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Greetings all and welcome to our new clients!
Run a mailing list manager?
If you run mailing list software which was installed by our
team under our free software installation program, or if you're
running a list manager application you installed yourself on any
of the following plans:
- Net Start
- Net Launch
- Think Big
- Web Start
- Web Works
- Smart Essentials
- Business Classics
- Developer Extreme
.. I'd like to remind you all that we have a quota in place
of 2000 email pieces per month. If your requirements are above
that, you'll need to use a 3rd party service for your lists;
such as the service we offer via ThinkHost
Intellicontact.
ThinkHost Intellicontact offers a broad range of features for
lists of all sizes and mailout frequencies. You can test out the
service with a 15
day free trial.
For those of you who are under the 2,000 piece quota per
month, we'd like to ask that you run your mailings during the
evenings and on weekends wherever possible.
Thanks for your co-operation and have a great weekend!
Michael Bloch
Business Operations Manager
ThinkHost, Inc.
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Client
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Give and get 3 months free hosting!
Know someone who might need free hosting? Give them
a free 3 month hosting coupon and you could receive up
to three free months as well under our client incentive
program!
Referral
form | Incentive
program details
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Meet
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Pierre-Luc is a Senior
Systems Technician with ThinkHost, handling technical
and complex support requests, as well as some server and
account maintenance tasks. He's been an integral
part of the ThinkHost support team since early 2002
Meet more of Team ThinkHost
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Community/blog |
Greening your Business - A primer - view|discuss
Kyoto hypocrisy? - view|discuss
Back to school online spending increases. - view|discuss
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News! Our blog and forums now also contain content
from CSRWire
- the corporate responsibility wire service!
ThinkHost clients can get a discount on press release
submission services.
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Partner
spotlight |
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Displaying security seals on your site can help
assure your potential clients that you are a legitimate business
that takes security seriously - and ControlScan's offer is a great way to
put this claim to the test! Learn more about the free
security seals & certification offer
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From our knowledge base |
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Meta and title tags
Meta tags contain information and directives for search
engine robots. While some search engines don't factor in
meta-tags in terms of ranking sites; it's still wise to use
them - every bit of traffic helps.
Meta tags are only viewable in the source code of your
pages; they are not visible to site visitors unless they use
the "view source" functions of their browser.
Meta Tag statement example
<META NAME="value"
CONTENT="comments">
Meta tags reside between the <HEAD> and </HEAD>
tags of your document.
The most beneficial tags:-
Keywords Meta Tag:
Example:
<META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="meta
tag,guide,tutorial">
A comma separated (no spaces) list of relevant words for the
search engines to index your page. Do not to repeat the same
keyword too often - 3 occurrences is safe, but never one
directly after another. Heavy use of the same word may be
considered spamming by some search engines; as can words that
are irrelevant to the content on the page. A single phrase is
also considered to be one keyword (keyphrase).
Keep your most important keywords and phrases within the first
100 characters of this statement.
Recommended length of 500-750 characters.
Description Meta Tag:
Example:
<META NAME="description" CONTENT="A
readable, key term rich description of your page.">
The description tag is usually displayed along with the title
tag in the results pages (SERPs) of search engine queries.
Take care not to repeat terms too often to avoid being
penalized.
Keep your most important terms at the beginning of each
description meta tag statement and try to have a different
relevant statement for each page of your web site.
Recommended length of 170-200 characters
Title tag
Example:
<TITLE>Meta-tags and title tags - a brief
guide</TITLE>
Many site owners have a tendency to use statements such as
"welcome to FDFDFDF.com" as their title tag. Given
that most of the major search engines place great importance
on title tag relevancy, this is probably not a good strategy.
People will know the name of your site when they arrive, or
will see it in the URL link on the search results. As with the
description tag, it's best to use a key term rich human
readable statement.
Tip: Your title tag should also relate to your page
heading.
Recommended length of 60-90 characters
The ThinkHost
Knowledge Base is a collection of technical information, web
site marketing tips, frequently asked questions, and
documentation to help you make the most from your account with
us.
For information regarding current network status; view ThinkUpdate.
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Helping
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Are you a member of a club or community group?
ThinkHost assists many community organizations with free
or discounted
hosting as part of our commitment to social
responsibility!
While many groups approach us directly for sponsorship, we
also welcome referrals via our clients - in fact, we strongly
encourage it!
We assist all sorts of organizations, particularly those that are focused on:
- Environment
- Grass roots democracy
- Peace
- Social/economic justice
- Human rights
We also help schools, clubs - basically any non-profit group that contributes positively to the community!
Are you involved with any of these sorts of groups? Make mention of ThinkHost to the committee! Learn more about our
discounts and
free hosting initiative
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Server
monitoring |
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As well as our own internal monitoring, ThinkHost also uses Watchmouse
to alert us to issues that may threaten performance of our
servers.
Visit Watchmouse
today to learn more and take advantage of their free or
trial monitoring services!
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Hosting
jargon |
Path: The
route through a file system to a particular file or function. For
example, here are path information details related to your
ThinkHost account:
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perl path:
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/usr/bin/perl
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sendmail path:
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/usr/sbin/sendmail
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/usr/home/www/username/sitename/ |
| full
path to docs |
/usr/home/www/username/sitename/docs/ |
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path to cgi-bin: |
/usr/home/www/username/sitename/cgi-bin/ |
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Handy hints |
Video and copyright
Do you upload to video sites like YouTube, or for that
matter, your own site? Do you allow other users to upload video
to your site? Better be careful: you might be violating copyright laws.
Learn
more
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Client showcase |
A1
Secretarial Services
Providing administrative, bookkeeping, editing, and marketing
services to small businesses and individuals. A1 Secretarial
provides a 10% discount to all ThinkHost clients!
Visit A1
Secretarial Services
Here's your chance for some free coverage!
If you have a fully functioning, presentable site and you'd like
to give it some extra exposure via ThinkHost news and our online
archive, please email me with the following information:
- Your site name
- Your site URL
- A brief description of your site
New! You can also add your site link and description
to our client
directory - another free service from ThinkHost.
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Buttons
for your web site |
Tell the world your site is powered by renewable energy with
these buttons and earn up to 3 months free hosting in the
process!
The linking instructions for these buttons can
be found here. Other banners, buttons and links can be found
via our client
incentive program page.
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Industry
snippets |
Google's CEO recently covered a range of issues affecting Google
and the Internet at industry tradeshow - view
article
TeleGeography's US VoIP report shows that VoIP-based service
providers continued their furious assault on the fixed-line voice
market - view
article
Eighteen-to 26-year-old Gen Yers are integrating technology
into their daily lives at a faster rate than any other generation,
according to Forrester Research, Inc. - view
article
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