Morning Coffee Posts
How to backup a Blogger website
As Google demonstrated last month, a blog without a backup plan is only one incident away from vanishing into the ether. It's every website owner's...
A $120 Logo, Or, you get what you pay for
When it comes to developing a part of their branded image like a logo, businesses have a lot of pricing options. They can go for a $5 jobber on...
Tumblr brings ads to all tumblr blogs
Tumblr has toyed with adverts a time or two since it was bought by Yahoo in 2013, and now it's getting serious. The blog platform announced in its...
Google deletes artist’s blog: He has no backup, and only himself to blame
Google has just given us another reminder why we should always have an independent backup. From Fusion: Artist Dennis Cooper has a big problem on...
Infographic: Self-hosted WordPress sites vs free WordPress.com sites
One question I get a lot is: Which one is better? Is it better to pick the Self Hosted WordPress.org, or is it better to go with Free WordPress.com?...
How to Diagnose why your site is so danged slow
Speed is the bane of every website owner. Visitors are quick to leave a slow-loading site, Google will drop a site's position in its search results,...
The 3-Day Lycos server outage reminds us of the need for backups
Here's a scary reminder that the cloud is not nearly as stable as we would like, and of the need for redundant backups. This hasn't made the tech...
How to move your WordPress site from one hosting company to another
Here's one of those ideas that sounds simple in theory but in practice is actually rather difficult. So before you try this yourself, be sure you...
How $15 a year can turn you from a Hobbyist into a Professional
Many people get their start with a free hosting service like Blogger or Wordpress.com. If your needs are simple, it's hard to argue with the price....