Month: April 2015

  • Why are web hosting review sites fake?

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    Often when people are looking for web hosting they bump into web hosting reviews. Unfortunately, almost all of these review sites are fake. Why are these sites fake? Two of the many reasons this happens: Affiliate marketers configure sites like this to make money. When you click onto one of the web hosts, a tracking…

  • Should I Let my SEO Company Register my Domain Name?

    One of our recent clients had allowed their SEO company to register their domain name. Upon a close look at their contract we discovered that they were “leasing” the domain name. This is a terrible idea. Your domain name is extremely important. You should always retain ownership of it. Never let someone take possession of…

  • Do YouTube Videos Make Your Page Size Bigger?

    Do YouTube Videos Make Your Page Size Bigger?

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    One of our clients asked us earlier if embedding YouTube videos to pages on their website will make the pages larger. Embedding a YouTube video will not increase page size or affect download speeds of your page. YouTube embeds are done via an IFrame. This simply means the content (in this case a YouTube video)…

  • WordPress Website Taken Offline Due to High CPU Cycles

    WordPress Website Taken Offline Due to High CPU Cycles

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    Today one of our clients contacted us. Their website had been suspended and taken offline by their web host due to high CPU cycles. There was no phone call, no support, no warning, no explanation, no troubleshooting of what was going on or why the website was taken offline other than telling the site owner…