Archive for ◊ December, 2009 ◊

Author: Leif
• Tuesday, December 29th, 2009

Google Personalized SearchGoogle has come up with some new changes in their search engine where they have tried to personalize the search engine results which may take the web-surfing to new levels.

The new Google Personalized Search Engine system is designed to help the viewers to find that they are looking for in easy and specialized way.The new system of Google basically works in this way, if someone is searching for some answer and clicks on a website that they often visit that has that answers, then that site will rank higher than others the next time they go to search for the same query. If you like the answers in wiki answers than some other website, Wikipedia will rank higher on the list because Google knows that you like that site more than other websites.

To take the advantage of Google’s new personalized search, you don’t need to keep signed-in to Google account nor you need a Google account. It is available in 40 languages worldwide. The Google personalized search also works with less specific keyword terms. If you type in a general term like “new phones” and frequently check for the relates websites from search engine, then the websites that you usually prefer to visit, will rank higher than other websites for “new phones”. In this way, google will help you to get the information you would normally like to check out first.

So what if you are looking for some more general search? If the new general search doesn’t impress you, you can simply turn off the customization setting that is found under “view customizations” on Google. Google only keep the customized search information records for 180 days and it is completely different from a users Google account and web history.

Google’s new personalized search tool makes users feel more comfortable in their search and makes it more easier for them to get that they are looking for. It’s giving the internet more of a personal touch, making it simple for those who are new to the web and more helpful for regular web surfers.

Author: Leif
• Friday, December 25th, 2009

Merry Christmas

merry christmas and happy new year

Wish you all a Merry Christmas and may this festival bring abundant joy and happiness in your life!!!

Author: Leif
• Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009

seo logo2 Does Search Engine Optimisation(Optimization) Works With Search Engine Spiders?Search engine optimisation (optimization) is very important for a website. To get the process work well, it will be good to combine search engine spiders with this process. You can use these spiders for your SEO needs.

It is good to know first what a search engine spider is. It is a procedure that monitors the Internet to index sites. It monitors things like how frequently a site is updated, links to a main page and references on other pages. When a spider finds more things it will be pretty much easier for a site to be listed at a good ranking on a search engine.

The most beneficial thing that can be pretty much helpful for your SEO needs is to keep a link to all the key pages on every page of your site. These key page include things like your main page or other type of pages including important things like categories of your site. It doesn’t matter at all what the links look like. As much as they are included, they will be useful.  This will help the main page to get onto the search engine and  at a better position.

Sometimes the web hosting company that is providing you the hosting services can make an impact on your search engine results. A web hosting company in UK can help you a lot with getting more respect from search engine spiders. This can be the case if that hosting company is related to a search engine. A hosting organization linked to a web search engine can help. This is for the reason that your site will be easier to find on a typical engine.

Getting links for your site from other websites can also help. Submitting your site to lots of  directories is one of the best example of this. Directories can work with listing information on websites relating to various categories. Not only you will be able to get your site listed for more people to find but you will also get it to work with search engine spiders.

You should observe these things with UK search engine. These features deal with things like getting links set around your site to your front page or other key pages.

Search Engine Spiders

Author: Leif
• Friday, December 11th, 2009

Dedicated ServersCheap dedicated servers hosting is something that you may need in the future. It is pretty much  common that webmasters expands with their shared web hosting packages but shared site hosting has n number of disadvantages.

I personally have quite a lot of wordpress sites hosted on dedicated servers now and i see pretty good improvement in speed and reliability. For example, Wordpress can be very CPU intensive, especially the load they can produce on MySQL if you have some blogs running at the same time.

If you turn-up to a certain level of traffic, you will also see a remarkable advantage of hosting on a dedicated servers.

There is no reason to keep going with your cheap web host because serious, professional dedicated hosting can be more affordable than what you think! As a matter of fact, i have seen cheap dedicated servers but i am talking about reliable, good and well managed dedicated servers hosting.

If you are looking for the best hosting, here are some of the things you need to take care of:

Choose a reliable company which has been providing the services  from some years already. Big providers often have deals where smaller web hosting companies just cannot compete, and mostly they have top grade service and customer service response times as well.

Look over the server’s hardware provided, dual core servers are just awesome. Check the memory options and most of all, how much bandwidth the provider offers.

Some companies also offer custom dedicated servers solutions where you can select from a range of options fitting exactly with your needs.

Being a webmaster from couple of last years, i did a lot of research where i tried to match up with the prices, quality and service. Some hosting companies were just useless, they were affordable but their service was unaffordable. In this market the price does not always reflect the quality, some are pretty much overpriced and offer bad hosting in return. New “startup” server hosting companies may offer attractive discounts and prices, but the experience is lacking and because of that, they are not able to provide the same quality of service like established companies.

Dedicated Servers

Author: Leif
• Friday, December 04th, 2009

cloudcomputing Security in Cloud ComputingA lot of business executives are familiar with the benefits of cloud computing that are been offered over a traditional in house IT departments. But as the popularity of this new alternative expands, questions concerning to its security are being raised. Is cloud computing as safe as having your data network in house?

Data in Cloud Computing is Centralized

There is nothing like traditional networks which leave documents and other information data spread casually between employee work stations, data inside the cloud is centralized. Since cloud computing providers are typically held to too much higher standards than in house IT security teams, this normally means that the data is safer than on your own network. This data is accessed only through  web browsers which can be set to clear their cache each and every time they are closed.

Take this in comparison with delivering an email, for example: The email with attachment is distributed to n number of employees who are expected to utilize the information properly then discard or resend it. In the case of cloud computing – no data would be sent to the staff members. They would be able to log on to one central location, view the data, make any type of changes they needed cooperatively, then log out – all without actually downloading the information.

Cloud Computing Security Concerns are Logical, but not Actual

So far, there has been no major violations of cloud security. Compare this with private networks, in which there are numerous stories every week of breached data or stolen client machines.

A lots of people are concerned about the security in a cloud computing setup. People are used to thinking that something in their control is more secure than if it is out in the open. Even though that seems like common sense, it simply isn’t true. All connected networks are ‘out in the open’. Cloud computing simply gives fewer chances to access that data by its very design.

Ideas to Improve Cloud Computing Security

As we all know that cloud computing is pretty much new if compared to the traditional in house IT departments, there does tend to be a shortage of standardization on security problems. A lots of well known companies like Hewlett Packard, IBM,  Novell, Qualys, Symantec, Zscaler, and others are initiating to contribute in security programs.

By its very design and within the use of normal security measures such as encryption, cloud computing security is really not a barrier to enter any longer. In most trials it proves to be just as secure if not more so than normal in house data networks. As time moves forward, the many benefits in-built to cloud computing will ensure that it remains the focus of the IT security industry.

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