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Pay-Per-Click: What It Is and Why You Would Use It

Pay-Per-Click: What It Is and Why You Would Use It The concept of pay-per-click (PPC) advertising is a simple one: high-traffic search engines such as Bing and Google sell listings in their search results to businesses and individuals, which are displayed above the organic, non-paid…

Upgrading WordPress

Upgrading WordPress WordPress (WP or WordPress.org) is a free and open-source content management system (CMS) written in PHP and paired with a MySQL or MariaDB database. Features include a plugin architecture and a template system, referred to within WordPress as Themes. WordPress was created as…

What Is WordPress – Non Geek Speak

What Is WordPress - Non Geek Speak WordPress is a program or app (more commonly known as a Content Management System or CMS), and to extend its capabilities, like a large opening slider or slideshow for example, you add plugins to it. You also have…

New Way of Doing Email

New Way of Doing Email The new server setup has a new way of doing email. We are now using an outgoing email service that monitors all outgoing email for policy and SPAM. This is designed to stop or slow the spread of SPAM. Think…

The Move to a New Server was a HUGE Success

The Move to a New Server Was a HUGE Success Minus a few minor growing pains here and there, it went very well and we couldn't be happier and we hope that you are as well. Here is the skinny on who, what, when and…

WOW! That was a long but successful weekend!

WOW! That Was a Long But Successful Weekend! Afternoon!  We have launched the new servers – it was a long weekend, but the move was overall successful.  We have only had a few unique to the specific client glitches that are currently all fixed.  Each…

Server Migration

Server Migration The migration to our new server is coming along well. This new server will have twice the physical CPUs, three times the CPU cores, and twice the CPU clock speed. It will have twice the RAM, and we are moving from classic spinning…

SPAM Is Out of Control

SPAM Is Out of Control Lately, we have been experiencing a huge influx of SPAM emails, but this time, things are not what they seem. Our email server uses a software application called MailScanner, which checks every email message and gives it a score. The…

Email Attachments and MailScanner

Email Attachments and MailScanner MailScanner is a highly respected open-source email security system design for Linux-based email gateways. It is used at over 40,000 sites around the world, protecting top government departments, commercial corporations, and educational institutions. This technology has fast become the standard email…

Using Outlook to Block SPAM

Using Outlook to Block SPAM Does SPAM have you down lately? If you are using Microsoft Outlook, you can actually control some of the anti-SPAM features, and when used correctly, you can greatly reduce the amount of SPAM that makes it to your email inbox,…