Archive for 'Issue 10 - May 2008'

May 2008

Friday, May 30th, 2008

By Amy Armitage
Well we just made it by the skin of our teeth getting this month’s newsletter issue out to you all. It’s been a busy month at LP so check our the news section, but also we have a pretty huge promotion coming up next month that will make you all incredibly happy!
As [...]

LunarNews: May 2008

Friday, May 30th, 2008

What’s new in the world of Lunarpages Web Hosting? Aren’t you just dying to know? Well, there’s a lot going on this month at LP, especially with new web hosting deals and discounts, so enjoy!
Spring Coupon – Use it For Renewals, too!

Just a reminder to take advantage of the Spring Special for web hosting for [...]

The Art of Crowdsourcing

Friday, May 30th, 2008

Author: Mitch Keeler
Getting a ton of people to do your job for you is an webmaster’s dream, right? Well that task is not just a dream – and it does have a name. Crowdsourcing (according to Wikipedia) is a neologism for the act of taking a task traditionally performed by an employee [...]

Content Management Systems

Friday, May 30th, 2008

Author: Tiara Rea
If you are new to building websites online, you’re really in luck these days, because you have unlimited options for building your new website. You can buy a web design template and simply use that, if you sign up with Lunarpages you can use our WYSIWYG (what-you-see-is-what-you-get) website builder PageMason, you can signup [...]

SEO Tips: Step Two of Ten – Competitor Analysis

Friday, May 30th, 2008

Author: Ross Dunn
Welcome to part two in this ten part SEO series. The ten parts of the SEO process we will be covering are:
1. Keyword Research & Selection
2. Competitor Analysis
3. Site Structure
4. Content Optimization
5. Link Building
6. Social Media
7. PPC
8. Statistics Analysis
9. Conversion Optimization
10. Keeping It Up
What is a Competitor Analysis?
Have you ever wondered how [...]

Lunarpages Interviews Mitch Keeler

Friday, May 30th, 2008

Author: Tiara Rea
Last month we had so much to report that we skipped over a Lunarpages interviewee! So this month we are making up for that hardcore with an interview with one of the most influential and well-respected members of the web hosting community. This guy is so big that you will absolutely not believe [...]

Lunar Legal – Commercial Email Rules Under the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003

Friday, May 30th, 2008

This month we decided to make a brief review of what you need to know before engaging in the practice of commercial email advertising. The CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 (Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act) sets the requirements for commercial mailers and establishes the penalties for those that fail to comply.
The Act [...]

Favicon Help, Fun and How-tos

Friday, May 30th, 2008

Author: Mitch Keeler
Favicons are those little graphics you see by your URL in the address bar of many of the world’s most used browsers out there. They are not just there for decoration though, they serve a purpose by giving you a tiny reminder of the web site you are on. In Internet [...]

Online Advertising Terminology

Friday, May 30th, 2008

Author: Tiara Rea
Are you ready to take your website to the next level by advertising it on Google, Yahoo, or other popular search engines and websites? How do you know PPC from ROI? How do you know what defines a good campaign, what terms are used when measuring that campaign, or even what a campaign [...]

Domain Name Transfers – A Helpful Tutorial

Friday, May 30th, 2008

Author: Tiara Rea
When you are new to web hosting or new to building websites in general, one of the first roadblocks you tend to encounter is domain name registration. Way back when, before I worked for Lunarpages, I saw a banner advertisement somewhere that said, “Get your domain name for $3/year!” Being the sucker that [...]