When you purchase and register a domain name, all of your contact information is made public and is available to anyone who queries the WhoIs database. This information includes not only your name, but also your address, phone number, and email—all of which is displayed in the Administrative and Technical contact sections. A lot of
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One of the big perks many web hosting companies are offering is a free domain name when you purchase one of their hosting plans. It certainly makes sense. You need a domain name for your website, so you might as well take care of both in one swoop—and with no extra cost. But it actually
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With smartphones and tablet computers selling at a tremendous rate, the need to have your website customized and optimized for mobile computer is more important than ever. There’s a huge potential market that you don’t want to miss out on because of a site that is unreadable or too cumbersome to use on mobile devices.
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While there are many factors to consider when you’re shopping for web hosting, these five items are universally important to everyone who’s considering buying hosting for their website. I’ve written about these topics before, but every person that is looking at web hosting plans needs to know these five things before making their purchase. 1.
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One of the questions many website owners (especially new ones) ask is: Should I use Google Analytics on my site? Some people feel uneasy about giving the big G access to their site. And I have to admit, I had some of the same concerns about Google getting too much information about us. On the
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Many web hosting companies show comparison charts on their websites promoting the ways in which they are superior to other web hosts. Are these comparisons valid? Web Hosting Hub is one such company that has a comparison chart on their site. Let’s go through it and see how accurate the information really is. First, full
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If you want an eCommerce website to sell products, there are some additional things you’ll need to look for and get from your web hosting provider. Whether you plan to build the site yourself or get help adding your eCommerce functionality, the following items are essential to your success. Some of these are included with
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Just checked out the official blog on the Bluehost website. One of their latest posts has to do with their plans to improve their own website for their customers. To that extent, they also published a list of tips to help you with your own sites. For the detailed list with explanations, please visit the
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If web mail is an important part of your web hosting needs, here’s some news you may want to consider. Over the next few months, iPage will begin using Open-Xchange for mailboxes associated with your hosting account there. Apparently there have been suggestions for improved web mail and this change should make things smoother for
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Some of the most common questions asked by those looking to buy web hosting for the first time involve pricing. Can you get good hosting when paying a lower price? Or, will spending more money mean that you will naturally get better service? Well, I’ll start off by saying, yes—you can get quality web hosting
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