The web hosting world is large and varied, with many services competing for your trust and dollars. There are many worthy choices, and AccuWeb Hosting ranks among them, thanks to its many robust hosting plans that offer plenty of flexibility. In fact, AccuWeb Hosting’s dedicated hosting packages are so well rounded that they get our Editors’ Choice nod. Although its Windows plans lack the ability to create unlimited email accounts, AccuWeb is still one of the best web hosting services around.

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For years, fraudsters have abused copyright takedown notices to dupe Google into removing websites from its search engine. But now the company is trying to fight back. 

On Monday, Google filed a lawsuit against two scammers based in Vietnam, who allegedly filed numerous false copyright takedowns with the company that targeted over 117,000 URLs. 

“These fraudulent claims resulted in removal of over 100,000 businesses’ websites, costing them millions of dollars and thousands of hours in lost employee time,” Google says in a blog post.

The alleged scammers, Nguyen Van Duc and Pham Van Thien, exploited a Google system that businesses and people can use to report copyright violations under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Google will then take down the URL hosting the…

Before we discuss the specific features of WordPress vs. GoDaddy, it’s important to understand the different services you will need for your website and the services they each provide.

When you create a website, there are several components you need. You need a domain name, a website host and a platform to build that website. For website builders, you can either build it yourself (which may require knowledge of coding and a lot of time and patience) or you can use a website builder that is specifically designed to be easy to use with templates and drag-and-drop features.

Part of what makes GoDaddy so easy to use is that you can log on to the website, purchase a domain name and hosting and also build a website with the provided templates. GoDaddy offers all of…