You might know the basics, but do you know all that you need to know about search engine optimization? On today’s podcast will be discussing what is true, and what might not be so true in this shady business and also arm you with the knowledge you need to know when it comes to finding your own SEO expert. Guaranteed to rank number one for web hosting awesome, the Web Hosting Show is now on the air.
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Web hosts live and die by the support response time sword. This one thing alone can make or break any web host. While providing the best support is often a weight carried mostly on the back of your web host, there are things you can do (as a hosting client) to speed up the time it takes to get your web hosting problems fixed.
The relationship between a web host and its clients is like any other relationship out there on the planet today. It is give and take. It is yin and yang. It is peanut butter and jelly. There are two sides to every coin and both the web host and the web hosting client can take steps to get faster replies when website problems happen. That is the topic of today’s podcast. What can web hosts do to make their response times better, and what can clients do to speed up the web hosting support process.





Truth About Search Engine Optimization
Search engine optimization (SEO) is an often talked about, yet rarely mastered trait that gets brought up in web hosting discussions. Most people usually come down on SEO tips and tricks one of two ways. They think it is legit and the business works, and others think it is all nothing but snake oil.
The truth of this age old debate is that search engine optimization is a legitimate business and way to get more traffic to your website. However, there are SEO snake oil salesmen out there that have given the business a bad name.
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