Slow loading websites are still the number one reason why people leave a website before buying, here are some flags for what might be slowing down your website. The top 5 reasons a website loads slow: The amount and size of resources on the web page like widgets, link lists, images, videos. The browser has…
Year: 2009
Email port 25 26 587
Email port 25 – This is the standard outgoing email port. 99% of the time it will be fine and set in your email program by default. Email port 26 – This is simply a alternative to port 25 and works the same. It exists because some ISP’s do not allow outgoing email which we…
Using Google Public DNS
Google now offers free DNS resolves, they claim this will speed up the entire internet. These new DNS servers will replace your ISP’s domain name servers. You can also simply use them as additional resolvers and keep your current DNS as the primary. DNS basically stores what every domain name’s IP is. Here is the…
Tell a friend!
DWHS is now giving a free month of web hosting for all referred new accounts, just let us know the domain name and name of the person that you refereed and we will confirm it and add a free month to your current web hosting. Simple as that!
How to start a blog off in style
Want to start a blog? Good for you, it’s a great way to speak your mind, contribute to the greater good, and possibly make a living with someday. After years of running over 50 blogs we have realized we could of done things a little easier and better from the start if we knew then…
Who are people using for advertisers on their blogs?
Blogging is big business these days, and most (79%) of the Top 100 blogs had some form of advertising. A mere 21% had no explicit advertising at all. he most popular form of monetization is the ubiquitous Google Adsense, appearing on 24% of the Top 100. Easy to set up, and with a large catalog…
Validate your website
Hello, HTML can be tricky, there is lots of little bugs and unexplained errors that can come up for most web designers. But for a website to run smooth and fast validating the website is essential. To do this you need it to be checked by a credited validation service. The best one currently is:…
Yahoo closing free web hosting service
Yahoo has announced it is closing down its free web hosting service later this year. The firm is shutting its GeoCities free service from October 26th and putting its entire range of options for consumers out of service. Launched in 1994, GeoCities was the one of the first places many website creators went for their…