser to identify the page, but [...]



Google Chrome Browser Market Share

Nov 28th, 2008 | By Derek Vaughan | Category: General Information

The latest browser which has been introduced to a general Internet audience is the browser named Chrome by Google. It was released to much hype right around the first of September 2008. You can read the original Official Google Blog post here. Keeping in mind that its competitors have been refining their business models and [...]



Microsoft’s Gotta Brand New Bag

Oct 29th, 2008 | By Dave | Category: General Information, In the News

Forecast for Microsoft is cloudy with a chance of SaaS. Bad puns aside, Microsoft unleashed a barrage of news this week chief among them is Azure, Windows 7, and moving Office to SaaS (the aptly named Office 14).
Details on Office 14 are sketchy at the moment, but during the Professional Developers Conference, Microsoft declared that [...]



Top Ten Things to Look For in Your Analytical Software

Sep 12th, 2008 | By Dave | Category: Commentary, General Information, Search Engine Marketing

To start with, no one package will have everything you need to truly unlock your site’s potential. However there are a number of free and purchased sites and software that can give you a look at the bigger picture.
The Top Ten things to look for in analytical software is as follows:

Referring Links
Referring Keywords and Search [...]



Top 10 Questions to ask your future Web Host

Aug 26th, 2008 | By Dave | Category: Commentary, General Information

A lot of questions can be answered by browsing the Web Host’s site. In general, there are several things you must ask your Web Host they include:

How many employees do you have?
Do you outsource support, if so who do you use?
What is the average wait time for the initial response to a support questions and [...]



Name Tags and Glasses of Water

Aug 2nd, 2008 | By Dave | Category: Commentary, General Information, Off Topic

I never liked name tags. I hate them even more when they are dangling from a lanyard. Spinning around bobbing to and fro, showing you the name or showing you the backing of the name tag. Sheepishly we stare at the other person’s chest and they to you, trying to get a brief glimpse of [...]



So Long Joe, Web Hosting Will Miss You

Jul 23rd, 2008 | By Ron | Category: Commentary, General Information, In the News

Joe Wishnoff is gone… Joe, a real friend to the industry, died on July 14th from a strange and rare disease called Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF). Check the link to learn more about IPF… we do not know what causes the disease, and we don?t know how to cure it.
Joe found out [...]



Take a Single Hop and Leap to Your Server Management

Jul 21st, 2008 | By Ron | Category: General Information

The guys at SingleHop sent us a link to a short video that introduces their new server management system called LEAP. Its driven by AJAX and it is pretty unique. LEAP is a “webtop” (a GUI windows-like desktop environment embedded in your browser window) that gives you a nice easy way to [...]