I’ve come across many blogs over the past ten years where I’ve scanned a couple of entries to see what they’re about, consciously or subconsciously thought, ‘You’re boring me. I’m leaving now,’ and then closed the tab.
Archive for January, 2011
Standard web fonts. Love ‘em or hate ‘em, you’ve got to admit that they’re in desperate need of an update. You can specify several different fonts in your CSS, but you run the risk of not having full control over what your website looks like to your visitors. You could also make your titles into images using fonts on your computer, but this may impact your page loading times and the SEO of your site.
Interview with Paul Andrew, founder of web design blog Speckyboy.com
Posted by: Matthew
Date posted: 25/01/2011
Date posted: 25/01/2011
As a web host, security is something we always prioritise and invest a lot of time and money in. However, because of this it is rare hackers target our servers anymore. In fact it is much more likely they will directly target passwords held on personal computers. Read on to find our top tips for using passwords.
There are so many options available to our resellers to customise the products, features, prices and services that occasionally customers may miss a particular feature, especially with us adding to them every month. Here are 10 features available to all reseller web hosting customers that you may not know about.
Interview with James Ashford, founder of web design agency “Rocket Powered”
Posted by: Craig
Date posted: 17/01/2011
Date posted: 17/01/2011
Everyone can profit from one of web hosting’s busiest periods
Posted by: Matthew
Date posted: 14/01/2011
Date posted: 14/01/2011
The first quarter of the year is one of web hosting’s busiest periods in terms of both traffic and sales, with new year resolutions started and the winter months still keeping people indoors. This graph from Google trends helps to highlight how search demand for the keyword “web hosting” changes over the year. If you [...]
What web designers selling hosting can learn from the PlayStation 3
Posted by: Ben
Date posted: 13/01/2011
Date posted: 13/01/2011
I was recently powering down my PlayStation 3 after watching live TV through the web browser when I started to think how integral the device had become for my digital entertainment. I haven’t tuned in my TV for analogue or digital TV for at least 2 years now, not because I don’t watch TV, but because I don’t need to.
Why open rate isn’t your newsletter’s most important stat
Posted by: Matthew
Date posted: 11/01/2011
Date posted: 11/01/2011
Despite the rise of social media, email marketing is still key to many websites’ relational and sales strategies. As with anything to do with digital marketing, there are numerous metrics and acronyms associated with email marketing, but some of which have too much weight placed on them at the expense of others.
