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Brute-Force Attacks Continue to Target Customers
Go DaddyOver the past several days we have seen a sharp increase of brute-force attacks on our system. These attacks attempt to gain access to customer accounts that have weak passwords. While these attacks are nothing new – our Security team identifies and defeats dozens of them every day – this current wave is sophisticated and [...]
Why Your Business Needs to be Online
Gen_HTechnology has shaped the way we do business today. Basically, everything is and can be done online. But without a website or Web presence, businesses miss huge opportunities: more business, better engagement with customers, that little thing called ROI. Here are five reasons why your business needs to be online: 1. Expanded Audience: How else [...]
Flip out over the FTP File Manager
We’re excited to introduce a new and improved, built-in File Manager for our hosting accounts. The updated File Manager presents drag-and-drop functionality. And we’re not just talking about files, folks. You can now drag and drop folders from your desktop to the File Manager. Did you ever feel like the old FTP File Manager was [...]
5 Questions for Your Web Developer
Knowing the ropes of a business relationship is important. Your Web designer’s no different. Before you sign on the dotted line, shake hands or cut a check, make sure you get answers to these five questions. 1. How much do you charge per hour? Asking how much someone charges per website is the wrong question [...]
Tips for Choosing the Right Hosting Plan
You want a website for your business. You know it’s important. However, wading through the alphabet soup of acronyms you come across seems like you’ll need a PhD in CSE. To be honest, there’s merit to your apprehension. Software engineers’ top priority isn’t making one solution for every problem (because that kind of magical solution [...]
Getting Mobile with Web Hosting
Face it. Everyone is going mobile. Wouldn’t it make sense for your website to be mobile, too? We thought the same thing. Now, with Deluxe and Premium accounts, you can customize your mobile website. If you don’t like your changes, they’re easy to reset. If you prefer not to have a mobile version of your [...]
FTP User Modal Gets an Update
We’ve updated the look of the FTP Users manager inside the hosting Control Panel. Don’t worry, we didn’t change any of the functionality. We just gave it a spit-shine to make it look pretty. Here’s a preview: What do you think?
Get Amped for Website Accelerator
We’re excited to announce the newest Web hosting feature. Meet Website Accelerator! Website Accelerator uses a Content Delivery Network (CDN) to speed up website response time and improve performance. Not sure what a CDN is? Check it out. Using CDN technology, Website Accelerator caches static website content on geographically disperse servers. When someone views a [...]
Playing Hide and Seek with WordPress Links
With the release of WordPress 3.5 you might notice the Links section is missing from the main admin navigation. Using the Link Manager, you can update blogrolls and manually add and remove navigation links from their website. Back in the day this feature was pretty neat, but it’s now considered outdated and cumbersome — which [...]
WordPress Welcomes Elvin
Named after the beat master Elvin Jones, WordPress® release 3.5 is now available in Go Daddy Hosting Connection®. Here are a few highlights: Adding and organizing media with drag-and-drop functionality A new default theme boasting a streamlined look and responsive design that displays on multiple devices More detailed information when upload errors display A leaner [...]
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