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WWW or no WWW – That is the question

We are talking about whether your website is “www.your-website.com” or just “your-website.com” .  You want your website to be accessible both ways of course, whether the user types in the “www” or not (most people won’t take the extra time … Continue reading

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Happy summertime working from the beach!

It’s summertime, it’s hot.  Even if you have air conditioning, sometimes you just don’t want to work in the office, especially if you don’t have any office meetings planned.  You don’t need the four walls or desk to work.  You … Continue reading

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How to create a unique custom social networking website using software

It is actually a myth that if you want a unique and custom social networking website, you can’t create your website with a website builder software.  The truth is that you cannot do it with ALL website builders, or just any … Continue reading

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When do you need a secured server, i.e. SSL certificate for your website?

UPDATE: Get more info/updated recommendations on SSL in the newer blog post, Should you get SSL for your website? Top 5 Reasons to go HTTPS, and Top Drawbacks You don’t need to know that SSL for websites stands for Secure Sockets Layer.  … Continue reading

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How to make money on your website

There are several ways to monetize your website, to not only earn the money for your web hosting costs, but to make a profit. 1) An obvious way is to sell something.  It can be a product or a service, a subscription … Continue reading

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What “Unlimited” Really Means in Web Hosting

Updated 2026: This article has been expanded to better explain how “unlimited” web hosting plans work and how resource limits are actually enforced. When shopping for web hosting, you will often see plans advertised with “unlimited bandwidth,” “unlimited storage,” or … Continue reading

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Can’t access your website? Prompted with a “Download” link on your own website?

You can’t access your website –  instead of your website being displayed you are prompted with a “Download” bar/link on your own website.   If you have just changed web hosts or your website has recently gotten hacked/cleaned up this could … Continue reading

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Joomla website keeps getting hacked? Do this.

There has been a rash of brute force login attacks on not only WordPress blogs and websites as discussed in the previous post, but also Joomla websites.  Of course we would say a great solution would be to switch to … Continue reading

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How to avoid brute force login attacks on your WordPress blog or website

If your WordPress blog or website has been hacked numerous times and you have followed all of the tips on securing it, there is one other thing you can do – limit which ips (i.e. computers/internet connections) can login to … Continue reading

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“The Internship” with Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson – great pr for Google

It’s Friday night, time for movie date night.  We all heard that it’s great to work at Google – the food, the relaxed environment, and the other various perks, and now there’s a movie on it.  From the hit movie … Continue reading

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