SoFla Web Studio Blog

Media Temple Raises Rates On IP Addresses

Don't get me wrong, I think MediaTemple, as a hosting company, is great and I understand having to make critical business decisions is not always easy.

However a recent change to thier policy for Additional IP Addresses took me by surprise. Via email earlier this year I was notified that I would be receiveing a 500% price increase for the cost of any additional IP addresses that we have associated with our servers.

Here is the email:

Hello,
We have some important information to share with you regarding a price change to your subscription to our "Additional IP Address" service. Historically, we've been able to offer this service at an industry-low price point of $1. On February 15th, however, we will be increasing the price to $5 and here's why:
Why Now?
You are using what is known as an original IPV4 address which is being replaced with the newer, nearly infinite, IPV6 address space. Since IPV4 addresses are almost all gone, the demand has increased dramatically and we must adjust our business for current market conditions. You can learn more about IPV4 address scarcity here.

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Google's Tag Assistant Helps to Verify Analytics and Measurement Setup

Google Tag Assistant

Google announced a new Tag Assistant Chrome Extension last month and we had a chance to install and test it out recently. The new extension will help to verify that you have setup your tracking properly on your website and other online properties. 

According to the Google Analytics blog, " A new Chrome Extension created by engineers here at Google hopes to make troubleshooting tag installs much easier. Tag Assistant aims to highlight errors, warnings, and provide useful suggestions for Google's most widely adopted tags including Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Adwords Conversion Tracking, the new Remarketing Tag, Trusted Stores and Floodlight. "

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Win A Free Ticket To WordCamp Miami 2013

South Florida Web Studio is giving away a free ticket to WordCamp Miami 2013.

Being a WordCamp sponsor our first year, we have decided to give away a free ticket to the the 3 day event.
In order to enter to win just do the following:

  1. Like the South Florida Web Studio Facebook Page
  2. Bring your business card to the South Florida WordPress Meetup this Thursday, March 7, 2013
  3. Attend the Meetup and wait for the drawing

That is all there is to it. 

There is no cost to attend the meetup this month and it is located at:

Nova Southeastern University
Carl DeSantis Building
3301 College Avenue, Davie, FL

The meeting starts at 6:30pm and you can get all the details on the WPMIA meetup page.

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Small Business Guide to Google Analytics

Google Analytics for Small Business

Here is a fantastic guide to setting to understanding Google Analytics for small businesses.

If you are not using Google Analytics on your website or even worse, do not know what Google Analytics is, then this guide may be a little advanced for you and you should definitely contact us to setup a Google Analytics account for your website. Setting up the account properly is relatively straight forward. Once you start capturing the data (first nuggets will start appearing in 24 hours) the fun really starts.

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Presenting ManageWP at South Florida WordPress Meetup

Shortly after my last post about Managing Multiple WordPress Websites The Easy Way, I presented my information to the local South Florida WordPress Meetup Group. We went through the benefits of using ManageWP.com to administer and easily manage and update your WordPress websites, plugins, themes and content. We also mentioned automating backups and proper security for multiple websites, regardless of where they are hosted.

The presentation included a nice slide deck using the fantastic Prezi.com system and a live walk-through of the ManageWP.com dashboard.

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