Richard Detering 
Short version. Is WordPress free website creation software? That’s an excellent question you asked the search engine and we are going to answer it for you! When searching for a free website builder the first word or name that apparently popped up in your mind was “WordPress” or “WP” for short. Okay, the answer … Read more
Short version. Why a free trial web hosting without credit card? It is preferable to choose a web host that gives potential customers the opportunity to try the service for free before entering into certain commitments. Offering a free test account proves that the company has enough confidence in the product offered. This is especially … Read more
Short Version Is it possible to compare GoDaddy with WordPress? Let me start by saying that it is difficult to compare GoDaddy to WordPress (WP for short). GoDaddy is a domain registrar and web hosting company while WP is a website builder and content management system (abbreviated CMS). It is for that reason that … Read more
Facebook: Who doesn’t know the name by now? But what is Facebook anyway? How does this social networking site work and who are its users? And, most importantly, why is Facebook so slow? Read more about Facebook in this article. What is Facebook, how does it work and why is it so slow in … Read more
Short version: Make a website in 10 minutes: Register a good and short domain name. You can do that at a bottom price on https://linux-hosts-inc.com/domain-registration Unlike many other domain providers, this company gives customers 100% control over their domains. Having full control as domain name owner is very important. Get a FREE TRIAL web hosting. … Read more
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This short article explains how to start an online business in 10 easy steps. A great start to those who like to work from home! The 10 steps to follow: 1) Get your own domain name. 2) Make your domain name visible online by using the services of a web host. 3) Build a website … Read more
What is Amazon Prime and is it worth it? Amazon, who doesn’t know it? The largest e-commerce company in the world. But what is Amazon Prime? Their slogan is “the best of shopping and entertainment!”. Hmm, doesn’t sound bad, does it? I have an Amazon Prime subscription and am happy to tell you everything … Read more
Chromebook vs. Windows laptop: pay attention to this:: If you want a new laptop, there are quite a few choices these days. Chromebooks have become increasingly well-known lately, but they work a little differently than most people are used to. If you want to switch from a Windows laptop to a Chromebook, you have … Read more
How do you make an app? From idea to application in 8 steps! Are you curious about how an app is designed and developed? Are you just interested or perhaps you’d like to make an app yourself? In this article we share a handy step-by-step plan to get from app idea to end product. … Read more
Why people love podcasts. Because you have your hands free while listening, a podcast is ideal during activities such as driving, cycling, ironing, running and shopping. Maybe it is also something for you to try? But, be extra careful when driving a vehicle while listening to a podcast. We tell you what a podcast … Read more
Cyber crime: Help, I have been hacked! It can happen to anyone, cyber criminals hacking data, websites or even bank accounts. Unfortunately it’s often too late when you find out. But what can you do to kick out the hacker, and keep him or her out forever? There are different types of cyber crime. … Read more
The monitor does not display anything. This article provides solutions for the following situation: If you start or restart your computer, your monitor will remain black, but all lights will turn on and you will hear the device start up. So the device seems to have booted up, the indicator lights are on and … Read more
If you see the internet as an ocean, the Dark Web is the deepest point. This is the part that cannot be visited with normal browsers such as Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. You need the special Tor browser for this. There is a myth that the Dark Web only consists of illegal web … Read more
What is the best way to write an essay? Writing an essay, paper or thesis is the greatest challenge of their studies for many students. Even for those who want to become a writer it is very difficult. Not knowing where to start (writer’s block), going through long nights to finish the essay etc. … Read more
Is content writing easy? In 2020 and beyond, anyone with a laptop and chair can write text, right? Well, that is a bit disappointing in practice. Combining letters into words, words into sentences and sentences into distinctive text is more complicated than you think. So, which requirements should content writers meet and what … Read more
Steps to writing a book. How to write a book? It is a question that many novice writers struggle with. Often you start, but you soon run out of inspiration. Or the story gets bogged down in long-winded thoughts, instead of powerful page turners. The tip we give to every novice writer: Divide the … Read more
How do You Tubers make money? Many people don’t know, but to make money from YouTube videos in 2020 you just need to enable the “show ads” feature for your YouTube channel. No more than a few minutes of work. However, this option is only interesting if you have at least a few thousand … Read more
What is email marketing? What type of marketing is email marketing, for whom is it interesting, what are the benefits? And what challenges do you encounter when you use this form of marketing? E-mail marketing is a form of Direct Marketing in which a message is sent directly to the recipient. Think of a … Read more
Make money with online translation. Have you ever thought about using your language talent? How about translating online and earning money from behind your laptop no matter where is the world you are? An ideal source of income if you like to travel the world or work from home. I have already experienced several … Read more
Affiliate marketing definition 2020. With affiliate marketing affiliates earn commission on the sale of products and services offered by vendors. The affiliate therefore shares information about services or products on his website and earns commission on every visit or purchase. Depending on the contact quality level between affiliate and vendor, it can be a … Read more
What are the best things to sell online? Earning money online is becoming increasingly popular and more and more people are starting to sell through drop shipping sites or Affiliate Marketing. When they start they often run into the same question: what are the best products to sell in 2020 and beyond? Maybe you … Read more
Suffering from a slow PC? This article shows you how to make your Windows computer faster. It is an annoyance for many: a computer that takes forever to boot. Programs that startup very slow can also cause a lot of frustration. I will list 10 tips to make your Windows computer faster. How to … Read more
Write a good article without spending a lot of time. Suppose, you are asked to write a story for a magazine, website or newsletter. This post explains how to compose an impressive article or story in a short span of time. Writing can be a lot of fun, if you are a successful author … Read more
Text on your website usually translates to the goal you have in mind for your online presence. A website selling products or services will use words and text that stimulate sales. An informative website keeps it businesslike and the content of blogs is either formal, informal, businesslike, private or everything in between. Of course … Read more
Online sales. With the internet, countless online stores have emerged and online sales have become the largest industry. Not only web shops such as Amazon make big profits, many private individuals and new small companies also sell a lot of stuff on the internet. And there are still niches enough to start with. In … Read more
Free or paid web hosting? If you are looking for hosting your website, you have to make a decision: do you opt for free or paid web hosting. The correct answer to this question varies from case to case. Sometimes you can find everything you need with a free web host. However, the big … Read more
10 benefits of Social Media Platforms you didn’t know about. You probably are already using social media such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and more, to keep in touch with your customers. Using at least one of these platforms for customer service is a no-brainer, shall we say. But are there any other benefits of … Read more
With dedicated hosting, a dedicated web server is assigned to the web hosting customer. Such a web server is a fully allocated hardware server that only runs your software that is not shared with third parties. This means that you have a complete hardware server at your disposal with your own processors, RAM memory … Read more
Before you can put your website or online store online and make it visible to the whole world, you must buy a hosting package. This looks easy, but certainly for starters this is more difficult than it seems. This is because there are many different hosting variants and many more providers. One of the … Read more
Six detailed tips for business success on Facebook. Does your company already have its own page on Facebook? With your own company page you can attract many visitors and you will in direct contact with your target group. But how do you get the most benefit from this? You can read that in below … Read more
LinkedIn for companies: How do you use it? The online social network LinkedIn is the perfect place for you, as an entrepreneur, to profile yourself. You can greatly expand your network by registering if you have not already done so. After registration you can make contacts with fellow entrepreneurs you already know and with … Read more
Social media: How Twitter works for your online business. 21 useful tips. You are considering starting with Twitter or have just started and can use some tips. Then it would be useful if someone tells you what to look out for. This way you don’t have to reinvent the wheel yourself. So, how does … Read more
This article gives you an exact explanation on how to rank high on Baidu. However, before explaining how to do Baidu SEO successfully, let’s start with a short introduction to the most used search engine in China. What is Baidu? Baidu is a Chinese search engine. It was founded in 2000 by Robin Li … Read more
Copyright and infringement. If you have created a website, you want this website to remain yours and that the information on your website is not simply copied. However, the texts described on your website are sometimes used. If someone puts a short summary of one or more of your articles on their site and, … Read more
How resetting your iPhone works: explained step by step. Occasionally, resetting your iPhone is smart to do. In essence, your smartphone is a computer and in order to keep everything running stably and smoothly, a restart is occasionally wise. We show how this works. In addition, it is sometimes the only solution to fix … Read more
What are the possible causes of slow WiFi? Whether for work, study or gaming: slow internet is very annoying. A slow internet connection is not always easy to fix, as it can be due to a number of different causes. In this blog we explain the most common causes for slow internet and what … Read more
Can’t reach your website? Then check the five options below. Are you unable to access your website or is your website simply not working? It may be that your site is off the air. Don’t worry immediately, it can be anything. In this article I have described some possible causes that you can check … Read more
Which social media platform is best for companies? A survey by the American Chamber of Commerce in January 2020 found that 87% of small businesses use at least one large digital platform to provide information to customers. But which platforms should you use and what kind of marketing strategy for social media should you … Read more
More and more (novice) online retailers are doing dropshipping. The word “dropshipping” means that the manufacturer or wholesaler ships the product to the customer, after which it is delivered to the customer’s home (dropped). So the web retailer (you) just has to sell the product, nothing more. Handy, because the retailer does not have … Read more
How do you start a social media marketing agency in 2020 and what is it? E-commerce, drop shipping, affiliate marketing and social media marketing. These are business models that can make you good money and that you can start from any corner of the world. I have already explained the previously mentioned business models … Read more
Can you get higher in Google in a few days? Sure. It can even be done in one day if you do it right and if you’re lucky. But…. it’s not really about time. It’s about knowing what you can improve on a particular article you’ve written and published. If you know what to … Read more
Reliable methods for getting rich online. In this article you will learn how to make a lot of money online. Whether you are a student, employed or jobless, anyone can start making money online. There are no high barriers, such as huge investments that you have to make. If you invest enough of your … Read more
Would you like to earn money online? Then you’ve come to the right place. I work on my laptop and can do it from anywhere in the world. So the fact that I travel a lot is no obstacle whatsoever. I love making money online. If you have a preference for working at home … Read more
What are the differences between Drupal, Joomla and WordPress? And which open source content management system (c.m.s.) is best for you and your organization? If you ask us what are the most popular Content Management Systems at the moment, we answer: “Joomla, Drupal and WordPress”. But which of these Open Source content management systems … Read more
WordPress (WP) or Wix? Many people who want to start a website are faced with this choice. You hear that many use WordPress, but others recommend Wix.com, an online content management system (C.M.S.) that allows you to create websites for free, without programming. To answer the question which of the two content management systems … Read more
The ultimate security checklist for your website. Securing your website seems difficult, but if you go through this checklist and actually apply it, the security of your website should be completely in order. How to protect my website? Good security of your website not only ensures that your website will not be hacked, but … Read more
The security of WP sites. Many website owners don’t care much about the security of their (WordPress) websites. That’s to say, until they get hacked. However, when that happens it’s often too late for defense. That’s why it is important to properly protect your WP driven site against hackers, bots and malware. This article … Read more
What is DNSSEC and why is it important? The internet is full of crooks who are constantly on the lookout for new vulnerabilities to take advantage of. Even DNS is a target. Fortunately, there is DNSSEC, a new technique that ensures that DNS records are more secure than before. Web hosts, domain name traders … Read more
Reliable hosting provider for your WordPress website. Finding a new hosting company can be quite frustrating: online you will find good and bad reviews, you never know exactly what a hosting company will do for you, and you may not have enough technical knowledge to understand if they offer enough for your website. You … Read more
Basically a domain name is nothing more than a name. When selling domain names, you transfer nothing but ownership, or the rights to the domain name. As a rule, you can freely trade any domain name, provided that there is no trademark or name infringement. Generic domains such as cars.com or computers.com are not … Read more
Whoever works with the PC has at least heard of Microsoft Office. And perhaps there are some Microsoft Office programs on your PC. For example Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. For many computer users, a PC is incomplete if it doesn’t have Word and Excel installed on it. Because writing or calculating something on … Read more
Google Maps 2020 can be seen as the successor of the atlas which was used for searching countries, areas and other specific places on our planet. But how does Google Maps work and what functions are there? This is a practical guide by an experienced expert. Introduction. Google Maps is more than a digital … Read more
Thinking about your domain name? Need expert help? Well, here it is! In this new guide you can expect the following questions to be answered: The most important question of all that probably brought you to this website: What are good domain names? Do I need a domain name with keywords/description or with my … Read more
Easy to understand and short step-by-step online advertising plan with Google Ads 2020. Do you want to advertise online for your company and are you willing to pay for it? Then online advertising is a good option. An example is Google Ads. Find new customers through this online advertising system. This post explains … Read more
Google Analytics is one of the most popular programs to gain insight into your website statistics. How does Google Analytics work? With Google Analytics 2020 you can see: How often your website is visited. Which pages were viewed and how often. From which websites you get visitors. How long visitors stay on a page … Read more
Have you ever been called by a company that controls domain name sales and offers a different version of your domain? This is domain name fraud! In 2020 we have received an increasing number of reports from customers that they would have the first registration right on a domain extension because someone else wants … Read more
Before you start. This article is an explanation on how to install Ubuntu on a Windows 8 machine. The guide is valid for desktop, PC and laptop owners. The explanation assumes that you already have a machine running Windows 8.1 (or 8.0), with a UEFI BIOS and a hard disk that can free up … Read more
Gaining insight into trends is now easier than ever before. You simply go to Google Trends and enter the subject of which you want to know more about its popularity. But what exactly is Google Trends and how can you use this service? You might ask yourself the question “What can I do with … Read more
Packet Internet Groper, usually licensed as PING, is a diagnostic tool that tests the connectivity between two nodes or devices in a network. PING checks whether a network data package can be distributed to an address without errors. It also includes the network accessibility or a specific IP address and is used to determine … Read more
Have you made a beautiful form but do you get an error message on the website? Or do you just wonder what the private and public key settings are for? In this blog article you will learn how Google reCAPTCHA works in 2020 and you will get an answer to both questions as mentioned … Read more
On this blog you can read a lot about search engine optimization. Within this context it is crucial to know how the biggest search engine works. That is essential knowledge when we talk about SEO. Why Google? The focus in this post is on Google because this search engine has around 90% market share … Read more
5 reasons why Location Marketing is the key to your growth in 2020 What is Location Marketing Location Marketing focuses specifically on the community around a local company. It can be described in a nutshell as the process in which the online presence of a physical location of a company is optimized. Why has … Read more
Instagram for companies: tips and best practices. Now that you have an Instagram company profile, you can use the tips below to make your Instagram presence a successful one in 2020. This post teaches you how you can achieve success on Instagram by implementing only a few measures that have proven to work. So, … Read more
Although we have been saying for more than 15 years that a slider or carousel on your website is a bad idea in 2020, we still encounter it very often. The moving images may look nice, but you will miss out on a lot of visitors and income. In this article we prove once … Read more
Web hosting, anyone with a website needs it. The term refers to the art of keeping your website online on a server so that it is accessible online to everyone. Web hosting comes in all shapes and sizes, how do you choose the right package in 2020? How do you make a smart choice … Read more
When it comes to web hosting, there are many different options available. Each has its own merits, functions and price points, but today we will take a closer look at VPS hosting as of 2020. With Virtual Private Servers you can store all files and data of your website on the web space that … Read more
Imagine: You come across the product that you have wanted for years in a web shop. It costs less than you expected. It is even discounted. A bargain. Just order. You add the product to your shopping basket. And then it starts. You want to go to the next step in the ordering process … Read more
What is the difference between before and after triggers in MySQL. The biggest difference between the before and after trigger in MySQL is that before the before trigger starts, there is an action before a certain operation is performed on the table, while the after trigger performs an action after a certain operation on … Read more
The most popular CMS in 2020 for managing websites is still WordPress. According to recent research, WordPress is used by 31% of the 1 million largest websites in the world. The most popular example is the CNN website that is entirely based on this CMS. Although the open-source software is still basically built for … Read more
You have a company, a service or a product and you want to offer this to the public in 2020 and beyond. The social media accounts have been created, but now the biggest challenge: you want to create a website. Which software is suitable for this? There is a good chance that you have … Read more
Since the beginning of 2020 I regularly get questions from bloggers who are still with Blogger, or on a free WordPress domain. They find the paid hosting step difficult, want to buy a domain name, but do not know what to look for when choosing a hosting provider in 2020. Time to get them … Read more
Exciting! You are going to create a website and you are orientating on which website software you can best use to build your website in 2020. In 2019 we have written several articles about which different software packages there are for creating a website. We also looked at the type of CMS and the … Read more
Your web store adventure always starts with fantasizing. This can result from a hobby and sometimes a whim that works out well. But there is one thing everyone needs to start a web store. They must have a “company name”. And since you want to start a web shop you’ll need 1 or more … Read more
There can be different requirements and / or specifics, depending on the extension of a domain name. In this article we will discuss all the requirements for domain extensions in 2020 and beyond and the different properties per TLD, so that it is clear what you should pay attention to when you register a … Read more
As of today there are many mobile phones that have different screen widths and heights. This post explains what is the most responsive screen width or size for a website in the year 2020. If you are a designer or developer of websites, then this question will not be unknown to you. First of … Read more
