In a little more than a year, on July 1, 2023, Google will sunset the existing Universal Analytics program. On that date all UA accounts will stop collecting data from websites. Will you be ready? Read about it…
Offsite Backups: Does Your Small Business Do This?
A day cannot go by without hearing about another new virus, malware, ransomware, cyber attack or some mischievous action that compromises business and personal systems. There are countless online reports that tally and analyze these data in a variety of manners. It can be truly mind boggling and scary to read about all the threats we need to constantly defend. …
Comstar’s “Boutique” Hosting Can Sometimes Mean Special Attention
Since we have been in the web hosting business for two decades, we have seen our share of changes in the industry. The challenges of keeping our technology platforms and hardware capable of serving up websites, email and databases can be many-fold, especially since some of our oldest websites can only be hosted on unsupported and out-dated systems that are …
Professional Website Design – Testing and Publishing: It’s Not Really the End
Testing Once your site has been assembled and programmed, it will be thoroughly tested to make sure every page and every feature works as designed. At every phase of development you will have the opportunity to look in on the building process making sure that work is completed to your satisfaction. The testing phase is no different. While we are …
5 tips to improve your websites Call-to-action
Use direct and clear language. It’s important to know that passive calls-to-action will get you low clicks and low results. Remember, your call to action should incorporate a powerful action of words. Tell what you want your website visitor to do. Verbs are specifically helpful when addressing actions you want your visitor to do. Calls-to-action or CTA’s should be written …
Comstar’s Advanced Spam/Virus Filter
In today’s virus-laden and prolific spamming environment, email filtering has become a necessity. A good, reliable, filtering system is needed to reduce the clutter so that you can spend your time reading the email you want, rather than the bulk that you do not. Comstar ‘s Advanced email filtering provides an individually configurable message center. This means that you can …
Online Contact Forms Can Spell L-E-A-D-S or S-P-A-M (or even S-C-A-M)
One of the best means of getting leads from your website is an online form that can be completed by visitors who want to take you up on what your website offers or find out more about your business. As lead generation goes, those that come from a well-conceived online form are typically pretty solid, providing the information your sales …
Professional Website Design – Programming Your Website
This is the part of the process that can make all the difference in not only how your website looks, but how it functions. Assembly After you approve the prototype, your web project moves into the assembly phase, where the web space and database is first created on our development server. During assembly the prototype illustration is programmed as the …
Time to Evaluate Your Web Presence?
It’s nearly 2016. Do you know where your website is? No, really, do you know where it is hosted? Do you know where your domain registration is or when it expires or who will get notified about it? Do you know where your dns is hosted? Or your email? They may not be all in the same place, but it …
Online Marketing: What You Need to Know to Start
A good website will work for you, presenting your image and marketing message to potential customers. An effective website will enhance your marketing strategy and be of benefit to your company’s growth and operation. Regardless of how simple or complex your needs, Comstar works with you to define an internet marketing strategy that integrates with your total marketing efforts. Developing …