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Increasing Your Blog Traffic

Digital Pacific — Sat, 12 May 2012 07:50:52 +0000

Blogs can be wonderful marketing tools, but only when they are used properly. Many businesses do not know how to drive Internet traffic to their blog and so they eventually give up creating posts. If these businesses perform these blog activities they will increase their blog traffic, eventually leading to sales conversions.

1. Patience
One of the biggest lessons people need to learn about blogging is to exercise patience. Building up blog traffic takes time and consistency, so a business must be committed to its blog. “Just trying it out” for a few weeks or even a couple of months might not produce results and is usually a waste of time. Some so-called blogging “experts” promise dramatic traffic increases in short amounts of time, but their tactics do not result in long-term high blog traffic that can sustain future business growth.

2. Consistent Posting
Just like how television shows broadcast at specific times, you need to be posting blog posts on a consistent basis in order to draw in traffic. For example, if a popular television show were to broadcast episodes every few weeks and on different days of the week viewership would be much lower. You need to commit to blogging at least once a week, but the more often you blog the faster you will build a following.

3. Post Substance
Simply posting often does not alone build a loyal following for your blog. Your blog posts must give your readers some kind of value, otherwise readers will not return to your blog. For example, if you own a medical clinic you can use your blog to give first aid tips or let people know what viruses are going around. If you provide useful information in your blog posts people will not only visit your blog often, but they are more likely to tell their friends about it.

4. Share Buttons
Many blog platforms, such as WordPress, allow you to easily install share buttons at the bottom of each post, similar to what you see on many news websites. These buttons let users post a link to Twitter, Facebook, Google+ or even email a link to friends with a single mouse click. Making it easy to share blog posts means readers are much more likely to do so.

5. Social Media
Companies and their employees should be active on social media, helping spread the word about the company blog in any way possible. Join sites like Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and Google+ if you do not already have accounts. Post to these accounts regularly to build up followings, and then share links whenever a post goes up on the company blog..

Follow the advice of the five tips listed in this post and you should see a significant increase in the amount of traffic that your blog receives.

For more information on the various services offered by Digital Pacific, such as WordPress hosting and domain names visit our website www.digitalpacific.com.au or call 1300 MY HOST to have a friendly chat with one of our team members.

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SEO Friendly Web Design

Digital Pacific — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 10:27:38 +0000

If your site has old code or you want to give your site a new look, SEO and search engine rank is a concern for an established website and its owner. When you redesign a site, you want to make an attractive website for your users, but moving pages and transitioning code is somewhat delicate when working with SEO and ranking.

Create Unique and Compelling Titles
When designing the code, make sure every page does not have the same title. Google Webmaster Tools will show you an alert if every page on the website has the same title. The title is shown in the search engine result pages, so the title should also have a good description of the page to encourage users to click on your pages.

Avoid Meta Refreshing
Meta refreshing is a technique that redirects users from an old page to a new page. This technique creates a 302 redirect for users and bots reading your site. A 302 redirect does not remove the old page in the search engines, so you create duplicate content in the search engine index. Although the redirect is invisible to visitors, it is not the optimal choice for search engines.

Use a 301 Redirect from Old to New Pages
A 301 redirect is much more SEO friendly for moving website pages. A 301 code tells the search engine spider or web browser that the content from one URL has moved to another URL, all without losing any SEO juice that was assigned to the original one.

Page Load Speed
Page load speed has become an increasingly important part of SEO. So when redesigning your website, ensure that you optimise your page load speed not only to benefit the usability of the site but also to boost the sites search engine ranking.

Create Distinct Navigation Menus
Google sitelinks are created using the algorithm when the bot can crawl and distinguish navigation on your site. You cannot control sitelinks, but you can facilitate crawling to improve chances that the algorithm will give you sitelinks. Sitelinks improve the chances that users will click on your link in the search engine result pages and visit your site.

Check Links for 404 Errors
After the site is uploaded to the host server, check the site for any errors such as broken links that return 404 errors. Fix the links and any other issues with the site to avoid losing rank for certain pages. A 404 error does not cause a penalty, but you lose traffic and Google eventually drops the pages from the index.

Even with perfect transitioning, a complete redesign must be reevaluated by the search engine algorithm, so you should expect a drop in rank for a short while. After the site transitions and the algorithm evaluation is performed, the site will return to its natural rank in the result pages.

About Digital Pacific
Digital Pacific, based in Sydney and founded in 2000, provides domain name registration and carbon neutral web hosting solutions to individuals, small to medium sized businesses and corporations. For further information the various services offered at Digital Pacific, visit http://www.digitalpacific.com.au or call 1300 MY HOST.

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Pay Per Click Advertising

Digital Pacific — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 06:44:40 +0000

Of the many elements of online marketing, pay per click (PPC) advertising is one of the quickest and most straightforward ways of getting traffic to your website. With PPC advertising, you can also enjoy having complete control over the advertising costs. You’ve probably already heard of Google AdWords. Although there are other companies which provide PPC advertising, this is by far the most common one.

AdWords and other PPC programs work by placing advertisements on sites which have AdSense installed on them. Hundreds of millions of webpages have AdSense installed, since it provides a small stream of income to the owner of the site it’s on. Every time someone clicks on an advertisement, the owner of the website that it’s displayed on gets paid. Meanwhile, you get another visitor to your site.

Using PPC advertising, you can set your daily advertising budget. If, for example, you set your daily budget to $10, your advertisements will no longer be displayed for the rest of that day once they’ve received $10 worth of clicks. The cost per click varies greatly depending on the keywords and phrases involved, but it is generally only a few cents per click. Advertisements where there is a lot of competition can be a great deal higher though. You can find out the estimated cost per click by using the Google AdWords Keyword Tool. This tool is also useful for helping you to choose the right keywords for your advertisements.

To get started with PPC advertising, you’ll first need to get yourself an account with Google AdWords. If you already have a Google Mail account, you can sign up using that email address. Once you’re signed up, you can then use the Google AdWords Keyword Tool to help you select the optimal keywords for your advertisements. You can then set your daily budget for these targeted keywords. You can also choose what types of advertisements you want (text, picture or both) and choose where to display them. Your advertisements can appear as sponsored listings in Google’s search results or they can appear on sites with Adsense installed. Generally, you’re best off going with both options for maximum exposure.

PPC advertising isn’t all about Google, however. There are many other companies that offer a variation of the theme. Some companies provide in-text advertising, automatically changing certain words in your website’s content into links to advertising affiliates.

Various social networking sites such as Facebook also provide pay per click advertising programs of their own. With a constantly growing collection of more than 800 million accounts, Facebook is one of the most commonly used websites in the world. Because of this, using Facebook’s PPC advertising program can greatly increase your company’s exposure. As with any PPC marketing program, you can also set your daily budget with Facebook.

Unfortunately, PPC advertising is also open to abuse. In the hopes of making easy money, some website owners will deliberately click the advertisements on their own sites or get others to do it for them. This is known as click fraud and is, of course, illegal. Google and other PPC marketing providers realize this and provide various countermeasures so that the cost to the advertisers is minimal.

When used effectively, pay per click advertising will help you to attract significantly more visitors to your website which in turn, will give you a better chance of converting clicks into sales.

About Digital Pacific
Digital Pacific, based in Sydney and founded in 2000, provides cloud services, domain name registration and carbon neutral web hosting solutions to individuals, small to medium sized businesses and corporations. For further information the various services offered at Digital Pacific, visit http://www.digitalpacific.com.au or call 1300 MY HOST.

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Domain Name Registration

Digital Pacific — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 03:34:02 +0000

The very first step to establishing any kind of an online presence for your business is, of course, to choose your web address. This is also known as a domain name. Domain name registration should be done carefully, since there are various important elements of Internet marketing which should be taken into account at this point. This article provides useful tips for beginners to registering a domain name. Consider the following tips.

1. Shorter is Better

While your domain name should, ideally, either be your name or company name or otherwise provide some indication as to the type of content of the site, you should always aim to keep it short. There’s no hard and fast rule with regards to the length of the domain name, although most registrars place a limit which is less than the global maximum of 63 characters. Keep it short, simple and easy to spell so that your visitors will be more likely to remember the address.

2. Choosing the Top-Level Domain (TLD)

The top-level domain is the final part of the web address. The most common is “.com,” although almost every country and territory in the world has its own TLD and there are many others which are open to registration for anyone. Most business and money-making websites should stick to the .com suffix. You should use the TLD for your country if the content of your site is only relevant to others in your country, or your business is a local one.

3. Do Not Use Trademarked Names

Some newbies to the world of online business and marketing are tempted to register a domain name which contains the name or variation of the name of a well-known business, brand or product. You should never use trademarked names, not only because it’s unethical; it can also get you into serious trouble. This is a dishonest and illegal way of drawing more attention to your website and this process, often known as “cybersquatting”, could end you up in a legal battle.

4. Protect Your Business by Registering Multiple Domains

Any serious web-based business should consider registering multiple domains. This helps to protect your brand name and prevent other business from taking a web address similar to your own. It’s also a good idea to register a version of your domain name under different extensions, such as a .net version of your site. Many companies also register domain names with deliberate spelling errors. When a visitor makes a common spelling mistake when typing your web address, they’ll still be redirected to your main site instead. For example, when people enter “gooogle.com,” they still end up at “google.com.”

5. Use Letters, Numbers and Dashes

In general, domain names can only contain standard Latin letters, numbers and dashes. No domain names can contain spaces and, for the most part, they cannot contain any symbols either. Although multilingual domain names are now available for countries to localise web addresses in their own languages, these are still not particularly common since most web users are used to the old standards and restrictions. Also, be aware that domain names are not case sensitive.

Follow these simple guidelines and you will be well on the way to establishing a successful online presence with a memorable and effective domain name.

To find out more about domain name registration and the various web hosting services offered by Digital Pacific, visit our website or give our friendly team a call on 1300 MY HOST.

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Domain Name Expiry

Digital Pacific — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 03:25:23 +0000

When you purchase a domain name, you reserve the name for a specified duration, which is typically a year or two years. The registrar where you purchase and reserve the domain name usually sends you a notice when your domain name is about to expire. Some registrars even send you multiple messages for several months up until the name expires. However, if you forget to register your domain, you must take several steps to get the site back up and running after the domain expires.

Purchase the Domain Name

Even though the domain name has expired, the registrar typically gives you a recovery period that can extend between 14 to 60 days. This is the grace period that is reserved in case domain name owners accidentally forget to reserve the name by the deadline. The first step to recover your domain name is to log in to your registrar account and purchase the domain name for another year. The cost to re-register is approximately $20, depending on the registrar prices and the type of top-level domain you reserve.

Point the DNS Servers to Your Hosting Name Servers

After the domain name expires, the name servers are automatically set to the registrar’s site. DNS is the protocol that translates a friendly domain name to the IP address of the host server, which is how a Web browser is able to find and open a website. Some hosting companies have a wizard within your control panel that automates the transfer, but this wizard might not work when a domain name expiration occurs.

Log in to your registrar account after you purchase the domain name. Your hosting company must supply the DNS server names, because each hosting company has its own settings for name servers. These names are typically found in the hosting company’s FAQs, or you can call the technical support number to get the name server settings.

Locate the DNS settings section in your registrar’s account. Edit the DNS server settings using the server names provided by your hosting company. Save the settings, and the process of recovering your expired domain is complete.

After these changes are made, you must wait for the DNS changes to propagate across the Internet. The changes can take anywhere from a few hours to 48 hours to complete. You can’t speed up the propagation, but some of your readers will be able to see the site within a couple of hours.

One downside to accidentally losing the name is that it takes the search engines some time to reevaluate the site’s content. If Google crawls the website within the expiration time, you must wait for the site to recover search engine rank. For this reason, it is important to always keep track of your domain name expiration date.

About Digital Pacific

Digital Pacific, based in Sydney and founded in 2000, provides domain name registration and carbon neutral web hosting solutions to individuals, small to medium sized businesses and corporations.

To find out more about the services offered at Digital Pacific, visit our website or give us a call on 1300 MY HOST for a friendly chat.

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Pinterest: Your Questions Answered

Digital Pacific — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 04:32:49 +0000

Whether you’re a social networking junkie or you don’t even know how to check your own email, you’ve probably heard about Pinterest. It skyrocketed into the virtual world in 2011 and has now become one of the top social networking websites. Learn the basics to discover what Pinterest can do for you.

What Is Pinterest?
Like other social networking sites, Pinterest provides a way for people to share information with their friends. The information exchange is primarily fueled by photos and images. Do you have a photo of your dream home? Pinterest is the place to share it.

How Does It Work?
Imagine if all the people in your neighborhood mounted large bulletin boards on their front doors. On your door, you would use tacks to pin up images of everything you like, such as clothing from fashion magazines, recipes and decorating ideas. If desired, you could jot down a short comment about everything you posted. Then, you could walk around and see all of your neighbors’ boards. If you liked something you saw, you could make a copy of one of the images and repin it on your own board. This scenario is exactly what Pinterest provides in an online environment, except your neighbors are any people with Pinterest accounts that you choose to follow.

How Do I Join?
Pinterest was launched as an invitation-only website, although that may change. To join Pinterest, talk to a friend who is a member and ask her to send you an online invitation, either through your email, Facebook or Twitter account. Alternatively, click “Request an Invite” on Pinterest’s homepage. You’ll receive instructions about how to proceed.

How Do I Use It?
When you first join Pinterest, the website will suggest a few other users you can “follow” just to get started. If you’re also a Facebook user, you’ll have the option to automatically follow all of your Facebook friends. Once you’ve browsed a few of the images, which are called pins, you should start pinning to your own boards. You can create as many boards as you like for any category you can dream of. Some examples might be “Fashion Ideas,” “Things I Want To Cook” or “Dream Vacation Locations.” Pinterest provides a few categories for boards to help you start.

Once you have a few boards, continue browsing your friends’ boards and find things you like. Either repin them to your boards or “like” them. Things you like will appear in a list separate from your boards. You can pin images from other peoples’ boards or anywhere on the Internet. Once you pin an image, it will automatically link back to its original location. For example, if you pin a food item you really like from a culinary website, anyone who sees the image on Pinterest can click on it to find the original recipe.

Why Should I Join?
People like Pinterest for various reasons. It will be what you make of it. You may find inspiration for creative pursuits like cooking, decorating, planning a wedding or art projects. You could use it to keep up with fashion trends among the people whose tastes you admire. It may provide a more efficient way than a search engine to find what you’re looking for because you can tailor it to your tastes and interests. For example, if you’re looking for some hair style ideas for a formal event, you can use Pinterest to see what your friends like, as opposed to doing a more general search through Google. In addition to being a source of inspiration, Pinterest can serve as a guide when you’re making purchasing decisions about brands and styles.

Should Businesses And Organizations Join?
Pinterest provides inherent benefits to businesses and organizations. If you’re representing a business and you pin intriguing images on your boards, your followers will probably circulate them on their own boards. But note that Pinterest’s developers encourage users from using the site exclusively for self-promotion. In the online community, the best way to promote your interests is to also promote others’. You’ll make friends and establish a stronger presence on Pinterest if you pin not only your own images but others you admire.

Will I Get Addicted?
You might, as this seems to be a trend among many Pinterest users. But how much you use it is entirely up to you. So pin away!

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What Is Cloud Hosting

Digital Pacific — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 03:47:10 +0000

Granted that you have not spent the last few years hiding in a cave sans computer and Internet connection, you should be familiar with cloud hosting or must have at least heard of it. However, regardless of whether or not you know what it is, chances are that you’ve already been exposed to this kind of hosting service. Google, after all, is among the biggest and earliest proponents of “the cloud.” So if you’ve ever performed a Google search or used Gmail, then yes you do have experience with a cloud-hosted site.

But what exactly is cloud hosting?

Simply put, it is a type of web hosting that utilises multiple linked servers to house and support a website. Instead of being reliant on a single physical server in the way that traditional hosting services are, cloud hosting taps into the virtually unlimited computing power of many servers grouped together to form a network or a “cloud.” These servers are usually not gathered in one place but are distributed in various data centers, hence directing the focus away from the state and location of the computer hardware to the website’s condition and upkeep.

So, why choose cloud hosting?

For several reasons, two of which are scalability and performance. With the processing capabilities of numerous servers at your disposal, there is no reason why your website should be restrained by the limitations of a dedicated/shared server. Cloud hosting offers you as much processing power as you need to make it easy for your site to handle a surge in usage. You won’t have to worry about the server crashing when there’s an increase in traffic or suffer the burden of migrating to a different server. You can expand and add on a new server when the need arises. Resources are available on demand, and you can access them when necessary, with no disruption or disturbance to your site’s performance.

Cost is another area where cloud hosting stands out. To grasp just how cost-effective cloud hosting can be, think of how you’d decide on a gym membership. If you were certain that you’d only have time to hit the gym twice a week and would only be using standard equipment, would you go for an all-access membership package that allows for unlimited visits or would you choose a cheaper deal that suits your needs better? You’d choose the latter of course, knowing that if you ever do find yourself having an odd extra time for gym or feeling the unusual hankering to make use of the sauna facilities, you can always opt to pay extra fees for the additional visit or use of facility. Paying extra might seem impractical at first, but it would actually prove to be cheaper in the end than paying in advance for services you think you might use but would hardly ever do.

The same principle applies to cloud hosting. Instead of renting a server and paying a fixed price even though the amount of resources you employ fluctuates, you only pay for what you have actually used. Instead of shelling out for inactive equipment or unexploited bandwidth, your costs are restricted to those that are in fact at work for your website. Since you only have to pay for what you use, you will not have to deal with superfluous expenses.

Economical and scalable, cloud hosting is an option worth considering if you have a website or are planning on building one. With the focus away from computer hardware, you can concentrate on managing your site and running your business. Minimal hassle, many benefits–what you can look forward to if you’re hosted in the cloud.

Digital Pacific is currently working on a cloud solution and cloud hosting services are expected to be offered within the next 6 months. For further information on the various services provided by Digital Pacific, including domain names and web hosting solutions you can visit our website or call us on 1300 MY HOST for a friendly chat.

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How To Set Up Email On iPhone

Digital Pacific — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 04:24:33 +0000

To setup your iPhone to access your email account, do the following:

1. Select the Settings button

2. Select Mail, Contacts, Calenders

3. Select Add Account

4. Select Other

5. Select Add Mail Account

6. The New Account screen will appear

For Name enter your name, department or business name. This is what people will see when they receive email from you.
For Address enter your full email address.
For password enter your current email password.
For description enter a short summary of either the name or purpose of the mailbox. This is used as a label to distinguish one mail account from another on your iPhone.

7. Scroll down to the Incoming Mail Server section.

For Host Name enter the name of your mail server “mail.yourdomainname.com”.
For User Name enter the full email address.
For Password enter the current password for your email account.

8. Scroll down to the Outgoing Mail Server section.

For Host Name enter the name of your mail server “mail.yourdomainname.com”.
For User Name enter the full email address.
For Password enter the current password for your email account.

9. Click on the Next button in the upper right hand corner. You will see that your iPhone is attempting to verify your details.

10. You will see a new screen appear with the message “Cannot Verify Server Identity”. You can safely ignore this message by clicking on the Continue button.

Your account settings will be verified and you will be taken back to the Mail, Contacts, Calenders screen.

11. Your account has now been configured in your iPhone. We will now need to configure some additional settings to ensure that your email account works properly.

Push the Home button to return the Home Screen.

Select the Mail icon

The Mailboxes screen will appear.

There are two sections, Inboxes and Accounts. Scroll down to the Accounts section. If you do not see this list of accounts then you may already be viewing your inbox. Click on the Mailboxes button in the upper left hand corner to return to the Mailboxes screen.

Select your account by selecting its description. In this example we are selecting the account “Test @ DP Support”. Your label will be different.

12. Your account will appear.

You should see the Inbox, along with your Drafts, Junk, Sent and Trash folders. Select the Mailboxes button in the upper left hand corner to return to the main Mailboxes screen.

13. Push the Home button to return the Home Screen.

Select the Settings button

14. Select Mail, Contacts, Calenders

15. Select your account by its description. In this example we are selecting the account “Test @ DP Support”. Your label will be different.

16. The IMAP configuration screen will appear.

Select your account name. In this example we are selecting the account “test@dpsupport.com.au”. Your email address will be different.

17. The Account screen will appear.

Scroll down to the Outgoing Mail Server section. Select your SMTP server. In this example we are selecting the account “mail.dpsupport.com.au”. Your mail server will be different.

18. The SMTP screen will appear.

Select your mail server. In this example we are selecting the account “mail.dpsupport.com.au”. Your mail server will be different.

19. The Outgoing Mail Server screen will appear.

For Host Name enter the name of your mail server “mail.yourdomainname.com”.
For User Name enter the full email address.
For Password enter the current password for your email account.
The Use SSL option should be set to OFF.
Authentication should be set to Password.
Server Port should be 587.

Select the Done button in the upper right hand corner to confirm the changes.

20. You will be taken back to the SMTP screen. Click on the Account button in the upper right hand corner.

21. The main Account screen will appear again.

Select the Advanced option

22. The Advanced screen will now appear.

We now need to review the Mailbox behaviours.

Select the Drafts Mailbox option

The Drafts Mailbox screen will appear. You have two choices, On My iPhone or On the Server. Select the Drafts folder under “On the Server”.

Select the Advanced button in the upper left hand corner to return to the Advanced screen.

Now select the Sent Mailbox. You have two choices, On My iPhone or On the Server. Select the Sent folder under “On the Server”.

Select the Advanced button in the upper left hand corner to return to the Advanced screen.

Now select the Trash Mailbox. You have two choices, On My iPhone or On the Server. Select the Sent folder under “On the Server”.

Select the Advanced button in the upper left hand corner to return to the Advanced screen.

Scroll down to the Incoming Settings screen.

The Use SSL option should be set to OFF
Authentication should be set to password
IMAP Path Prefix should be set to /
Server Port should be 143
S/MIME should be set to Off

Select the Account button in the upper right hand corner. You will now be returned to the Account screen. Select the Done button in the upper right hand corner.

You will now be returned to the IMAP configuration screen. Select the Mail, Contacts, Calenders button in the upper right hand corner.

Push your home button. You will now be returned to the Home screen where you can then proceed to launch your Mail application.

That’s it! You have now setup email for your iPhone.

To find out more about the services offered at Digital Pacific including web hosting and domain names, visit our website or give us a call on 1300 MY HOST for a friendly chat.

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SEO Tips

Digital Pacific — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:02:31 +0000

With some sensible planning and diligent work you can lift your site high in the search engines’ rankings. But make a few crucial mistakes, and your site may never leave the bottom. There are a few common mistakes that people make when optimizing their websites with on page SEO. So here are four examples of what NOT to do:

1. No Alt Tags

Perhaps the most common mistake people make with on page SEO is leaving alt tags out of images. The alt tag is the text that shows up when a cursor hovers over an image. It’s also displayed when an image fails to load, so visitors have a good idea what the image is. Best of all, an alt tag is the perfect place to optimise your keyword, because alt tags count as text to the search engines.

2. Duplicate Titles

A web page’s title is one of the most important factors of on page SEO, yet so many people use the same title for multiple pages. This practice will hurt your site’s chance at ranking high. Search engines hate duplicates. Also, a page’s title is the perfect place to optimise your keywords, so take advantage of it. Always include your main keywords in your titles.

3. Keyword Stuffing

In the old days of the search engines, you could achieve a high ranking for your website just by stuffing keywords into your content as many times as possible. This maneuver no longer works. In fact, it will likely achieve the opposite effect — a drop in rankings. Even worse, your site might be blacklisted. So avoid keyword stuffing and only use your keyword naturally.

4. Overusing Flash and JavaScript

It’s tempting to enhance the appearance of a site by using Flash and JavaScript. They can make everything look fancy and professional if you know what you’re doing. But too much Flash and JavaScript will slow your website down, and they won’t help you in the least if you’re trying to optimise your site for the search engines. Neither Flash nor JavaScript uses text that can be read by search engines, and reviewing a site’s text is how a search engine ranks the site. So if you do choose to use Flash and JavaScript, use them very sparingly.

After spending a lot of time and hard work on a website, it would be a shame to let a few mistakes sabotage all your efforts. Especially if the mistakes are easy to fix. When you’re optimising a site, always keep factors like alt tags, titles, keyword density, and Flash and JavaScript in mind. Once you learn to identify SEO mistakes on your site you can take measures to correct them, and give your site the chance at a high ranking it deserves.

To find out more about the services offered at Digital Pacific including web hosting and domain names, visit our website or give us a call on 1300 MY HOST for a friendly chat.

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Setting Up Mac Mail

Digital Pacific — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 05:05:23 +0000

To setup your copy of Mac Mail, do the following:

1. Start your copy of Mac Mail from the dock.

2. The Welcome to Mail screen will appear.

Enter your name, department or business name in the Full name field. This is what people will see when they receive email from you.
Enter the full email address and password in the corresponding fields below.
Click on the Continue button

3. The Incoming Mail Server screen will appear.

For Account Type select IMAP.
For description enter a short summary of either the name or purpose of the mailbox.
For Incoming Mail Server enter the name of your mail server “mail.yourdomainname.com”.
For User Name enter the full email address.
For Password enter the current password for your email account.
Click on the Continue button.

4. A Verify Certificate window will appear.

You can safely ignore this message. Click on the Cancel button.

5. The Outgoing Mail Server screen will now appear.

For the Description enter the name of your mail server “mail.yourdomainname.com”.
For the Outgoing Mail Server enter the name of your mail server “mail.yourdomainname.com”.
Check the option “Use only this server”.
Check the option “Use Authentication”.
Ensure that your full email address and password are listed below.
Click on the Continue button.

6. You will now see the Account Summary screen.

Click on the Create button.

7. You will now be taken back to your inbox in Mac Mail.

8. Select the Preferences option from the Mail menu.

Click on the Accounts icon.
Click on the Advanced tab.
Turn off the “Use SSL” option. The port number should now change to 143.

9. Click on the Account Information tab.

Click on the Outgoing Mail Server drop down menu. Select the name of your mail server “mail.yourdomainname.com”.

Click on the Advanced tab.

Leave “Use Default Ports” turned on.
Turn off the “Use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)” option.
Authentication should be set to Password
For User Name enter the full email address.
For Password enter the current password for your email account.
Click on the OK button.

10. Close the Preferences window down by clicking on the red circle in the upper left hand corner. Mac Mail will confirm if you want to save the changes. Click on the Save button.

That’s it! You have now setup email within your copy of Mac Mail.

To find out more about the web hosting and domain name services offered at Digital Pacific visit our website or give us a call on 1300 MY HOST for a friendly chat.

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