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Question from Brandie: I recently started embedding YouTube videos in some of my blog posts and I have a question about it.
Sometimes I want a video to start playing at a specific place instead of at the beginning. I know you can do this because I’ve seen it.
How do I choose where the video starts playing? [Read more…]
Do you own a blog or some other type of website?
If so, you should know that it’s a very dangerous practice to assign control of your domain name and/or website content to a third party.
If you allow someone else to take control of those vital assets, you just might have a very difficult time regaining control of them if your relationship with that person or company goes south.
In fact, it just might be impossible. [Read more…]
Are you a blogger who takes your own photos or creates your own graphics for use in your blog posts?
If so, you’re probably concerned about other bloggers or webmasters stealing your images and using them on their own blogs or websites.
Well, it just so happens that Google has a very handy tool that you can use to quickly check to see if your image(s) have been used on another site.
If you run a blog, chances are you’re concerned about it getting hacked and infected with malware. And in this day and age, that is a very valid concern.
Hackers and scammers are constantly probing blogs for security holes weaknesses they can exploit.
If they happen to find one they can quickly gain access to your blog’s server and install malware that will turn your blog into a vehicle for distributing all kinds of nefarious code to the devices your blog visitors use to access it. [Read more…]
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In the spirit of full transparency, let me state up-front that I’m a long-time customer of InMotion Hosting, for reasons that will be clear to you after reading this review.
I have used several web hosting companies over the years, with various levels of satisfaction.
This review is basically a contrast between the products, service and support I received from those other companies and what I’ve received from InMotion. [Read more…]