All businesses, large or small, international or local, can benefit from having a website, and the process is not complicated or expensive. Unlike a few years ago, you don’t have to program. Thanks to different content managers, you have the possibility of designing your page in a few hours, or less, by selecting and dragging elements. Continue reading
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Today, implementing security measures for your digital business is not an option. Every day, there are more people connected to the network. Attackers take advantage of this situation to steal data, for example, in 2021 cyberattacks were detected in more than 70% of Latin American companies. For this reason, many companies have increased their efforts in security. Continue reading
The arrival and creation of the Internet opened all kinds of frontiers for us. Thanks to the web, information is closer than ever before and gives us a feeling of freedom. However, the infinite access to knowledge that we think we have can be biased. This is due to the existence and use of algorithms by web search engines such as Google and social networks. Continue reading
Domain names play a key role on the Internet, as their function is to translate IP addresses from numerical series into something easy to remember. It’s hard to imagine a time when they weren’t used, but domain names weren’t the norm until the 1980s. As part of Internet month, we want to go through the history of these key elements of our daily lives.
Hosting is a very important service since it is where your domain name and all the content of a web page are. Also, key aspects such as the security of your site and the loading time depend on this service. According to a 2019 study by Portent, a load time of 0-4 seconds is better for conversion rates. To achieve this, you need powerful hosting. Continue reading
Although science and gender equality are essential for sustainable development, less than 30 percent of scientific researchers in the world are women, according to UNESCO data. This critical role that women have in science and technology has gradually been noted and there are more women present in the organizations that make up the Internet. Continue reading
30% of all web pages in the world are made with WordPress, a Content Management System (CMS) launched in 2003. Although this tool has many advantages, it is one of the platforms with the greatest possibility of being hacked or attacked. According to a report by Sucuri, 83% of the sites created with this CMS have suffered an attack attempt. Continue reading
Barriers also exist on the Internet and come down to millions of people around the world, as 71% of people with disabilities do not have access to the Web. Currently, citizens with motor, sensory or cognitive difficulties depend more than ever on advances in the accessibility of cyberspace so as not to be left out of educational, economic, and social development. Continue reading
To be able to access a web page, we simply enter the domain name in the browser. Although we do this every day and it seems very normal to us, several organizations are working hard to make it possible. One of these institutions is the IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority).
The Internet is surrounded by difficult and sometimes confusing words. For example, for any website to work you need to have a domain name and a hosting provider. Although the domain name system and the hosting service are fundamental to all web pages, it is likely that you may have never heard of them or are confused about them.
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