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Google’s Matt Cutts Explains What To Expect In The Coming Months with SEO for Google

Metalp3n — Fri, 17 May 2013 14:57:53 +0000

Matt Cutts posted a great overview video of Google's plans for the next few months for orgnic search - what website optimizers and webmasters can expect. I've outlined some of the key points of the 7+ minute video below. Do keep in mind that this is a rough snapshot of the potential that's in the works. It's not a guaranteed promise because things can always change as these projects evolve. 1. Stop advertorials that pass PageRank 2. Improve SERPs that are traditionally more spammy (adult, for example) 3. Better link analysis to deny value to link spammer 4. New hacked site detection methods and better webmaster communication about them 5. Detect true authorities better in various niches - better authority signals that could help moderate Panda impact 6. Improvements planned for host clustering - to make overly dominant results less common

The big question on everyone's mind lately is Penguin 2.0, and when is it finally coming. Matt Cutts does a good job at answering that within this video, followed also by his Twitter post from a few days ago:

@mrjamiedodd we do expect to roll out Penguin 2.0 (next generation of Penguin) sometime in the next few weeks though. — Matt Cutts (@mattcutts) May 10, 2013

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Midphase Hosting Introduces Cloud Servers

Metalp3n — Fri, 17 May 2013 14:38:22 +0000

Leading web hosting company, Midphase has launched its own line of dynamic cloud servers, offering an easy-to-use and powerful new hosting product that signals Midphase's move into a rapidly expanding section of the hosting market - cloud hosting. Midphase has introduced four levels of managed cloud servers to their product range, allowing customers to get the resources they want without a steep learning curve. Midphase cloud technology provides a smoother customer experince by allowing cloud servers to run independently on redundant hardware rather than being based on one specific piece of hardware. The Midphase cloud utilizes multiple pieces of hardware backed by the ability to relocate, or fail-over, to another location at the specific moment a piece of hardware begins to fail. In addition, Midphase cloud servers are fully scalable, allowing businesses to grow in real time. Customers also oversee the content of their server, accessed through an easy-to-use cPanel powered control panel, while being fully supported by the Midphase support teams who configure, manage and troubleshoot the servers 24 hours a day. “We wanted to find a way to make the latest technology accessible to everyone, not just the techies,” said Midphase’s cloud marketing manager, Terry Myers. “Our cloud servers are easy to use for new clients and offer a seamless transition for current Midphase clients who experience no learning curve by utilizing the same control panel as before; each can take advantage of the powerful cloud technology right away.” Although this is Midphase’s first venture into cloud products, they are backed by decades of collective experience in the cloud hosting market by their international parent company, UK2 Group. “The cloud infrastructure was already there for Midphase, we only needed to work on the implementation,” said Dave Anderson, the marketing and sales director for UK2 Group. “We’ve come up with a great product, backed up by seriously poweful hardware and our robust network.” Midphase cloud servers start off at just $49.99 a month and come with free Snapshot Backups, custom nameservers and free SSL certificates, as well as their already established control panel. With a 30 day money back guarantee, it represents an excellent hosting product that is sure to get more people into the cloud.

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Web.com Planning Office Expansion & Running A Hosting Sale

Metalp3n — Fri, 17 May 2013 14:23:37 +0000

Website builder Web.com is planning to hire 100 new employees in the Jacksonville, Florida area, a report from the Jacksonville Business Journal signaled on Tuesday. The move arrives after the internet-centric company obtained a city building permit. An office expansion cost will account for $504,000 at Jacksonville’s Flagler Center. Web.com’s services include eCommerce, Domain Names, Hosting, SSL and more - and to help advertise the new expansion the team over at Web.com is running a promotion on their business grade hosting - dropping the price down from $19.99/mo to $7.95/mo only for a 2-year term. A 1-year term brings the price to $8.95/mo, while a monthly contract brings the price to $11.95/mo. This includes Unlimited Storage & Bandwidth, Unlimited Email Accounts, Hosting Domains, FTP Accounts, and MySQL Databases. To boot it comes with a free domain name, full site building tools, and detailed website traffic stats - supported by the Web.com 24/7 support team, to ensure you never have any issues. No coupon code is required for this, simply follow the banners within this post to get to the appropriate sale landing page.

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MailPix Sale on 8×10 Photo Canvas Prints for Only $8

Metalp3n — Thu, 16 May 2013 15:40:28 +0000

MailPix offers some of the highest quality and best value for photo products on the internet. People store billions of pictures online and want to use their pictures to create lasting memories. MailPix offers a quality web experience that allows you to print your photos as photo books, photo gifts, photo enlargements and other unique photo products and so much more. As a business owner, MailPix gives you a great opportunity to make some quality marketing materials. To boot - they're currently running an awesome promotion on an 8x10 Photo Canvas for ONLY $8 (plus shipping). Get some top-quality prints to place around the office, either for marketing purposes or decorative. This sale will last until until 5/31/13. Get creative, and take advantage of this promotion at MailPix.

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Custom Backend Developed for Signature Auto Leasing

Metalp3n — Thu, 16 May 2013 14:57:00 +0000

Signature Auto Leasing, a New York based leasing company, came to us with a static website, perfect for a leasing company - however lacking certain functionality. For example, their home-page features 6 lease specials - which are displayed through the use of rollover images. Finalizing each row are 2 static images which lead to their respective contact forms. This same design concept continued through onto the Lease Specials page which listed all of their leasing specials in a 4-column layout, again with the use of rollovers. The issue here was that everything was static. Adding new lease specials had to be done manually, and each page edited to accomodate the new special. Check out the full post in the portfolio to see the custom backend that I developed for Signature Auto Leasing.

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$1 Off Country Code Domains at Namecheap During May

Metalp3n — Wed, 15 May 2013 22:38:07 +0000

For the rest of May, get $1 off select country code top level domains (.com.au, .net.au, .org.au, .co.uk, .org.uk, .me.uk, .eu, .us, .ca, .es, .com.es, .org.es, .nom.es, .de) registrations and transfers at Namecheap! Simply use coupon code GOLOCAL. The coupon code will be $1 off the minimum yearly commitment (1 or 2 years). Using a ccTLD is a great way to establish a local presence - and this latest coupon from NameCheap helps you make that a cheap reality.

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32% Off at GoDaddy Throughout May

Metalp3n — Wed, 15 May 2013 22:08:09 +0000

This May, boost your online business with some new GoDaddy products at a whopping 32% discount! GoDaddy has the innovative tools that make it easy for small business owners to promote their products and services on the Web – whether by adding an online store or networking through email and social media. While I make my stance on GoDaddy hosting very clear in my GoDaddy Hosting Review - it's still one of the most popular hosting companies out there, and by far one of the easiest to use for small businesses and entry-level websites. Starting today, May 14 2013, and continuing through to May 28th - all GoDaddy customers can take 32% off any new purchase - simply follow the banner within this post to automatically apply the discount to your cart. As usual, the 32% off sale is not applicable to ICANN fees, taxes, transfers, bulk pricing, premium domains, Search Engine Visibility advertising budget or gift cards. Offer good towards new product purchases only and cannot be used on product renewals. Limited to one redemption per customer. Cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer, sale, discount or promotion. Customers may not use gift cards, In-Store CreditPayPal® or AliPay to redeem this offer. After the initial purchase term, discounted products will renew at the then-current renewal list price.

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Notice: UK DC Scheduled Rack Change

Metalp3n — Wed, 15 May 2013 03:12:56 +0000

For all of our hosting customers housed at the UK datacenter, would like to inform you about an upcoming maintenance in our UK Data Center scheduled to take place later this week. Starting today May 14th, we will be relocating our servers to new racks and will also be performing a major network upgrade. The expected downtime frame for the scheduled maintenance procedures is about 1 hour. Since we are following a dynamic schedule, which is constantly being updated, I cannot give you an exact date and time frame for the transfer of your particular server. However, I can assure you that all procedures will be performed with minimum downtime. Also, no action will be required on your end while the maintenance is taking place. Any further updates and announcements regarding this issue can be viewed at http://www.properstatus.com All clients utilizing our free hosting, or any other datacenter are not affected. Thank you for your time and understanding regarding this matter. As always, hosting support will be available around the clock to help you out.

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May Coupons for Web Hosting Buzz

Metalp3n — Mon, 13 May 2013 17:54:22 +0000

WebHostingBuzz has sent me over news of their May coupon codes - one giving you 50% off on any of the WebHostingBuzz Wordpress plans, and the other giving you 20% off any Web Hosting, Reseller Hosting, VPS and Dedicated server plans, valid from March 1st till May 31st. To take advantage of these savings use coupon code WORDPRESS to get 50% off any of the Wordpress plans available from WebHostingBuzz. Subsequently use coupon code WHBSPRING to take 20% off on any other hosting, reseller, VPS or dedicated server plan.

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May Coupons from 123-Reg

Metalp3n — Tue, 07 May 2013 15:49:41 +0000

123-Reg has just let us know about some great new coupon codes for the month of May - ranging from 15% off Web Hosting and Email products, plus up to 60% off selected domains. Simply use one of the coupon codes listed below to take advantage of these savings. These coupons will remain active until the end of May, 2013 - so take advantage of them while they are here - such as the 60% off on a .pw domain name. If you're unfamiliar with the extension - this is the domain extension for Palau. .pw domains are the new namespace for individuals or businesses who want to showcase their business on the web, or if you want to create or join a reputed network. Nicknamed "the Professional Web" by the .PW Domain Registry - the .pw domain extension is growing quickly - so If you've been looking at purchasing a .pw domain - this is a great time.

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