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XHTML indirectly giving you direct rankings!

I have been doing some reading on search engine optimization and one of the topics that pop ups in front is whether webmasters should code the site in HTML or XHTML. Well technically from a search engine’s perspective, if there is a good balance between the quality code and content, either can be used but the main question is if we can maintain that balance without pulling our hair out. I have worked with HTML most of the my life but recently moved on to XHTML and I must say that the decision was right. Few basic ways how XHTML is different and recommended http://w3schools.com.

* Elements must be properly nested
* Must always be closed
* Have one root element
* Must be in lowercase

(source: http://www.w3schools.com)

Since it makes sure that you code it correct in the first place and nearly separates the actual content from its settings, XHTML becomes indirectly likeable to search engines hence there is a good chance of overall better rankings for your keywords. For those folks who are interested in learning the basics, here is a short video by Howard University on the basics of XHTML coding. You would find it very similar to HTML just a lot more organized and strict for a cleaner and better code.

I was WHB’s sole representation at HostingCon 2006 and attended a hosting conference for the first time. It was, however, great fun and very productive – two key elements of any conference. As a result, both myself and the CEO will be in attendance at HostingCon 2007 to meet industry peers, suppliers, competitors and, hopefully, you.

HC2007 is in Chicago and we’d be very interested in meeting anyone with a greater interest in hosting at HostingCon. We’re friendly and would love the chance to meet some customers in person. We’ll be staying in the W hotel but if we can get a small group of customers together, we’ll take you all out for dinner and discuss both hosting and WHB, as well as anything that crosses our mind

If you’re in Chicago, going to HostingCon or want to meet us, then get in touch

I had made up my mind last monday that I would devote this sunday for small odd website modifications. Franki (our seo consultant) does not work on weekends and he usually helps me in fixing everything that I end up breaking on the website. Well I thought I would give it a try anyways. For folks visiting the site might have noticed ultimate hosting page broken for few minutes. That was me trying to add in features without breaking the code. Spent like 2 hours on it only to find out the it breaks it. Bah I think I will have to wait for franki to come online on moday to have a look at it. By way we are ‘finally’ hiring our own web designer (thanks to matt for agreeing and looking for one) and he should start working from early next month. This should save me a lot of time working on the codes and graphics on which I frankly suck at making. Anyways I just like to say quick sorry for any website navigation problems earlier. It should be all fixed. Well its time for me to go and watch my sunday movie. This weekend was a bit of fun and I hope you enjoy yours too!

Malik.

Contents:

1. Introduction
2. January Uptime Figures
3. Dedicated Servers
4. Carbon Neutral Hosting
5. New Helpdesk Team
1. Introduction
Welcome to the February edition of the WebHostingBuzz Wire. You’ll find news
on all of our latest developments in this issue as well as news on some
exciting discounts that we’re offering.

2. Uptime Figures
We’re sure you know the score by now, uptime figures are posted on our blog.
HOWEVER, our blog has moved. It’s new home is at
http://www.webhostingbuzz.com/blog/, please make sure you visit
URL in future.

3. WebHosting Buzz Managed Dedicated Servers
Dedicated servers are here and they are now on our website. Fully managed by
our hard-working team, these servers offer masses of power backed by the
peace of mind that it’s through WebHostingBuzz. Full details can be found at
http://www.webhostingbuzz.com/website-hosting.shtml?host_dedicated-server

4. Carbon Neutral Hosting
Last month we mentioned our carbon neutral project and how we intend to
offset our carbon emissions produced by the generation of electricity to
power our servers. This is just a short update on our our project; we’re
still in negotiations with the ITF on how we can help offset our carbon
emissions and help the planet. We’ll add a section to our website about this
soon. Being green is important to us! For those interested in learning more,
please visit http://www.internationaltreefoundation.org/.

5. New Helpdesk Team
We’ve been expanding our helpdesk team as part of our ongoing effort to
provide the best support around. This has been facilitated through the
opening of a new office and the employment of new staff members. Our
recruitment process is still going so expect to see the team expand even
further over the coming weeks – all part of our commitment to providing you
a service that’s better than the rest at a stupidly low price. We’d be very
interested to hear what you think of the new and expanded support team so if
you have any feedback, please email it to management[at]webhostingbuzz.com.

Best Regards from all at WebHostingBuzz,

The WHB Team

We were slightly understaffed last week due to staff illness so of couse, as any caring Chief Operating Officer should, I jumped into the helpdesk and spent a lot longer than I usually would in there helping clients. I found it an enjoyable experience; it is nice to be able to still speak directly with clients and assist them. It helps you remain connected with what is most important to us and it’s always rewarding to hear nice responses from clients praising the work you do for them.

Oh, and needless to say, I answered more tickets than anyone else on that day I still have it in me – just.

 /WHBCOO/Matt

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