Uptime Report, August’2010

The server “Hera” ran very fine in the month of August. There was no downtime and our per minute monitor check recorded 100% uptime, Yahoo! Server Name: Hera Month: July Monitor Period: 1min interval Uptime Monitor Site: http://www.pingdom.com/reports/o8tg5oi83rib/ Please see the below image and verify our uptime...

cPanel’s Fantastico Programs Updat...

We have just update Hera’s Fantastico Programs with latest version. It includes latest Joomla and WordPress version. If you are using any scripts from Fantastico then please update them by login to your cPanel. Current version is De Luxe 2.10.4 r41. Fantastico De Luxe 2.10.4 r41 (LATEST and STABLE releases) Updates: Coppermine Photo Gallery: 1.4.26 -> 1.5.6 Joomla 1.5: 1.5.17 -> 1.5.20 Moodle: 1.9.8 -> 1.9.9 Soholaunch Pro Edition: 4.9.3 r17 -> 4.9.3 r41 TikiWiki: 4.1 -> 4.3 WordPress: 2.9.2 -> 3.0 Zen Cart: 1.3.9b ->...

Understand your website traffic!

Ok, you have launched your online business and also spent money on ads and publicity. Now the question arises as to how effective your marketing has been and whether your site is reaching the right audience. This is where your website statistics tools come in. Nowadays various Web statistics tools can provide you with flood of information. It is up to you to analyze and use them to your advantage. Some common terms associated with Web statistics are: Hits: Hits refer to the number of times that a page, image, or file on your site is viewed or downloaded by someone. Visits:...

Cron Job, what is it?

Cron is basically a task scheduler, which runs your selected job at a particular time of day. They are great tools to do repetitive tasks which you might not remember or simply don’t want to do manually. The actual cron jobs are stored in file called crontab. You can directly edit this file from shell or use your control panel’s cron tool to set your crons. This is what a typical crontab file looks like: 0 * * * * /bin/php –q /home/user/public_html/email//send_emails.php 0 * * * * /bin/php –q /home/user/public_html/email//send_emails.php You can almost do any kind...

What is Link Juice?

Search Engine Optimization has opened up newer varieties of terms, which are applicable to different websites to help them become popular and therefore increase the number of hits. One of them is Link Juice. Greg Boser in his site Web Guerilla coined the term. The trendy name attracted a lot of people. The scientific term is actually known as ‘pass through ratio’. But Link Juice sounds more stylish and therefore catching. It is the quality or weight that a site receives through links from other websites. This is usually carried out by newer websites to increase the...

What is Google PageRank?

Google pageRank is essentially an algorithm that was developed by Larry Page and Sergey Brin in the late 1990s at the Stanford University as a part of a research project. Though, presently Google owns the name pageRank, its patent rights still lie with the Stanford University. Despite the fact that there are various tools and techniques available to Google for its web searching procedure, the pageRank is still the most important foundation. The system of algorithm, which is followed by the functioning of pageRank, is mainly analytical in nature. It basically allocates a...

What is Google Adsense?

Advertisers on the internet are asked to register with Google AdWords. The AdWords then research the ads and make them ready to be published on the sites. Google Adsense is a program run by Google. It serves those ads to websites. This program is available for enrollment where website users can sign up and enroll for the ads. Website owners get banner, texts and video ads through this program. Website owners earn money on a per-click basis. Though Adsense website owners get ads suitable and relevant to the website and the ads are precise and therefore don’t look bulky....

Important security tips to keep your web...

Security is of utmost importance to TetraHost and we have taken every step to ensure the integrity of your data. However, the fact is that web servers cannot be completely secured, particularly since it is always connected to the Internet. The world of internet security is an evolving landscape, and perfect security is nothing more than a pipe dream. There is always a “weak link” in a networked system and it needs to be protected. The weakest link in a web server is usually outdated scripts which have vulnerabilities or files which have incorrect permissions/ownership...