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Blogging for Business: Is this important?

03 September 2012

Long before social media took the world by storm, blogging was all the rage. Setting up a blog and sharing your thoughts with the world was such a trend that it only took a few months before advertising played a huge role in the way people handled their blogging. It became a legitimate business opportunity, and still is.

Does your business really need a blog to succeed? Well, your success isn’t contingent upon having a blog, but there are many benefits you can experience by taking the time to create one.

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How to Use WHOIS to Learn about Your Competition

11 April 2012

As you will learn when building and promoting a website, the internet is extremely competitive. In fact, the World Wide Web is probably the most competitive industry in the history of mankind. And it’s not because big companies spend big money; to the contrary, it’s more the fact that anyone can start up a website with little capital and use common sense methods to market within their respective niche.

This means that the internet is also a cutthroat place, where some pry, lie, steal and cheat in order to get ahead. At the very least, you will have to put on your detective hat to do a lot of research on the competition if you hope to succeed in your chosen marketplace.

To research your competitors out there, WHOIS is undoubtedly the strongest resource you have at your disposal. WHOIS is a free-to-use database that catalogs every single legally registered domain in the world. By searching for a domain via this directory, you can learn a lot of details about the site. Needless to say, this information can be vital to your own campaign; learning details about your competition can help you propel past them

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Rackspace: Review of Services and using Cloud Servers to go Virtual

02 April 2012

Founded in 1998 and based in San Antonio, Texas, Rackspace US, Inc. is a web hosting company that is responsible for millions of sites around the globe. They also cater to many of the world’s largest businesses and have won a slew of awards for excellence in hosting. They’re best known for their security and support, but since 2006, the new Rackspace Cloud has been turning heads in terms of an affordable and easy to use cloud server.

Rackspace Cloud Servers Review

As a cloud infrastructure, Rackspace’s Cloud Servers is a service allowing basic users to deploy multiple servers in an instant or to create advanced architectures. Their servers are virtual machines that run on Citrix XenSever for Windows and Linux and Xen hypervisor for strictly Linux.

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What makes a good web hosting company?

05 August 2011

A good web hosting company is not impossible to find it just takes a bit of research, which of course means you have to allocate some time in order to find one that you can rely on. You need to find a company that won’t let you down.

Web hosting is an essential service which everyone needs to get their websites connected to the World Wide Web. They provide the data centre that enables connectivity to all websites. Individuals and businesses alike require their services no matter how large or small the website happens to be.

There are many forms of web hosting packages available. Some of them are free of charge while others cost a small amount of money. Companies who provide these services get most of their revenue from advertising which explains the low cost of it.

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