SEO Tips: Google+
Many times your website is the first introduction to your company that a potential client has, but to make that introduction you have to be found. To be found you need to make Google happy somehow, from the myriad of other sites for businesses just like yours, you need to stand out. I’m publishing a series of tips that will help to get your site moved farther up the list on all search engines, but specifically Google. Today’s Tip: Google+ One year ago this thursday, Google+ was opened to the public. After months of the masses...
read moreSEO Tips: Update Regularly
Many times your website is the first introduction to your company that a potential client has, but to make that introduction you have to be found. To be found you need to make Google happy somehow, from the myriad of other sites for businesses just like yours, you need to stand out. I’m publishing a series of tips that will help to get your site moved farther up the list on all search engines, but specifically Google. Today’s Tip – Update Regularly Google hates a stagnant website. If your website remains unchanged for...
read moreAnonymous Hacks GoDaddy
Anonymous is Hurting Small Business One of the great things about a blog is the ability to share information without having to keep my feelings and opinions out of my articles like I would if this were a news site. Today the hacker group, Anonymous, or one of its members, brought down the Web Hosting giant GoDaddy. This attack has affected millions of websites, but more than that it’s taken down file servers, databases, and email all hosted at GoDaddy. Anonymous is an anarchistic and highly dispersed group of users from various...
read moreTech Mystery: Cell Phone Bars
Today I was browsing my Twitter Feed and one of my favorite Twitterers?…Tweeters?…Tweetists?…one of my favorite blogs to follow posted a great trick for all of the iPhone users out there. LifeHacker posted an article called “See the Actual Signal Strength on Your iPhone…” It’s a great read and a really handy hack that doesn’t require you to do anything damaging or illegal to your phone. This hack will let you see the actual signal strength in dBm of your signal instead of just seeing bars....
read moreComputer Trick: App Specific Volume
Did you know that you can set the volume level individually for different applications on your Windows computer? Well, in Windows 7 for sure. Most computer users are familiar with the Speaker Icon in the System Tray (the area by your clock) on your computer and most of those users are able to click on that speaker and adjust the volume higher or lower depending on their hearing or lack there of. More advanced users might be familiar with right-clicking on the Speaker Icon to get to the properties for your sound card and for some...
read moreDNS Changer Malware and DCWG
A couple of months ago I started seeing articles and Facebook posts about this DNS Changer Malware that will “shut off your internet”. These articles and posts all point you to the same place, a supposedly government backed website, http://www.dcwg.org/. Everything about this screamed “Hoax!” at me, the way it popped up out of no where, the way it went viral on Facebook before real news agencies picked it up, and the crazy claims that it was making. Well, it turns out that this is probably not a hoax and if it...
read moreCapstone Creations Workshop
We are happy to announce that Computing Concepts and Capstone Creations are working with Campbellsville University to host a workshop covering how to use WordPress, Social Media, and Blogging to help you gain ground with your own business’s web presence. This workshop is 3 hours long (with breaks) and we’ll bring the coffee and donuts. Over the past few months we’ve been working together on a way to make this happen. We’ve done the research and implemented the practices and now we want to share what we’ve...
read moreConsumer vs Business Class Computers
Here’s the scenario: You’ve got your BestBuy Advertisement in hand and you walk into the office of your IT Person of choice and you say in your best CEO / Decision Maker voice, “I can get a new computer for $399, why should I pay so much more to go through you?” I’m asked this question a lot. Usually it’s worded nicer and the attitude isn’t there, but really it’s the same question. You’re really asking, “Why do I need to pay you extra if I can find it cheaper myself?” It really is a good question and what it...
read moreTricky Technology Terms: Mac or PC?
The second article in our series is going to try to tackle a question that started way back in the early 90’s and has even made a series of humorous commercials. There are two things right off the top that will go a long way in clearing this up. First, Mac (or Apple if you prefer) is a brand of computer, like Chevy and Ford are brands of trucks. Second, PC is a type of computer, like the truck is a type of vehicle. PC stands for Personal Computer which means it can be any computer that is used for personal reasons. Who makes the computer or...
read moreSOPA – Not Needed In the United States
We’ve proven time and time again that no amount of legislation is going to stop online piracy. It’s already Illegal and is spelled out very plainly (RIAA – The Law), but it happens ANYWAY. Why? Because as the saying goes, “Where there is a will, there’s a way”. The WILL Depending on whose stats you read, which vary WILDLY (yes, “Statistics lie and liars use statistics”) depending on what they want them to say, anywhere from 10% to 75% of all PC’s have something pirated on them (music, movies, software, etc). If you...
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