Welcome to the New Aplus.net! I would like to personally welcome you to the next generation of web applications for small business.

First, let me introduce myself. I have had the pleasure of building Internet companies for more than 15 years starting in 1993 with the launch of Tucows.com, an Internet service provider and a successful software download website. In 1999 we launched Hostopia.com, today the #1 provider of webservices sold through to telecoms and service providers. Over the years I have had the opportunity to see the Internet evolve from a fledgling network of computers to a thriving environment, bringing about globalization and economic opportunity that we could never have imagined. (more…)

Aplus.net recently agreed to the purchase of its shared hosting business by Hostopia, a leading provider of Web services for small and medium-sized businesses. Hostopia, a unit of Deluxe Corporation, will also provide service and support for all customers with hosted e-commerce stores, managed e-mail services, domains and a variety of Web site management applications. The Aplus.net/Deluxe transaction is expected to close by the end of July.

“Within weeks of closing, Aplus.net’s shared hosting customers will see a service upgrade offering numerous new and enhanced web services including: mobile messaging, logo design, social networking for business, ecommerce, website design, email marketing, and other promotional materials that help small businesses get and keep customers,” said Colin Campbell, president of Hostopia.

Read the full press release here.

Aplus.net has just launched its new Web Design product to help small- and medium-sized businesses boost their online brands and drive store sales. Web Design plans start at $50/mo. and offer a choice of more than 4,000 web templates for HTML, HTML+Flash, or Full Flash designs.

Read more about personalized, professional-looking web design solutions.

This article was originally published in the Aplus.net June Newsletter. It is meant to offer basic SEO tips so you can further optimize your website and receive increased traffic levels.

Search engine optimization, or SEO, plays a key role in driving traffic to websites. The following two sets of techniques, if applied carefully, can help raise a website’s ranking in search engines like Google™, Yahoo!®, and Bing™.

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What’s your favorite, time-consuming task in managing your website’s server? C’mon, admit it. Is it performing backups of all your critical data? Virus scanning? Or how about doing all those OS patches and software updates that never seem to end? Aplus.net has just launched its own answer – really a series of answers – to the big (and growing bigger every day) job of dedicated server management: Managed Hosting Services. You can learn about managed hosting at our site, download our new managed hosting whitepaper, and see our recent announcement describing why we launched this new product for customers now.