Why People Use Ad Blockers And How they Impact Businesses

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The ad-driven business model of internet plagues users with unwanted advertisements. Weary of these distractions, people use ad blockers to regulate the quality of their browsing experience. According to a survey from Visual Objects: Most people with ad blockers have used them for more than a year Ad blockers are most frequently used on desktops … Read more

Web Server Load balancing for eCommerce websites – a basic guide to traffic management

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For keeping a live ecommerce website up and running, there is a significant amount of investment required in setting up the backend IT infrastructure and its management. As an ecommerce business owner, one is aware of the fact that this is a necessary investment. Why? Because the losses suffered when a website goes down are … Read more

Cloud v/s CDN v/s Geolocated Hosting: Which Should I Choose?

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If you’re reading this, you’re probably a web developer who’s had this question across his mind at least once. Should I choose Cloud Hosting or Geolocated hosting or CDN to serve customers in different geographies? Having had regional hosting servers for all our other Indian Server Hosting programs, we recently launched geolocated hosting in China … Read more

Digital India and What it Means to the Internet Industry in India

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A year or so ago, India surpassed Japan in the number of Internet users and has now comfortably placed itself at number 3 followed by the United States at number 2 and China at number 1. Undoubtedly, India has a vast population in comparison to most other nations, so a base of 300 million Internet users is not surprising. However, ease of access is mostly restricted to the metropolitan cities and semi-urban regions in the nation. We all recognize the limitless potential of the Internet and several instances around the world have proven how it is a catalyst for social change. Having saturated the densely populated regions with Internet-related amenities, the onus now rightly has shifted to the developing and under-developed regions that have limited, or no access to the Internet.

The Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi is well aware of how paramount the Internet is as a medium in matters of improving the socio-economic standards of the country at large. I’m sure you are aware of his recent visit to San Jose, California. Silicon Valley giants like Google and Microsoft have given their support to Modi’s Digital India initiative.

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8 tricks to increase Web Page Load Speed

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We seem to have grown into a world where we want everything in an instant. I bet you won’t spend your time waiting for a web page to spin, sputter and load.Website speed does matter! Fast-loading sites perform better on all fronts: better user experience, higher conversions, more engagement, and it’s not exactly a secret that it also plays a major role in search engine rankings. So, just when you thought you had every ingredient in your website to achieve success, the visitor ends up staring at a blank screen for couple of seconds instead of seeing your masterpiece.

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Keep the Web at your Fingertips with WordPress Integrations & Plugins

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A well-versed web developer/designer such as you already knows that WordPress is one of the most frequently used free content management systems(CMS). From simple websites to blogs, applications and enterprise websites, WordPress can handle them all with much ease. Thus, it’s not much of a surprise that WordPress powers more than 24% of the web.

WordPress: A Developer’s Paradise

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