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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…]
If you write a blog, there are probably times when it would be nice to be able to give a blog post or page an expiration date.
For example, lets say you write a post featuring a special you’ll be running for a limited time.
Wouldn’t it be rather handy to have the post automatically expire at the same time the offer does to ensure that it doesn’t keep extending an offer to readers that’s no longer valid? [Read more…]
Do you feature videos that you’ve created yourself on a personal or company blog?
If so, you might think it’s best to host those videos right on your blog server instead of elsewhere on the Internet.
Well, there are several important reasons why you would probably be better off hosting your videos on YouTube instead: [Read more…]
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Question from Martina: I have an Internet question for you, Rick.
I keep hearing the terms “website” and “web page” and I find them a little confusing. Is there a difference between the two or do they both mean the same thing?
Rick’s answer: Martina, the terms “website” and “web page” are closely related but they in fact refer to two very different things. Some people use them interchangeably, but they really shouldn’t.
Here’s the scoop… [Read more…]
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Question from Jay: I have a WordPress blog and it started going down on me at random times a couple of months ago.
I’ve signed up for a better hosting account with a different company and they’ll move the blog to the new server for me at no cost.
I’m planning to put in the request for the move when I get back to the office on Monday, but I’d like to ask you a question in the meantime.
I’ve been told that it could take quite a while for my blog to start loading from the new server after they make the switch. How will I be able to tell when my blog starts loading from the new server instead of the old one? [Read more…]