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Internet consultant Scott Hendison writes about technology, primarily search related.
Scott gets sites found on the internet, and he helps businesses with POS point of sale software & support, webhosting, website design, and HIPAA compliance. Sear
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PDXTC Web Hosting Emergency Maintennance
PDXTC Hosting will be performing emergency maintenance on the LINUX6 Web Server (linux6.pdxtc.com) starting immediately. During the past seven days users that host websites and web applications on this server may have noticed frequent outages due to ...
Wordpress 2.82 May Hurt Rankings
I’ll bet you $1000 that if we took an existing and well established default site installation today, and first upgraded it to WP 2.82, then we set WP up correctly with our chosen SEO plug-ins, correct permalinks, etc. that we would LOSE ranking...
Comcast Blocking Mail to Comcast Addresses
I’ve had my share of issues with Comcast in the past, from being unable to stay connected, to them blocking outbound e-mail, and this one is just as frustrating. Just like most of my issues have been so far, it;s completely inconsistent fro...
Another Web Hosting Client Fired
We got hit today with another 48 hours of Microsoft spam blacklisting, this time because a brand new hosting client sent out 30,000 e-mails in one day. When I looked at the website of this new client, I did have just the slightest hesitation when I s...
Portland Web Hosting Problems
This morning, email and website access is sporadic (at best) on the PDXTC servers, and it is slowly being restored. For what it’s worth, the problem was not actually on our end, but in the middle, with one of Portland’s primary bandwith ...
You Need Better Passwords Right Now
A dozen years ago or so, I had one password that I used for everything, and it wasn’t until some bad experiences that I understood the wisdom of having stronger passwords. That said, to this day, I have some very simple passwords for literally...
We’ve Been Spam Bombed
If you’re one of our 900 hosting customers having sporadic trouble with email for the past 36 hours, here’s the deal, and we’re pretty sure it’s totally unrelated to my public criticism of Linux Magic. At approximately 7:45A...
Qwest Blocking Email on Port 25
Qwest Internet service here in Portland Oregon has apparently begun to randomly block port 25 for its customers, just like Comcast did last year. This renders users helpless to send email using their own domain from their web host’s email serv...
Portland Web Hosting Client Fired
Another Portland web hosting user has been removed from our network because they are unable to follow the following instructions: User E-mail rules for Web Hosting Clients: Do not send unsolicited e-mail to your clients or customers unless you are u...
Stompernet is Opening Again
Stompernet is one of the most expensive programs on the Web, but it is also one of the best. I've been a member all of 2007, and I continue to shell out my money month after month, never ceasing to be amazed at the rich flow of information both from...
