December 2011
3 posts
How To Get A SM Account Deleted →
amabaie: A week ago, blood was spilled on the floor of the Internet. Last week’s surprise purge of some of the most active users at BlogEngage has brought to the forefront the long-simmering controversy of how social websites decide to delete people’s accounts. Here is the current policy on how Zoomit Canada deals with such issues…
Dec 13th
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Blog Engage Bans Number 3 Contributor →
Dec 13th
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3 SEO Keyword Research Tools You NEed →
There are numerous SEO keyword research tools out there to help you find the right words for your website, but the best ones are free. Check these essential SEO tools out.
Dec 9th
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November 2011
2 posts
Social Media Coups and Social Media Bombs →
amabaie: Like so many other things, social media is a great communications tool that yields results over time based on hundreds and thousands of interactions, one at a time and incrementally over time. But there were a few coups to report and there were a few lessons to be learned, so here are what the panel shared with us.
Nov 22nd
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Mongolian Fermented Horse Milk – Gross!!! →
amabaie: Once the mare’s milk has been collected it is stored in a container made from the stomach of a cow or from horsehide, where it is then hung outside of the entrance to a yurt. Here it will sit to ferment until it becomes a tasty beverage with about 5% alcohol content.
Nov 21st
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October 2011
5 posts
uCoz Is One Odd Little Sitebuilder →
In the world of website builders, uCoz is quite unique. It doesn’t share the Web 2.0 crispness of your Weebly or Yola, but it’s not as stingy with its features as other sites like Jimdo. Just…
Oct 14th
Was Matt Cutts’ Blog Hit by Panda? →
If you’re familiar with Google’s 2011 Panda update, you know that some 12% of all search results were affected by some pretty drastic changes in the way Google treats them. This…
Oct 11th
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GreenGeeks Review: It’s Easy Being Green →
GreenGeeks is not your average web host. Why? The answer’s in the title: they’re green. They heavily promote themselves as a green web host and I feel this is very important to mention….
Oct 10th
ScriptLance: No, It’s Not a Jousting Site →
When Emory asked me to review ScriptLance for the fine audience at Clickfire.com, I wasn’t quite sure what to make of the site. On the superficial level, the site resembles the uCoz of…
Oct 6th
ClickHOST: A “Simple, Secure, Service” Hosting... →
Simple. Minimalistic. Fresh. These are a few words that come to mind when visiting the ClickHOST website. It is in no way messy or cluttered, it is straight to the point and…
Oct 6th
June 2011
3 posts
How to Repurpose Your Content Online →
How can you leverage your content online? The following is an excerpt from Marketing Shortcuts for the Self-Employed (2011, Wiley) by Patrick Schwerdtfeger. The book has 80 chapters…
Jun 8th
The GoToMeeting Review: Why the Internet Just... →
I’ll admit: if I’m going to cite GoToMeeting as a reason why the Internet works in the title of a GoToMeeting Review, then I’m probably revealing my cards a little too early. But who cares?…
Jun 3rd
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Cytracom Plans for More Growth with CoreXchange →
Jun 2nd
May 2011
2 posts
M5 Hosting Receives Perfect A+ Accreditation from... →
May 5th
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Freelancer →
You’ve already seen Clickfire’s coverage of some of the most popular freelance sites out there, sites like Elance and oDesk. Considering both freelance sites are worthy additions to your own…
May 4th
April 2011
8 posts
Valcato Hosting Launches Shared Cloud cPanel... →
Apr 29th
SimpleScripts Review →
SimpleScripts: Against the Competition (Fantastico) SimpleScripts is a tool for quickly and easily installing programs on your hosted web sites. SimpleScripts is far from the only…
Apr 28th
Plurk: an Initial Review →
When I was browsing through different forums, I noticed several people mention Plurk www.plurk.com. Most of these people use Plurk as a source to role play characters from different fandoms. I…
Apr 22nd
iFreelance.com: Should uFreelance.com? →
Chide me if you want for forging a pun out of a site like iFreelance.com – they started it. iFreelance greets its visitors with a friendly “iFreelance” and then the question “Do you?” Well, I’ve…
Apr 18th
MegaMeeting Review: Worth the Price? →
Let’s be honest here: there’s a lot of web conferencing software out there, some better than others. Some way better than others. Some cheaper than others, too. And despite the variety of…
Apr 15th
Managed VPS Host SolarVPS Deploys New Nodes →
Apr 12th
Jigsaw Meeting Review: Solving the Web... →
If you’re going to compete in the big boy world of web conferencing software, you’ve got to be able to bring something special and unique to the table. Some pieces of software like to give you a lot…
Apr 7th
Apr 7th
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March 2011
13 posts
Future Hosting Adopts U.S.-E.U Safe Harbor... →
Mar 29th
ZNet Becomes Parallels Gold Partner in India →
Mar 26th
Fuze Meeting Review: Conferencing in... →
When you see a five out of five rating here on Clickfire, it means the software or service we’re reviewing really has to hit on all cylinders. Factors like pricing, free trial offerings, product…
Mar 26th
7 Ways To Increase Email Opt-ins From Your Website... →
Do you have a strategy to effectively convert your website visitors into email subscribers? Does your website need to be optimized to convert more of your visitors into subscribers? Having an…
Mar 24th
Google, Content Farms, and the Changing Face of... →
In February, Google updated its algorithm in a significant way. The update impacted nearly 12% of all queries and, in Google’s own words, was “designed to reduce rankings for low-quality sites…
Mar 18th
RivalHost Partners with VYLMedia to Offer... →
Mar 16th
LogoNerds Review: Cheap Logos and the Power of... →
I’ll be the first to admit to a certain degree of animosity against cheap logo sites. Maybe it has to do with my own traumatic past and the promises of “free” logo design being unfulfilled with a…
Mar 15th
Heritage Web Solutions Shuts Doors Without Notice →
Mar 12th
LogoYes Review: Is the Verdict a Yay or Nay? →
Clearly, if you’ve read our review of LogoMaker, you know that we have a certain genetic predisposition to the idea of creating your own logo. The process is enticing indeed, for a number of…
Mar 11th
Crowdspring Review: Logo Design By Committee →
If there’s anything the Internet’s good at, it’s bringing people together. Sometimes, this doesn’t always work out for the best – I’m looking at you, failed relationships of Match.com – but…
Mar 7th
RivalHost Attains Exclusive APS-400 Accreditation... →
Mar 7th
Arvixe Takes Second Place in Annual HostReview... →
Mar 4th
Hurricane Electric Establishes PoP in VegasNAP Las... →
Mar 4th
February 2011
1 post
CloudLinux Releases Upgrade to LVE 0.8 →
Feb 23rd
January 2011
8 posts
How to Optimize Your Blackberry for Business →
Getting the most out of your BlackBerry smartphone is key if you want to optimize the device for business. Let’s face it, today, every Tom, Dick & Harry is carrying either a BlackBerry, an…
Jan 31st
BeanSprout Brings A2 Hosting, Camelback Together... →
Jan 28th
Egypt Blocks Twitter →
Jan 25th
iContact Review: Meeting Potential Customers at... →
iContact is a site that worries precisely about that: how things look once your customer has actually made “eye contact” with your email newsletter. While many services out there – think AWeber
Jan 24th
EZPZ Hosting Deploys SpamExperts Clustered... →
Jan 22nd
AWeber Review: Create a List and Milk It For All... →
In the world of online marketing, few principles are heralded as much as the importance of creating a mailing list. And it’s not hard to see why. Having a steady number of interested leads – which…
Jan 22nd
Your-Webhost Partners with CloudLinux to Improve... →
Jan 12th
China Shuts Down Over 60,000 Porn Sites →
Jan 3rd
December 2010
5 posts
Webmaster-Talk.com Acquired by Freelancer.com →
Dec 31st
ZNet Announces 50% Christmas Discount On Hosting →
Dec 22nd
Infrenion Networks 50% Christmas Discount →
Dec 21st
DedicatedDollars Affiliate Program Competes for... →
Dec 17th
Vision Helpdesk Christmas Madness →
Dec 15th