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Shared Web Hosting – Pros and Cons
Shared hosting is simply when a lot of web sites get hosted on the same server space, which ultimately reduces the server cost. It’s important to understand the features and limitations of this hosting infrastructure, especially as you start to … Continue reading
5 Advantages of Shared Web Hosting
A recent Intuit infographic reports that at least 15% of small businesses do not yet have a website and roughly 31% are unhappy with their current website. Both these statistics indirectly point to the difficulties a small business or SME … Continue reading
Optimizing your web presence and security for Smartphones
By 2013, most of the planet will be using their Smartphone, not laptop, to access your web page or e-commerce storefront. This raises issue with regards functionality, security and user Interface design. Recent studies show that a mobile-friendly website can … Continue reading
Ignite your marketing firepower with white-label reseller hosting packages
If you’re currently a web designer, programmer, developer (or generally involved in broad IT activities) you may not yet have considered opening a reseller hosting package to generate extra cash for your business or role as an independent contractor. In … Continue reading
Can colocation beat the on-premise IT business model?
Barring unforeseen catastrophes such as extreme weather events, natural disasters or terrorist attack, we do not see that the obstacles above will overcome the ability of the colocation datacentre industry to record double-digit growth for several years. ~ ~International Data Corporation … Continue reading
Do I need a Virtual Private Server (VPS) cloud or Dedicated Server for my Small Business?
Very often a small business or SMB reaches a point where their online systems, website or lead generation channels begin to experience severe growing pains and may therefore impact performance for site visitors and even internal staff tasked with managing … Continue reading
Slow Websites Speeds Harm Google Rankings
It’s official! Speed is now a critical metric in ensuring your website obtains a good ranking on Google. For the last several years an unofficial industry benchmark has been established which encompasses two simple rules. Rule #1 This rules states that … Continue reading
New Website Tools Offer Hope to Struggling UK Small Businesses
It’s a shocking statistic, but less than 50% of the UK’s 4.5 million small-to-medium (SME) businesses have an online presence according to a recent BBC report. This is despite numerous academic and governmental studies that indicate, for instance, that companies could … Continue reading
Mobile Security: The Dangers of the Coming Smartphone Revolution
2011 was a nasty year for malware intrusions on consumer hardware, costing the United States over $2.3 billion alone. In the UK, precise numbers are harder to come by but if you design and maintain websites you have most likely … Continue reading
Photoshop to HTML to WordPress
Why the Artist will defeat the Engineer in the 21st Century There is an extremely close relationship between one of the world’s most popular graphic editing suites and the creation of websites on the World Wide Web. If Photoshop … Continue reading
