Should you get SSL for your website? Top 5 Reasons to go HTTPS, and Top 5 Drawbacks

Top 5 reasons to purchase SSL for your website, in David Letterman style, without the jokes lol: ssl-https 5) Increased Google Ranking Earlier we wrote about how adding SSL may give you a bump up in your Google search engine ranking, according to Google's August 2014 new ranking algorithm announcement .  In summary, last year Google said that SSL added to secure a website would be a very slight factor in determining site ranking, way behind good content, but that they... Continue reading
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Google Uses HTTPS (SSL) as a Website Ranking Signal

Last year in August, Google announced that it would use "HTTPS" as a ranking signal.  HTTPS denotes that a website's server has SSL installed, a security technology to encrypt the transfer of data, between the web server and user internet browser and vice versa.  When you have SSL installed, your website may be accessed via "https://..." , and the "http://" unsecure version of your website should be redirected automatically to it.  For example, on our UltimateWB website, we have https://www.ultimatewb.com... Continue reading
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Google buys domain name Abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz.com

Alphabet’s New Structure and Domain Strategy

Google has officially become a subsidiary of Alphabet, its new holding company.  After U.S. markets closed last Friday, Alphabet replaced Google as the publicly traded company, consisting of Google search, Adsense, Google Maps, YouTube, and other new ventures such as driverless cars.  Alphabet chose a new tld for their website, abx.xyz, but they are still making similar domain name purchases.  They just recently purchased the "full alphabet", domain name that is,  Abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz.com.  Yes, each

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Why use “WWW” for your website?

www-domain You have 2 options for the url display of your website - with the "www" in the beginning, or without the "www", otherwise known as a "naked domain".  That terminology itself might persuade you to lean towards the "www" version for your website, and it's actually a pretty good portrayal of the domain not having as much protection from the elements as one with the "www".

Naked domains & CNAME records for server traffic redirects

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Ultimate Web Builder Reviews: Customer Testimonial Videos

reviewsWe are adding customer submitted video reviews of Ultimate Web Builder on our Testimonials page!  Check out the first one submitted by Georgia, who created her Listings Directory website using UltimateWB software: Hi, my name is Georgia Crawford, managing director of who-to-use.com . When we decided that we wanted to launch a social media website, we did research to find the ideal web developer. We came up on Ultimate and it was the best decision that we have ever made.... Continue reading
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Google’s new Parent Company, Alphabet, opts for new tld: abc.xyz

g-iconThis week Google announced that it will now be operating under a newly created parent company, named Alphabet.  Alphabet will be run by Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin - Page as CEO and Brin as president.  And Google's new CEO will be Sundar Pichai. In this restructuring, Alphabet will consist of a variety of companies that have been previously all run by Google, and Google will focus on the core Internet products, i.e. Android, YouTube, Google search, Google... Continue reading
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UltimateWB Full Version 3.6 Upgrade Released!

Upgrade Software We are proud to announce the UltimateWB Full Version 3.6 Upgrade Release!  It includes the addition of 3 major social networking apps - Photo Uploads, Video Uploads, File Uploads - and an added feature to the Listings App released in the previous upgrade, namely the addition of the Google Maps tool. The apps are feature-packed, with lots of configuration and customization options.  The photos app even includes a Meme Generator Tool, for adding captions directly on photos.  Now your website... Continue reading
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Easy way to get more views on your Facebook video

One easy difference in how you post videos on Facebook makes such a big difference in the number of views you get how fast.  It's so easy.  Just upload your video directly to Facebook vs uploading it just to YouTube and then embedding that into your Facebook post.  Or instead of adding the link to your original posted video on an outside source to Facebook. YouTube & Facebook videos Why?  The reason is as simple as the method, really.  Facebook favors videos uploaded directly... Continue reading
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Using Negative Keywords when Advertising with Google AdWords

Google AdWords One of the major online advertising methods is using Google AdWords.  You get to design your own text/photo ad for display on Google search engine results and/or websites  opting to display Google's ads using AdSense, and pay for each click you get on your ad.  You choose keywords that relate to your product/website and that, along with how much you are willing to pay per click/day, determines when your ad shows. But there is one feature not many may know... Continue reading
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