New server system replacements with dual core processors and enhanced enterprise backup management to keep pace with explosive growth

HOUSTON, TX – February 28, 2007 – JaguarPC, a leading provider of end-to-end web hosting solutions, has completed the second phase to replace all its server hardware. The process which began last year replaced all servers that had single or dual processors with one core to the new AMD dual core CPU servers. In addition, the web host has completed testing and begun implementing a new enterprise backup management system that will increase backup speed and performance for its clients.

The new dual core servers also have significant upgrades to the amount of RAM as well as newer RAID disk arrays across all the systems which have greatly improved redundancy and access speeds. All accounts with JaguarPC will be on the same hardware platform, making plan upgrade migrations even easier. Initial results of the completed server upgrades show an improvement in services loading time on the network and near 100% uptime. Patch management is also easier, leading to quicker and more frequent updates.

JaguarPC is also adding a new enterprise backup management system after initial testing showed greatly improved reliability and performance. The backup system uses a new methodology that reduces the loads of the servers being backed up which removes the dreaded nightly slowdown of servers during the backup process, and also helps eliminate incomplete backups. Backups will also be faster, more accurate, less burdensome to the servers and more reliable. The third phase of the upgrade process of both hardware and backup systems will completed in the next 60 days.

“In a market where every provider is moving towards the cheapest alternatives possible, this is part of our plan to rather focus on delivering quality web services,” says Greg Landis, chief executive officer of JaguarPC. “With other competitive hosting companies, companies may outgrow the available services and need to migrate to a completely different web host. Conversely, a company can start small with our basic plan and seamlessly upgrade with us through the years of growth.”

“We posted a record year in 2006 and are on track to beat that by a wide margin for 2007,” continued Landis. “JaguarPC will continue to focus on delivering quality and value in this price-competitive market.”

About JaguarPC

JaguarPC, based in Houston Texas and owned by Jaguar Technologies LLC Hosting, provides high-quality Internet hosting solutions to small and medium-sized businesses, government agencies, prominent individuals and non-profit organizations worldwide. JaguarPC’s core portfolio comprises information technology and business hosting services, as well as programming services. JaguarPC’s complementary subsidiary businesses are dehe.com, a vps and dedicated provider specializing in the Windows platform, and Devpond software, a web software company.

Learn more at www.JaguarPC.com.

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A little over a year ago Google introduced the nofollow attribute.  A lot of software publishers, and SEs jumped on board.

The original intent of the attribute was to cut down on blog comment spam.  Unfortunately that has not been the result of the attribute.

What has happened is a lot of confusion in regard to what does the no follow attribute really mean?

I just posted a rather lengthy article (for me) on spam-whackers about the nofollow issue.   For those not familiar with this debate there are a lot of links to background information.

Adam Lasnik of Google commented in regard to my article so I think it is worth your time to read.

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JaguarPC Web Host Completes Server Hardware Upgrades and Replaces Backup Management Systems

New server system replacements with dual core processors and enhanced enterprise backup management to keep pace with explosive growth

HOUSTON, TX – February 28, 2007 – JaguarPC, a leading provider of end-to-end web hosting solutions, has completed the second phase to replace all its server hardware. The process which began last year replaced all servers that had single or dual processors with one core to the new AMD dual core CPU servers. In addition, the web host has completed testing and begun implementing a new enterprise backup management system that will increase backup speed and performance for its clients.

The new dual core servers also have significant upgrades to the amount of RAM as well as newer RAID disk arrays across all the systems which have greatly improved redundancy and access speeds. All accounts with JaguarPC will be on the same hardware platform, making plan upgrade migrations even easier. Initial results of the completed server upgrades show an improvement in services loading time on the network and near 100% uptime. Patch management is also easier, leading to quicker and more frequent updates.

JaguarPC is also adding a new enterprise backup management system after initial testing showed greatly improved reliability and performance. The backup system uses a new methodology that reduces the loads of the servers being backed up which removes the dreaded nightly slowdown of servers during the backup process, and also helps eliminate incomplete backups. Backups will also be faster, more accurate, less burdensome to the servers and more reliable. The third phase of the upgrade process of both hardware and backup systems will completed in the next 60 days.

“In a market where every provider is moving towards the cheapest alternatives possible, this is part of our plan to rather focus on delivering quality web services,” says Greg Landis, chief executive officer of JaguarPC. “With other competitive hosting companies, companies may outgrow the available services and need to migrate to a completely different web host. Conversely, a company can start small with our basic plan and seamlessly upgrade with us through the years of growth.”

“We posted a record year in 2006 and are on track to beat that by a wide margin for 2007,” continued Landis. “JaguarPC will continue to focus on delivering quality and value in this price-competitive market.”

I think there are certain pages or files (folders) that every webmaster should block from the SE spiders.

Dan Crow, Product Manager at Google just posted this on the official Google Blog.

I’m often asked about how Google and search engines work. One key question is: how does Google know what parts of a website the site owner wants to have show up in search results? Can publishers specify that some parts of the site should be private and non-searchable? The good news is that those who publish on the web have a lot of control over which pages should appear in search results.

The key is a simple file called robots.txt that has been an industry standard for many years.

Dan gives some examples on how to control spiders using robots.txt, or the robots meta tag.

Why would you want to limit the SEs? One example. I have a folder that contains confidential customer information. I do not want the SEs to crawl and publish that information on the Web.

Most sites need to block their https (or secure) pages. Something that Jag is not doing at this time. Do not let the spiders crawl your https pages unless your entire site is https.

All the major SEs will obey the robots.txt file, or the on page meta tag in the head section of the document.

First let me say I haven’t tried any of these pulgins at this point. I do see some some value in them from a SEO perspective, and possibly to enhance user experience. I will be experimenting with them in the near future.

For all the details read this blog post Five Minuet Blog SEO. Michael Jensen who wrote the article gives a brief description of why he thinks each plugin has some value.

1. A Links
2. Increase Blog Comments: Show Top Commentators
3. Increase Blog Comments: Subscribe to Comments
4. Ultimate Tag Warrior
5. Related Entries
6. Add Meta Tags

In addition to a brief summary Michael also provides some links to other resources. If you Blog, I think the article is a worthwhile read, even if you use a CMS other than Wordpress.

If anyone has tried or tries any of these pulgins please comment.

Some webmasters are obsessed with checking backlinks at Google. The only way to do this in the past was to use the link operator, doing a search on Google for link:www.domain.com. Using this method would only show a small percentage of links that Google knew about.

Yesterday the Google sitemap team announced they have added a new tool in the webmasters console, which will give you a better idea of the backlinks Google knows about.

Additionally you can download the information for further study.

One thing to keep in mind. Even though Google is showing a link, does not mean they are placing any value on the link.