I’m glad to inform about new development tool which will be very useful for web developers.

The IIS Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Toolkit helps Web developers to improve their Web site’s relevance in search results by recommending how to make the site content more search engine-friendly. The IIS SEO Toolkit includes the Site Analysis module, the Robots Exclusion module, and the Sitemaps and Site Indexes module, which let you perform detailed analysis and offer recommendations and editing tools for managing your Robots and Sitemaps files.
IIS Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Toolkit will help you to:

- Improve the volume and quality of traffic to your Web site from search engines
- Control how search engines access and display Web content
- Inform search engines about locations that are available for indexing

IIS Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Toolkit is now available with Web Platform Installer which may be used together with Intermedia Windows 2008 web Hosting Plans.

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Microsoft launches WebsiteSpark Program.

WebsiteSpark is designed for independent web developers and web development companies that build web applications and web sites on behalf of others.  It enables you to get software, support and business resources from Microsoft at no cost for three years, and enables you to expand your business and build great web solutions using ASP.NET, Silverlight, SharePoint and PHP, and the open source applications built on top of them.

WebSiteSpark provides software licenses that you can use for three years at no cost.  Once enrolled, you can download and immediately use the following software from Microsoft:

• 3 licenses of Visual Studio 2008 Professional Edition
• 1 license of Expression Studio 3 (which includes Expression Blend,
  Sketchflow, and Web)
• 2 licenses of Expression Web 3
• 4 processor licenses of Windows Web Server 2008 R2
• 4 processor licenses of SQL Server 2008 Web Edition
• DotNetPanel control panel (enabling easy remote/hosted management of
  your servers)

Coming at a time when the current economic climate is still tough,  WebsiteSpark will help support developers and companies by providing the business resources, training, and software necessary for companies to get started and grow successful businesses on the Microsoft Web Platform.

Visit www.microsoft.com/web to learn more about the Microsoft Web Platform, as well as download and install the new Microsoft Web Platform Installer V2 .
You can then browse and download and use open source web applications from the Windows Web Application Gallery. All these Web Applications are compatible with Intermedia Windows 2008 web hosting.

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Partnership enables Kentico customers to increase productivity and reliability by running solution on Intermedia’s award winning Windows Web hosting platform.

Nashua, NH (July, 3rd, 2009) – Kentico, the Web content management system vendor, today announced that it has entered into a partnership with Intermedia, the leading software-as -a-service (SaaS) provider specializing in messaging and collaboration solutions, to provide customers with a turnkey hosted solution for its Kentico CMS platform. Kentico customers can install and run the Kentico CMS on any of Intermedia’s Windows Web hosting platforms – without any technical expertise required.

In an environment where small businesses are trying to do more with fewer resources, Kentico’s partnership with Intermedia provides SMBs with a solution that lets them quickly design and build advanced, content-driven web sites. Intermedia’s hosted web platform lets customers run these sites in the cloud, without having to incur the cost of purchasing and maintaining expensive hardware. Plus, Intermedia’s expert technical support team provides customers with 24 x 7 support to ensure problems are resolved as quickly as possible.

“We at Kentico are fully driven to deliver the most comprehensive, reliable and fully customizable web content management system. This does not include any hosting services, which we want to keep for the real professionals in the field. That is why we are happy to introduce Intermedia as our new hosting partner” says Petr Passinger, Kentico’s Partner Manager. “Our partnership with Intermedia will enable us to offer our clients enterprise-grade, outstandingly reliable, 24×7 supported professional hosting service.”

“Small business customers need a platform that enables them to build, modify and update web sites quickly, without costly investments in developers or designers,” said Anna Silchenko, Intermedia’s product manager for web hosting solutions. “Kentico lets customers manage web sites without complex IT skills, enabling them to rapidly develop and deploy dynamic, content-driven web sites. The solution is ideal for Intermedia’s SMB customer base.”

The Kentico CMS is fully compatible with Intermedia’s Windows 2008 (IIS7) hosting plans. Instructions for installing Kentico on your web site are available in our knowledge base: http://kb.intermedia.net

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