How To Test Internet Bandwidth
Lets say you’re trying to upload/download files from Keolohosting servers and you get extreme lag time while doing so. This is a common problem that is not related to the speed of our servers, but rather the issue is with the bandwidth of your internet company.
For the most part, if you have cable modem services within the U.S., then your internet should be at unlimited download and upload level. However there are times when your internet bandwidth can cause problems, like when there is a nearby maintenance or repair of the cables.
To do a quick test of your internet bandwidth, we always recommend the Speed Test website.
This website is great because it doesn’t have advertisement everywhere, and it also helps you compare your results with that of tests taken near you. This is great because this site is very popular and accumulates a lot of data of nearby testers.
Definitely bookmark this site and use it if you ever have internet bandwidth issues!
Can Customers Find Your Business?
When you start promoting your small business online, you can see a flurry of new customers if you have a proper business website with regular traffic coming to it. But most businesses that don’t have websites (and even many that do), don’t take the time to add their business information to important online directories and social media sites.
If you have a computer repair shop in a city or town, think of how many of your potential customers are searching online for computer repair solutions? All they want is your contact information presented with very little effort and accurately displayed.
So we at Keolo Hosting created this quick check-list of websites your business website should be a part of.
Can Customers Find Your Business Here?
- Foursquare
- Google Maps
- Bing
- BOTW (Best Of The Web)
- DMOZ Directory
Web and Email Hosting – Branding your Business Identity
At Keolo Hosting, all 3 of our plans include Web and Email hosting.
It’s very important to not only have a website for your business, but to also brand all your promoted email addresses with your business website. Too many times I see business cards with proper .com domain names, but the emails are “…@yahoo.com, or …@gmail.com”.
Using these free email hosting services is perfectly fine, however you should always use our “email forwarding” option to brand your email addresses and have all emails sent from your business email address directly to your yahoomail or gmail account.
Its totally free with all Keolo Hosting accounts, and you can make unlimited branded email addresses!
Let me give you a quick example..
Say you’re Bob, and you own a local landscaping company (lets call it Bobs Landscaping), your email address is bob_lastname@gmail.com..
This is all fine, but think of how effective it would be if your business cards had “bob@bobslandscaping.com” instead of your gmail.com address?
With Keolo Hosting, Bob can create tons of branded email addresses (like: info@bobslandscaping.com, help@bobslandscaping.com, inquiry@bobslandscaping.com, etc..) and they can all go to his gmail account!
Even better, Bob can go into his gmail account settings, and within 1 minute, have all his email forwardings set up so that he can email OUT from his gmail account while keeping all his branded email addresses.
Not only is this highly effective for Bob’s business branding, but top free email services like gmail and yahoomail offer over 5gb of FREE storage space, so you never worry about having to delete emails!
Would you like to have your business emails branded? Call us at 850-527-1344 or use our contact form here to get started today!
Top 3 Free Site-Building Application
WordPress vs Drupal vs Joomla – which is really the king of open source CMS?
But which one is the best?
It really depends on the kind of website if you want, and your plans are unique from others, the best thing to do is visit all 3 websites (below) and see which one is right for you.
Instead of listing the features of each CMS, we will list the questions you should keep in mind when choosing one of these site building applications, and you will surely find the right one for you.
- Installation – WordPress is available for 1-click installation at Keolo Hosting, however Drupal and Joomla are not. Keep this in mind when making your decision, incase you are not able to install the platform yourself. Also, when comparing Drupal and Joomla for installation purpose, Drupal requires a more experienced user to install than Joomla.
- Popularity – Again WordPress dwarfs Drupal and Joomla in popularity, with tons more downloads monthly, and plugins/templates available for free or instant purchase.
- Ease of use – WordPress is the best tool for beginners and even advanced users who want to keep it simple. If you intend on creating a complex website for a large firm or project, then Joomla and Drupal (in that order of complexity) are better platforms to use. Joomla (apart from the other 2) offers “sample data” installation, which means it sets up a few pages for you so you can see how everything works (recommended for beginners only, would be annoying to advanced users).
- Interface – One of the bigger deals to consider when choosing from these three. WordPress has the most user-friendly looking interface, however it might not be the most comfortable for your project if you want certain (or all) things laid out in your admin panel. Drupal and Joomla both look very different from the WordPress admin panel, and worth a look. Take a look at all 3 demos below before choosing.
- Design & Configuration – WordPress and Drupal tend to be easier for developers and designers to code a template and configure the specifications. Joomla uses the “modules” method for placing different content on the site, and I find that sometimes annoying and harder to work with when coding a template.
WordPress: Site | Frontend demo | Admin demo
Drupal: Site | Frontend demo | Admin demo
Joomla: Site | Frontend demo | Admin demo
Login for all 3 platform admin demos
user: admin
password: admin123
Cheapest Web Domain Registration
Keolo Hosting provides superb web hosting services, but when it comes to buying domain names, we like to recommend some web domain registrars that provide great service and offer additional bonuses like free advertising credits for Google Adwords and Bing Advertising.
Netfirms – Our #1 Registrar Pick
Our #1 pick for domain registration, Netfirms is a Canadian based company that is growing momentum. Its smaller than companies like GoDaddy and NameCheap and that is why we recommend their services, you get a personalized feel when contacting support. Similar to Keolo Hosting 
They also have the cheapest domain name registration prices out of the 3 companies we picked, use the coupon code promo495 for $4.95 .com domain registration.
GoDaddy – Our #2 Registrar Pick
The biggest domain name registrar online, GoDaddy sells millions of domain names yearly, and they can help you negotiate for domain names already purchased. You can’t go wrong hosting with GoDaddy, but they do have the most expensive domain name prices out of the 3, at $9.95 per domain per year. Use our link for a special and limited time discount at checkout.
Why did we pick 2 domain registration companies? So you can do your research, find the registrar that fits your needs, and one that has a current promotion to save you money. Happy domain registering!
New CloudFlare Loads Sites Faster!
Keolo Hosting has added CloudFlare to every client cPanel to increase website speed, lower bandwidth, and increase security. Check out some of the advantages and disadvantages of the CloudFlare system.
Advantages of the CloudFlare system:
- Site Performance Improvement: CloudFlare has proxy servers located throughout the world. Proxy servers are located closer to your visitors, which means they will see page load speed improvements as the cached content is delivered from the closest caching box instead of directly off our server. There is a lot of research that shows that a faster a site, the longer a visitor stays.
- Bot and Threat Protection: CloudFlare uses data from Project Honey Pot and other third party sources, as well as the data from its community, to identify malicious threats online and stop the attacks before they even get to your site. You can see which threats are being stopped through your CloudFlare dashboard.
- Spam Comments Protection: CloudFlare leverages data from third party resources to reduce the number of spam comments on your site
- Alerting Visitors of Infected Computers: CloudFlare alerts human visitors that have an infected computer that they need to take action to clean up the malware or virus on their machine. The visitor can enter a CAPTCHA to gain access to your site.
- Always Online Mode: In the event that our server is unavailable, visitors should still be able to access your site since CloudFlare serves the visitor a page from its cache.
- Lower CPU Usage: As fewer requests hit our server, this lowers the overall CPU usage of your account.
- New Statistics Stats: CloudFlare’s system keeps statistics on each hit and offers insight into search engine crawlers and threats.
Limitations of the CloudFlare system:
- Currently, requests must be directed to www.$domain instead of $domain.
- CloudFlare may affect internal statistic programs that read directly from Apache logs. (CloudFlare will not affect web-based analytic programs that use JavaScript like Google Analytics.) While your logs will reflect fewer requests to your server and therefore lower load, the experience to your visitors should be unaffected.
- CloudFlare caches static content from your site. While this reduces the load on your server, it means that if you make a change to an existing static file, like an image, there may be a delay before the change appears. While you are updating your site, you can put CloudFlare in ‘Development Mode’ so changes appear immediately.
How To Get Twitter Traffic To Your Website
Do you want your website to become popular? Do you want potential customers to visit your website, know about your business and then buy your products or use your services?
If you want your business to be profitable, you should be social! Twitter can really help you with this. Today Twitter is one of the most powerful and popular social media services. It’s hard to believe, but Twitter can get you even more traffic to website than Google!
Here are 3 simple ways how to get traffic from Twitter:
1. Choose Proper Twitter Username
Choosing proper Twitter username is very important. If you use Twitter for business, then your Twitter username should be directly related to your website. Seeing your tweets people always see your Twitter username and think about your website. For example, if your business has a website http://www.keolohosting.com, just choose username keolohosting when create Twitter account, just like we did
Make a username that is really close to your website. As a result people will see your tweets and think about visiting your website. In your turn you will get relevant Twitter traffic.
2. Create Interesting Twitter Profile
Let your Twitter profile be remembered! Include a couple of words about your business in the Bio. Upload your logo to the Twitter account. This will let your followers to think about your website/business and you will get the traffic to website.
Putting a direct link to your website in the Twitter profile is a must! Your followers should know who you are and where they can find you. Give them such possibility and you will see how to increase Twitter traffic to your website.
3. Tweet Regularly And Be Active
Your tweets should be interesting. Do not tweet only links to your website. Ask questions, make replies, send direct messages to your Twitter followers! Try to respond them as soon as possible – it’s very important on Twitter. Follow new users. Join the discussions and conversations.
And the last, but not least. You should tweet regularly, do not be lazy!
Following this easy 3 ways will get tons of Twitter traffic to your website.
5 Smart Ways to Grow Your Small Business with LinkedIn
LinkedIn Corporation recently went public with its stock LNKD.
What does this mean for your small business? By debuting its IPO, LinkedIn has solidified itself as a business that’s here to stay, and one that can really help boost your online business awareness and a great way generate new leads. The problem with alot of small businesses that create their profile is that once its created, you leave it dormant expecting to get new leads and connections.
Well you’ve heard the saying, “you get out as much as you put in”, and there is no exception here. Here are 5 quick and smart ways to grow your small business on LinkedIn without spending to much time.
- Keep your profile professional – First of all, make sure your profile picture is your face, not a silly or clever picture that you post up thinking it will attract others to your profile. You want people to recognize and get used to seeing the face behind the company. Make sure your headlines are accurate and professional, as well as the rest of your profile content. Always update your profile every 2-3 months!
- Get recommendations that matter – The easiest way to gain credibility on LinkedIn is via recommendations, so make sure the ones that you do get from others are professional and to the point. Ask other reputable connections to give you recommendations. If you have few recommendations, try giving other businesses (not in your line of business) recommendations, and they may return the favor!
- Keep your summary strong and short - This is not where you copy your resume-styled messages and write something like “goal oriented person seeking…blah blah”. Since you’re now marketing your small business, write why you do what you do, and what makes you different than the competition.
- Use LinkedIn for SEO benefits – Once you create your profile, its public to the world, which means it will get indexed in search engines. So you want to make sure you optimize your profile page with keywords you want associated with your small business. Remove any “I” or “me”, and replace it with your name or business name to make better use of your LinkedIn profile.
- Use all the LinkedIn extra features – Features like “creating your own LinkedIn group” can really help you grow your business by bringing in like minded people and sharing your expertise with them to build credibility. For example, if you have a small business based on Landscaping, you can create a small group and invite people who share that interest, and share tips with them on a daily or weekly basis. Continuous messages from you will give them a constant reminder that you are an authority in your field of business, and they will start remembering your business instantly. Here’s where “word of mouth” can really help your business soar to new levels!
We at Keolo Hosting hope that we’ve shed some new light on the value of LinkedIn to you and your small business. There are a variety of new tools that come with your business profile page that can really help you increase your brand recognition and generate new leads. The only thing thats required of you now is to take action. Start today, grow tomorrow!
Free Hosting For Non-Profit Organizations
Keolo Hosting is proud to offer Charity Organizations FREE Website Hosting to 100 Non-Profit Organizations! Giving back is good karma, and who else deserves it more than Non-Profit Organizations who take all their donations and proceeds to give back to their goals.
We want to do our part by offering free hosting to your Non-Profit Organization so you can increase your awareness by 10-fold online! It would be a great way to keep your audience updated, accept donations, and help bring people together as a support group.
If you are interested in hosting your Charity Organization website with Keolo Hosting, all you need to do is send in your application via our quick contact form, or call us at (850) 527-1344 and we would be happy to review your application and decide if Keolo Hosting can help your Non-Profit Organization. Please contact us with answers to the application questions below, and also review our terms and conditions.
Include in your application:
- Your Organization Name
- Your Non-Profit Registration Number
- Organization Full Address & Contact Information
- Primary Contact Person(s)
- Organizations Objectives
- Any Additional Information
Terms & Conditions
- Applicants will need to have a “Hosted by Keolo Hosting” link at their website, which links back to Keolo Hosting website.
- This sponsorship program does not include Domain Name as its sponsorship item. Applicants will need to pay for the Domain Registration/Renewal/Transfer Fee annually.
- Keolo Hosting reserves the rights to approve, decline, make changes, or cancel this promotion without prior notice.
Welcome To Our New Website!
Hi everyone, welcome to our new Keolohosting blog area, where will regularly post company updates, press release, and helpful articles on how to get the most out of your website. We are currently working on the front end website and client area to put everything you need in a quick and accessible format. Please excuse our construction, and submit your feedback about our ongoing work in the client area.
