ActiveX is a framework that allows software to be constructed from multiple programming languages and run on a platform that is independent from any specific programming language. ActiveX is often used in web design to provide functionality for various tools and control mechanisms, especially when an external platform stores or runs it. ActiveX can often be found in online flash games, interactive menus, and “widgets,” which are tools that run on one platform, but are controlled by another. What can ActiveX do for Facebook? ActiveX plays a critical role in Read More

Backing up your bookmarks is very important. By doing this regularly, you will be able to retrieve your favorite URLs in the event that your personal computer crashes. Backing up your Firefox bookmarks is certainly preferable to having to search for your favorite websites again and building up your bookmark list from scratch. Options for  Backing Up Your Firefox Bookmarks There are several different methods to backup Firefox. We will cover: Backing up Firefox bookmarks to a .json file Manually backup an entire Firefox profile Backing up Firefox using MozBackup Read More

Preventing Web Site Downloading Using robots.txt The first step is to disallow the downloading programs in your robots.txt file. To do this, you will need to define which bad robots you wish to disallow. Disallowing bad programs in robots.txt does not prevent all web site downloading, because many bad programs simply ignore the contents of robots.txt and do what they want to do. Preventing Web Site Downloading Using User Agent Blocking in httpd.conf Another method is to exclude the downloading programs user agent in httpd.conf. Add every agent you wish Read More

A Charter Pipeline email account is a high speed Internet account obtained through www.charter.com. Since users can add several email accounts to their Outlook, they can send and receive email messages from their Charter Pipeline account through Outlook. How to Link a Charter Email with Outlook Open Outlook. Click the Tools menu and select E-mail Accounts… Select Add a new e-mail account and click Next. Choose POP3 as the server type by clicking the radio button and click Next. User Information Name: Enter the user’s name as it should appear Read More

Domain kiting (also known as ‘domain tasting’) refers to the method of exploiting loopholes in ICANN’s (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) or other domain name registers’ (such as VeriSign) registration procedures in order to earn money from temporary domain registration or in order to test saleability or marketability of domain names. Registry companies have noted an increasing number of potentially fraudulent activities in recent years. For May 2007, over 35 million domain names were registered but only 2.7 million were permanent. The other names were ‘supposedly’ sent back Read More

Page Rank, or PR, is a number assigned by Google which represents to relative importance of a web page. The PR for a web page can vary between 0 and 10. PR is assigned to individual web pages, not to web sites. In other words, it is Page Rank, not Site Rank. A higher PR number will help you to score better in your SERPS, which will bring more visitors to your web page. PR is calculated using a complex secret formula which seems to be under constant change. In Read More

Twitter is one of the fastest growing social networks on the Internet today. The website offers a microblogging and social networking service that is based on individual user messages called Tweets. The service can be used on personal computers, laptops, and mobile devices and allows users to follow friends or people they find interesting. A common problem that Twitter users face is automatically following their followers. Use a third party application or website such as SocialOomph.com to solve this problem. How to Auto Follow on Twitter Step 1 – Log Read More

Have you just bought a new computer and are scared of finding yourself having to manually input the addresses of your old bookmarks? Or would you simply like to share your bookmarks with a friend? Not to worry, either way – just follow the instructions below, which are specific to Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox. Transfer methods in other web browsers may vary slightly. How to Transfer Bookmarks in Internet Explorer Launch Internet Explorer on the computer that you would like to export your bookmarks from. Press <Ctrl>+I to drop Read More

The Internet is vast and filled with many different dangers for people of all ages. There is really no set age where someone can be completely safe from online dangers. There are several ways to protect children, adults, and the elderly from falling victim to dangers online. How to Keep Kids Safe on the Internet Children who have access to the Internet must be monitored at all times. There are several different things that children can be exposed to online (sometimes from simply misspelling a domain name). Children can be Read More

The best way to choose keywords for your site is to think about what prospective customers would type in if they were looking for your product or service. Sometimes our creativity needs a little boost. The Overture Search Term Suggestion Tool, Wordtracker, and the Google AdWords Keyword Tool can be that boost. These tools will help you to discover which search terms web surfers are really using. Wordtracker Overture Search Term Suggestion Tool Google AdWords Keyword Tool The Digital Point Keyword Suggestion Tool is a front-end which combines both the Read More