Category: SEO Related

August 27, 2024

Hosting Related, SEO Related, WordPress Hosting

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For a good long time after the Internet got its start the only type of domain extension that was available for websites was a .com extension. It’s still the most ubiquitous and popular among them, but nowadays there are all sorts of domain extensions and the most notable ones are all the ones that are country specific. While the .org and .biz types have 3 letters to them just like the .com extension, all of the country ones will just be two letters after the dot. A .ca extension is advisable for businesses in Canada, and we encourage you to discover the benefits of a .ca domain today. This is part of the broader topic we’re going to look at with this week’s blog entry here, and it will be more about Canadian business marketing tips online. No one is going to need to be made aware of how essential it is to have a strong online presence for a business nowadays, and here at 4GoodHosting that’s the reason we have many of the Canadian web hosting clients that we do. You need to have quality website for your business, and it needs to have reliable web hosting behind it so that it is available to prospective customers 24 hours a day. This is because what would be considered local businesses are only local in the physical sense of the term – they’re often taking orders or however else it is they do business from all across the country and possibly even outside of it. Local business growth strategies are going to be built on the idea that not much is explicitly local anymore when it comes to all of this. One of the things that the nature of our business provides for us is a lot of insight into what works well and what doesn’t with local SEO strategies in Canada. We say that fully aware of the fact that what defines ‘good’ SEO is changing all the time, and in fairness that’s the way it should be. If you’re looking for a provider you want the ones you see on page 1 of SERPS to be legitimately good...

July 30, 2024

SEO Related, WordPress Hosting

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Long gone are the days when a storefront had to be at least a 3-walled location and with a shopkeeper behind a counter in front of one of them. That was the only means you have of selling products up until nearly 30 years ago, but since then the advent of the Internet has given us eCommerce. You can do all of that selling online now if that’s what you choose to do. For many people it’s exactly what they choose to do, because it’s a more cost-efficient means of doing business and it means expanding your customer base in a way that is simply unmatchable by any other means. What we’re going to do here with this entry is compare WordPress vs Shopify for anyone who is set to take their store online, and is trying to decide on the best platform for an online store. We’ll be right up front and say for us it is WordPress, and there’s plenty of reasons why that’s the way we feel. The aim here will be to have you thinking similarly once you’ve read through the entirety of this blog, because there are Shopify alternatives. If you are willing to put in just a bit of work to optimize your WordPress site you’ll be amazed at how it can be just a conducive to selling a lot of whatever it is you’re bringing to the online market. One thing is not debatable is that you will be taking on much less monthly operating costs when you do business online with a WordPress site rather than getting Shopify’s services. But cost savings are just the smallest part of the advantage here with WordPress for eCommerce. The newest version of WordPress is even more user-friendly and intuitive for users as well as putting much more capability in their hands. That applies to WordPress sites for online stores too, and the value in going this route is even more pronounced for smaller businesses and especially ones for people who are running a small business entirely on their own and selling what they make online. You can optimize your store with WordPress, and if you’re...

June 25, 2024

Hosting Related, SEO Related

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You’ve got to be online if you have aims for whatever it is you’ve got to be going somewhere, and the fact is that if you don’t have a website you’ll be going pretty much nowhere nowadays. No matter what it may be, if people are looking for it they are going to be searching for it on the web first and that’s where you need to be with an attractive and appealing website for them to find. This is especially true for business, but finding the best website platform is also going to be the focus for people with any type of self-interest project. That website will of course require reliable web hosting and for that you need the best web hosting provider in Canada. We’ve gone on about 4GoodHosting at length to that end, and we continue to be anyone’s top choice as a Canadian web hosting provider. But we’ll stray from that focus with this week’s entry and instead provide a website builder comparison for anyone who realizes they need a good website but want to avoid the high expense of having it built for them. The two that most people will know of are the most well known for very good reasons; both WordPress and Wix are solid choices for someone who wants to build your own website. So Wix vs WordPress is what we’re going to look at here and with a view to helping you choose which might be best for you as you start building your website. If you read about this online the one consensus you will see that is pretty much unanimous is that if all you need is a simple and functional website that still looks fairly good then you can absolutely built it yourself. Top Considerations The reason people will want to create a website will vary. Common ones will be for business, a personal blog, or a side project. Not knowing which website platform to use is a fairly standard issue for people, especially if they’re not web savvy at all. Dig into this on the web and it is likely that in no time at all you...

May 21, 2024

Hosting Related, SEO Related

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Buying a home with an unfinished business presents the opportunity to create a mortgage helper, and of course what we’re talking about is having a secondary suite in your home that you’re able to rent out. That’s especially common here in Vancouver, although the astronomical costs people pay to carry a mortgage here has nothing to do with why 4GoodHosting is always tops for Vancouver hosting. There’s also no connection to reseller hosting marketing with that, but that’s going to be our focus here for this blog entry. Now if you’re someone who is a regular reader here it is likely that there aren’t many if any terms related to web hosting you’re not familiar with. Reseller hosting may be one of them though, so before we go any further with this let’s provide a definition for those of you who might need it. It is also called white label hosting, meaning that it’s hosting that is owned by one but has another’s name on it. So to speak, but as a more functional definition it is when someone rents server space, software, and bandwidth from another individual or entity at wholesale prices, and then resell the resources for profit to someone looking to build a website. It essentially works in much the same way as the rental suite analogy we provided earlier – they’ve got more space than they need included in their web hosting package, but moving down to a lower one would mean they wouldn’t have enough. The additional unneeded space is then made available for resale, and there you have it – reseller hosting. Reseller hosting sales can become its own business when an entity will have several web hosting arrangements being paid for every month and most of them will be for separate sites, apps, or other internet-based ventures. When you’ve got plenty of bandwidth to spare, you start focusing on reseller business promotion. What we’re going to do here is tailor this communication to individuals or companies that are in that position, and lay out 7 strategies to market your reseller hosting business. Let’s get right into it. More All the Time Over recent...

March 5, 2024

Hosting Related, SEO Related

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Proximity is preferable when it comes to so many aspects of operating a business or a venture. There are benefits when you or one of the resources you need for your operations is close by and more readily accessible because of it. This can be in reference to tangible resources, but it can also be referring to ones that you’re not able to put your hands on. Web hosting is an infinitely valuable resource for any business or venture these days given the predominant nature of the Web when it comes to generating business and clientele. As you’d expect we’re talking about Linux web hosting, and if you are able to have your web host’s servers physically near to you then there are a number of significant benefits that come with that. It’s the reason that the best Canadian web hosting providers will have more than one physical data center, and for us here at 4GoodHosting it’s why we established ones in Vancouver and Toronto many years ago. Sites hosted through us will have one of them reasonably close depending on whether they’re found on the East or West side of what is a very large and very wide country. Whether that’s for the ultimate Linux hosting with cPanel Vancouver or for the same type of hosting in Halifax or St. John’s the benefits are extended the same way. Uptime guarantees are going to be front and center with all of this, but what fewer people will know is that server proximity factors into SEO too. We don’t need to explain how SEO is everything if you are in business online and having yourself be clearly and prominently visible in front of people who may be looking for a retailer or service provider like you online. Server location certainly does play a role in website performance and SEO, and no one should be assuming that these proximity effects won’t also be benefiting Linux shared hosting plan members. You don’t need to be on a VPS to enjoy server proximity benefits. Geographical Distance Server location is a term for the physical location of the data center or server where your website’s...

January 19, 2024

SEO Related

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Now-a-days many businesses are hiring cheap SEO services to cut down costs. But, by hiring cheap SEO services does it really make any sense to use these services and do these SEO firms offer search engine optimization? If you really see, there are many ways to get SEO done at a low price. Read the article to know the most popular cheap SEO services. 1. The CMS (content management system) vendor and the hosting company Some CMS vendors and the hosting companies will add 'SEO' services in their packages. These packages will include automated tools which inserts code and keywords on the web pages and, then these services will submit your website to search engines like Google, Yahoo and Bing. 2. Someone who is good with computers You may know someone's son/cousin/nephew who is really good with computers, and they may help you with SEO on your website. This will save your money because they don't charge much. 3. Offshore company that does everything for a low price Offshore companies will send some unrequested emails offering great services and will also promise you in building backlinks, optimizing the web pages and a lot more for a very less monthly fee. You may be tempted seeing these offers, as they don't look too bad. Reasons why you should not use cheap SEO services Using cheap SEO services just to cut costs does not make any sense because you are doing it at the expense of lost sales and revenue. The three services that are mentioned above have something in common that can be risky for you to use such services. For instance: The automated solutions that are offered by the CMS vendors and the hosting companies are outdated that have worked in early 2000's, but presently these methods do not work. Some of these automated methods are considered as spam and your website may get penalized for using them. SEO is no more point-and-click. Your nephew may be good at HTML coding and he may create a web page for you, but that doesn't mean that he has knowledge about SEO. Hiring offshore companies to promote your website is not a...

January 5, 2024

SEO Related

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A large percentage of the client websites we host are based on Wordpress. We are sometimes asked for plugin suggestions. Having the right mixture of plugins can help you take your business or otherwise hobby website to the next level. With over 44,000 free plugins available in the WordPress depot, there is no lacking of any amount on utility that can be easily added to your website by installing one of them. There are literally thousands of plugins providing features that you might have not known to exist. However, it can be quite time-consuming to sort the great ones from the bad ones, so we are giving you a list of the best plugins that you must have in the most essential categories. We also list an alternative for many of the categories. All the plugins considered here are free and can be installed on your website within a few minutes. A. W3 Total Cache Speed is one of the most important SEO factors. Faster websites rank higher in Google, this means more visitors for your business website and more conversions. W3 Total Cache allows you to serve compressed and cached files to your visitors. This reduces the load on your server and your website becomes faster. B. Soliloquy Sliders on your WordPress landing pages allow you to easily display your featured content, products, and announcements in a beautiful interactive way. Soliloquy is the best WordPress slider in the market. It allows you to easily create your own beautiful sliders and add them anywhere on your WordPress site. C. OptinMonster OptinMonster is the most popular conversion rate optimization software. It allows you to convert abandoning website visitors into email subscribers. If you want to grow your email list, then this is a must have WordPress plugin in 2016. If you don’t have a firewall on your website, then add one today. D. BackupBuddy While we’re talking about security, there’s no better security than having a reliable backup system. As a business owner, you cannot afford to lose your business and customer data in case of a hardware failure or an attack on your host’s servers. The first thing you should...

November 7, 2023

Hosting Related, SEO Related

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It’s hard to think of examples where complexity is preferable to simplicity, at least when you look at whatever it is for an end-user perspective. There are times when architectural complexity is needed for any number of different interests, but when it’s you that is doing the building and using of it then you probably want everything to be as simple as possible. That certainly applies to websites, as most people who don’t need anything too fancy with theirs are going to be fine with a simple yet functional and fairly good looking one too. For many that’s a WordPress website, and the ease of use with putting one together and maintaining or upgrading it is why WordPress websites are more numerous that other type of site. Good Canadian web hosting providers like us here at 4GoodHosting are receptive to that popularity and will offer managed WordPress web hosting plans that are optimized for these types of sites. They are also decidedly affordable for people who aren’t leaning on a website to be the most focal point of whatever is they’re promoting for themselves with Toronto web hosting So going the simple route with a WordPress website is a great place to start if you’re claiming a domain name for the first time and you’re ready and eager to make yourself visible on the information superhighway. There are also ways to make your WordPress site function ever better despite it’s barer-bones simplicity, and that’s what we’re going to look at with this blog entry. Speedier is Important Optimizing website speed isn’t a nice-to-have for WordPress website owners, and nowadays it’s really something that you can’t do without at all. There’s been research that’s indicated nearly half (47%) of consumers won’t give a web page any longer than two seconds to load. This is something nearly everyone can relate to, as no one is willing to tolerate or be patient with a page that doesn’t load sufficiently quickly. There are several strategies you can implement to speed up your WordPress website to go along with the speed benefits that come with Toronto web hosting optimized for WordPress sites. So without any...

February 26, 2019

Domain Related, Hosting Related, SEO Related

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It’s been said that here and now in the 21st century we’ve never had more distractions pulling at our attention day in and out like we do now. This is especially true when we’re in front a screen, and we imagine not many of you need any convincing of that. Distractions aren’t particularly problematic when you’re only web surfing or the like, and more often than not they’re what you might call an irresistible nuisance in those situations. When you’re on your computer for productive purposes, however, all those distractions can add up to a considerable amount of lost time. That’s where people might wish there was something to be done about them… and it appears as if now there is. Here at 4GoodHosting, we’re like any industrious Canadian web hosting provider in the way we have our eyes and ears peeled for developments in the computing world. Most of them aren’t worthy of discussing at large here, but considering that nearly everyone has had difficulty staying on task when making use of the Internet then this one definitely is. Google Introduces Focus Mode for Chrome Browser As if the Chrome browser needed any more assistance in being the nearly ubiquitous web-browser of choice these days. Google is set to announce focus mode, and while they haven’t actually announced this new feature as of yet, tech insiders have found there’s a new flag to be seen that indicates whether or not ‘focus mode’ is on. It should be mentioned that they’re not broaching uncharted territory here. Different applications have attempted to take on the problem of getting people to focus while working on a computer, and there have been software solutions available for both Mac and PC that have arrived with little or no fanfare. It goes without saying, however, that no power players commands the attention that Google does these days. At this time little is known about the Focus Mode feature, asides fro the fact it will soon be implemented with the world’s most popular web browser. The seen flag is reportedly indicating that if ‘#focus-mode’ is enabled, it allows a user to switch to Focus Mode. What,...