Mocoda Interactive

Price Increases - Effective January 1 2009

Mocoda Editor — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 15:18:38 GMT

For over 12 years we maintained the same prices for hosting and domain registration. We have provided increased services, more disk space and bandwidth, but never charged more. Unfortunately, our costs have increased and we need to increase our charges for hosting and domain registration.

Starting January 1, 2009 the following prices will be in effect:

Domain Registration and Renewal $25/year (.ca domains $30/year)
Domain Transfers $25/attempt (.ca domains $30/attempt)
Hosting $210/year (That’s only $17.50/month) – Our Everything Package includes 100 Mb of Disk Space and 1 Gb of Bandwidth
Additional 5 Gb Bandwidth $150/year
Additional 500 Mb Disk Space $150/year

call for other service prices

Remember that unlike other companies, these services are only available to our design clients, this allows us to provide a higher quality of service and support. You never need to figure out how to use control panels or domain managers, just call or email us and we make the changes for you. Full service hosting and domain management!!

Spicy Web Designer Interview

Mocoda Editor — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 10:59:46 GMT

Mocoda Interactive was recently featured in an interview with Luc Arnold from SpicyWebDesigners.com

SpicyWebDesigners.com features some of the hottest web design talent around the world and strives to showcase them and inspire others with what is possible in the world of web design.

Check out the interview on SpicyWebDesigners.com

Cision Documents Rapidly Growing Blog Influence in Print Media Elevates Need to Develop Strong Blogger Relationships

Mocoda Editor — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:34:09 GMT

Cision (www.us.cision.com), the leading provider of media research, distribution, monitoring and analysis services, today released figures that clearly demonstrate the growing influence of blogs in the mainstream print media. A study of the top 20 national magazines and newspapers shows that over the last 5 years, the number of times blogs and bloggers are mentioned in articles has increased more than 16-fold.

Cision discovered that the top 20 national magazines and newspapers mentioned blogs and bloggers 13,066 times in the one-year period ending June 30, 2008. That compares to only 795 times in 2004 and 2,179 times in 2005.

“This stunning growth in blogger influence magnifies the importance of employing common sense when contacting bloggers,” said Peter Granat, Cision Executive Vice President. “Knowing the blogger and his/her focus is the critical element in a successful blog relations campaign. While many blogs are highly visible in their own right, the growing influence with the mainstream media elevates their importance.”

Other recent research confirms the growing reach of the blog. Brodeur Partners, a leading public relations and communications firm, noted in a January survey that 57 percent of 178 journalists contacted said they read blogs at least two to three times per week, while 18 percent said they spend at least one hour per day reading them. The PRWeek/PR Newswire Media Survey revealed that nearly 40 percent of the participating journalists employ blogs to find topics for stories, 30 percent use them to find experts, and nearly 58 percent use them to measure sentiment.

“As stories with origins in the blogosphere begin to spill into magazines and newspapers, the benefits of developing relationships with bloggers continue to grow,” Granat said.

Publications included in the Cision research are the Arizona Republic, BusinessWeek, Chicago Tribune, Cosmopolitan, Dallas Morning News, Entertainment Weekly, Esquire, Financial Times, Houston Chronicle, InStyle, Los Angeles Times, Money, Newsweek, New York Times, People, Time, USA Today, Vanity Fair, Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post.

Firefox 3 Download Day 2008

Mocoda Editor — Wed, 28 May 2008 22:42:46 GMT

Help set a Firefox 3 world record for the most software downloaded in 24 hours on Download Day!

Go to the Download Day Headquarters and pledge to download Firefox 3. With your help the Firefox community can go down in history.

Download Firefox during Download Day and enjoy increased security, blinding speed and cool new features that will change the way you use the Web.

New Features – Firefox 3 sets the innovation bar very high with exciting new features, including one-click bookmarking, the smart location bar and lightning fast performance.
Security – Keeping you and your personal information safe is top priority. Firefox 3 includes phishing and malware protection, plus our new instant site ID info.
Productivity – With features like built-in spell checking, session restore and full zoom, Firefox 3 makes it possible to work faster and more efficiently on the Web.

Customization – Your taste and needs set you apart from the rest. With Firefox 3 you can choose from over 5,000 add-ons that help you customize your browsing experience.

Sounds like a good deal, right? All you have to do is get Firefox 3 during Download Day to help set the record for most software downloads in 24 hours – it’s that easy. We’re not asking you to swallow a sword or to balance 30 spoons on your face, although that would be kind of awesome.

Make your Pledge to Download FireFox 3 now!

Spam is 30-years-old and growing stronger

Mocoda Editor — Fri, 09 May 2008 10:08:54 GMT

The 30th anniversary of unsolicited e-mail passed by last week with very little fanfare, but its rise to a global multi-million dollar industry from the humble beginnings of one man’s attempt to sell electronic products is nothing less than astronomical. Experts say there no end in sight.

Although the motivation may be the same there’s now very little to relate today’s spammers to the original daddy of unsolicited e-mail, according to technology security experts.

Some 30 years ago, Gary Thuerk, sent out what is widely credited as the first unsolicited marketing e-mail to about 400 of the more than 2,600 people using ARPANET, the predecessor of the Internet.

Read the full article at IT Buisness