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Google +1 for WordPress

Google +1 WordPressSince the release of Google +1, webmasters from all around the world have been racing to find the easiest way to get this button added to their websites.  Everybody wants to keep the Google overlords happy and will give their left arm to get a higher ranking in the search engine.  So, how can people using WordPress get in on the action?  Install the new Google +1 Button plugin for WordPress.

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Get Vanilla Hosted for You!

Free or Premium Vanilla Forums Hosting

If you think Vanilla looks like an awesome forum script, but your not sure if you can get things together as far as installing it yourself – you are in luck.  If you don’t have a web hosting account or you would rather get Vanilla as an all in one package, try out their hosted installs of the script.

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Best YouTube Clone Scripts

Popular Video Sharing Scripts

So, you want to start your own website where people can upload videos of dogs of skateboards? A few years back, this would be nearly impossible. These days though, finding a script that will clone many of the best features a video sharing service like YouTube has is pretty easy.  There are a lot of duds out there though in the world of YouTube clone scripts so I have gone through the trenches to find you the three best scripts for the job.

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What is FFMPEG Hosting?

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Time to take a look at another hosting term you might have heard of but didn’t really know what it means.  FFMPEG hosting is the word up for review today. This is a term that is used to refer to any time of hosting that provides an assortment of of recording, converting and streaming tools for audio and video on the server side.

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Basic Checklist for Blog Hosting

Blog Hosting Basics

Search for “blog hosting” and you will get millions of pages and thousands of web hosts that would love to have your business.  What features, scripts and more should you be looking for when it comes to moving your blog to a new web host or starting one from scratch?  Here is my own personal must-have list when it comes to blog hosting that I hope comes in handy next time your searching for real blog hosting help.

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3 Great Free E-Commerce Storefronts

If you want to start your own virtual store out there on the Web, you don’t have to go through all the hard work of setting up a shopping cart, lining up shippers, processing credit cards and all those other headaches that are often involved with e-commerce.  You could sign up with one of these free online storefronts instead.  While they might take a cut of the profits, in the long term – they might also save you money too.
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DIY E-Commerce Basics

There is a lot when it comes to setting up your own online store on your website.  If you are serious though about becoming an e-commerce entrepreneur though, I will give you the basic things you need to have before you get started building your own online storefront.

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How to Handle Website Content Theft

Content Theft Tips

How should you handle somebody else out there stealing content from your website?  This happens a lot with blogs, because the content is so easily ripped from one source so it can be reproduced somewhere else.  Most of the time, it is best to content the copyright thief first before going to the web host of the thief.  So here is a better way to stop copyright theft of your website’s content.

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How to Get Faster Web Hosting Support

Faster Support Response Times 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.

Let me share with you my tips on how you can faster web hosting support, with any web host out there on the planet.

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Website Using Too Many Server Resources?

Fighting Server Resource Usage

What exactly does it mean to be using too many server resources in a shared web hosting environment?  Web sites can often get suspended for using too many server resources, such as RAM or CPU usage.  To put in the simplest terms, your web site might be overloading the server to an extent where no other accounts on the same hosting server can continue to function.

How Many Server Resources Do You Have?

When your web site is hosted on a shared web hosting server, you share certain elements of the web hosting with other people that are on the same server you are on.  The metaphor might be a little old, but think of it as being virtual neighbors with other web hosting clients like yourself. Each neighbor has to share the same amount of the server’s RAM and CPU processing power.

Now the limits on how many sever resources you can use might vary from web host to web host, so check with your web host for the hard numbers and statistics.  Now the next question is, how do these problems happen?

Causes for Server Resource Usage Suspensions

There are many different events that could cause you to use too many server resources.  Here are just a few common examples:

  • Hacked or Security Related Issues
  • Script or Plugin Vulnerability
  • Sudden Burst of Popularity
  • Out of Date Script or Plugin
  • Badly Written Script or Plugin

Anything that is over working the server could be considered a cause.

I hope that helps to explain what it means to use too many server resources in web hosting.  As long as you are proactive about how much RAM or CPU power your web site is using, you should never run into a big server resource usage problem.  If you have any questions, feel free to leave them in the comments.

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