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The Search For Search, Part III: Bing v. Google v. Yahoo.

Now that Microsoft and Yahoo are joining forces in search (Microhoo?), this three-way comparison may no longer be needed. Google still dominates the market: as of last summer, Yahoo and Microsoft had a combined U.S. query market share of 28 percent while Google stood at 65 percent, according to ComScore. However, the Yahoo/Microsoft deal is [...]
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Monday Miscellany: “Unfriend”, Internet for Nobel, and More.

It’s finally happened: social media has risen to the top of our everyday terminology. The New Oxford American Dictionary just announced “unfriend” as its 2009 Word of the Year. That’s right: unfriend (verb) “To remove someone as a ‘friend’ on a social networking site such as Facebook.” Other Internet/technology words considered this year include hashtag, [...]
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Managed Hosting from A to Z.

Our own Ryan Elledge (Chief Operations Officer) was a featured speaker at ITEC-Kansas City recently. And he had a lot to say about managed hosting for small businesses: saving time and tapping expertise as hosting becomes more and more complex. Is it right for your company? Ryan offers a few suggestions below in this 3-part [...]
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The Search For Search, Part II.

Last time, we took a quick tour through several new search engines, each departing from the usual search algorithms with a focus on decision-making, categorization, calculations and/or images. As a small- or medium-sized business owner, it’s important for you to know how each actually organizes and displays results for your site. To illustrate this, we [...]
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More Access, More Automation – We’re Now a Parallels Small Business Panel Partner.

Just announced today, Codero is now one of the few exclusive launch partners for Parallels Small Business Panel 10 – our newest control panel. Codero is also the first industry provider to integrate this amazing interface with a managed hosting plan: “Now available for small- to medium-sized businesses, Parallels Small Business Panel 10 is a [...]
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The Search For Search, Part I.

What happens if you enter “search” into your favorite search engine? Go ahead, try it. In Google, the top result is likely to be DogPile or AltaVista and various paid listings for free people search. In Yahoo, it’s Yahoo! Search. And in Ask.com, it’s Ask, followed by People Search and Free Public Records. Clearly, Google [...]
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Cloud Computing vs. Dedicated and Managed Hosting: Our Take.

How does cloud computing stack up against dedicated or managed hosting? Codero’s CEO, Phil Spencer, believes it all comes down to developing right solutions at the right time for growing online businesses – cloud or not. His thoughts at an investors conference last month at The University Club in New York. What’s your opinion? Will [...]
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What’s Hot, What’s Not in Technology: Gartner’s 2009 Hype Cycle.

It’s not likely we’ll see mobile robots, quantum computing or mesh networks anytime soon. Even innovations like 3-D flat-panel displays and video search are a few years away. Those are just a few of Gartner’s latest findings on technology and Internet hype (as in excessive publicity, hoopla). Gartner’s Hype Cycle Special Report for 2009 evaluates [...]
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Welcome to Codero.

What’s in a name? Plenty. As we embark on this new venture, we’ve given a lot of thought to what it means to be Codero – to be a responsive, forward-looking partner with your business so you can take advantage of the web’s true potential. Go ahead: do a quick search for “codero” (pronounced /kō-DÂR-ō/). [...]
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