Easy Domains BLOG

Take control of your domain with Easy Domains

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 16:11:41 +0000

An introduction to the Easy Blog

Easy Domains has been built on the premise of making Online Marketing Easy for businesses in terms of development and understanding. Knowing how much online markets can influence the social and physical aspects of a business Easy Domains are going to give you regular tutorials, updates, tips and tricks on how to achieve the best from your online situation, all from an easy perspective.

The web is your Oyster

The web has developed at an astonishing rate encouraging many more businesses to take on the challenge of promoting themselves online. The question is where do these businesses begin and do they all make it? Start here; with Easy Domains. We will provide you with the practical advice needed to get your business identity booming with our extensive range of Easy Products.

Know what you are looking for

Everybody has to start from somewhere and with our Easy steps, Easy Domains will get you to where you need to be. It is surprising to know even with the rapid growth of the Internet and the available markets, there are still those who are unsure about how to set up a website. Easy Domains have all of this information at hand allowing you to get online with four Easy steps.

The Easy Direction

Choose a domain

You can use our very own Easy Search Tool to find the perfect domain for your business. A domain name is important in order for you to be recognised on the internet, choose something specific that is unique to your business or trade.

Design a Website

Have a website designed and uploaded to your designated hosting. Call Easy Domains to arrange this. Branding is an all important part of being recognised. Really make your website stand out with an Easy Website Solution. Easy Domains design a bespoke website which you can maintain using our very own Easy Content Management System. We provide step by step as well as video tutorials to help you along the way. If that's not good enough we can talk you through it.

Get Search Engine Ready

Its time to promote your key business points with those all important keywords. Using our Search Engine Expertise Easy Domains will be able to help you get noticed throughout all of the major search Engines.

You're ready to roll

Watch your website blossom up and through the rankings of the search engines. Taking these basic steps will allow you to then integrate your website in to various marketing campaigns where you can receive valuable data to aid in better marketing strategies. Easy Domains can take these basic steps of online Marketing and help you excel in areas where you need to most. Visit the Easy Domains Contact page to discover how you can achieve even more.

Using an Easy Website Solution every business is guaranteed positive results.

Socially Easy

Easy Domains see Social Media as a key turning point for sharing a wealth of information. We have decided to shape the way we share our information using the most important aspects of social networking, helping to turn everything we do in to a valuable social resource. There are no secrets with Easy Domains, we are an easy port of call for you, helping you make the most of your online experiences.

Keep a look out for our regular blog posts and join us on twitter and facebook to discover details on our latest products, technical updates, competitions and more. The Easy Social team are looking forward to having you on board.

Easy Chrome Installation for Beginners

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 10:09:46 +0000

Throughout the coming weeks Easy Domains will be providing you with a range of beginner and advanced tutorials on various web products and services including our easy services.

The aim of the Easy Tutorials is to enable users to have the best web experience possible and to develop their online experience and self promotion opportunities. Easy Domains have made it a mission to make the internet easy to understand and to allow individuals and businesses to take greater control of their personal domain.

In order to get up to speed with the latest web developments we actively encourage web users to install the latest, fastest and securest web browser available, Google Chrome. This will allow for an easy user experience and for you to take full advantage of the easy products and services.

Domain Extensions Made Easy

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 12:50:12 +0000

Purchasing domain names is like purchasing property; domains are an asset to you or your company and can be seen as a secure address for your online abode. You can buy as many as you like, use them for whatever purpose you desire and you can move your online content between your domains as little or as often as you wish.

Deciding on the perfect address

Youve finally decided on your domain name, Easy. Now you´re bombarded by a range of domain suffix and you want to know the difference between each one? Easy Domains are here to help you make heads and tails of the essential domains out there.

In all there are over 300 different types of domain extensions in the world and all have very different uses; this doesn´t mean to say you can´t get creative and use a domain extension for an unusual or distinctive name.

Top Level Domain Intended Uses

Popular Domain Extensions - TLD (Top Level Domains)

.com For commercial use
If you are using a website that is of commercial nature
.info For information resource use
If you are creating an online resource library of information
.org For non-profit-organisations
If you are part of a non-profit-organisation or a charity based project
.co.uk For UK commercial companies
UK based companies
.me.uk For a UK based individual
If you are UK resident with a personal website
.org.uk For a UK based charity
If you are a not-for-profit organisation or recognised charity within the UK
.net For network providers
This is the domain extension used by online network providers, mobile or internet etc.
.biz For Business Websites
If you are a commercial business
.fm For Federated States of Micronesia
If you are business or individual in Micronesia
.tv For Tuvalu
If you are a business or individual in Tuvalu

Many people are confused by the different types of domain extensions and by what or who they were intended for. Don´t be afraid to choose a domain extension that you think could work for you. Domain names are only limited by the imagination, search engines today recognise the vast majority of domain extensions and use them as valid criteria for search results. Easy Domains recommend you make the most of all domain opportunities whilst you can. Purchase your online domain in as many extensions as you can to ensure that your domain becomes part of your online territory; domain names are the perfect key word to help with the search engine ranking of your websites.

A prime example In our list above we told you that .fm extension can only be used by residents in Micronesia - this isn´t always the case. Many radio stations today have latched on to the opportunity of making it a recognisable asset to their online domain e.g www.last.fm

A popular web bookmarking site called delicious have also been creative with their choice of domain name by using the following www.del.icio.us

It is worth noting that there are domains which are only permitted for use by certain countries and states. See the infographic below for a better view of the extensions of the world. Infographic courtesy of Visual Information

5 Easy Points for a Social New Year

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 16:14:17 +0000

5 Easy points to get started with the New Year

Its that time where we wander off for one of the biggest social events of the year. The New Year is the time to make resolutions for change; Easy Domains encourage you to fit 5 easy changes in to your business plan. Encourage positive and social growth within 2012.

Break out from the regular boundaries of printed media and engage with your customers online. Find out what your customers want and see how you can alter your service to meet their needs. A great business knows how to interact with their customer base, providing them with information throughout the social sphere.

Tip #1 - Turn over a new leaf

Its a New Year, things have changed and 2011 is so last year. Give your web site a new lease of life with new content specific to upcoming products and trends within your line of work. Optimise your page content, reflect on key products and services to help promote your website through the search engine hierarchy. You dont always need a new website. New content is the biggest love of all.

You have created a new web page with some awesome key words, page content and products now what should you consider?

If you need an idea on how to write new content for your website use our new Easy Domains website as inspiration.

Tip #2 - User Engagement

You´ve got a brand new page, product, service or maybe all three. How do you know that people are seeing what youve got to offer? Invite people to your website, engage with people who are looking for your services, ask questions, answer questions, respond to feedback; good or bad it can serve you positively if handled in the right way, interact with news headlines and try and relate it to your service if possible. Engage and be social, make your work fun in the process.

The best social networks for the job

Take baby steps, pick the right social platform for you and stick to it. As you begin to become more social savvy begin to expand and integrate more social media platforms to increase your target audience.

Set up an account for the new year - dont expect instant results or followers, social media is a free powerful marketing tool, followers and activity grows organically much like a website, continue to be proactive discover market gaps, market trends and contribute with people daily.

Tip #3 - Tell a story - Write a Blog

One of the best ways to get noticed on the web for your services is to write new and fresh content on a regular basis. Attach a blog to your website - write posts daily about upcoming trends and share the latest blog on social networks. Mention those all important key words related to your website in your posts and you´ll be the king of social before you know it.

Some of the best blogs out there for you to use:

Easy Blog - Contact us free for details
Tumblr
Blogger
Wordpress

It is important to keep your users engaged - keep your content company focused; writing about what you had for dinner is not the way forward for a super blog post. Keep it specific, fun and relevant to the point, keep your readers enthused - blogs dont always have to be lengthy mix it up with the occasional short and sweet. Share a relevant or interesting llink or two.

Tip #4 - Theres no such thing as free

Make time for competitions within your company & share them throughout your social networks - Freebies are an ideal way to get your followers engaged, in return you can gain a unique follower base and a potential growth in clientele.

Make your subscriber or follower base work for your product - Who is tweeting about you? Who is sharing your website? Who is engaging with you? Discover who really appreciates what you do.

Tip #5 - Keep those addresses

Email addresses - Keep them all - Keep them accurate and have a genuine correct spelt name associated with them. Most important of all make sure they are your clients and your clients only.

Why?

Find out in 2012...

Have a fantastic New Year from everybody at Easy Domains

Easy Domains are a full digital marketing agency and we can help you with any of the things we have mentioned above. If you are looking for a fully fledged marketing package contact us and well be happy to talk you through the online way of life.

Clash of the Cache - Clear your browser history the easy way

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 12:28:11 +0000

An Easy Guide - What is the Web Browser Cache?

The Web Browser Cache also commonly known as Temporary Internet Files is a location (Folder) on your computer Hard Drive used to store information from any visited websites.

What does this mean?

Put simply, Caching is effectively a storage facility for website content. Every time you visit a website for the first time information is stored on your computer hard drive allowing your computer web browser to load web pages much faster the next time you visit.

What information is stored?

The information cached is nothing to be concerned about; it´s all an important and helpful process to your online browsing experience. The files and information commonly stored in your Internet web cache are:

Web Pages
Images
Audio Files
Video Files
Flash Animations
Web Addresses (Urls)
CSS Scripts
Password Information
& Various Other Web Page Source Files

Please note: Passwords are only stored as part of the caching process with your approval.

The Clash of the Cache - Why deleting your Browser Cache is important.

The answer is Maintenance. Maintenance is an essential part to everyday living and this is no exception for the Internet. The majority of websites are updated on a regular basis and chance says important information, source codes and image libraries are changing with this. Regular page updates can cause clashes in data stored on your hard drive and with the data stored on the website server. We have provided an example of a clash using our Easy Domains Website below.

How do you clear your cache?

The easy short cut to remember for any webrowser is:

On your keyboard Hold Ctrl & Shift and then Press Delete

You should now be presented with a pop up box or window asking that you delete your Browser Cache or Temporary Internet Files.

An Easy Video Tutorial

For those of you who might struggle with this we have uploaded video tutorials to make it easier to understand. Just follow the step by step for your internet browser. Please select a video below.

Clear Cache IE8

Clear Cache IE9

Clear Cache Chrome

Clear Cache Firefox

Essential Security - Say goodbye to your easy passwords

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 17:05:49 +0000

Online security is overlooked by many web users thinking it won´t happen to me. Understanding the true extent of security measures can be overwhelming, often time consuming and seem like an overkill in protection. Easy Domains have to be security conscious with everything we do, we think it is only fair to inform our clients and readers of a few simple facts and solutions to help improve the state of their online security. Millions of web accounts are compromised each year by various types of hacking and scams such as phishing or brute force attacks. Do not become a victim to online theft, ensure you choose secure passwords for all of your online accounts.

Question - How often do you change your password?

We are guessing if you´re reading this security blog post the chances are you do not change your password all that often. If you do have a password the likely hood is that it is going to be something memorable, consistent throughout all of your online domains. Something close to you, without doubt something easily obtainable by an unwanted third party.

A simple fact - You should consider changing your passwords often, more often = better; probably every 1 to 3 months.

A common problem with online security begins with the common password

Is your password listed below? The chances are you are reading this and you´re thinking that´s my password. Easy Domains recommend changing your password right now as these are 20 of the most common passwords used to secure accounts. If you ask us, they´re an accident waiting to happen.

password
Password
Passw0rd
654321
123456
1234567
12345678
qwerty
abc123
123abc
111111
123123
princess
starwars
iloveyou
qwerty
Lovely
football
letmein
sunshine

If your password isn´t listed do not think you´re secure as this is only about 1% of the most popular passwords list.

How secure is your password?

Test how secure your password is with How big is your Haystack?You might be surprised to see how long it will take for a brute force attack to compromise one of your online accounts, seconds, minutes, if you´re really lucky maybe a couple of hours.

Top tips to making securer passwords

Ensure your Password is at least 8 characters in length
Never contain complete words
Ensure it is totally different to any other password you´ve used
Use a combination of uppercase and lowercase letters
Use numbers
Use symbols
Most important of all never use the same password more than once

An example of a secure password utilising all of the listed points above - Easy_D0ma1n5. Do not use this as a password - this is for example purposes only.

A secure recommendation for your last password - LassPass

Taking in to account the details listed above we understand that memorising passwords is not always easy, especially since the secure password variations have added complexities.

LastPass is an online utility which generates the most secure passwords based on your password preferences, the best thing of all LastPass remembers the associated website that the password was generated for and signs you in. LastPass takes the hassle out of remembering all of your complex passwords by storing them in an online vault with exceptional levels of local encryption. The only password you need to remember is the one needed to access your LastPass vault - Easy Domains recommend you make this as secure as possible. Decide on a password you will remember, ensure it is a minimum of 8 characters, pad your password out with symbols, numbers and vary the characters between upper and lower case.

Visit the LastPass Website and discover the best in password management.

Easy IMAP and POP3 email setup

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:10:25 +0000

Easy IMAP / POP3 Email Setup Using Our Easy Tutorials

Youve purchased a new domain name and have been given an email address to accompany it. Personal email addresses are great for sending and receiving all kinds of information but setting your email up for use may seem difficult if not a little daunting.

Easy Domains are here to make light work of all of your technical difficulties - such as setting up an email address to send and receive email. There are a few email clients you can use to set up an email address for use, Easy Domains will outline these below with a quick and easy video tutorial.

The most important things needed to set up an email address on your computer or handheld device

When you are setting up an email address you will be provided with some important information:

An Email Address
A Password
Incoming Mail Server
Outgoing Mail Server

These details should be provided to you by your web hosts, if not just give them a call and they will provide them to you free of charge.

Email Address Your email address is commonly used as your username in an email client

Incoming Mail Server The Incoming Mail Server is an address used for your email client to download and receive messages from.

Outgoing Mail Server The Outgoing Mail Server is an address used for your email client to send messages with.

An Easy Email Example

Imagine you have a domain name called www.bakery-lancashire.co.uk and you have been assigned an email address info@bakery-lancashire.co.uk Your email settings will look similar like this:

Email Address: info@bakery-lancashire.co.uk
Username: info@bakery-lancashire.co.uk (Only use your full email address if you havent been provided with a specific username)
Password: *********** (This will be provided by your web host)i
Incoming Mail Server Settings: mail.bakery-lancashire.co.uk
Outgoing Mail Server Settings: mail.bakery-lancashire.co.uk
Now that you have an idea of how the information will look, watch a short video tutorial below for your preferred email client. Well start with the most popular Microsoft Outlook

Microsoft Outlook 2010 (Paid Software)

if you are not using Outlook 2010 look for the Add Account option and use the same setup instrcutions.

Thunderbird Email Client (Free Email Client)

Thunderbird is a free and secure email client, part of Mozilla Firefox, it comes complete with regular updates and allows you to add features for a better user experience all for free.

Online Email using Gmail

Using Gmail as your email client you will be able to send and receive all of your emails in one online location anywhere in the world, just by signing in to googles free Gmail service. Easy Domains love the features of Gmail as it allows you to download, read and edit documents all from the same application for free. Youll never need to use Microsoft Office again.