It is vital that you backup your website regularly. This will ensure you will not lose everything if your website is hacked or compromised in some way. The cheapest way to backup is to manually backup your database and files on a regular basis. A more practical solution is to automate backing up using a … Read more
What would your website be worth without its data? Nothing. That is why backing up your websites is such an essential part of working online. Data can be lost for a number of reasons including malicious attacks, hacking, hosting problems and human error. Do not think that it cannot happen to you. Some of the … Read more
Slow loading times are enough to scare anyone away, however search engines such as Google also rank fast loading websites higher, therefore it is imperative that you optimise your blog to load quickly. AlertBot A provider of website monitoring, web transaction monitoring, and server monitoring. Website monitoring plans start from $12.95 per month. CloudFlare A … Read more
The following tools and services will help you check that your website design is functioning properly. Design marketplaces are also listed. 99Designs A design contest service where you can have designers design something to your specification such as a logo, blog design, or banner. You then choose which one you like the best. Bing Webmaster … Read more
All blogging platforms publish an RSS feed so that subscribers can read your content through a feed reader. The default feed works ok; however, there are many feed syndication services available online. These services provide statistics such as the number of people subscribing and the number of times a link has been clicked. They also … Read more
Despite Google closing down Google Reader and people getting content updates through social media services such as Facebook and Twitter, I still believe RSS feed readers are the best way a blogger can stay up to date with the latest news. Social media services tend to give you live updates of new articles, however feed … Read more
Website builders can be used to design websites, blogs and shops in just a few minutes. They use user-friendly drag and drop page builders so that anyone, regardless of their technical experience, can create websites. Limited versions of the service are sometimes available free, however most charge only a few dollars per month for a … Read more
There are a number of blogging platforms available to bloggers. You need to decide which one suits your needs.Many blogging solutions are hosted by a third party company, some are free (e.g. Blogger); some will cost you a fee (e.g. Squarespace). If you want complete control over your blog, it is better to choose a … Read more
Registering a domain is one of the first things you need to do before launching a blog. Make sure you look at everything the domain registrar provides with your domain purchase. For example, if protecting your identity on the internet is important, you will want to use whois privacy. Services such as Hover charge $15 … Read more
Speed benchmarking services help you test the performance of your website pages. They are a vital tool when optimising your website as their reports will tell you the size of your web pages, the time it takes pages to load, and the total number of requests. The great thing about these services is that they … Read more