Hosting Terms made simple!

AdproFX is committed to making the Internet experience simple and productive for all of our clients! With that in mind, we offer huge amounts of disk space and lightning fast transfer rates, generous POP3 e-mail accounts and more.

Disk space refers to the amount of space your site occupies on our servers. With 50MB of web hosting storage, you can load plenty of pictures and content without worrying about the size of your site.

Transfer rate defines the amount of data sent over the internet within a certain time frame to people requesting your web pages. We provide at least 1GB per Month, expandable to virtually unlimited.

POP3 e-mail accounts allow you to put a professional face on your business. Your clients will feel more secure in emailing you@yourbusinessname.com than contacting you through a free e-mail account (although you can continue to use those accounts if you wish, by simply using our FREE e-mail forwarding feature!)

Domain Name Registration 101

What's in a name?
Choosing a domain name is one of the most important decisions towards taking your business online. It's how people find your site and should therefore be simple to remember.

•If www.yourbusinessname.com is not available you may want to try www.yourbusinessname.net, or
•If the name of your business is taken, try using a hyphen between the words (www.your-business-name.com).
•You can try different variations of these to find one that works.

Once you have a name selected, get it out there! Make sure it is prominently displayed on all marketing material (including business cards, letterhead, product literature, etc. be cautious of copyrighted or other legitimized business names). Encourage your employees to refer people to the website and make sure the site's information is timely and informative. When issuing press releases, include your website's URL (www.businessname.com) as well as adding it to the bottom of outgoing emails.

Adprofx will register your site name for FREE when you sign up for one of our hosting plans - typically it costs $35/year to register a domain. If you're not quite ready to set up a website, our "Park Only" option will allow you to save your name and let people e-mail your company using our FREE e-mail forwarding feature.

Shopping Cart 101
Set up an online storefront!

With the existence of big online stores such as Amazon, people expect to buy your products online. While this may seem to be a daunting task, AdproFX makes it as easy as 1-2-3.

Our AdproFXCarts point and click interface lets you get up and running in minutes and best yet, it's risk free! Try our 30 day Free Trial and "try before you buy."

•Step One - Pick a name for your store front
•Step Two - Select your Visa/MC merchant account ( Use an existing account or set up a new one for a low monthly fee)
•Step Three - Add your products or services

That's all there is to it!

While other shopping carts require a SSL (Secure Socket Layer) certificate that costs $149.00 annually or more, AdproFXCart's SSL is built in and FREE!

Managing your account is just as easy. Generate reports, set up e-mail notifications of purchases, limit shopping cart controls and more.

AdproFXCart works with our hosting plans or your current provider. Contact Us at today to start your Free Trial or to request additional information.

Site Promotion 101
Get higher rankings and get noticed!

Being easily seen by the search engines can mean success or failure for your site. There are tools and tricks you've never thought of to making this process easier. Adprofx's skilled site promotion staff knows what to do and can help you improve your site's visibility.

The key to great site promotions is keywords/metatags and content, working together to place high in the search engine rankings. Below are some tips if you feel confident in your ability to handle adding them to your site and then we can submit your site to over 300 search engines.

Tips if you want to try it yourself:

Keywords and Metatags facilitate search engines indexing your website. These descriptive words should be relevant and concise, describing your site clearly and honestly. It's important to select about 20-30 words that are relevant to your business. One method to accomplishing this is to look in your marketing material for reoccurring words or phrases that are used to describe your company. Additionally, you can go to a competitors site and view their source code to see what they're using. Remember though, it's very important to differentiate yourself where possible as the ranking process is very competitive.

If you're targeting local customers, list your town's name, as well as neighboring towns. If your business is more regional, focus on something that sets your company apart.

Adding metatags is simple (but make sure they are within the "head" tag or they won't work). Here is an example of some code that lists only a couple of keywords:

<HEAD>
<META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="hosting, site, promotion, shopping cart">
<META NAME="description" CONTENT="Business hosting solutions">
</HEAD>

Another important aspect of site promotions is having keywords and metatags match the content of your site. The search engines will often check to see if the words on the page match the keywords you've listed and frequently will only check the first portion of each page's content. With that in mind, when you write the code, try to have your keywords near the top of the page.

Final ideas:
•Use different tags for each page on your site. Modify them to address the different content on the page.
•Consider naming your pages with phrases the search engines might receive as queries (http://www.adprofx.com/where-can-i-get-affordable-hosting.asp).
•If possible, avoid using frames when designing your site as they are more difficult to promote.