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By Craig Cotter

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Misc

Important: Shellshock vulnerability

By now you’re probably aware that a serious Unix (Linux) vulnerability has been discovered. Named ‘Shellshock’, it affects Unix-based operating systems such as Linux and Mac OS X. The aim of this post is to outline the steps we’ve already taken, and provide more details on what (if anything) you need to do.

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By Kate Bolin

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Domain Names

What can you do with .london?

With .london now available, many companies are snapping up the .london version of their .co.uk or .com names to ensure their branding works across the board. But you don’t have to just redirect your new .london domain name to your existing website…

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By Robert Mathers

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Heart Internet

Heart Internet is 10- Week 4 Competitions

We’ve looked back over the last ten years and noticed that there’s been a huge amount of amazing products released over this time period so, this week, we’re giving you the opportunity to win two sets of great prizes. The first set includes products from each of the first five years that we’ve been running and the second set is from the last five years we’ve been running plus bonus prizes for 2014. Read on to find out more.

By Craig Cotter

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Heart Internet

An explanation

First, and most importantly of all, I want to apologise for the recent disruptions to your services. Over the past week, we’ve been performing essential work with the underlying purpose of improving service for each and every one of you. Unfortunately the process itself generated a series of unexpected complex issues that consequently impacted you…

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By Robert Mathers

Posted in:
Domain Names

.london domains now available!

After much anticipation we are pleased to announce that .london has now been launched! From today customers will be able to register their own .london domains and reap the benefits of having a domain tied into the capital of the UK.

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By Ricky Hayes

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Heart Internet

We have won Micro Mart’s web hosting group test

Our Home Pro web hosting package has won Micro Mart’s web hosting group test and been named their Editor’s Choice. A great present to help celebrate our 10th Birthday!

We are really excited about this award because it is based on their hands on experience using our product, judged against other leading web hosts, stating “…you certainly won’t find a better or more detailed service for the home or private user.”

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By Matthew Telfer

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Heart Internet

The 10 most popular Heart Internet blog posts of all time

Since we launched our blog in 2005 we have published over 3,000 stories, an average of nearly one per day. As part of our 10th Birthday we are looking back on our most popular blog posts of all time, as judged by how many times the page has been viewed.

The top 10 really highlights how diverse our content has been over the years and how we focus on trying to provide our readers with useful ideas, tips, resources and links.

Let’s get started…

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By Matthew Telfer

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Heart Internet, Interviews

Interview with veteran Heart Internet customer Phil Hitchman

It’s official, Heart Internet is now ten years old! Birthdays are a great opportunity to reflect on how far you’ve come and the support you’ve had from others along the way. This is why we wanted to talk to some of our customers who’ve been with us since day one, like Phil Hitchman of W3 Applications Ltd. We caught up with Phil to talk about how his business has changed over the years, some great moments along the way, advice for people starting their own sites and more.

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By Robert Mathers

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Website of the Month

Website of the Month Winner August 2014

August’s Website of the Month competition saw six different websites battling it out for first place. This month, the competition was lucky to have entries including a luxury designer fashion boutique, a community festival and a responsive design web development agency and more. Voting has now closed and this month’s winner is…

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