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What are core.xxxxx files

In the document root of your website you may discover large files named core.xxxxx where xxxxx is a random number. These files are called core dumps and could be useful in investigating problems with your website application. There are numerous reasons for … Continued

What is Black Hat SEO and does it affect my website ranking?

Black Hat SEO is the use of various tricks in order to increase your website ranking in search results. Such tricks may include spamming other websites with links, putting enormous amount of key words in the keyword tags, using invisible … Continued

What is streaming/broadcasting?

Streaming is a term often used to define the display of video and audio media in real time. Basically, there are two types of streaming. The “real” streaming requires a special service which broadcasts the audio/video information in real time. … Continued

The web service to this account has been limited temporarily!

If you see this message on your website, this means that we’ve limited the access to it either because your site was hacked, or because you’ve exceeded some of our resource limitations. To proceed, press the Get Limit Removed button which will … Continued

How to Leverage Browser Caching

The most important cache mechanism for page speed is browser caching. Most of the static files that are used on web pages can be saved on the computer of your visitor for future access. You can add the following rules … Continued

What does Organic SEO mean and is it better for my web site?

Good Organic SEO placement in search engines (also referred to as Natural SEO) means that the website will naturally display well in search results. In other words, it does not need pay per click advertising and paid inclusions (such as … Continued

What is a Content Management System (CMS)

A Content Management System (CMS) is an application through which you can easily create and manage dynamic web content. A CMS separates the different parts of a website (content, design, functionality) and thus allows for easier website management. When using … Continued

My 403 custom error page is not working

If you have set a 403 custom error page and you have “deny from all” rules in your .htaccess file, access to the 403 custom error page will also be denied. The easiest way to resolve this issue is to allow access … Continued

Leverage Browser Caching for Images, CSS and JS

To leverage your browser’s caching generally means that you can specify how long web browsers should keep images, CSS and JS stored locally. That way the user’s browser will download less data while navigating through your pages, which will improve … Continued

What is link building?

The way your website ranks in the Search Engines Result Pages (SERP) depends on many variables. One of the most important ones is the number of links in external pages pointing to your website. Link Building is a term that … Continued