Rodes Web Design & Development

With Windows 7 now available worldwide, I wanted to share some resources available to help IT Pros become more proficient with Windows 7 and consumers more savvy about new support resources for Windows 7.

Microsoft Learning has developed a wide range of training and resources for IT Pros that address the benefits and key technical aspects of Windows 7. With these resources, IT Pros can prepare for deployments and become Windows 7 experts within in their organization. These resources include: [Read the rest of this entry...]

As the launch date for Microsoft Windows 7 approaches (10/22/09), the guardians at Redmond have closed the gates on the RC version. Having thoroughly tested it, here are our initial opinions:

The good: Strong design and Microsoft don’t always go together, but they do in Windows 7.
Users might take a while to get used to the new taskbar and Aero Peek, but they’re a pleasure to use.

The bad: Performance is still hit-or-miss in Windows 7. At the ripe age of seven, Windows XP still performs better in some categories.

The bottom line: Windows 7 is more than what Vista should have been, it’s where Microsoft needed to go. How much damage Vista did and whether Windows 7 is enough for people to finally abandon Windows XP are questions that nobody has the answers to right now.

What is PageRank?

PageRank™ is a numeric value that represents how important a page is on the web. Google figures that when one page links to another page, it is effectively casting a vote for the other page. The more votes that are cast for a page, the more important the page must be. Also, the importance of the page that is casting the vote determines how important the vote itself is. Google calculates a page’s importance from the votes cast for it. How important each vote is is taken into account when a page’s PageRank is calculated.
PageRank is Google’s way of deciding a page’s importance. It matters because it is one of the factors that determines a page’s ranking in the search results. It isn’t the only factor that Google uses to rank pages, but it is an important one. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Most people do one of the following when their computer begins to slow down (besides get angry). They either:

1. buying more memory.
2. Decide to tweak their computer’s settings.
3. Figure that their computer is old, there’s nothing else they can do, and that it’s probably time to buy a new computer. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Do you think the rules don’t apply to you? Are you willing to do whatever you want in order to get high rankings in the search engines…temporarily? Willing to lose all your future Search engine indexing or traffic for the smallest chance that the search engines don’t figure out your tricks? If so, I have a list of 5 techniques that are a sure way to get your site banned from the search engines!!!

Ok, now in all seriousness, sites get banned by search engines on a daily basis. A lot of users do not know that these techniques are ”search engine illegal“ and will get your site tossed out of a search engine faster than homeless guy at a Ferrari dealership. [Read the rest of this entry...]

In a nutshell, here’s what you want a business website to do: [Read the rest of this entry...]

On April 1, 2009 the team at Rodes entered the on-line gaming arena and introduced 2 new Linux servers for use with the online first-person shooter BATTLEFIELD 2 by EA Games.

This game currently has over 600,000 registered gamers and has been being played non-stop since 2005.

The Rodes servers are RANKED and offer a variety of gameplay options. These new servers are operated by the =YuC= Clan and are online 24/7.

Contact a member of our sales staff if you are interested in an online gaming server for your favorite RPG or MMOG.