Although there are various factors that can be used to analyze the success of your web presence, your website conversion rate is a significant metric. Referring specifically to the percentage of visitors who not only view your web presence but also turn into paying customers by placing an order, a high conversion rate ensures sufficient return on investment (ROI) and profitability from your shared web hosting, reseller hosting, or dedicated server hosting plan. It’s no surprise that webmasters invest their time and resources into developing the kind of persuasive web content and functionality that drives sales.

Unfortunately, even if you offer your potential customers the best content and rich, dynamic web applications, a lack of performance and/or stability in your shared hosting solution can seriously damage your conversion rates. For example, take the length of time that it takes to load a single page on your website. Your visitors do not like to be kept waiting, and if your website takes an unusually long time to load, visitors will simply turn their attention to one of your faster, more capable competitors.

Certified Hosting understands the importance of keeping page loading times down, and we are pleased to announce the addition of Varnish Cache to all of our web hosting services. Varnish Cache is a new, state-of-the-art technology that makes your website loading times lightning-fast, at no extra cost.

Protect Your Website, Your Clients and Your Reputation

Everyday hackers across the world launch sophisticated attacks against small and medium sized businesses through the use of  SQL injection, cross-site scripting (XSS) and various other techniques.

Their relentless efforts can lead to stolen client data, crashed websites and a ruined reputation.  They can even lead to your website being blacklisted by Google. 

So how can you protect your customers, your website and your reputation?   One of the best ways is by keeping your application scripts up to date.  Another is by being proactive and using Site Lock to monitor for any potential threats to your website security.

Certified Hosting has partnered with Site Lock, an industry leader in small and medium business website security. Site Lock uses a combination of Proactive Scanning and Blacklist monitoring to ensure the protection of your website and your reputation. 

Site Lock security includes many features:

→Daily 360-Degree Scanning for:

• Applications
• Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
• Malware Blacklisting
• Spam Blacklisting
• SQL Injections
• Viruses

→Alerts and Email Notifications

→Dash Board Reports

→On-Demand Expert Services To Help Fix Any Security Issues With Your Site

Protected Customers Equal Happy Customers

In addition to the proactive protection Site Lock offers your website.  It can provide your site with something even more valuable, customer confidence.

Site Lock Trust Seal

Statistics show that more than 70% of web consumers look for a verifiable security certification before providing any personal data.  Any secure website using Site Lock is given the Trust Seal icon to display.  That little icon can go a long way in boosting consumer confidence in your website and substantially increase your sales and conversion rates on your ecommerce sites.

 Interested in Site Lock?

You can order Site Lock from your cPanel.  We offer a range of plans to suit any sized website and budget.  With web site security starting as low as $2.95 per month, why wait? Protect your investment and your customers with Site Lock from Certified Hosting.

Click Here to find out more about what Site Lock can do for you, your customers and your website.

Technology has changed the way we interact with each other. Our social circles have become larger and more geographically dispersed as we begin to replace in-person interactions with virtual means of socializing. This trend is reflected in the way we use the Internet. Statistics show that social networks make up the fastest-growing category of websites, with continual increases in traffic and user engagement.

From the smallest virtual communities to Facebook, the mother of all social networks, users flock to online social venues. The demand for social networks is definitely present, and where there’s a demand, there is always a lucrative business opportunity.

If you would like to create a social network but don’t know where to start, you may want to read a recent article published in the Certified Hosting resource center, which provides an overview of some of the best social network hosting solutions available on the market. In Top 8 Social Network Hosting Applications, you can learn about powerful social network hosting applications such as Dolphin, Elgg, phpFox, and StatusNet – applications which you can use to build a community portal, an online dating site, a social network, or any other type of social website.