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30Jan/08Off

Ending January

Believe it or not, February is right around the corner. We have one day left in the month of January. Don't forget that we are in a leap year and will add an extra day to the month of February and if you are wondering whether or not IPOWERWEB support will be available on February 29th - the answer is yes. IPOWERWEB support is available by phone or via email all the time.

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30Jan/08Off

Secure User Information With IPOWERWEB

We understand that the Web can be a scary place for many people, particularly beginners to the Web. We regularly hear stories of hackers stealing important and highly valuable customer information from many Internet companies. Even the best companies that spend millions (in some cases even billions) of dollars on information security still may experience a breach in security. At IPOWERWEB we can tell you that we have never sold or released any customer information and do our best to make sure this never happens. We have protected our user information with layers of highly advanced security technologies and take great pride in the fact that all of our users are protected.

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30Jan/08Off

Dell Closing All Shopping Mall Kiosks

So earlier today we told you that Yahoo officially plans on laying off about 1,000 employees. We now are hearing that Dell is planning on closing all 140 of its shopping mall kiosks. So if you planned on getting your next Dell computer at a shopping mall you will have to find a new location to do so. One place that won't be closing in the near future is their web site, Dell.com.

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30Jan/08Off

Check The Weather via Google

Google has made it easier to check the weather for any city in the world. All you have to do is visit www.Google.com and search for "City Name Weather". For example if you want to see what the weather is like in Seattle, Washington all you have to do is search for "Seattle Weather".

This is what it would look like if you search for weather information for any city.


If you are in need of weather information and don't want to go through multiple pages of a web site in order to retrieve the information, all you have to do is just search the city's name followed by 'weather' on Google and you will be good to go.

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30Jan/08Off

Election Time: John Edwards To Quit Presidential Race

It now looks like the only two remaining candidates for the Democratic nomination are Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. This is because John Edwards has decided to drop out of the presidential race. It is unknown if he will be endorsing any candidate, we will have to wait and see. 

30Jan/08Off

It’s Official, Yahoo To Lay Off 1,000 Employees

On the 22nd of January we reported that Yahoo was planning to lay off hundreds of its employees, we now know that number is 1,000. This is according to a statement by Yahoo's CEO Jerry Yang. It is unknown which divisions of the company are going to be hit the hardest, only time will tell. It's quite sad but a reality and hopefully this can help the company head in the right direction. 

With Google being Yahoo's main competitor it surely is not a simple task for Yahoo to continue growing at a high rate. Best of luck.
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29Jan/08Off

MacBook Air Now Shipping

The latest addition to the MacBook family, the MacBook Air, has begun its journey to become the next big thing for Apple. If you pre-ordered the MacBook Air you will most likely be receiving the new (extremely thin) computer in the coming days.

29Jan/08Off

How Important Are. EDU Links

Many people involved in search engine optimization feel that links coming from .edu domain names are more valuable than links from a .com, .net, .org or virtually any other domain name extension. Well know we know some new information that may change the way people look at .edu links. 

A Googler has explained that links coming from .edu domain names do not receive greater attention than a link from any other domain name extension. 
A reason for why people may have believed .edu links are more valuable may be due to the reason that many .edu domain names have high Google PageRank or rank well. But then again the authority of PageRank via the Google Toolbar is a whole other subject. In short, if you are trying to get links don't just focus on .edu sites. The Internet is filled with valuable web sites willing to link to yours.
29Jan/08Off

Election Time: Results From Florida

For those of you who are interested, John McCain won the Republican primary for the state of Florida and Hillary Clinton won the Democratic primary. McCain will receive 57 delegates while Hillary Clinton will receive no convention delegates.

29Jan/08Off

Optimization For Big Web Sites

We all understand the importance of search engines when it comes to getting our web site ranked. Having high search engine rankings for related (popular) terms is very crucial and may seem like a difficult task at the beginning. Remember to be patient and if you are optimizing a larger web site, by larger we mean a site with hundreds of pages, don't just focus on one section. Rather, you should try to place emphasis on every page of your web site and focus on the entire web site.

As we said earlier, optimization may seem somewhat scary and even more so if you have a very large web site. Do your best to have a good plan and all you have to do is implement it. Of course it's easier said than done.
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