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According to a release, CitrusBlast optimizes recent changes to Google Places, the feature set in Google that presents maps, listings, locations, addresses and contact information based on a user’s search. CitrusBlast helps businesses increase their prominence in Google Search and supports similar feature sets in Bing and Yahoo! that organize search results by clustering around specific locations. CitrusBlast combines a customized website, mobile microsite and maps to place businesses in front of potential customers looking online for their products and services.

“When you consider that 80 percent of consumers search online before buying within a 10-20 mile radius, it becomes clear that the Internet is the single most important avenue for every business to market themselves locally,” said Jay Bean, OrangeSoda founder and CEO. “Google’s recent changes in displaying localized searches are having a profound impact on locally-focused businesses and CitrusBlast is helping them to leverage these changes to build their bottom line. This is especially significant as more Internet connections are coming from mobile devices,” Bean continued.

OrangeSoda partners with many leading small business aggregators and large media companies which resell their services under their own brands, the Company said. The San Diego Union-Tribune will be the first of their partners to launch CitrusBlast with rollout in February.

“We have worked with OrangeSoda for a number of years on our SEM efforts, and they have proven to be one of our strongest partners. We believe that CitrusBlast will create new revenue streams for the San Diego Union-Tribune,” said Mike Hodges, Vice President Interactive, San Diego Union-Tribune.

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Perhaps you got a cryptic message something like: Fatal error: Undefined class name ’self’ in /usr/local/pe….

Or perhaps the web hosting server you were on had a major blowup and lost all your files.

After 15+ years of working with computers, networks and the Internet I know it is not a question of “if” but “when” this happens to you. Just like having backups of your home or office computer you need a safe and secure way to manage and backup your WordPress website.

WordPress is a wonderful CMS program but, it can and does break with bad code, bad plugin updates and from people not being careful about what they are doing.

If you want to sleep secure at night knowing that your hard work is safe then you might want to give our new WordPress Monthly Updating & Backup Service a try.

Here is what we will do for you:

1. Monitor WordPress.org for the latest updates to the current WordPress version.
2. When a newer version of WordPress is released we will ensure that we have current backups of your WordPress files and the MySQL database then we will upgrade your WordPress software.
3. We will monitor the installed plugins on your website and update them as needed.
4. We will install and configure backup software, in addition to the server backups provided by Mission Springs WordPress Hosting, to secure your website from disaster. (These are Daily backups which go to another secure server that we manage for you.)

We offer this service on a Monthly or Quarterly basis. You can select the package you want to the right.

** This does not include support for updating the pages, posts, media files or other content areas of the website itself. If you need additional support for you website please submit a support ticket to our Client Services Department.

If you are not a current hosting customer of ours we have a special offer for the month of January 2010. We will backup and move your website to our Mission Springs WordPress Hosting server at no charge. This offer is for only one WordPress installation,  moving additional WordPress websites can be done for a small charge. Use our Contact form to request information.

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How would you like a “Top Secret Link” to learn what Google is up to and learn more about how to get your websites indexed faster in the Google Search Engine?

OK… ok, so this is not really a top secret link but, it is a great place to go and learn what the Google guys and gals are up to these days. It is called the Webmaster Central Blog at Google. You can subscribe to the RSS feed or subscribe via email to stay up to date with the latest Google news for webmasters.

1. Global undo/”trash” feature, which means that if you accidentally delete a post or comment you can bring it back from the grave (i.e., the Trash). This also eliminates those annoying “are you sure” messages we used to have on every delete.
2. Built-in image editor allows you to crop, edit, rotate, flip, and scale your images to show them who’s boss. This is the first wave of our many planned media-handling improvements.
3. Batch plugin update and compatibility checking, which means you can update 10 plugins at once, versus having to do multiple clicks for each one, and we’re using the new compatibility data from the plugins directory to give you a better idea of whether your plugins are compatible with new releases of WordPress. This should take the fear and hassle out of upgrading.
4. Easier video embeds that allow you to just paste a URL on its own line and have it magically turn it into the proper embed code, with Oembed support for YouTube, Daily Motion, Blip.tv, Flickr, Hulu, Viddler, Qik, Revision3, Scribd, Google Video, Photobucket, PollDaddy, and WordPress.tv (and more in the next release).

If updating WordPress and keeping all your WordPress plug-ins up to date makes you a little nervous then you might want to consider having MissionSprings.net do that for you. We now offer a new WordPress Monthly Updating and Backup Service that will manage all the “techie” stuff for you. No more worries about doing something that may blowup your website or messing up something and spending hours trying to get the site working again.

WordPress 2.9 has some great new features so let us install it for you and start taking advantage of these today. We offer the WordPress Monthly Updating and Backup Service on a monthly or quarterly basis. You pick the plan that is right for you and relax while we do the WordPress management for you.

After working with other website hosting and web hosting reseller companies for the past four years, Mission Springs has joined the nations top hosting reseller program at Hostgator.com. With local 24/7 support via telephone and  online chat their customer support is top of the lin.

Mission Springs Web Hosting is primarily focused on existing businesses that need a better solution to meet their online website presence. Standard and customized installations of the WordPress content management system (CMS) are created for customers and hosted on Mission Springs WordPress Hosting at missionsprings.net

Customer support is managed using the latest website hosting management (WHM) panel and the customer relations management (CRM) panel WHMCS for a seamless integration with all hosting and support functions. New domains can be ordered along with hosting packages and even standard, simple WordPress starter installations can be online and ready in just a few clicks.

Mission Spring LLC owner Henry Griner says, “I look forward to serving my customers with the best hosting platform available today. My goal is to remove the burden of needing to learn all the lingo and details of building and hosting websites for my customers. I want them to focus on their business while we focus on giving them great online services. Making Internet Business Easy… is not just a slogan for me, it’s what I do for my customers.”