Do I Need Cron Jobs In My Web Hosting Account?

Day by day, things are becoming more automated and computers are helping us schedule our routine tasks so that we can put our minds to something more useful. Since timing is critical, we need to ensure that our tasks are done when and how needed, without having to intervene.

In an eCommerce business, whether the webmaster is asleep or on vacation, the website is up and live. What keeps all of this ticking?

How are invoices, reminders, alerts, reports and automated tasks processed? This article takes you into the world of the Cron Job which is a tool to schedule your daily web hosting tasks on a Linux server.

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How Easy Is It To Add SSL To Your Website?

With Google search ranking using SSL as a key marker to boost website search results, SSL certificates have got a boost.

Most website owners want to buy an SSL certificate and are actively promoting their websites as secure.

The remaining lot of webmasters are apprehensive about installing SSL because they are unsure about the cost and how to make the change.

This article explains how you can easily add and SSL certificate to your website if you plan well.

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6 Reasons Why You Need To Set Up Your Own Blog

In the online business world, when you set up your own blog it can be one of your most powerful marketing assets to generate sales and influence your industry.

If you’ve got an online business, here are 6 reasons why you need to set up your own blog.

1. Establishes You As An Authority.

Starting your own blog helps to keep your readers informed about your thoughts, actions, options and comments on subjects that are connected to your particular industry.

If you can connect with your readers’ hopes, wants and needs they will continue to come back to read more.

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Tips To Prevent Failed Backups Of Your Website

Most of us keep regular backups of all our important data, especially which is on the internet. Websites should also be backed up regularly as a safety measure in case of a disaster and also as a version tracking mechanism.

This ensures that in the event of our website being hacked or becoming corrupt, we can quickly restore it to a prior version.

Most of us have automatic mechanisms to take a backup. But little do we realize that taking a backup doesn’t really end there.

We need to ensure that it is a workable backup and not a dummy file which has not value. This article explains how we can prevent backup file failures and how to ensure that our website backup will be of use when we need it.

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SEO Tips And Tricks That No Longer Work. Stop Using Them

Search Engines worked differently a few years back. They were less intelligent, more susceptible to manipulation and could be easily fooled.

Today they are not the same. Search Engines factor in over 2000 variables when giving your page or website a rank.

There are simply some SEO tricks that used to work wonders earlier but can be bad for your present day rankings.

This article explains why you should shed the old methods of SEO and get up to speed with what search engines want.

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