Yearly Archives: 2017
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Lookout: Pintrest and Google+
The two new social networks media moguls are watching are Pinterest and Google+, with each having user base of some 100 million and growing fast. These are the first places online to compete with the audience likes of Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn. Pinterest started in 2008 as a virtual pinboard whose initial idea was used by women sharing their wedding dress preferences. It was used […]
How To Install Prestashop
In a previous article, I introduced you to what Softaculous was all about: A utility software in your control panel which automates the installation of website applications. Today I’m going to demonstrate how to install Prestashop, an eCommerce Content Management System. Below is a screenshot of the user view of the Prestashop shopping channel installed without any modification. You can see there is plenty of […]
10 Ways to Start Marketing Your Website
Finding the right domain name, choosing a design, and figuring out a compelling user experience. These are the steps most people think about when setting up their website. Yet, once it is built, how do you get actual visitors? Will it cost money to get a site noticed? Fortunately, the digital age has made the number of channels for advertising greater than ever before. As […]
Efficiently Hosting a WordPress site
Hosting a WordPress site is easy, but efficiently hosting a WordPress site is the hard part. Sure, you could easily just install WordPress, install a theme that looks good, maybe install a few plugins, and leave it there, but efficiently hosting and maintaining a WordPress site can be more difficult. If you want to get the most of of WordPress, and keep system resources, costs, […]
Boost Sales from Your Website
The internet is playing an increasingly prominent role in commerce, and research shows that digital interactions influenced retail sales to the tune of in 2017. This number will only go up, but what does this mean for your business? According to data from Eisenberg Holdings, for every $92 the average company spends to get customers to their site, they spend just $1 to convert them. […]
Keeping Your Website Safe
I like to play, make jokes, and say silly things in an attempt to keep this blog relatively light. However, I think for this post, we need to buckle down and get serious for a second. Do not run off! I am not going to bore you, I just think we need to take a second and talk about site security. Working at a hosting company, […]
Planning For Your Website’s Redesign
Every couple of years you need to update your website to ensure it has a fresh, modern look and makes use of the latest developments in web design. A website which looks out of date can damage your credibility and ultimately cost you clients. Before you can begin a redesign however you need to start planning what you want out of your updated website and […]
How Will Google+ Affect SEO?
By now you’ve probably heard about Google+, the latest social networking craze and most recent effort by Google to take on Facebook and Twitter. But did you know that it could affect how your business’s website gets found on Google’s search engine? In addition to building a social networking powerhouse, Google’s aim with its “+1” button — the equivalent of Facebook’s “Like” button — is […]
Open Source Central: Joomla 3.1
Please don’t be intimidated by Joomla!. Please. Give it a try, do some research; take your time to learn something new. I know you can do it. I believe in you. What you’ll end up discovering is something awesome. Don’t be like me. Don’t live in regret. I, too, was convinced that I could never learn to use Joomla!. But, then again, I was intimidated […]
How Secure Is My Website?
Picture this: You’ve registered the perfect domain name for your website. Your product list is coming together and your website looks great. Then, bam. A new contact from the local chamber of commerce wants to hire your company to provide breakfast finger foods. He also wants to know if your small business website will be secured with an SSL Certificate to make the payment. You are […]
Welcome to Host Town USA
Welcome To Host Town USA While Host Town USA has awesome hardware, our true talent comes from our associates. Our team of web hosting experts average 4 years of professional hosting experience. If that’s not enough, our management team is composed of technology experts who average 10+ years of web hosting expertise. We have broken and fixed just about everything website hosting related that can […]