Thank you all from CharlesWorks!

Sep 1, 2014 | Domains, Email, Hosting, Q & A, SEO, Technical Help, WordPress

The summer is coming to a close, and you know what’s next: the Holidays! We would like to get a jump on the season of thanks by letting you know how much we appreciate your continued patronage. Thanks to faithful web clients like yourself, CharlesWorks has seen...

How to Choose your Web hosting Company:

Aug 1, 2014 | Domains, Email, Hosting, SEO

Seven questions to ask your potential provider! If you or your business has an online presence, a crucial part of the whole web presence is deciding who will host your website. The web hoster provides the web space. It also manages the servers on which your site will...

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...

Tips for Choosing a Domain

Mar 1, 2014 | Domains

The domain name is about the least expensive piece of one’s Internet presence – yet one of the most important! Domain names are annually renewed and paid for just like a post office box – if it lapses someone else can obtain it and use it. The main...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Email Etiquette: How do we Appear to Others?

Mar 1, 2012 | 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...

Online social networking: Is it important?

Feb 1, 2012 | Hosting

There is a lot of hype out there about what we now commonly refer to online as “Social Networking.” Many wonder if it’s really “social” or if it’s even good “networking”. That leads many business people to real question:...