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Drupal, a popular content management system (CMS) provides the user an application environment where they can create their own website and publish content on it in a systematic manner. The advantage of using Drupal is that it provides a flexible way of maintaining website content, and being an open source project, is available totally free of cost. The sites built with this tool are usually well managed, organized, and held in high regard.

Although Drupal was slightly tough to install a few years ago, it has become easier and easier with each newer version. The steps involved in creating a website using Drupal are as follows. Read the rest of this entry »

Guest post by Tim Millet. Tim Millet is a freelance writer currently involved in the SEO industry.

If you work in the online marketing and SEO industry, you know what it is like to have a cluttered and ridiculously busy desktop. Apple continues to prove it is the best operating system for heavy users who have many windows open at the same time. If you love the way an iPad works, and you still want the functions of a laptop, the new Mac OS X Lion operating system is for you.

Here is a quick look at some of the new features that makes this system the best for anyone who is involved in heavy and daylong laptop use. The good news is the Mac OS X Lion will be released fairly soon, so we don’t have long to wait. Read the rest of this entry »

Don’t you just love it when Google comes out with all these fancy names like Farmer and Panda for their updates? But jokes aside, these updates are like earthquakes in the internet world, and for many it was clearly disastrous. Just like earthquakes can level entire cities, you don’t want to become collateral damage when that happens.

In any major algorithm change, there are always winners and losers, because those sites that dropped would be replaced by others. Most people would think the Panda update was a mistake on Google’s part judging from the hue and cry from disgruntled site owners, but it’s worth bearing in mind those that gained would mostly be keeping quiet! Read the rest of this entry »

For anyone working in web design, the operating system they choose for their working computer can be an important and strategic choice. Of course, every computer uses an operating system, with some of the most popular operating systems today being Windows, Mac OS and Linux. While the advantages and disadvantages of Windows and Mac in terms of web design are hotly debated, the advantages that Windows has over Linux are rarely challenged. Read the rest of this entry »

As all Google users know, Google displays our search results according to our location. If we want to view the search results from other countries or regions, we can only do several things.

For example, if you are in the US and want to view Google search results in the UK, you could go to Google.co.uk and do a search from there.

This doesn’t quite work for people outside of the US, who go to Google.com, because the results will be clearly different then the results from going through a US based proxy. You can definitely use proxies, but they are not really quick (or secure). Read the rest of this entry »

Viruses and malware are the biggest risk to our personal information and the safe running of our home and office computers. Unfortunately, even with the best anti-virus software you may still encounter problems and it is always good to have reliable and cost effective computer support.

If you really want to protect your computer, and limit the amount of damage that could be done, you might want to think about ‘Bootable Anti-virus Disks’. Here is a look at what they are and how you can benefit from them. Read the rest of this entry »