Google+ (pronounced “Google Plus”) is the all-too-cool new social networking endeavor from Google that many are calling the “Facebook killer.”

Cashing-in on Facebook’s notorious privacy issues, and lack of control (how do you post something to your friends about your escapades last weekend without your parents seeing?).

Having grown to more than 20 million users in its first two weeks (It took Facebook more than 2 1/2 years to get that many users), it’s catching-on like wildfire.

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webgroupWest is pleased to introduce our latest client, J&B Paint & Wallpaper.

As one of the Chicago area’s premier providers of interior and exterior painting, as well as wallpaper and restoration services, J&B Paint & Wallpaper came to us to bring their web presence up to the high standards they’ve established for themselves.

We invite you to read the full press release, and to visit J&B Paint & Wallpaper for help protecting your home or business from the hash Chicago climate.

If your site is hosted by webgroupWest, here’s a little “heads-up.”

We’re upgrading our database servers at the Los Angeles data center tonight, and the techs there tell us that any down-time should be less than a minute.

The “big science” starts at midnight (Pacific), and only affects sites running out of the Santa Monica data center, and which depend on MySQL.

That includes all sites built using WordPress.

WordPress is continuing its climb to CMS fame, according to some impressive stats by Water & Stone.

Of note in the report, “The Big Three – WordPress, Joomla! and Drupal – remain firmly in command of the market,” and “WordPress has taken the lead in brand strength after a strong growth year.”

We couldn’t agree more.

The report itself is quite detailed, and a must-read before deciding which platform is best for your next web project.

webgroupWest is your one-stop “WordPress Guru” shop, providing everything from custom deployments and configurations, to hosting,  and custom themes, templates & plugins.