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Is Your Network Secure? Antivirus, Firewall, MalWare, SpyWare, AdWare

September 2, 2010

Network protection is crucially important for nearly all business systems. Email security from viruses and service attacks may cause us annoyance on our home systems and for businesses, these kinds of attacks and viruses can cripple and upset a network for days, which costs the businesses hundreds of millions bucks every year. To keep a [...]

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SMTP and POP3: Which is For Me?

September 1, 2010

SMTP stands for Simple Mail Transfer Protocol. SMTP is an Internet standard used to transmit email messages between two servers across different IP (Internet Protocol) networks. It is a text-based protocol in which the text message is specified along with the list of recipients for the message. Simple Mail Transfer Protocol is a ‘push’ protocol [...]

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Get Connected With Permalinks: SEO Basics

August 31, 2010

A permalink or a permanent link, refers to the URL of an individual blog post. A permalink never changes, and hence, the name. The unchangeable nature of a permalink makes it less prone to link rot. Permalinks are used to link your story in an email, and are used by other bloggers to link your [...]

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The Benefits of Sub-domains

August 31, 2010

Sub-domains make your URLs shorter and nicer. It allows you to categorize content of your website. Sub-domains also help in search engine rankings because they are treated as separate website address by the search engines. However, you should consider few things before settling for sub-domains for your website.
A sub-domain can be used to suggest important [...]

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Dot Net Topples Dot Com at the Most Popular Domain

August 30, 2010

A new survey covering millions of addresses all over the world wide web found that .net TLDs were more popular than the .com domain names. Internet Domain Survey discovered that the list of 268 possible domains was led by the almost anonymous dot net instead of .com, the code word style TLD that has named an [...]

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What not to do with your blog!

August 30, 2010

Just like there are things that you should do when developing, launching and managing a blog, there are a host of things you should not do as well! It might sound a bit strange to write a blog post with such a topic but the thing is if you know what NOT to do, you [...]

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How to Start a Wiki with Media Wiki

August 26, 2010

A “wiki” is an application that is web based, and it contains information and articles that can be edited by other users. Having a wiki can be very useful, whether you are spreading information to inform the general population or setting up a wiki that can be used only by your office to exchange important [...]

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Social Media and Your Business: Take a Lesson from Airlines on What NOT to Do!

August 26, 2010

With the emergence of social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter, companies have a large opportunity to grow their brand. With this added free exposure, these companies also stand a chance of taking a large blow to their image if they do not monitor their presence on these sites. Many airlines have found this [...]

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How to Get Eyeballs on Your Website

August 25, 2010

In order to get eyeballs on your website, you have to be all about the link placement. There are several SEO strategies you can try to get your website in front of a large array of eyeballs. Some of these strategies are:
Viral Linking
Viral linking relies on internet surfers passing your website to other internet users. [...]

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The Difference Between Windows and Linux Platforms for Hosting Your Website

August 25, 2010

Many people who are looking for website hosting platforms wonder what is the difference between Linux and Windows. It can be a daunting task trying to decide between the two, especially if you are new to the web hosting world. Don’t throw out your keyboard yet! Let’s go over these differences so you can decide [...]

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