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UKFast Websight - July 2009
Dear Newsletter Subscriber,
Welcome to July's Websight
We have the usual great mix of news and features to help you to make the most of hosting with UKFast. In our news round up we unveil two exciting up coming events.
In 'enhance your solution' we look at the virtues of a versioning system and in our 'expert view' section we feature the phenomenon that is Google Love and why you need to have it.
Happy reading!
Best regards,
The team at UKFast
- UKFast news - UKFast hosts a day of speed at Donington UKFast, the hosting provider with the fastest servers, is holding a special track day that will involve some of the fastest cars around at Donington Park this August.
- UKFast news - UKFast to launch the next big ecommerce stars UKFast has launched a competition to find the next big online superstars, pledging to provide £15k of funding for each successful applicant to support their business projects.
- UKFast blog - rapid hosting can boost business 300% Google agrees with UKFast that speed is vital to deliver the experience web users demand.
- UKFast blog - Cloud options- vCloud, Azure, Microsoft etc This morning I read Alan Muphys blog over at the Virtual DataCenter site.
- fake anti-virus is on the rise Malware posing as anti-virus software is spreading fast with tens of millions of computers infected each month, according to a report to be released on Wednesday from PandaLabs.
- malware, phishing, exploits at all time high A new report by Fortinet says malware, phishing attacks and exploits are at an all-time high.
- Niagara falls will power next Yahoo! data centre Yahoo! has announced that it will plunk down its next data centre just east of Buffalo, New York, so it can tap the carbon-free hydroelectric power generated by Niagara Falls.
writing and maintaining a great code base
Whether the technology chosen is PHP, ASP, .NET or Perl, writing and maintaining great code starts and ends with the developer. Security should be a top priority but you should not forget about application design for both the end user and also in regards to the infrastructure, scalability and database design.
One of the items listed in any developer's arsenal should be a versioning system to be able to track code changes, perform roll backs, and keep development and live code separate.
This is something that any sized development team should consider, even sole developers should consider using a versioning system as if they worked in a team of 10! Oh and the best thing of all, you can use your UKFast solution to host a versioning system which empowers you to work from anywhere!
Find out more by speaking to a member of the UKFast team on 0800 458 4545.
Google Love
Google Love: (Goo gle Love)|goo:gul:luv|noun
What your business experiences when you align it with Google's speed model. Result - better Google rankings, better quality score, lower PPC costs, more traffic, longer visit duration, more pages visited, more likely to buy, more likely to return.
With Google accounting for 95% of the internet search market, every business needs to experience Google Love. Quite simply, achieving success on the net is impossible if your website is not doing the things that make Google feel all warm and happy inside.
Google Love is all about your website delivering the key attributes that Google believes gives a positive user experience. Watch the video testimonials of UKFast clients that have achieved Google Love and find out how to attain it for your business.
As we are talking about the effects of Google Love here are some heart-warming stats from UKFast clients that have Google Love:
- Top Furniture increased sales by 300% in the first week
- Troo Healthcare increased order value by 37% within 4 weeks
- All Join On site traffic increased 300% within a month
We hope you found this month's edition an enjoyable read. We'll be back next month with more helpful tips and all the major August issues. Until then...
Best wishes,
The team at UKFast
