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  1. How to do a SOPA website protest while minimizing the impact with Google

    16 January 2012 - 03:09 PM

    I found this wonderful article on twitter this morning and thought that some of you may be interested. @mattcutts tweeted the link saying "Here's how to do a SOPA website protest while minimizing the impact with Google: https://plus.google.com/115984868678744352358/posts/Gas8vjZ5fmB"

    The advice holds true for any time you want have a blackout or maintenance page and not hurt your Google rankings.

    Don't forget that many major websites are participating in the SOPA blackout this Wednesday. If you plan to join in, now is the time to plan how you will participate. More information regarding the SOPA blackout can be found on http://sopablackout.org/

  2. About malware and hacked sites

    01 December 2011 - 01:18 AM

    http://www.google.co...py?answer=45432

    If you haven't seen this help article yet, read it and bookmark it! Google explains about malware, how to know if your site has been hacked, and how to request Google stop showing a warning once your site has been cleaned of spam and/or malware.

    Don't forget that there are some other common sense things you can do to protect your site and yourself:
    • Keep current, off-site backups at all times.
    • Keep your scripts updated including any plugins and themes.
    • Monitor all user submitted content.
    • Always use encrypted connections when administering your site. SSH, FTPes, and cPanel over SSL.


    Do you have other useful articles or tips for keeping your site secure and for dealing with malware?

  3. [Closed] Unexpected Network Outage

    11 November 2011 - 07:59 PM

    At 07:26:57PM on 11/11/2011 our external monitoring software detected a network wide outage. The outage lasted approximately 9 minutes with about 5 more minutes for our servers to catch up with the sudden flood of requests that came in when the network was restored. To our knowledge, there were no plans for scheduled maintenance or similar. We are still awaiting details from our data center's networking team and will share these details with you when they become available.

    At this time, all services appear to be operating normally.

    If you have any questions, feel free to post here or open a support ticket.

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    Update - 10:37 PM EDT
    Here is the latest update from our networking team:

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    At approximately 5:31PM to 5:40PM CDT, we had a network wide outage. The issue returned a short while ago (8:15PM). We are actively working on resolving the root condition that is causing these problems. Additional service interruptions may unfortunately occur as a result of our troubleshooting.

  4. [Completed] Network Maintenance

    10 November 2011 - 03:20 AM

    For those who noticed, our network was offline for about 5 minutes at 3:03AM ET on Nov. 10, 2011. The brief interruption was to install critical updates to our networking hardware. All services are now back online. If you have any questions, feel free to ask here, or open a support ticket in our help desk.

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