Network Mapper, a free security auditing tool, has compiled an image of the favicons for the most visited sites on the web. Each favicon is sized proportionally “to the sum of the reach of all sites using that icon.” Since Google is the #1 most visited site on the web, it has the largest favicon [...]

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Cameron Diaz is the most dangerous celebrity on the Internet. According to this year’s list compiled by McAfee, searches for Cameron Diaz have the highest likelihood of scammers luring you to their sites and nailing you with malicious content. Apparently 10% of Cameron Diaz sites contain risky material. Yikes. Be careful Diaz fans, especially with [...]

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Ever have a random conversation about some distant memory and a few days later the same topic comes up somewhere else? In one of our “business” meetings on Monday, our Community Manager mentioned the Saturday morning cartoon Hammerman. Nice memory. This in turn reminded me of another Saturday morning cartoon called Pro Stars. I hadn’t [...]

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We’re all busy. I get it. But today is National S’mores Day. Now I don’t really know the origins of this day. But does it really matter?
So whatever you decide to do today, make sure to at least set aside some time to roast a few marshmallows and smush them in between a couple of [...]

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The world’s second oldest question of which came first, the chicken or the egg, has been answered by scientists. Apparently there is a protein found in an egg’s shell that can only be produced by chickens. This clued scientists into the fact that chickens came first.
Now if scientists would get their act together and answer [...]

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If someone ever asks me if A2 Hosting is reliable, I love being able to tell them that we offer a 99.9% uptime guarantee. How cool is it that you know that your site is going to be up 99.9% of the time?
I’m not going to lie. Today I was taken down a notch when [...]

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I thought I’d share this story as motivation for our eCommerce Hosting customers. Last night the world learned that NBA’er Lebron James would be leaving the Cleveland Cavaliers for the Miami Heat. Being a very popular player, sports merchants and vendors are not left with jerseys and tons of other Lebron James Cleveland Cavaliers merchandise [...]

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With the World Cup taking place as I write this post, pride for one’s country is at its highest. While only one country will win the World Cup, every country can take solace knowing their country is number 1 at something. This fact is highlighted in this “Because Every Country Is The Best At Something” [...]

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Since A2 Hosting is a Michigan Hosting company, you might think that I was going to give you some events just in Michigan that you can do. Au contraire. Are you familiar with the website Groupon? Everyday Groupon offers something fun to do in your area at an unbelievable price. The deal can be for [...]

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NBC’s The Office, one of the smartest shows on TV, just got a little smarter in my opinion. The fictional office was recently bought out by a printer company named Sabre. NBC has created a functional site promoting the fictional company Sabre. Now even if you’re not a fan of The Office, you have to [...]

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