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Don’t Feel Too Bad About Being Out-Dated.

The White House, Circa 2008

Is your companies email down a lot? Get a lot of complaints from employees about not getting on the web? Still have computers so old that they still have floppy drives? You’re not alone, I’m afraid. Even the White House did until Obama took office.

According to Brook Colangelo, the White House CIO (whatever that stands for), email servers were down 23% of the time when he got in back in 2008. TWENTY-THREE PERCENT. OVER 4 HOURS A DAY. Somebody was taking some LONG lunch breaks.

If you are anywhere close to this bad (or, heaven forbid, worse), then first of all remember that even the white house has issues. Then, when your pride is subdued, do something about it. (Hint: I know a really great company that does email really, really well and you should talk to them).

Source: Ars Technica

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Why Google Plus Will Never Work

Why I left Google – By James Whittaker

“social is people and the people are on Facebook.” This is a former Google employee explaining why nobody cares about Google+. (He’s totally right, by the way.) If you want to understand a little more about social networking and what makes it work well, it’s worth a read. It’s also a great article in general.

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Passwords and Why They’re Important

It’s easier than you think to over-look the importance of a good password. Many great lords of men have fallen prey to a simple mistake like an easily guessed password. Whole nations have risen and fallen on this too-often overlooked weakness that all great leaders invariably have. Wha-? Oh sorry, I thought I was still writing my poorly-written fantasy loosely based on the Lord of the Rings. My bad. (more…)

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Test

Just testing the new automatic twitter publishing functionality. Nothing to see here.

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It’s About Time!

Well, I don’t know why this never occurred to me, but SitesAhoy! never had a facebook or twitter before now. We do now! You can follow us on twitter here and like us on facebook here! Happy trails!

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SEO Tip: “TITLE” Tag

If you don’t care whether your website is search-engine friendly, you don’t know what you’re missing. People are searching thousands of times a day for your products and services (millions if you’re Justin Bieber). You want to be absolutely #1 in as many search terms as possible (for more info on this, see our avast package). Search engines are vital to all kinds of businesses, and it doesn’t come easy either. Fortunately, there are simple things you can do to make this dramatically better. Just follow me, and you might learn something. (more…)

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New look, Same great taste!

Welcome to the new SitesAhoy! We’ve done a total reboot! New content, new look, everything is new… Except for our great service. We will always put the user first, no matter what. So enjoy the shiny new packaging, but just like your favorite cereal, the contents have not changed. Happy Sailing, Maties!

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Bring Your Business to Social Media in 30 Minutes

If you are even remotely tech-savvy and interested in bringing your business up-to-code (and so you should be)  then you have undoubtedly heard or read the phrase “social media is still the wild west” or some variant on that idea. That is a bit scary.

the wild west?“ you say, “what if I mess up? what if I don’t know the right jargon? What if I’m not quick enough on the draw and get shot?

Well, it’s true, the wild west is, well, wild. It’s largely unknown other than that there’s a veritable gold mine of success to be had out there. There’s also a lot of bandits who would be happy to lead you astray in exchange for whatever you happen to have in your pocket. But fear not cowboys, the looooone ranger is here. Just follow me and I’ll show you how to not only set up an effective facebook and twitter page, but link it to your wordpress blog to automatically post to both your facebook and twitter instantly. Now that’s what I call bring home the strong coffee and stale biscuits. Welcome aboard, cowboy!

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XHTML: The basics

Computer code can be infinitely complex and extremely confusing. HTML, while not technically a programming language, has grown more and more complex over the years. It can be very hard to understand, even if the code is well written.

But we’re here to help with that. One of the ways to do that is to show you how!

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SitesAhoy! Will not be open to make changes to your sites all day tomorrow & all of Sunday. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

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