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Real Twitter Followers

First of all, this post is not for those seeking artificial methods of getting 10,000 twitter followers in a week. So, if that’s you, read no more. Now, if you have a business and you want to learn how to get more REAL Twitter followers, i.e. ones who are actually interested in your tweets or [...]

Dealing with Out-Dated Content

As of this writing, November 2011, the Internet suffers from TMI syndrome; “Too much information”. Don’t get me wrong, the abundance of information is mostly good. For example, wherever my mind may wander I can quickly jump on the Internet and search for the answer to such mind-boggling questions such as, “Who is Harry Nilsson”, [...]

5 Reasons Economy Hosting Can be Problematic

Unwitting website owners are often taken in by the cheap price offered by some website hosting companies. These low-budget solutions are often called ‘economy hosting’. Like anything with the name “economy” attached to it, its just a euphemism for ‘cheap’. For a serious business, going ‘cheap’ may seem wise at first but is often disastrous. [...]

Irregardless – Stop using that word!

“irregardless” is not a legitimate English word. Its a malformation of the words Regardless and Irrespective which both represent its intended meaning without mixing them. Its a double negative which makes it mean the opposite of the speaker’s intention. And it sounds stupid when people say it. Example: “Irregardless, I ain’t got no money.” – [...]

Software Update Mania!

Today must be software update super day; Microsoft Windows,  Java, WordPress and my Cpanel web hosting server all required updates today. Windows wanted it so bad it shut down my computer to force it to happen. Must be a conspiracy!

Aging website content gets annoying

Ever notice that when you’re diligently searching the web for an answer to some pressing question you keep finding sites that look like possible candidates only to find that the post you are looking at was published 5 years ago? This is especially a real bug-a-boo with technology information. For Google’s SE algorithm “age of [...]

Domain Registry of America – Scam?

Apparently this is nothing new as there are lots of other posts about it. So, I have been receiving letters from Domain Registry of America notifying me that certain domains I own are expiring. Sounds like a thoughtful, service-oriented company doesn’t it? That might be true, except, I don’t have any domains registered with Domain [...]

Deliberate Failed CAPTCHA to Induce Opt-in

Some sneaky programmer has come up with a dirty trick to get visitors to sign up for newsletters or otherwise opt in to email marking. The idea is simple, but its an unethical practice and I am seeing more and more of it daily. It works like this… visitor completes legitimate registration form. Like many [...]

New Article: Web Development Costs Part 3 – Estimated Real World Costs

http://www.corewebsolutions.com/articles/general/website-development-costs-part-3-estimated-real-world-costs

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