Many web hosts work under the assumption that they are selling something that people need, a website or web hosting. In my opinion, this is not 100% true. Here’s why. With the prevalence of social media spaces like Myspace.com, Facebook.com, Linkedin.com, Flickr.com etc, people have begun to realize that they can obtain a web...
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As a followup to the post the other day about a web hosting server backup being a lifesaver, I found some useful plugins and guides for securing wordpress. What tools do you use? WordPress FAQ on cleaning up hacked site; Theme Authenticity Checker plugin; WP Security Scan plugin; Unmask Parasites online service; Hardening WordPress...
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Today my partner, at TechPad Agency, ( Dan White ) discovered that our server was hacked over the weekend. A group of hackers had placed some files in multiple locations on our CPanel server and somehow gained access to WHM. After a day of Dan’s fighting with the mass emailing problems, password changes and...
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Making sure all your WhoIs contact information matches, besides billing and tech contact info is one of the essential elements of basic SEO. When it comes to building trust in Social Media circles, transparency is important as well. The dude reccomends that you check out your WhoIs data at least once a year and...
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I was talking to a friend of mine today, William Toll of Navisite,  and we were discussing how some journalists can leverage the content of Twitter. In this particular story William was at Massachusetts Innovation Night, minding his own business and Twittering about the event. The editor at Boston 24 zeroed in on William’s...
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I was talking to a client today, they were developing a few press releases to push out to the wires. It was a last minute thing, but that is to be expected sometimes. The funny part was that the client asked us to SEO the press releases and when asked what Keywords to use,...
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