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Issue # 203 (09-02-2003)
Have You Seen Me Lately ?Last week (August 18-24), The Search Engine Strategies Conference (SES) was held in San Jose, CA, at The Doubletree Hotel. Nearly 2000 attendees made the trek to Silicon Valley to dance with Google, soak in the sun, suck in the drinks; and network their rear-ends off. Oh, there were tons of very educational presentations as well… Read on. |
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SimpleNet's guide to moving your Web site.
In previous installments of our column, we've spoken of how to determine if you are using a quality host for your Web site. This edition will address what to do if you feel the need to move your Web site… especially if you choose to move it to SimpleNet! Quite often, moving your site can seem to be a daunting task, when considering the work that must be done regarding your site, email addressed, and domain name. Let's face it though, no Web site owner should put up with poor customer service, a less than reliable product, or an inability to scale a successful Web presence. The best way to avoid possible downtime and lost data is to take the following steps. STEP 1: Sign up with your new Web host, but don't yet initiate a domain nameserver change. Basically, you should have all of our destinations ready for the transfer of information. This way, your directory structure and its contents are fresh in your mind. In a nutshell, you will download your site to your computer, and then upload it to your new provider. The reason that you don't transfer the domain yet is because you must get two copies of your site running one on your old host and one on your new host. STEP 2: Download an exact copy of your site to your computer. One of the easiest ways to do this is to use FTP to download all of your current files to your computer. Be very careful that you don't overwrite information, because you may have working files on your computer that have yet to be uploaded to your site servers. Be sure to grab ALL of your Web site files so that you have a replica of your site on your computer. And, remember to maintain the directory structure that you have created with your live site. STEP 3: Upload an exact copy to your new web host. Because you haven't yet set up your domain name on this host, you must use what your new host allows for uploading files, such as an IP address or temporary subdomain. Your new host should be able to give your site a temporary name so you can work on your new site before moving your domain. Once you have uploaded your site to the new host, be sure to test it thoroughly. This includes clicking on every link and using every function of your site. If you make changes, be sure to download them to your computer to make sure that your backup is up to date. Also, set up your email accounts. During your domain name propagation, you will have to check email at both your old host and new host to make sure that you don't miss any incoming email. STEP 4: Initiate a nameserver change for your domain. Once your mirror site is completely tested, you can initiate the nameserver location change. You need to contact your domain registrar, the organization that registered your domain, and provide them with the names of your new nameservers. From the time that you have initiated this process, leave your site running in both locations for about a week to make sure that the domain name has fully propagated. Traffic will be directed to your old host until all domain name servers in the world know that it has been moved. This is called propagation, and it can take up to seven days. At the end of this period, it will be safe to discontinue hosting with your old company. STEP 5: Cancel account with your old host. Now that your site has fully propagated, your Web site traffic and email should be arriving at your new Web host. If that host is SimpleNet, then you'll be hosted on our revolutionary architecture that provides the cleanest and most effective path to your Web site. Couple that with our incredible products, and you'll find that SimpleNet is the only choice for your Web site's success. Visit SimpleNet now and take advantage of our waived set-up fees for all JimWorld subscribers: http://www.simplenet.com/jimworld.html |
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Posted On: 04/19/2006 04:35
Posted By: alfie1848
Posted By: alfie1848
Thank you for your review, I will benefit from your suggestions. I have one
question though. You said "In the source, you really need a meta description
for each page just as you do with any web site." How do I do this with blogger?
question though. You said "In the source, you really need a meta description
for each page just as you do with any web site." How do I do this with blogger?
Posted On: 04/19/2006 04:43
Posted By: alfie1848
Posted By: alfie1848
Thank you for your review, I will benefit from your suggestions. I have one
question though. You said "In the source, you really need a meta description
for each page just as you do with any web site." How do I do this with blogger?
question though. You said "In the source, you really need a meta description
for each page just as you do with any web site." How do I do this with blogger?
Posted On: 04/19/2006 04:57
Posted By: alfie1848
Posted By: alfie1848
Thank you for your review, I will benefit from your suggestions. I have one
question though. You said "In the source, you really need a meta description
for each page just as you do with any web site." How do I do this with blogger?
question though. You said "In the source, you really need a meta description
for each page just as you do with any web site." How do I do this with blogger?
Posted On: 04/19/2006 04:10
Posted By: alfie1848
Posted By: alfie1848
Thank you for your review, I will benefit from your suggestions. I have one
question though. You said "In the source, you really need a meta description
for each page just as you do with any web site." How do I do this with blogger?
question though. You said "In the source, you really need a meta description
for each page just as you do with any web site." How do I do this with blogger?
Posted On: 01/04/2008 08:04
Posted By: boltonuv
Posted By: boltonuv
This "Scumbag of the Week" article is irresponsible. I had not trouble at all in receiving the following response from SpamArrest:
"Hi James,
Thank you for your email.
James, what you see there is absolutely wrong and is done to misguide our users and our new customers from Spam Arrest. We have over 1.5 million customers with us including you. You have been with us for a very long time, James. You can check with any of your contacts whether they have received any junk emails from us. We never do such a thing and its completely against our ethics! We hate spam as much as you do and so, along with stopping it, we make sure that none of our customer's emails are noted as spam. We warn our customers from sending bulk emails about the fact that their contacts might misunderstand their bulk emails as spam and will turn against them and Spam Arrest. A company following only such healthy practices can never do such a thing like spamming. What we value the most is our customer's trust and we will make all efforts to retain that in the best way possible. We never admit your personal information to any third party under whatsoever circumstances. You will find a whole lot of misleading things like this in Internet, James. We have friends and foes like anyone else in this planet.
I hope you will understand us the best way possible, James. Please do let me know if you need any further clarifications regarding this.
Best Regards,
Peter
Technical Support Specialist
Spam Arrest"
In the 3 years that I have used SpamArrest, I personally have never received one complaint from anyone that has been 'spammed' from any theoretical 'spam list' that SpamArrest may have created. I think that their statement above makes it clear that they would not do this.
I behooves you to publish a retraction.
Jim Bolton
"Hi James,
Thank you for your email.
James, what you see there is absolutely wrong and is done to misguide our users and our new customers from Spam Arrest. We have over 1.5 million customers with us including you. You have been with us for a very long time, James. You can check with any of your contacts whether they have received any junk emails from us. We never do such a thing and its completely against our ethics! We hate spam as much as you do and so, along with stopping it, we make sure that none of our customer's emails are noted as spam. We warn our customers from sending bulk emails about the fact that their contacts might misunderstand their bulk emails as spam and will turn against them and Spam Arrest. A company following only such healthy practices can never do such a thing like spamming. What we value the most is our customer's trust and we will make all efforts to retain that in the best way possible. We never admit your personal information to any third party under whatsoever circumstances. You will find a whole lot of misleading things like this in Internet, James. We have friends and foes like anyone else in this planet.
I hope you will understand us the best way possible, James. Please do let me know if you need any further clarifications regarding this.
Best Regards,
Peter
Technical Support Specialist
Spam Arrest"
In the 3 years that I have used SpamArrest, I personally have never received one complaint from anyone that has been 'spammed' from any theoretical 'spam list' that SpamArrest may have created. I think that their statement above makes it clear that they would not do this.
I behooves you to publish a retraction.
Jim Bolton
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