4 Common Mistakes to Avoid When Writing Product Descriptions

Operating in the digital sphere isn’t easy, especially with the increasing competition and reducing customer attention span. Did you know that the average attention span of humans is around 8 seconds? How do you capture a customer’s attention within these 8 seconds? Through captivating and well-written product descriptions. Sounds simple right? But it’s not as…

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Ecommerce website design in use

10 Ecommerce Web Design Tips for 2021

Don’t think of your e-commerce website simply as a collection of WebPages that display your brands or third-party brands. Instead, think of it as a store where users can physically come in and take a look at your collection. If you look at renowned brands like Nike, Adidas, and Apple, all of their stores have…

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5 ways to Implement Website Security

With cybercrime occurring more frequently, many website owners are at risk of becoming a target. It’s nothing personal against you, but rather just the way cybercriminals try to exploit weaknesses in a website’s security. They don’t go around looking for websites to attack as this process would be time-consuming and arduous to implement. Instead, they…

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Using Gmail to Handle EarthGirl Email

Using Gmail to manage your mail is a great way to save space on your server, and it’s really handy, too! Here’s how: From your Gmail account, click the Settings icon on the top-right of your screen, then select See All Settings. Click Accounts and Import from the top menu. Incoming Email In the section marked Check mail from…

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What is gZip Compression?

What is gZip Compression? gZip is a compression utility that creates files with lossless data compression. This means that when expanded (i.e. decompressed) the data will look exactly like it did before compression. Nothing is lost in the processes. gZip files usually end in the suffix “gz” – you may notice this on your website’s…

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Creating a Subdomain in cPanel

Subdomains are prefixes that you add to your main domain to create a new destination on your hosting account. For example, if your domain name is “example.com” then a possible subdomain could be “buy.example.com”. Adding a subdomain will give you the option to add separate content to your site while staying on your domain. Here’s…

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Stop Spam in my cPanel Email

We’ve Got You!Earth Girl Hosting enables this feature by default. If you’re with us, you’re covered! Putting an end to unwanted email in your cPanel email account is a click away with Apache Spam Assassin. Here’s how: First, log into your cPanel account (https://mysite.com/cpanel) Once there, you can search for “Spam Filters” using the search…

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Resizing Images in cPanel? Yes, You Sure Can!

Most people don’t know this one exists. It’s really very easy and quite handy. Do you have some giant images on your hosting account that you need to make not-so-giant? Let me show you how: First, log into your cPanel (https://yoursite.com/cpanel) Use the search bar to find the Images link, then click to open it.…

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How Do I Know If My Website Has A Virus?

It can really happen to any of us. Getting a virus on your website is not only frustrating, but it can be very costly.  Prevention is always the best course of action, but sometimes it just gets past you. Prevention starts with the basics: Choose a unique password & change it now and then Be…

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