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Take a Look at your Website

Jul 1, 2014 | Hosting, SEO, WordPress

A website is used for communicating information to a large number of viewers. It is important that everything functions properly – buttons, links, etc. As long as it works, that’s all that matters, right? Well, what about how it looks? Most of us have heard the...

Is it Time to Review your Website?

Jun 1, 2014 | Hosting, SEO, WordPress

Does your website need a review? Like most businesses, you have a website. Well, that’s great! However, is your website up to date? Do you think you even need to update your website? Whether your customers have just found you for the first time, or are returning...

Meet Wesley Baird, CharlesWorks Tech Support & Graphic Design

May 1, 2014 | Hosting

The CharlesWorks team has acquired a fresh face this month and would like to welcome its newest addition Wesley Baird. Wesley is a graduate of Keene State College this year, receiving both his Bachelor of Arts in Graphic Design and an Associate in Arts. On the side,...

Email Etiquette: How do we Appear to Others?

Apr 1, 2014 | Email

In what appears to be a desperate pursuit of both economy and productivity, many people seem to have really gone off the deep end attempting to communicate entirely via email (and more recently via text messaging). But are we really getting across exactly what we mean...

Info about Choosing a Domain

Mar 1, 2014 | Domains

Your domain name is probably the least expensive component of your Internet presence. Amazingly, it is one of the most important! Your domain names are annually renewed and paid for just like your property taxes – if it lapses someone else can obtain it and use...

Meet Steven Lotkowski, CharlesWorks Tech Support

Feb 1, 2014 | Hosting

Steven Lotkowski is our latest addition to the CharlesWorks Team. Formerly of Colts Neck, New Jersey Steve has a passion for hardware and the many remarkable feats it helps us accomplish in our everyday live. From your everyday smart phone to reusable rocket ships...

E-Commerce on Your Website

Jan 1, 2014 | Technical Help

E-Commerce is selling a product or service on the Internet. It usually requires credit card processing that is provided by a third-party website (called a shopping cart) that can be accessed from your website. The shopping cart accumulates the items for the...

World Virus Month or What?

Oct 1, 2013 | Email, Scams and Spoofs

Last month we talked about the mysterious (to most people anyway) CLOUD. Although we’ve heard tons about it to date, it is worth reminding ourselves of one of the worst problems lurking in every Internet nook and crabby: MALWARE. There are many common internet...

What is “The Cloud?”

Sep 1, 2013 | Technical Help

Lately it seems every time we pick up magazine, or turn on the TV, we see an ad for a company that is trying to persuade us to access, link to, or download from “The Cloud.” Just what is “The Cloud” anyway? Is it some magical portal in the sky...

Introducing Mike

Aug 1, 2013 | SEO, Technical Help, WordPress

CharlesWorks continues to grow as we welcome a new member to our team. Please welcome Michael Cole of Greenfield! Beyond web technology, Mike’s interests include reading novels, singing, watching movies, and spending time with his wife and two sons. He likes to...

Internet attacks are in progress right now…

Apr 1, 2013 | Scams and Spoofs, Spam, Technical Help, WordPress

We’ve been extremely busy over the past year and haven’t gotten our newsletter out as often as we’d have liked to. We are sending this particular one out to let you know about ongoing attacks on the Internet, the most recent of which have been...

Changes concerning email over Internet connections through your ISP…

Mar 1, 2013 | Email, Hosting, Technical Help

I thought I’d take a few minutes to mention changes that have been happening with increasing frequency on the Internet regarding email. One of the typical calls we get from our web clients contains the following dialogue: “My email had been working just...

Laptop, Desktop, or Tablet: Which way is best?

Jun 1, 2012 | Technical Help

Are you looking to buy a new computer – but aren’t sure which way to go? Should you buy a laptop, a desktop system, or maybe even a tablet? Well, be sure to weigh all of your options with each system. Once you decide and buy, you want to be sure that you...

Web stats Part 2: What does it all mean anyway?

May 1, 2012 | WordPress

So now you have a good grasp of how your web server works and what information can be obtained from its logs, like number of hits (to the server and to individual URLs), number of IP addresses making the requests (and how many hits each IP address made), and when...

Web stats Part 1: What does it all mean anyway?

Apr 1, 2012 | WordPress

Web statistics can seem very alien to those not familiar with them. They are a very important aspect of a web presence because they let us know if our website is being accessed. Here is a little information about what some of the terms mean. Welcome to the wonderful...