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Stay up to date via TwitterSeptember 3rd, 2010 by PalladiumHostingIf you want to keep up with the latest news at Palladium Hosting, you can follow us on Twitter. When you follow us on Twitter, you’ll get the latest news, learn about new blog posts, and get status updates, among other interesting tidbits. We already offer stellar support services, but following us on Twitter will give you even more access to the latest information and news. Want to spice up your site?September 1st, 2010 by PalladiumHostingIf you’re looking at your site, and finding it rather boring, or not as exciting as you’d like it to be, there are some things that you can do to give it some variety, and keep your visitors coming back for more. The one thing about running a website is that you need to give your visitors a reason to come back. If you have a blog, post often. If you run a site that’s dependent on current events, make sure to keep the site updated often, or you’ll quickly lose visitors. You don’t need FTP accessAugust 23rd, 2010 by PalladiumHostingIf you need to update your website, but don’t use a CMS (such as WordPress or Drupal) and don’t have access to FTP, you can still do it. How? Simply log in to your Cpanel account. Once you’ve logged into your account, go to the File Manager. Go to the folder where the HTML file that you wish to edit is located. Then click on the file, and select the option to edit. You will be taken to a basic text editor which will allow you to make changes, and then save them. There’s no riskAugust 22nd, 2010 by PalladiumHostingIf you’re considering us to serve your Hosted Exchange needs, thank you. Maybe you’re not sure if we’ll be the right fit for you, but we are. In fact, we’re so confident that we offer a 30-day trial. Yep, subject to certain restrictions which are explained in that link, we’ll give you 30 days to decide if we’re the right fit for you. If you decide that you’d like to move on, you can certainly exercise the 30-day option, and you will get your Hosting service fees refunded. Remember to keep it cleanAugust 21st, 2010 by PalladiumHostingResources are precious things, especially when you’re talking about a web server. Whether you have a shared account, a VPS, or a dedicated server, it’s important to keep a close watch on resources, especially disk space. You can keep your disk space under control by frequently doing cleanup. Do you have a folder of images that you no longer link to? Delete it. Do you have a year’s worth of backups that you can download and store on a local computer? Download them, and delete the folder. Simple tasks such as this will definitely keep as much free space as possible available to you and your customers. Announce your presenceAugust 17th, 2010 by PalladiumHostingPutting a website online is only one part of the puzzle. Next, you’ve got to announce yourself by submitting your site to the major search engines, such as Google (who offers a special tool for webmasters)), Yahoo, and Bing. Once you’ve submitted your site to the search engines– an easy task if you run a WordPress-based site, via this plug-in– you’ll notice that within a week to 10 days your traffic will increase. Of course, your ranking in search engines can be improved upon due to other factors, including the number of sites that link to yours, and how well you’ve optimized your site for SEO, but the first step is to get yourself listed in the search engines. From there, you need only make sure that you send updates to the search engines at least on a monthly basis. What is SSH?August 14th, 2010 by PalladiumHostingSSH is a secure method of accessing your server through a shell account. It’s far more secure than a standard telnet connection, and you can even configure your VPS or server to recognize SSH on a different port from its default of 22, which makes it all the more secure, hiding from port scanners. In order to connect to your server via SSH, you need a client, like PuTTY, which is free. When you connect, you’ll be doing things manually, so you’ll need to have a basic knowledge of UNIX accounts, and shell commands, which is another topic unto itself. The advantage of knowing how to connect to your server via SSH is that you can connect to it, and reboot your server should your control panels or other user interfaces fail. It’s a back door into your server. Some people only use SSH in emergencies, and yet others much prefer it to the control panel environment. If you do use SSH, it’s very important to know what you’re doing. One wrong move, and you could literally wipe your server’s hard drive, or you could delete critical files, such as server configuration files which are needed to boot the server. Because of this, it’s important to maintain backups of any files that you change, such as your httpd.conf file, which controls the Apache portion of your server. SSH really isn’t as intimidating as it may sound, and in fact it can be a valuable tool in the event that your server suffers problems. SEO: Why is it important?August 13th, 2010 by PalladiumHostingSEO. You’ve likely heard the acronym, but what is it, really? It stands for Search Engine Optimization, and it basically means what it says. You want to optimize, or increase the efficiency of, your search engine results. Whether Google, Yahoo, Bing, or something else, the majority of your visitors are going to find you via a search engine. That means that if you’re in business, people are competing with you for the top spot in your given industry. So how do you jockey for position? SEO can get quite complicated, but at its core, it’s quite simple. Here are the key items you need to pay attention to when optimizing your site for search engine traffic:
As mentioned above, a key component of SEO is meta tags. They are a topic all to themselves, but very simple. For example, to set up keywords, you would create a meta tag, which would then be entered into your header file:
Of course, you would modify the keywords to suit the subject matter of your particular site or blog, but by placing these tags into your header, and by ensuring that your robots.txt file allows search engines to crawl your site, you make it easy for search engines to crawl and archive information on your site, which in turn will vastly improve the search results someone gets when looking for your site, or the subject or industry your site pertains to. This in turn will result in more traffic to your site. It’s important to not dismiss SEO as something that only big sites do. Every site can benefit from efficient coding, an organized sitemap, and neatly formed meta tags. After all, the name of the game is to get those eyeballs to your site, and the best place to start for that is with your search engine traffic. Be careful on wi-fiJuly 19th, 2010 by PalladiumHostingHere’s a little helpful news for those of you who use public (unsecured) wi-fi networks: there’s a new danger out there, in the form of Typhoid adware. Just like the disease of the same name, it’s very dangerous. Simply put, the adware infects a host computer, which then transmits it to users of the same public wi-fi network that computer is hooked up to. This could affect users in net cafes, libraries, schools, and things of that sort. Watch the expiration dateMay 28th, 2010 by PalladiumHostingWhen you register a domain, your ownership isn’t absolute. Much like car registration, you must renew every year. As long as you ensure that your domain is current, you don’t run the risk of waking up one morning and finding out that your website has disappeared due to your registrar taking it offline. It’s very simple to avoid domain lapse. You can enable automatic renewal, an option available with most registrars. As the name suggests, it will allow your registrar to automatically charge your debit or credit card on file (or PayPal account, depending on your registrar), usually precisely on the renewal date. |
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