Reading Time: 3 minutes Google's “disavow links” is a useful tool. It helps you improve the ranking of your website in Google search results. However, there are exceptions: this tool can affect your search results adversely if you do not use it with proper caution. We have listed here a few things that you should know about Google's “disavow tools”. “Nofollow links” need not be disavowed Google's rankings of a website and other linked pages is not affected by nofollow links. Hence, there is no need for you to add these links in the disavow links file you send to Google. read_more This has been made clear by Google's John Mueller that we can avoid nofollow links. “You don't need to include any nofollow links [...] what happens with links that you submit as a disavow, when we recrawl them we treat them similarly to other nofollowed links.” Google Webmaster Tools still shows the disavowed links Google takes disavowed links as nofollow links. Thus, even the links are disavowed, they continue to be on display in Webmaster Tools. John Mueller of Google has admitted this in an interview and it is not a matter of concern if these links appear in Google webmaster tools. Google overlooks comments in “disavow file” The comments in the disavow file are for the own use of the user and Google ignores these comments. This has also been made clear bu John Mueller in an interview. “The disavow file is something that is processed completely automatically. If you put a lot of text in those comments in the disavow file, then nobody will be looking at them. Those comments are essentially for you, to help you understand the file a little bit better and those comments are not used by the webspam team.” Mind swings can be dear If you do not want a link to be disavowed, you remove that link from your disavow file and reupload the file. If you so do, the issue is Google considers the reavowed link unnatural. Google can penalize your site and harder than ever before they remove the penalty. John Mueller explains it thus: “Links are essentially only disavowed as long...
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Reading Time: 2 minutes It can take a lot of time to properly research a web host and there is still a certain probability that you may end up with a bad one. The servers may go offline, it may be hard to reach a human being there, they may let their server get overloaded causing it to slow down , or the company could be bought and sold. For those reasons and possibly many more, you might find yourself having to move your website to a good web host; for example 4GoodHosting. ; ) Wordpress is the most popular blogging platform, is is offered by most web hosts; although there a several other popular choices as well. When relocating your Wordpress blog, you will need to go through the following steps. These steps also serve as a general outline for other blogging scripts too: Make/download a backup of your site/blog, including: Theme directories/files Uploads directory Plugins directory read_more Database (you need to export this through mySQL using phpMyAdmin in your hosting account control panel ) Copy your database (“db”) You can do this manually or use a program like phpMyAdmin to explore the database and the import it into your new hosting account using phpMyAdmin in your hosting account control panel. Create an installation of WordPress in your new hosting account. Configure WordPress to use your imported database Upload theme files, uploads and plugins direct directories Test that everything is working correctly. Extra information: WordPress has a built-in export/import tool that you can try instead of this manual method. You will still need to copy your upload directory manually. Make sure you have the latest version of WordPress on both hosting account. Migrating from one version to a different version might cause errors, especially if it involves a major version jump. A bad web host can be a nightmare, but it is not one you have to endure. Find another host and move your blog as soon as you can. Dealing with a negligent web host can be a nightmare; but you don't need to suffer any more. Bring your or your friend's blog or website to 4GoodHosting. We offer free website transfers,...
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Reading Time: 1 minutes As you probably already know, about 2 months ago many core net neutrality rules were struck down in a case involving Verizon and the FCC has proclaimed that it will not appeal the ruling. The decision was a powerful victory for Verizon, as it ok'd the company's right to favor some types of internet traffic and services over other packets of data. So for example, ISPs are free to choose to block or slow down websites such as Netflix; or any others at any time. That just sucks rotten eggs, eh? In essence free speech just went to potentially limited speech as it seems. Although the FCC won't appeal the ruling, a spokesperson said chairman Tom Wheeler promises to establish new rules that ISPs from charging other companies, like 4GoodHosting?, a fee to get the highest performance speeds. Yet, will that turn out to be an empty promise? Something said to quiet people down for a while about the issue? The FCC's new rules will reportedly debut in late spring or early summer of this year. One of many petition links: http://act.credoaction.com/sign/verizon_netneutrality Like you, 4GoodHosting supports the free and open ideals of net neutrality.
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Reading Time: 1 minutes Singapore has the highest number of IPv6 certified engineers as well as the highest percentage of IPv6 capable networks (38.57 percent) compared to other countries around the world, according to an infographic released on Monday. Network Utility Force, an organization that provides IPv6 training and IPv6 network design and implementation, released the infographic to provide a look at the IPv6 migration landscape and some challenges in IPv4 exhaustion this year. “Based on our IPv6 work to date, including work for our current customers, 2014 appears to be the year ARIN will have no more IPv4 addresses to allocate,” Brandon Ross, co-founder, CEO and Chief Network Architect of Network Utility Force said. “To that end, we expect 2014 to be a growth year for IPv6 migrations and deployments, and thus, forecasting and budgeting at the beginning of the year will be important, as engineering resources are limited.” While Network Utility Force has an obvious motive for releasing the infographic, it does provide an interesting look at international adoption of IPv6. According to the infographic, IPv4 addresses will be depleted by December 2014. read_more
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