7 Tips to Speed Up Your WordPress Website.

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September 25, 2017

Speed Up Your WordPress Website.

Is your WordPress site having a slow loading speed? Speed up your WordPress site with these few easy tips! A speedy loading page not only provides better user experience – it also helps in WordPress SEO and increases your conversion rate.

“According to surveys carried out by gomez.com, most website visitors would leave a website if it doesn’t load in 6 – 10 seconds.”

In fact, a 1-second delay in page loading time can result in a 7% reduction in conversion, and every second delay of loading time counts in effecting page abandonment.

According to another study conducted by Walmart Labs in year 2012, every 1 second improvement in page loading time will result in a 2% conversion increase. The same conclusion is also supported by online giant, eBay.

Let’s look into how these 7 tips help in speeding up your WordPress Website.

1. Image Optimisation

Resize and compress images using plugin such as WP Smush. Have you noticed how big your image size was? Big images affect your page loading speed.

WP Smush is a plugin in WordPress that bulks any image in any director, converts .PNG files to .JPEG files and even re-scales images to reduce image size.

Click HERE to know more.

If you prefer not to use any plugins to make your website heavier, you may consider uploading using TinyPNG and your images will be automatically compressed to an appropriate size without affecting too much on the quality of the images.

2. Caching

Use a cache plugin like W3 Total Cache or WP Super Cache.

Caching in a site means the information, data, images, and so on are stored on a storage – that way, every single visitor won’t be requesting everything from your server each time.

It helps reduce page loading time drastically because visitors don’t have to load everything again. This enables websites to appear faster on your screen.

Furthermore, the cache files and data that are useless will be cleaned to ensure a faster speed. Let’s click HERE to see the comparisons of W3 Total Cache and WP Super Cache

3. Content Delivery Network (CDN)

Turn on a CDN such as Cloudflare or MaxCDN. CDN is about distribution of your website files to a network of multiple servers.

Your static files are duplicated to different servers over the globe, which in turn provides better data transfer no matter where your website visitors are located. Confused? Read more

4. Web Hosting

Using the right Web Hosting Plan can affect your website loading speed tremendously. Consider using Dedicated Hosting or VPS if your website traffic keeps on increasing.

It is very important to choose a web hosting plan that truly suits your needs.

If you run a website which has a high traffic and secured data transmission, Dedicated Hosting or VPS should be your first choice even it is costlier compared to shared hosting.

Exabytes offers optimized WordPress Hosting which makes WordPress Websites perform significantly better. Refer Here.

If you are looking for premium hosting that comes with SSD and better security features, Go for Premium Business Hosting, HERE.

For VPS, high performance SSD, VPS, dedicated IP and ultra fast bandwidth are some of the highlighted features our users get to enjoy. Click HERE to know more.

5. Optimise Your Plugin

Don’t guess, use P3 (Plugin Performance Profile) Plugin to test your plugins and optimise them.

It captures information of all of the plugins installed on your WordPress Websites and provides measures, reports and the impact on the loading time of your websites.

Using auto scan and manual scan, it enables your WP website to perform significantly faster.

6. Database Optimization

Clean up and optimise your database using WP-Optimize plugins.

Optimising your database cleans up unwanted data and reduces database size so that your website loading speed can be improved.

Unwanted data such as post revisions, spam, trash and so on can clutter your storage.

7. Test Your Website Speed

Test with tools like Pingdom and GTmetrix. Both plugins give you insight into how your site loads and provide actionable recommendations on how to optimise it.

You can track your website status and page loading time with the alerts you receive from Pingdom and GTmetrix.

Optimise your website with these great tools.

Maintaining your website to keep the page loading speed is a MUST!

A better user experience towards your website affects impressions, click, and conversion rate of your online business or blogs.

Don’t let your visitors tire while waiting for your page while loading, try out these 7 tips to speed up your website right now.

Related article: 20+ WordPress Plugins to speed up your website

SCAM MAIL – Don’t Become the Victim of Identity Theft & Scam!

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Aiyi Wong

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September 14, 2017

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How scammers work?

Let’s talk about how scammers steal your personal information. Once you register a domain, your personal information such as name, contact number, email are published publicly in the Whois Public Internet Directory as part of the domain name registration process. Now anyone can access and view your information anytime at website such as https://www.whois.com/ .

These scammers then create a fake/scam email to trick you based on the information they harvest from WHOIS, and that’s why most of the victims will trust the scam emails as they appear to have all the accurate personal information of the victims.

As the the image below, the scammer knows that the owner of the domain registered his/her domain at Exabytes Network. In order to confuse the owner, the scammer sends a fake invoice to gain trust from the owner and ask for payment for their domain names.

This type of scam happens on the Internet every single day, and you are strongly advised to exercise extra caution when opening any email.

Feel free to contact us at [email protected] to clarify if you have received any e-mails similar to this.

Most hosting companies/domain registrars, including Exabytes, will allow their customers to register their domain names “privately.” The domain registrars will, for a fee, provide alternate contact information for your listing in the Whois database.

If you want to stop getting these scam emails, contact Exabytes to get Whois ID protection to stay protected.

How to differentiate a real Exabytes invoice from a scam email?
1. Sender Email
2. Company Logo
3. Company Signature

Things you can do to stay safe:

Check the email sender. Please only trust the communications from Exabytes and other trusted companies.
If you aren’t sure, or need a verification for any suspicious email about your website hosting products, please feel free to contact our [email protected] to clarify.
Hide your private information such as email address, contact number and office/house address with Whois ID Protection to stay protected from scam and fraud cases.

“Be safe and add Whois ID Protection to your domains.”

What happens when you have WHOIS ID Protection?

Your Information will be locked because accessibility have been limited by Domain Privacy Protection Service’s contact information. No one will be able to search for your name, address, email or phone number through the WHOIS database except for us.

Your domains still belongs and fully controlled by you even your personal information is no longer available in the public WHOIS database. You have the rights to sell, transfer or renew your domains.
Prevent spammers and telemarketers from invading your privacy. With Whois ID Protection, your email address available to public is constantly changing, so while it is being harvested and redistributed, it will change and the previous email address will no longer work for spammers.

Nothing is more important than having a secure online experience that ensures total peace of mind. Remember, prevention is always better than cure! To know more about how to add in Whois ID Protection to your domain, click HERE.

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The Very First EDD Campus, at KDU Penang College University!

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Nicole Chang

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September 13, 2017

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EDD Campus (Exabytes Digital Day Campus)

Hurray! We’re excited that the first EDD Campus (Exabytes Digital Day Campus), a place where Exabytes organizes various talks and sharing on the latest trends of E-Commerce, digital marketing, design, web developments, etc has landed at KDU Penang College University!

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MWA 2017 – Congratulations to Winners of Site of the Month for August

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Nicole Chang

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September 13, 2017

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Hey hey! Time flies! Now it’s time to announce the winner of Site of the Month for August, are you ready?

August

Before that, we would like to give thanks to the team who have work out for this awards behind the scene, as well as the internal judges as well!

Thank you for sparing the time to evaluate each of the website decide the winner of Site of the Month.

Now let’s see the winner of:

Site of the Month (AUG) – Commercial

Congratulations to Seminar Imej 360 | Puan Mary.

Let’s all give an applause for the good work of Training Cube International.

Site of the Month (AUG) – Personal

Congratulations to Mei Mei Chu, what a nice and informative travel blog you have!

Thank you for participating.

Site of the Month (JULY) – E-Commerce

Congratulations to Peace Tee.

Once again, congratulations to all the winners. Well Done!

All the nominees who have submitted their website even have not been chosen as SOTM , please keep on trying because you stand for the chances to win the Public’s Favourite Website Awards!

Don’t stop asking your friends and family to VOTE for you now!

**Disclaimer: Our team will check out and terminate the votes if there are suspicious fake votes found.**

Calling for September Submissions

We are waiting for your amazing websites! Submit your website right now to participate for August submissions.

Currently, we have received more than 20 websites submission, so quickly submit yours before September ends.

Submit your website HERE

Invitation to Attend the Awards Presentation Ceremony

The purpose of Awards Presentation Ceremony is to distribute the awards to the winners, as well as giving opportunities to have a good networking session for everyone.

Event details as below:

Why Should You Attend this Awards Presentation Ceremony?

Networking Opportunity – As mentioned, it is a networking opportunity for everyone! Web Designers and Developers can get to exchange ideas or knowledge, while individual can know more web designers & developers to enhance its own website.

Grow the Community Better – MWA seeks to recognize and reward the outstanding performance, talent and effort of the best web developers, web designers and web agencies in Malaysia.

It also helps to gather all of them to be together. Join us as a part and build the web community even better and stronger!

If you are interested to join the Awards Presentation Ceremony, do not hesitate to click HERE to register.

Oh ya, did I ever mention? It’s FREE ADMISSION.

See you in next post!

To check out the previous MWA blog posts:

Google is giving away FREE ‘.business.site’ domain

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Aiyi Wong

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September 12, 2017

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On 22nd August 2017, Google broke a good news to SMEs around the world, which could be one of the most talked about topics in 2017.

Google officially bought Business.site for Google My Business, and every member of Google Business is allowed to get their own business.site domain for FREE!

Radix, the domain registrar that owns the exclusive rights to operate new domain extension .SITE, confirmed that it had sold the domain name business.site to Google.

Benefits of Having a .business.site Domain:

As part of Google My Business, small businesses are allowed to create a free website with a free business site domain name. Do a simple search on site:business.site and you’ll be surprised to see 400,000+ results of websites that are already live using the domain business.site.

A big increase in the usage of business.site domain is expected in the near future. Many have started to realize that registering a .site domain name will boost advertizing and help them promote their business more effectively, which can include increasing search ranking and relevance of a brand.

.SITE now has the biggest potential to become one of the most popular domain extensions in the world.

Reference : .site overview, safenames.net

“The fact that ‘site’ as a word is widely understood and accepted makes it the preferred choice for a program as vast as Google My Business. The domain extension is versatile, hence it works well for all industries and can be moulded for any business, big or small.,” said Parag Barhate, Brand Manager, .SITE

Reference: Google buys business site domain for google my business, circleid.com

Furthermore, Take charge of what people see when they search for your business. Google My Business gives you the tools to update your listing, build a website, and engage with your customers from your phone, tablet or computer. Free.

Free vs Paid SSL Certificates: Is SSL Certification Worth It?

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Eric Lee

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September 7, 2017

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In this special blog post, we shall discuss the differences between “Free SSL” and “Paid SSL” Certificates and help you decide the kind of SSL Certificate that best suits your website’s security.

This will ensure that you are using the right tool for the right job!

Differences Between Free SSL and Paid SSL

1. A FREE SSL Certificate ONLY supports DV instead of EV and OV

Free SSL certificates come with ONLY Domain Validation (DV). It is usually more suitable for platforms such as small business websites and blogs.

2. Different Validation Level

When it comes to verification, Free SSL certificates do not validate ANYTHING about websites, but just the ownership of the domain. On the other hand, paid SSL certificates verify the BUSINESS IDENTITY of the website before issuing the certificate to the site owner. It is an in depth verification carried out by the Internet certificate authority(CA).

3. Level of Trust

OV & EV certificates come with visual indicators such as the green address bar and better site seals. However, free SSL certificates don’t deliver such privileges.

According to many, many research, the chances of customers buying from a website with “Visual Indicators Green Address Bar with Company Name Registered” are significantly higher, which in turn leads to higher conversion rates.

4. SSL Warranty

Free SSL certificates do not provide warranty when something goes wrong on certificates authentication. However, Paid SSL is covered with Warranty Limits between 20k to 1.75mil. Feel free to refer to the Covered Losses by Comodo

So, Is SSL Certification Worth It?

SSL is the gatekeeper of our secure Internet and it protects your personal information that travels on the Internet. It provides privacy, critical security and data integrity for both your websites and your users’ personal information.

When an SSL certificate is applied, the data becomes unreadable to everyone except for the server you are sending the information to.

Reference: The Purpose Of Using SSL, sslshopper.com

1. FREE SSL Validation

Domain Validated (DV) SSL certificates are quick and easy to get because all you need to do is prove the ownership of the domain that you wish to secure.

2. Paid SSL Validation

Domain Validated (DV) SSL certificates are quick and easy to get because all you need to do is prove the ownership of the domain that you wish to secure.

Organization Validated (OV) SSL certificates provide validation and higher assurance to web visitors that the website belongs to a legitimate business.

Extended Validation (EV) SSL certificates are the ultimate solution to provide the highest levels of encryption, security, and trust to your customers.

Compare SSL(DV) Domain Validation vs Business SSL(EV) Extended Validation Certificates

Which SSL Certificate is Right for You?

In short, if you are hosting an e-commerce or business website, Business SSL that provide OV and EV is your preferred choice. This certification is highly recommended for websites that have ‘add to cart’, and receive payment details.

The higher the security, the higher the assurance to web visitors that the website belongs to a legitimate business. Your transactional information is well covered by Certification Authentication provider.

EV SSL Certifications are recommended for:

1. Website front pages

Ensure your clients are visiting the original website/application.

2. Account Logins

Telling your users to look for the GREEN BAR before proceeding will lower their chances of becoming a victim of scam or phishing.

3. Order Process

Shopping cart abandonment will decrease when your website displays the trustable GREEN BAR assurance.

4. Sensitive Info Area

EV certificates verify authentication — your clients is more likely to submit their sensitive info.

Check Out Our SSL Certificates HERE: SSL certificates

Do the comparison between Free and Paid SSL certificates, and the differences among DV, EV and OV SSL Certificates puzzle you?

If you need further elaboration, please feel free to Contact Us or drop us an email. We will be more than happy to answer any question you might have!

Cheers!

Invest in SSL Certificates for Enhanced Protection

High-Speed SSD Hosting Increases Your Website Conversions

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Eric Lee

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August 24, 2017

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Faster Website Loading Speed Gives Better Conversions

Faster website response time always gives better user experience and better website conversions, including for E-Commerce websites.

“According to surveys carried out by gomez.com, most website visitors would leave a website if it doesn’t load in 6 – 10 seconds.”

In fact, a 1-second delay in page loading time can result in a 7% reduction in conversion, and every second delay of loading time counts in effecting page abandonment.

According to another study conducted by Walmart Labs in year 2012, every 1 second improvement in page loading time will result in a 2% conversion increase.

The same conclusion is also supported by online giant, eBay.

How SSD works better than HDD in Speeding Up Your Website

The difference of SSD (Solid State Drive) and HDD (Hard Disk Drive) is no longer new to people looking for storage to run their hosting or computers.

To put it simply, one can assume SSD as a USB memory stick that is oversized and more sophisticated.

On the other hand, an HDD uses mechanical arms with a read/write head to move around and read information from the right location on a storage.

(An SSD does not have a mechanical arm to read and write data but instead relies on an embedded processor. This gives SSD a much better reading and writing speed).

Why SSD is Much Better Compared to HDD?

Let’s have a look at the chart below to get a better idea!

Reference : ssd_vs_hdd, www.storagereview.com

In conclusion, SSD has 8 ticks (8 advantages) while HDD has only 3 ticks (3 advantages).

A slow website loading speed can cause your visitors to leave before your website content is fully displayed. It’s a big WASTE for your website!

How SSD Hosting Gives Better Response Time and Reliability

Solid State Drive Hosting offers many advantages compared to conventional HDD Hosting:

SSD VS HDD

Faster Information Access

Solid state drives hold your information in more sophisticated version of the memory chips or the newer SSD cloud drives, which allow you to access information faster than ever before.

It doesn’t matter if you’re referring to data transfer or website loading speed, SSD hosted sites are about 67% quicker than their HDD counterparts, and some hosting providers even claim that SSD is 300% faster or 20x faster when it comes to data transfer.

High Speed Data Transfer, everdata.com

Extended Durability

The worst thing that can happen when using the hosting services provided by below average hosting providers is having technical issues, such as frequent website crashes.

When your website crashes, your visitors will see “error 404” when trying to visit your website.

For SSD hosting, as it uses less moving parts than traditional HDD hosting, websites hosted on it are less prone to mechanical failures compared to traditional HDD.

Work Efficiency

SSD ensure high performance in terms of speed (website loading time) and make web applications run smoother, which is a crucial element of overall business efficiency.

Data transfer also becomes faster during image/video upload.

Does your website have a slow loading speed? Are you looking for a better hosting solution?

We provide SSD Small Business Hosting, with FREE SSL(HTTPS) & FREE Daily Backup (30-Day Retention)!

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Just sign up for EBiz Plus PRO or EBiz Gold PRO plan during this special Merdeka season, and use the RM1000 Free Exabytes Credits to hire our experts to handle your Website Design.

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Merdeka Promo is Back

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Eric Lee

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August 22, 2017

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It’s just a week to go before Malaysia’s 60th Independence Day – MERDEKA!

In conjunction with this upcoming Independence Day celebration, we are giving out something sweet to our customers – You!

“We are Giving Out FREE RM1000* OFF on Web Design and Digital Marketing Services”

It’s Easy to Get This FREE RM1000 OFF

Just sign up to our EBiz Plus PRO or EBiz Gold PRO Plans during this special Merdeka season.

You will be able to use the RM1000 credit to hire our experts to handle your Website-Design creation or you may choose to use to bring targeted traffic to your website.

You May Refer Our Services Here;

>> Website Design Services
>> Digital Marketing Solution

Upgrade to EBiz Plus PRO+ Get EXTRA RM1000* Credits OFF! LIMITED TIME ONLY!

RM500* OFF on Web Design Services & RM500* OFF on Digital Marketing Services

Please consult our Live Chat if you have any questions.

This will be our special Merdeka Promo. Make sure you don’t miss out.

Grab HERE: Small Business Hosting with RM1000 FREE Credits

MWA 2017 – Congratulations to Winners of Site of the Month for July.

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Nicole Chang

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August 14, 2017

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Let’s shout out the winners of Site of The Month for

July

Hello guys! Here’s our July Winners of Site of the Month (SOTM) ! Are you ready to check out their websites?

We sincerely apologize on our late announcement for July. Due to the overwhelming response in July, our internal judges needed more time to rate the participating websites.

But no worries! Our internal judges have worked real hard on this, and we are now proud to announce the winners of the Site of the Month (JULY) award for each category!

Site of the Month (JULY) – Commercial

Congratulations to Jacarlin Web Solutions! Let’s all give an applause for the good work of Jacarlin Sdn Bhd.

Site of the Month (JULY) – Personal

Congratulations to SifuWebsite! Thank you for participating with your beautiful website.

Site of the Month (JULY) – E-Commerce

Congratulations to T-Shirt Printing Services in Malaysia.

Once again, congratulations to all the winners. Well Done!

All the nominees who have submitted their website even have not been chosen as SOTM, please keep on trying because you stand for the chances to win the Public’s Favourite Website Awards!

Don’t stop asking your friends and family to VOTE for you now!

**Disclaimer: Our team will check out and terminate the votes if there are suspicious fake votes found.**

Calling for August Submissions

We are waiting for your amazing websites! Submit your website right now to participate for August submissions.

Currently, we have received more than 20 website submissions, so quickly submit yours before August ends.

See you in next post!

To check out the previous MWA blog posts:

FULL HOUSE for Exabytes Internet Marketing Summit 2017!

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Nicole Chang

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August 11, 2017

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Exabytes Internet Summit 2017 had ended with a FULL HOUSE!

What a beautiful morning.

On 8 August 2017,

Over 350 participants and 24 great speakers gathered themselves at the Exabytes Internet Marketing Summit 2017.

The mission of Exabytes Internet Marketing Summit is to gather numerous experienced Digital Marketers and Gurus to provide insights on the current situations, strategies, as well as techniques and advancements related to the Digital Marketing Industry.

The momentous event also offers valuable on-the-spot E-commerce consultation with the objective to enhance the capacity of Digital Marketing.

We would like to extend a special thanks to all our valued sponsors and partners, namely MYNIC, eGHL, MDEC, Printcious, Frambie, MaGIC, SME, Digital News Asia, MalaysiaKini, FG Media, SinChew Daily, Tech Daily, Cradle and CAT for their wonderful support.

This event wouldn’t be successful without your contribution and support!

Wish to see more about the exciting EIMS 2017?

Stay tuned for more photos and updates!

1. Image Optimisation

2. Caching

3. Content Delivery Network (CDN)

4. Web Hosting

5. Optimise Your Plugin

Don’t guess, use P3 (Plugin Performance Profile) Plugin to test your plugins and optimise them.

It captures information of all of the plugins installed on your WordPress Websites and provides measures, reports and the impact on the loading time of your websites.

Using auto scan and manual scan, it enables your WP website to perform significantly faster.

6. Database Optimization

7. Test Your Website Speed

Test with tools like Pingdom and GTmetrix. Both plugins give you insight into how your site loads and provide actionable recommendations on how to optimise it.

You can track your website status and page loading time with the alerts you receive from Pingdom and GTmetrix.

Optimise your website with these great tools.

How scammers work?

What happens when you have WHOIS ID Protection?

EDD Campus (Exabytes Digital Day Campus)

August

Site of the Month (AUG) – Commercial

Site of the Month (AUG) – Personal

Site of the Month (JULY) – E-Commerce

Calling for September Submissions

Invitation to Attend the Awards Presentation Ceremony

Why Should You Attend this Awards Presentation Ceremony?

Benefits of Having a .business.site Domain:

Reference : .site overview, safenames.net

Differences Between Free SSL and Paid SSL

1. A FREE SSL Certificate ONLY supports DV instead of EV and OV

2. Different Validation Level

3. Level of Trust

According to many, many research, the chances of customers buying from a website with “Visual Indicators Green Address Bar with Company Name Registered” are significantly higher, which in turn leads to higher conversion rates.

4. SSL Warranty

So, Is SSL Certification Worth It?

1. FREE SSL Validation

2. Paid SSL Validation

Compare SSL(DV) Domain Validation vs Business SSL(EV) Extended Validation Certificates

Which SSL Certificate is Right for You?

EV SSL Certifications are recommended for:

1. Website front pages

2. Account Logins

3. Order Process

4. Sensitive Info Area

Do the comparison between Free and Paid SSL certificates, and the differences among DV, EV and OV SSL Certificates puzzle you?

Faster Website Loading Speed Gives Better Conversions

“According to surveys carried out by gomez.com, most website visitors would leave a website if it doesn’t load in 6 – 10 seconds.”

How SSD works better than HDD in Speeding Up Your Website

Why SSD is Much Better Compared to HDD?

How SSD Hosting Gives Better Response Time and Reliability

SSD VS HDD

Faster Information Access

Extended Durability

Work Efficiency

Does your website have a slow loading speed? Are you looking for a better hosting solution?

We provide SSD Small Business Hosting, with FREE SSL(HTTPS) & FREE Daily Backup (30-Day Retention)!

What is So Special About Our SSD VPS?

It’s Easy to Get This FREE RM1000 OFF

Just sign up to our EBiz Plus PRO or EBiz Gold PRO Plans during this special Merdeka season.

You will be able to use the RM1000 credit to hire our experts to handle your Website-Design creation or you may choose to use to bring targeted traffic to your website.

You May Refer Our Services Here;

July

Site of the Month (JULY) – Commercial

Site of the Month (JULY) – Personal

Site of the Month (JULY) – E-Commerce

Calling for August Submissions

Exabytes Internet Summit 2017 had ended with a FULL HOUSE!

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