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Pubcon 2009 ; Learning from a conference of expert online web professionals

Pubcon is a conference that is organized by Webmaster World and the 2009 conference is in Las Vegas. The Webmaster world website describes themselves as :
WebmasterWorld is the leading source for Search Engine and Internet marketing news, best practices and educational events. Founded by Brett Tabke, an early ’80s innovator in running BBS (Bulletin Board [...]

PSA : Network Solutions Email Latency Nov 4th

Update Nov 5th, 2009 12.38 p.m
The  email services for customers impacted from yesterday’s issue should be back to normal. In cases where customers are still having issues we are advising them to contact our 24/7  Network Solutions Customer Support at 1-800-333-7680 or open a ticket on our support page at http://www.networksolutions.com/help/email.jsp

Update : Nov 4, 2009 @ 14:34
The [...]

Tim Kelly heads Network Solutions as CEO and Miles Reidy becomes COO

We made an announcement  today 2nd November that  Tim Kelly , Network Solutions ’ President, will succeed Roy Dunbar as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Network Solutions. Miles Reidy, the company’s Chief Financial Officer, has been appointed Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Network Solutions.
Since joining Network Solutions about 6 months ago Tim has been [...]

3 days only .INFO domains for $3.99 and I got shashi.info

I wanted to alert our Network Solutions blog readers to a special offer. Until Friday 10/30/2009 you can register a  .info domain  for one year at only $3.99.  I tried it out and got myself http://shashi.info/.  Since it comes with a free business profile I used that to add a few basic info there and [...]

Learn How to Drive Holiday Sales with Pay Per Click

To significantly increase holiday sales, have a search engine marketing strategy in place. Learn how PPC can help you quickly.

Learn About Pay Per Click Advertising: Whitepaper Available from Network Solutions

Take a look at the benefits of Pay Per Click advertising and how integrating this strategy into your marketing plan can help you quickly grow your business.

Familiarity Breeds Empowerment

I have been thinking lately about the barriers to online marketing for those who have or want to have businesses. A good friend of mine started all of this ruminating I’ve been doing when she told me she wants to sell something that lets her use her creative talents, but she doesn’t want to market [...]

Do you have the right email address in your account?

As soon as we heard the news of the hacking of a few public email addresses and the passwords being posted online. we wanted to alert our readers about this.
Please take a few moments and check all your accounts – domain names, banks, utility companies etc to make sure you have the right email addresses [...]

Public Email Accounts Targeted in Phishing Attacks

According to several news reports listed below, Hotmail, Google and Yahoo email customers were subject to a scam attempting to trick them into revealing their credentials at fake websites.
This situation and others like it, reinforce the need for users to protect their email accounts.  If you have concerns about your email [...]

Phishing Alert: Please do NOT forward your password

We have received a report that customers have received spam/phishing emails asking for Network Solutions passwords.  The email we have seen has the subject line “Invalid WHOIS records – Action required ICANN”.  The email appears to have come from “Network Solutions Security” but is sent from a fraudulent Gmail account: network.solutions.secure@gmail.com.
There may be other email [...]