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There has been a lot of coverage recently about two new anti-piracy bills in the United States, which many feel would end the relative freedom of the Internet as it currently is. SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) and PIPA (Protect IP Act) are broadly designed to help stop sites online sell or distribute copyrighted materials like films, music and even goods, which sounds like a good thing…right? Whilst few would argue about the intentions of bills, in actual fact they would change the internet... Read Full Story

If you’ve been following the news recently then you’ve no doubt heard about the arrest of Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom (otherwise known as Kim Schmitz), on multiple charges of copyright infringement. What might surprise some of you however (particularly those who have uploaded data or media to the website), is that all the data located on the site could be erased as early as Thursday this week, according to the Associated Press. The potential removal of all the data stems from the fact... Read Full Story

When you register a website domain, the personal information you fill out (often including name, address, contact email and phone number) is then made publicly viewable via the WHOIS information available on all domains. Performing a WHOIS lookup is very simple, and will reveal the personal information of whoever registered the website. This information is made available for a few simple reasons; if you publish a website containing illegal material, or a website encouraging terrorism or... Read Full Story

Even for the most talented amongst us, web design can be a tricky business at the best of times. It’s not just a case of being able to create something that’s pleasing to the eye, you have to consider usability, navigation, social media integration, validated mark-up, search engine optimisation, conversion optimisation and a whole host of other elements in order to put the together the perfect modern website. So to help you put together a fantastic site, ROI Media has produced the following... Read Full Story

Anyone who’s familiar with the Mozilla Firefox browser will have seen that Google has been the browser’s default search engine for some time, allowing users to make Google searches directly from the taskbar. This relationship has been hugely positive for both Google (helping to ensure their market dominance by featuring so prominently on one of the most popular western browsers) and Mozilla (adding user functionality, improving brand awareness and making them a considerable sum of money), so... Read Full Story

SEO can be a difficult business at the best of times, but with Google’s recent Panda updates, many people have seen significant drops in their search engine rankings and subsequent website traffic. As a result, many people are looking to improve their online marketing techniques in order to stay on the right side of Google’s algorithm. So how has the Panda algorithm update changed SEO? How can you alter your SEO campaigns in order to ensure you not only avoid ranking drops, but improve your... Read Full Story

We try and incorporate as many one-click installs into our hosting control panel as possible – allowing our customers to easily integrate the most popular platforms, content management systems and website elements into their site without any prior knowledge of coding or web development. After hearing some of your suggestions for future one-click installs, we’ve added five brand new integrated platforms into our web hosting control panel. Here’s the complete list: 1. Pixelpost Pixelpost... Read Full Story

As designers we all love fonts, and some more so than others. They can easily be the making or breaking of great graphics, and matter a lot more than you might think. From legibility, display and compatibility on various devices to the style of the font, there is a lot to consider.  With the huge proliferation of designers and material available on the internet today, there is a more baffling choice today then ever before. We’ve picked through and tested a lot of fonts this year, and here are... Read Full Story

When it comes to online storage and data hosting , cloud computing has become a major industry as more and more businesses (as well as the public) look to take advantage of secure storage and virtualised applications. So what is the current state of cloud computing in the UK and further afield? Well, you can now find out with the following infographic, commissioned by the team at GuruOnline . The Current State Of Cloud Computing: Related posts: Microsoft’s New Cloud Based Office 365... Read Full Story

As technology permeates our everyday lives more and more, so in turn we rely on it more. We’re getting towards the stage where we cannot live without it, and even being without the internet today can seem like a huge inconvenience. However, as more and more people get online and with an ever wider variety of devices, the amount of people looking to take advantage of them increases. In the past few years there have been an unprecedented amount of high profile hacking cases, ranging from... Read Full Story