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WordPress.org vs. WordPress.com – What’s the difference?
The wordpress.com vs. wordpress.org thing can be a bit confusing. Rather than providing a long and drawn out history of the company, let’s get straight to the facts and most common related questions: What is hosted WordPress? WordPress is the software that powers the website; it’s what the owner of the site uses to make…
Read MoreElegant Themes Divi critical security update
Heads up for our Divi users (theme and builder plugin) as well as Extra, Bloom, and Monarch plugins. The following alert was sent out on Monday March 11th: Today some of our products were updated to patch a security issue. This issue was patched after being privately disclosed to our team by an independent security…
Read MoreBuilding your own DIY Canadian biz online
This post is for all of those starting a business with the intent to do everything, or nearly everything, yourself (legal, bookkeeping, etc.) to keep costs down. Accounting There’s a few steps to this, including finding an accountant that will do your year-end books using an online bookkeeping system and ensuring your know the right steps…
Read MoreHow to select the best email hosting service
This guide will help you choose the best mail hosting option for you. It lists all available options, from a more technical VPS to do-everything-for-you Exchange hosting. Although we started with just basic IMAP/POP mail hosting, to better meet the needs of our customers, we’ve added a few options in the past few years. We’ve…
Read MoreHow to hire a web designer / developer
In the 14+ years we’ve been in business, we’ve worked on a lot of websites and worked with a lot of designers and developers. Sometimes the website has been hacked and needs a cleanup and secure home. Other times the developer disappeared and the client needs help with maintenance. Some are trapped in a proprietary…
Read MoreIncrease your Google rankings by modifying one small thing on your website
I wanted to shed some light on a small SEO tip that many people overlook. Although most people are aware that they should be doing this, I’ve noticed that surprisingly few people take the time to make sure they practice it when handling SEO on a website. I’ve even noticed a lot of people that…
Read MoreYour keywords are showing: the meta-keywords tag and why you should not be using it
This is one of those topics that simply does not want to die. The use of meta-keywords in search engine optimization and where it stands with search engines. If you’re looking for the quick advice: never use the meta-keywords tag on your website. Lets visit the topic in a bit more detail. Quick history of…
Read MoreWhat is unlimited hosting really all about?
Although we started with our very first hosting plan having unlimited resources, just like our current Titanium shared hosting plan, for many years we were opponents of unlimited hosting. Around 2010 we started advertising our own unlimited bandwidth hosting plan. We did this to ensure our hosting plans would fall into line with our very…
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