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Cialis is available on Internet at cheaper rates.

2007-06-04T04:49:00.001-07:00

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Eliminate Your Cellulite Forever

2007-06-04T03:15:00.000-07:00

There are many anti cellulite treatments on the market today, and many women ask what the “best cellulite treatment” is. They also wonder whether cellulite machines are effective or not. One of the cellulite machines that is used is called a rotary cylinder that massages the tissue underneath your skin with the cellulite. This process applies pressure to the cellulite and breaks it so that your body can flush it. You will need to drink a lot of water to make sure that these cellulite particles are eliminated from your body.

Get rid of cellulite and read caffeine and cellulite have a smooth and glowing skin; and be able to wear what you want!

Modavox to Launch Webcast Wizard?

2007-01-07T09:50:00.000-08:00

Modavox to Launch Webcast Wizard?
Self Publishing Technology Provides Robust Conversion, Publishing and Distribution Infrastructure Fortified by Akamai’s World Leading Content Delivery Network. (PRWeb Jan 3, 2007) Post Comment:Trackback URL: http://www.prweb.com/pingpr.php/SG9yci1Db3VwLUZhbHUtVGhpci1NYWduLVplcm8=

Insomnia365SM Sponsors Again Cyberathlete Pro League

2007-01-07T08:34:00.000-08:00

Insomnia365SM Sponsors Again Cyberathlete Pro League
Dallas, TX... Insomnia365SM, a satellite of The PlanetSM, announced today that it is sponsoring the Cyberathlete Professional League for the second consecutive year. The CPL is the recognized world leader in professional computer game competitions, havin

Maximizing the Web: Web marketing firm adjusts focus to optimize

2007-01-06T06:11:00.000-08:00

Maximizing the Web: Web marketing firm adjusts focus to optimize
Greensboro Business Journal - Symetri started in 1998 as a basic Web site development company, working not only to make sure the sites it designed looked good, but were also technologically advanced, said Ron Jones, the company president. Soon after it opened, the staffers

How to Choose the Right Web Host for Your Business

2007-01-03T12:31:00.000-08:00

MSPAlliance Issues Code of Ethics

2007-01-03T08:11:00.000-08:00

MSPAlliance Issues Code of Ethics
January 3, 2007 -- The international association of managed service providers MSPAlliance announced on Wednesday it has released a managed service provider's code of ethics and conduct.

How to Disable Telnet

2007-01-01T14:11:00.000-08:00

How to Disable Telnet
Telnet sends clear text passwords and usernames through logins and should be disabled on all web servers and replaced with SSH.

Hurricane Electric Hosts Security Seminar

2006-12-30T22:11:00.000-08:00

Hurricane Electric Hosts Security Seminar
Web hosting firm Hurricane Electric (he.net) announced on Monday it will host "Linux Security for Beginners," an informative security seminar targeted at Linux beginners held on April 30, 2005 between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. in Fremont, California.

Nobody Check Security Tool
Free Nobody Check security tool for cPanel based servers that will greatly enhance server security. Developed exclusively by WebHostGear.com

How to Choose the Right Web Host for Your Business

2006-12-29T14:11:00.000-08:00

How to Choose the Right Web Host for Your Business
E-Commerce Times - Understand the distinctions between shared, collocated, unmanaged dedicated and managed dedicated hosting so you choose the one that is right for your business. It is crucial to understand the difference between the types of hosting offered. As the

HostMySite.com and Mozilla Celebrate Milestone of the Firefox
Yahoo Finance - NEWARK, Del., Sept. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Delaware-based Web hosting company HostMySite.com contributes free, managed, dedicated hosting to SpreadFirefox, the online volunteer community organized to spread the news about the Mozilla Firefox Web browser

Interview with Roj Niyogi from Tripod Support

2006-12-29T05:27:00.000-08:00

Interview with Roj Niyogi from Tripod Support
Tripod Support is a highly acclaimed, global outsourcing company focused on delivering customer care solutions to web hosting companies. We had a chance to interview is Roj Niyogi, President of Tripod Support Solutions to find out more.

Google Buys Urchin

2006-12-26T14:39:00.000-08:00

Google Buys Urchin
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - Google Inc. said late Monday it has agreed to acquire Urchin Software Corp

CFDynamics Teams up with Adobe Flex Developer Derby
CFDynamics, a ColdFusion web hosting company, today announced an agreement with Adobe where they will provide free application hosting for participants in the Adobe Flex 2.0 Developer Derby.

How to Choose the Right Web Host for Your Business

2006-12-26T00:11:00.000-08:00

Chief Evangelist, ExitPath.com

2006-12-25T04:11:00.000-08:00

From Furry to Futuristic, LITTLEST PET SHOP(TM) and Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Come

2006-12-24T21:11:00.000-08:00

From Furry to Futuristic, LITTLEST PET SHOP(TM) and Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Come
Forbes - 4Kids, through its wholly owned subsidiaries, provides domestic and international merchandise licensing; television, film, music and home video production and distribution; media planning and buying; product development and Web site development. For

Chief Evangelist, ExitPath.com

2006-12-23T13:11:00.000-08:00

Chief Evangelist, ExitPath.com
PRWeb - Press Advance Launches Recurring Press Release Service for Web Hosts Press Advance, the leading provider of press release services for the web hosting industry, announced today that it is now offering a recurring press release service. - 2006-04-17

RedChip Independent Issues Research Update On Newtek Business Services
PrimeZone - We think the intrinsic value and organic growth potential of electronic payment processing and web hosting businesses is underappreciated. As a result, we are maintaining our Buy recommendation and $3.50 price target for Newtek shares. Our $3.50

Summerfeet Site Updates Bring Maine Bike Trips to Many More

2006-12-23T11:43:00.000-08:00

Summerfeet Site Updates Bring Maine Bike Trips to Many More
Newswire Today (press release), UK - 21 hours ago... Also included in the redesigned site are a full eCommerce solution, making booking bike trips online easy, and a more intuitive interface. ...

Vortech Hosting Announces Acquisition of RocketColo

2006-12-22T14:34:00.000-08:00

Vortech Hosting Announces Acquisition of RocketColo
ORLANDO, FL (9/6/05) - Vortech Incorporated (http://www.vortechhosting.com), a web hosting provider currently hosting over 120,000 domain names, announced today that it has acquired Florida based RocketColo.net (http://www.rocketcolo.net), a co-locatio

Anchiva Systems Names CEO
December 21, 2006 -- Internet gateway content management systems provider Anchiva Systems announced on Wednesday it has appointed Charles Clark as its CEO and a member of its board of directors.

Tech aid there for non-profits

2006-12-22T03:43:00.000-08:00

Tech aid there for non-profits
Arizona Business Gazette - The organization offers below-market rates for services such as Web site development, custom database development and phone service and free Microsoft software. NPower Arizona also provides regular community education events and training on various

C.I.T.I. Awarded Biometric Storage System Contract by DHS
PR Newswire - Software Testing and Quality Assurance; Technology Infusion; Web Site Development, Hosting and Maintenance. For more information, visit http://www.citi-us.com . "10 Years of Making a Difference" SOURCE Creative Information

MonsterHosting.ca Enters VoIP Market, Launches MonsterVoIP

2006-12-19T04:11:00.000-08:00

MonsterHosting.ca Enters VoIP Market, Launches MonsterVoIP
MonsterHosting.ca Enters VoIP Market, Launches MonsterVoIP

Experts warn of TCP vulnerability

2006-12-18T02:31:00.000-08:00

Experts warn of TCP vulnerability
Internet security experts warned Tuesday of a serious security vulnerability in the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) a critical communications protocol used on the majority of computer networks in the world, according to an advisory from the United Kin

Curtiss-Wright and EdenTree Partner to Provide Integrated Network Lab Automation Solutions

2006-12-17T08:31:00.000-08:00

Curtiss-Wright and EdenTree Partner to Provide Integrated Network Lab Automation Solutions
The companies tighten integration of EdenTree Lab Manager and Curtiss-Wright optical switches (PRWeb Dec 13, 2006) Post Comment:Trackback URL: http://www.prweb.com/chachingpr.php/TG92ZS1TdW1tLUZhbHUtTWFnbi1NYWduLVplcm8=

Infopia Helps JJ's Toy Shop Grow a Fairy-Tale Business

2006-12-15T14:11:00.000-08:00

Infopia Helps JJ's Toy Shop Grow a Fairy-Tale Business
Forbes - SALT LAKE CITY, Dec. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Infopia, the industry leader in multi-channel online selling solutions, today announced that online retailer JJ's Toy Shop has reported an over a 300% jump in sales after launching Infopia's eCommerce solution

AT&T says to open two more Internet data centers

2006-12-13T04:50:00.000-08:00

AT&T says to open two more Internet data centers
Reuters - The giant telecommunications company said it has nearly doubled its Web hosting footprint in the Asia-Pacific region since the start of 2006. The new facilities bring the total number of AT&T Internet data centers to 32, including 17 in the United

Primus Business Services attains Microsoft(R) Gold Partner status
CNW Group - Validates leadership in developing Microsoft-based IT solutions for SME market TORONTO, Dec. 12 /CNW/ - Primus Telecommunications Canada Inc. (Primus Canada), a leader in facilities-based voice, data, e-commerce, web hosting, VoIP and Internet

Dialtone s Unlikely Arc

2006-12-12T16:57:00.000-08:00

Dialtone s Unlikely Arc
HispanicBusiness.com - Although it started as a Linux-dedicated company, it now also offers Windows and Free BSD managed dedicated hosting. Last May it began offering Windows 2000 to satisfy customer requests and now has more than 300 servers on that system. And the

Managed Hosting Powerhouse NationalNet Unleashes New Site Design
PRWeb - NationalNet, Inc ( www.nationalnet.com ) is a global service provider of managed dedicated hosting services and co-location to business organizations. The company was established nearly 10 years ago and has remained true to its heritage as a premium

Latest News

2006-12-12T08:46:00.000-08:00

Latest News
dBusinessNews.com - BOSTON -- The successful Italian Internet services provider, ITnet, now offers the award-winning Web site building software as a central product in its Web hosting portfolio in Italy. Content Management AG is pleased to announce another Italian OEM

Holland Leads Group takes networking to new level

2006-12-10T08:12:00.000-08:00

Holland Leads Group takes networking to new level
The Grand Rapids Press, MI - 14 hours ago... air cleaning systems, computer security system developers find out about home beauty spa parties and chiropractors learn about Internet Web site development. ...

DIGITAL CITIZENS

2006-12-09T11:31:00.000-08:00

DIGITAL CITIZENS
Manila Bulleting Online - I don't think a web hosting service including the bandwidth will cost the government P 1,440,000.00. This is just one example on how technology can be used wrongly. It's not effective, full of flaws, very costly, and subject to alot of questions and

SoftLayer Adds New Security Services

2006-12-06T22:15:00.000-08:00

SoftLayer Adds New Security Services
October 9, 2006, Dallas, TX SoftLayer Technologies announced several significant additions to its portfolio of security solutions. The new products include Cisco ASA firewalls, McAfee Enterprise Anti-virus, AntiSpyware, Host-based IPS products and VPN a

The Planet UPS Failure, no client communication
The Planet, www.theplanet.com, had a major problem with thier UPS systems feeding part of their datacentre, causing a large section of the network to go offline, including all staff PCs and their own websites.

eComXpo Offers Rare Access to Marketing Experts

2006-12-06T01:11:00.000-08:00

eComXpo Offers Rare Access to Marketing Experts
PRWeb - In addition to their core affiliate expertise, PartnerCentric offers a wide array of high-powered marketing services, including: search engine management, search engine optimization, web site development with full creative services, e-commerce

Hostlogic Launches SaaS Products

2006-12-04T03:57:00.000-08:00

Hostlogic Launches SaaS Products
WHIR - November 28, 2006 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Web hosting provider Hostlogic ( hostlogic.co.uk ) announced on Monday it is expanding the software-as-a-service market by offering a suite of five products aimed at the communications and IT

Online Press Release
PRWeb - Singapore Web Hosting Company 8 to Infinity Provides ASP Dot Net 2.0 Support Singapore Internet Web Hosting Provider 8 to Infinity Pte Ltd (www.8.to) enhances their Windows web hosting with the addition of ASP Dot Net 2.0 support for their new range

Dialtone s Unlikely Arc

2006-12-01T12:57:00.000-08:00

Dialtone s Unlikely Arc
HispanicBusiness.com - Although it started as a Linux-dedicated company, it now also offers Windows and Free BSD managed dedicated hosting. Last May it began offering Windows 2000 to satisfy customer requests and now has more than 300 servers on that system. And the

HostMySite.com and Mozilla Celebrate Milestone of the Firefox
Yahoo Finance - NEWARK, Del., Sept. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Delaware-based Web hosting company HostMySite.com contributes free, managed, dedicated hosting to SpreadFirefox, the online volunteer community organized to spread the news about the Mozilla Firefox Web browser

HostMySite.com and Mozilla Celebrate Milestone of the Firefox

2006-11-05T12:50:00.000-08:00

HostMySite.com and Mozilla Celebrate Milestone of the Firefox
PR Newswire - NEWARK, Del., Sept. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Delaware-based Web hosting company HostMySite.com contributes free, managed, dedicated hosting to SpreadFirefox, the online volunteer community organized to spread the news about the Mozilla Firefox Web browser

Dialtone s Unlikely Arc
HispanicBusiness.com - Although it started as a Linux-dedicated company, it now also offers Windows and Free BSD managed dedicated hosting. Last May it began offering Windows 2000 to satisfy customer requests and now has more than 300 servers on that system. And the

http://www.thefamilybusinessonline.com

2006-11-04T22:39:00.000-08:00

http://www.thefamilybusinessonline.com
HostSearch.com - 7 hours agoNovember 5, 2006 (HOSTSEARCH.COM) Web hosting provider TheFamilyBusinessOnline.com (http://www.thefamilybusinessonline.com) has launched a website ...

How to Ensure Success in the Reseller Hosting Arena
Tophosts, Canada - 15 hours ago... end business customers. Paul Hughes is Business Manager at UKhost4u, a leader in Web hosting for the United Kingdom. Hughes says ...

Bandwidth Or Data Transfer Which is Which?

2006-11-02T14:17:00.000-08:00

Bandwidth Or Data Transfer Which is Which?
Too often web hosts talk about bandwidth and data transfer in the same breath but truth be known they are different although very closely related. Bandwidth is how much data can be transferred at a time and data transfer is how much data is being transfer

The Bank of New York Company, Inc.'s Pershing Unit Adds First ...

2006-10-31T07:57:00.000-08:00

The Bank of New York Company, Inc.'s Pershing Unit Adds First ...
PR Newswire (press release), NY - 8 hours ago... products and services, including asset- gathering products and managed account services, extensive trading and financing capabilities, and web site development ...

AREA SPORTS /RECREATION CALENDAR
Benton County Daily Record, AR - 10 hours ago... Positions available are very diverse, ranging from equipment manager and safety director to bookkeeping and Internet services / Web site development. ...

Deluxe Introduces Web-Based Solution to Streamline

2006-10-23T08:57:00.000-07:00

Deluxe Introduces Web-Based Solution to Streamline
MSN MoneyCentral - Deluxe OrderPro(SM) makes check ordering easy, quick and accurate ST. PAUL, Minn., Oct. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Deluxe Financial Services today announced the launch of Deluxe OrderPro(SM), a browser-based eCommerce solution that supports branch

CNET.s look at new online applications
CNET News - You can try Shopster for a week for no charge, but a credit card is required. If you want to sell your own goods, you'll want another ecommerce solution, like Shopify , Yahoo Stores , or eBay . Or to sell gift items of your own design, manufactured on

HostMySite and Mozilla to Celebrate Milestone

2006-10-19T23:39:00.000-07:00

HostMySite and Mozilla to Celebrate Milestone
WebHosting.Info - HostMySite.com , a web hosting company, today announced that the contribution of free, managed, dedicated hosting to SpreadFirefox , the online community organized to spread the news about the Mozilla Firefox web browser. To celebrate the two-hundred

Mosso Designed for Designers

2006-10-18T17:34:00.000-07:00

Mosso Designed for Designers
October 10, 2006 -- Web hosting provider Mosso, a venture company of Web hosting provider Rackspace Managed Hosting, recently announced the official launch of The Hosting System, a new utility hosting offer designed for Web designers and developers.

Dialtone s Unlikely Arc

2006-10-16T21:11:00.000-07:00

Dialtone s Unlikely Arc
HispanicBusiness.com - Although it started as a Linux-dedicated company, it now also offers Windows and Free BSD managed dedicated hosting. Last May it began offering Windows 2000 to satisfy customer requests and now has more than 300 servers on that system. And the

How to Choose the Right Web Host for Your Business
TechNewsWorld - Understand the distinctions between shared, collocated, unmanaged dedicated and managed dedicated hosting so you choose the one that is right for your business. It is crucial to understand the difference between the types of hosting offered. As the

Web Host Lunarpages Offers Web Design

2006-10-16T07:23:00.000-07:00

How to Set Up Your Hosting Companies Backend

2006-10-11T20:11:00.000-07:00

How to Set Up Your Hosting Companies Backend
Learn how to setup a hosting business from a behind the scenes look at what you need to consider before jumping ship such as billing, support, accounting and more.

Affordable is many times more than the price tag

2006-10-11T00:57:00.000-07:00

Affordable is many times more than the price tag
Taking the cheapest hosting service on internet is not far away from buying the cheapest house or a car available. I know you wouldn't do that so read on and i'll explain why you shouldn't get the cheapest hosting service provider either.

Optimize and Tweak High-Traffic Servers
If you are reaching the limits of your server running Apache serving a lot of dynamic content, you can either spend thousands on new equipment or reduce bloat to increase your server capacity by anywhere from 2 to 10 times.

Aplus.Net Enters Online Marketing Segment

2006-10-09T05:31:00.000-07:00

Aplus.Net Enters Online Marketing Segment
(WEB HOST GEAR) San Diego, California -- March 21, 2005 -- With online sales for the 2004 holiday season hitting a record of 23.6 billion dollars, the Internet has proven to be a small business staple.

David's Domains Supports Sites Built with Ruby on Rails

2006-10-07T01:31:00.000-07:00

David's Domains Supports Sites Built with Ruby on Rails
WebHosting.Info, CA - 23 hours ago... "Ruby on Rails Powerful web applications give our web designers and software engineering customers the ease of web site development and speed of delivery ...

Web Host Lunarpages Offers Web Design

2006-10-04T04:34:00.000-07:00

Web Host Lunarpages Offers Web Design
Web hosting provider Lunarpages (lunarpages.com) announced on Tuesday it has introduced its new professional Web design services department, providing numerous customized and affordable Web design solutions for its customers.

SharkSpace Launches Live 24/7/365 Support Chat
SharkSpace (http://www.SharkSpace.com) a shared, reseller and dedicated hosting provider officially launched live 24/7/365 support chat on August 21, 2006. SharkSpace's new live support chat system allows clients to get instant answers to their support qu

PSOFT Releases H-Sphere 3.0

2006-10-03T01:57:00.000-07:00

PSOFT Releases H-Sphere 3.0
WHIR - October 2, 2006 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Identity and trust assurance management solutions provider Comodo ( comodo.com ) announced on Monday it has released H-Sphere 3.0 Single Server Edition through its PSOFT ( psoft.net ) Web hosting and

Brisbane start-up to unleash the potential of service-centric
Computerworld Australia - In addition to its open source software, osCommRes will launch an on-demand service that includes Web hosting and an integrated payment service. The additional service aims to further simplify e-commerce for small and medium businesses. "Although it

Thank you PR WEB.

2006-10-02T14:57:00.000-07:00

Thank you PR WEB.
PRWeb - Their new ecommerce solution includes real-time shipping rates, gift cards, online specials and more. This ebusiness portal was created to allow a highly interactive experience for its site visitors. - 2002-11-13 UK AND US BIOTECH EXPERTS GATHER IN

SupremeCenterHosting Announces New Services
WebHosting.Info - We currently offer a Fragrance Turney package that includes our Supreme Cart ecommerce solution pre-loaded with over 3000 brand name designer fragrances" said Michael Desmarais, "we also offer a datafeed that will be emailed to the customer

Web Hosting Provider WebDevel Upgrades Security

2006-10-01T12:11:00.000-07:00

Web Hosting Provider WebDevel Upgrades Security
HostSearch.com - 19 hours agoOctober 1, 2006 (HOSTSEARCH.COM) Web hosting provider WebDevel (http://www.webdevel.us) has upgraded security for its web hosting packages by deploying ...

HostVoice.net Launches '$20 CashBack' Promotion

2006-09-25T01:17:00.000-07:00

HostVoice.net Launches '$20 CashBack' Promotion
HostVoice has offered to pay you $20 for searching for a hosting provider.

Mono Laser MFPs Are Here to Stay: Lyra Webcast Discusses the MFP Market
Lyra Research, the digital imaging authority (www.lyra.com), will present its next free Webcast, "Black-and-White Answers: Why Monochrome MFPs Are Here to Stay," on Wednesday, September 27, 2006, at 2 p.m. eastern daylight time (6 p.m. or 18:00 UTC). Ann Priede, managing editor of The Hard Copy Observer, will host the free Webcast, which explores how new monochrome laser MFPs from Brother, Dell, HP, Konica Minolta, Lexmark, and Samsung are raising the price/performance level for this market segment. Register for the Webcast at www.lyra.com. (PRWEB Sep 21, 2006) Trackback URI: http://www.prweb.com/zingpr.php/RmFsdS1TdW1tLUxvdmUtSG9yci1JbnNlLVplcm8=

Guide to Chkrootkit - checking for intruders

2006-09-18T22:31:00.000-07:00

Guide to Chkrootkit - checking for intruders
Chkrootkit is a powerful tool to scan your Linux server for trojans. We'll show you how to install it, scan your server and setup a daily automated scanning job that emails you the report.

Ecommerce & Accepting Credit Cards: Easy, Cheap & Necessary

2006-09-18T18:11:00.000-07:00

Ecommerce & Accepting Credit Cards: Easy, Cheap & Necessary
Your online business needs to accept credit cards. That s true whether your business is the next ebay or you re just selling your old collectibles on ebay. You re simply holding your business back if you don t accept the payment method of choice of the in

ClientExec version 2.3 released
NEWEDGE today released the much awaited version of ClientExec for the Linux and Windows platform.

WebCart launches an affordable hosted solution of its world famous

2006-09-09T01:43:00.000-07:00

WebCart launches an affordable hosted solution of its world famous
Press World (press release), Russia - 9 hours ago... cart solution, WebCart has made it easier for entrepreneurs to save valuable capital which they would have used on the purchase of an eCommerce solution. ...

Homestead Offers Total SMB eCommerce Solution

2006-09-06T18:34:00.000-07:00

Homestead Offers Total SMB eCommerce Solution
TechWeb - Homestead Technologies, a Web site creation software, ecommerce and online marketing provider, announced Monday that it has integrated products for a total solution. Intuit's QuickBooks Merchant Service for Web Stores with Storefront provides

How Does a Cash-Strapped Soul-Food Restaurant Let Customers Know That
PR Newswire - Homestead Storefront provides the ultimate "one-stop" ecommerce solution for business owners who want to manage their online businesses professionally, smoothly and efficiently. More than 12 million people have used Homestead's award-winning design

Verio Announces New Hosting Solutions, Features on Microsoft Windows

2006-09-04T12:57:00.000-07:00

Verio Announces New Hosting Solutions, Features on Microsoft Windows
Consumer Electronics Net - viaVerio offers resellers a comprehensive line of solutions, including Domain Name Registration, virtual and managed dedicated hosting solutions, as well as a suite of applications, value-added services and partner management tools. Resellers are

Backing Up Your Web Site Data: An Overlooked Necessity
TechNewsWorld - Chris Kivlehan is marketing manager for INetU Managed Hosting , an award-winning Web hosting provider that specializes in managed dedicated hosting for businesses nationwide.

CSIU division helps districts save money

2006-09-03T07:17:00.000-07:00

CSIU division helps districts save money
Daily Item - video conferencing, early intervention reporting system, ERate for schools to apply for discounts for telecommunicaitons and Internet services, a statewide migrant education data system, telecommunications and technical support, Web site development

People in business
Nashville Tennessean - Meghan Umphres has experience in event planning, Web site development and media relations. Named to the position of senior account executive were account executives Katherine Files and Alison Williams. Files' public relations experience includes

Setting up Private Nameservers in Cpanel

2006-09-01T20:57:00.000-07:00

Setting up Private Nameservers in Cpanel
We'll show you the ropes in how to setup cpanel nameservers and configure them properly so you can run ns1 and ns2.yoursite.com

Montrose couple trying to live the sustainable life

2006-08-30T09:46:00.000-07:00

Montrose couple trying to live the sustainable life
Montrose Daily Press - Digital Mud Studio, a Web site development and graphic design house, which Jason co-owns; and Nicole s wedding photography business, Nicole Anderson Photography. She uses her maiden name for ease in the photography business. I was working in a

Uplinkearth Launches New Website

2006-08-30T09:11:00.000-07:00

Uplinkearth Launches New Website
SOMERSET, NJ (Mar 6, 2006) - Uplinkearth (http://www.uplinkearth.com), a global award-winning Windows web hosting provider hosting over 40 thousand domain names, announced today that it has dramatically increased the size of its Windows virtual web hostin

Symantec Releases Beta Version of Spyware Solution

2006-08-23T17:43:00.000-07:00

Symantec Releases Beta Version of Spyware Solution
Symantec Corp., a provider of security software solutions, yesterday released the public beta version of its 'Norton Internet Security (NIS) 2005 AntiSpyware Edition', which provides protection from spyware and adware

mod_auth_mysql Apache with cPanel

2006-08-23T02:50:00.000-07:00

mod_auth_mysql Apache with cPanel
mod_auth_mysql is an Apache module that allows authentication using user and group data stored in MySQL databases. We'll guide you through installing modauthmysql on Apache with Cpanel/WHM.

ArielHost Rolls Out New Merchant Services
ArielHost Rolls Out New Merchant Services, Launches Cardservice Kentucky Subsidiary

Dialtone s Unlikely Arc

2006-08-22T00:11:00.000-07:00

Dialtone s Unlikely Arc
HispanicBusiness.com - Although it started as a Linux-dedicated company, it now also offers Windows and Free BSD managed dedicated hosting. Last May it began offering Windows 2000 to satisfy customer requests and now has more than 300 servers on that system. And the

HostingCon 2006 Exhibitor and Sponsor Profiles
Consumer Electronics Net - Ian Andrusyk Phone: 866-753-3278 E-mail: ap@fastservers.net Web: www.fastservers.net FastServers.Net is a managed dedicated hosting provider featuring enterprise level solutions. Power exclusively by Dell PowerEdge Servers solutions include both

Run Your Own Web Server Using Linux & Apache Review

2006-08-21T23:11:00.000-07:00

Run Your Own Web Server Using Linux & Apache Review
Sitepoint book reivew on Run Your Own Web Server Using Linux & Apache. This book is aimed for the newbie Linux user market who want to get their own web server online, we give you our thoughts on it!

TechRestore, Inc. Begins Offering Nationwide, Overnight 160 Gigabyte Hard SATA Drive Upgrade Service for MacBook, MacBook Pro and PC Laptops

2006-08-12T20:19:00.000-07:00

TechRestore, Inc. Begins Offering Nationwide, Overnight 160 Gigabyte Hard SATA Drive Upgrade Service for MacBook, MacBook Pro and PC Laptops
TechRestore, Inc. announced today that they have begun offering a 160 Gigabyte SATA upgrade as part of their overnight hard drive upgrade service for laptops that have a Serial ATA interface such as the MacBook, MacBook Pro and newer PC laptop models. The new upgrade features the first 160 Gigabyte Serial ATA drive upgrade available for laptop users. (PRWEB Aug 8, 2006) Trackback URI: http://www.prweb.com/zingpr.php/RmFsdS1GYWx1LUZhbHUtSW5zZS1JbnNlLVplcm8=

InSites Chooses Terremark's Dedigate as Strategic Hosting

2006-08-10T19:27:00.000-07:00

InSites Chooses Terremark's Dedigate as Strategic Hosting
MSN MoneyCentral - Dedigate, "The Uptime Company", specializes in Managed Dedicated Hosting services for complex Internet infrastructures. The Company's technology consists of an integrated package of solutions, which fully automates the labor intensive jobs in the

HostingCon 2006 Exhibitor and Sponsor Profiles
Consumer Electronics Net - Ian Andrusyk Phone: 866-753-3278 E-mail: ap@fastservers.net Web: www.fastservers.net FastServers.Net is a managed dedicated hosting provider featuring enterprise level solutions. Power exclusively by Dell PowerEdge Servers solutions include both

New Paper from the Human Productivity Lab Defines Emerging Telepresence Industry - Entry of Cisco, HP and Polycom Into Market Underscores Potential

2006-08-10T03:46:00.000-07:00

New Paper from the Human Productivity Lab Defines Emerging Telepresence Industry - Entry of Cisco, HP and Polycom Into Market Underscores Potential
New Paper from the Human Productivity Lab defines the emerging telepresence industry. Covers the usage, ROI, and future of telepresence including information on the following telepresence providers: ATK Services, Destiny Conferencing, Digital Video Enterprises, HP Halo Collaboration Solutions, MedPresence, Polycom, Telanetix, and Teliris. (PRWEB Aug 9, 2006) Trackback URI: http://www.prweb.com/dingpr.php/SGFsZi1aZXRhLVNpbmctTWFnbi1JbnNlLVplcm8=

IceStorm Network Introduces High-End VPS, Dell Dedicated Servers

2006-08-08T05:43:00.000-07:00

IceStorm Network Introduces High-End VPS, Dell Dedicated Servers
The IceStorm Network, a California based web hosting and Internet solutions provider that has been serving clients for over 8 years, announced today that it has introduced fully managed Dell dedicated servers, and a series of Virtuozzo enabled virtual pri

aQuantive second quarter net income up 59 percent

2006-08-05T20:17:00.000-07:00

aQuantive second quarter net income up 59 percent
Reuters - SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Online advertising and Web site development specialists aQuantive Inc. (AQNT.O: Quote , Profile , Research ) on Tuesday posted a 59 percent jump in second quarter net income and the stock rose 14.5 percent in extended hours

Graceland students ready for SIFE World Cup
Des Moines Business Record - In January, some of Graceland's SIFE participants traveled to Costa Rica, where they worked on Web site development with some small business owners and helped the developers of a planned coastal resort write a business plan. The group also visited

Web Hosting Firm, Thinktivity, Debuts Rewards Program

2006-08-04T19:17:00.000-07:00

Web Hosting Firm, Thinktivity, Debuts Rewards Program
TheHostingNews.com (press release), OR - 17 hours agoChatsworth, Georgia - (The Hosting News) - August 4, 2006 - Hosting service provider, Thinktivity Hosting Solutions, is offering a rewards program for it's ...

Things You Did Not Know About Best Cheap Web Hosting

2006-08-03T04:57:00.000-07:00

When you are about to launch a personal web site, the first thing you need to worry about is the web hosting provider. You will definitely find dozens or even hundreds of cheap web hosting providers that will offer you various web-hosting services. The problem is when you want to find the best cheap web hosting services. Depending on your needs you will be able to choose the right web hosting provider. If you have in mind to launch a small personal site or one for a small business, the cheap web hosting services will be OK for you.

Be smart

The best cheap hosting usually is the one on shared servers, and it is commonly known as virtual hosting. The advantage is that you can place small site among with other major sites, without anyone virtually knowing it. In addition, if you are a beginner, with shared web hosting services, you will not have to pay for networking hardware, a dedicated server, and web site development. This won't be necessary if you are just launching a small web site.

Also, the best cheap web hosting providers allow you to share these resources with other sites of the same size. Once you do that, because all the costs will be shared, you will be able to save money on a monthly basis. Yet, the best solution is to choose the web site hosting providers that offer dedicated servers. This is quite important if you want to avoid server downtimes, caused by another web site. So, if you want to keep your web site operable all the time, the dedicated server is the best solution.

Get great services at low costs

The best cheap web hosting providers will be able to offer customer support online 24 hours a day seven days a week. Moreover, because the web hosting services are getting cheaper and cheaper, with some proper research, you will be able to find web site hosting providers that will also offer other benefits besides the small cost. The amount of traffic they offer, the domain names or the space you are provided for your web site must be the guidelines in finding the best cheap web hosting services.

Stay safe

Before accepting any offer for cheap web site hosting provider, make sure that they offer good technical support. Don't put your web site into the hands of a web hosting company without a proven track record, you need to be aware that every minute your site is down (and you may even not know it), you could be losing hundreds of dollars in online income. The best cheap web hosting services will certainly do not allow this to happen.

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The Planet Launches Focus Series

2006-08-01T05:43:00.000-07:00

The Planet Launches Focus Series
Managed Web hosting provider The Planet (theplanet.com) announced on Monday that it had released Focus Series, a package of turnkey, application-specific hardware, software and hosting packages.

How to hide bind version - Cpanel
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Ensim Appoints New Director

2006-07-30T23:31:00.000-07:00

Ensim Appoints New Director
July 28, 2006 -- Web hosting automation software provider Ensim announced on Thursday it has appointed Dilip Khandekar as director of engineering.

Virtual vs. Dedicated: Which Type of Web Hosting Do I Need?

2006-07-30T05:27:00.000-07:00

The choice between the type of web hosting, virtual or dedicated, is governed by several factors that need to be taken into consideration by the site owner. The key for a site owner is to try and fulfill his requirements while staying within his budget. An understanding of the pros and cons of both forms of hosting is the first step in deciding which to choose.

Virtual hosting: This type of hosting is preferred by most small websites. Several websites are hosted on a single server in this form of hosting. Hosting providers offer packages with different combinations of disk space, domain names allowed with each hosting account, and bandwidth allotments. Small sites and blogs that do not require too many resources to run can select a smaller virtual hosting package.

With virtual hosting, the distribution of resources means that the speed of web pages loading depends upon other web sites sharing the web server. If quick download and upload are essential to a site owner's plan, then virtual hosting which offers sufficient bandwidth should be considered. A good host will ensure that websites with similar resource requirements are hosted together so that site owners pay only for the resources and scripts that are used by them.

Virtual hosts may or may not allow access to non-public directories, these are directories used for storing files that are not meant to be accessed via the word wide web. Small sites that hold sensitive data should check for this facility. SSH/Telnet are important for site owners that wish to communicate directly with the servers and run queries on the databases.

In terms of security, websites can get compromised even when there are no lapses on their part; carelessness on part of neighboring websites on a virtual server can lead to the server getting hacked into and every website may be at risk. However, choosing a good host with solid security will mitigate this risk.

Dedicated hosting: With dedicated hosting, all the resources of a server are made available to the site owner exclusively. Dedicated hosting is best suited for sites that attract a lot of visitors and have a high bandwidth requirement, ecommerce sites that may need special software, or web sites that hold sensitive information and therefore need greater security.

Dedicated servers allow unlimited domain names and greater freedom in managing the website. Dedicated hosting is divided into managed and unmanaged hosting. Managed hosting implies greater support from a technical team that performs regular technical updates and routine maintenance without the site owner having to look into it. Unmanaged dedicated hosting is cheaper than managed dedicated hosting but additional support can be an added cost.

Dedicated servers are accessible only by the host and the site owners; by using features such as secure FTP and encrypted terminal sessions, site owners can be assured of greater security. Webmasters who run multiple sites can also host all their sites on a dedicated server; this enables better management and may work out cheaper than hosting the sites separately on different virtual servers.

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Paul Hanson recommends Net Explorers for reliable UK web hosting.

Web Hosting Company, Lunarpages, Offers $2.99 Domain Names

2006-07-26T20:23:00.000-07:00

Web Hosting Company, Lunarpages, Offers $2.99 Domain Names
Cheap Web Hosting Directory, CA - 17 hours agoBuena Park, California - (Cheap Web Hosting Directory) - July 26, 2006 - Lunarpages.com, a multi award winning Californian based web hosting company, is ...

Web Host and Design Firm, SiteGround, Debuts Customized Mambo ...
WebSite Host Directory (press release), OR - 16 hours agoSan Antonio, Texas - (Website Hosting Directory) - July 26, 2006 - Web hosting firm, SiteGround, is offering free Mambo and Joomla templates for IT business ...

365 Main Reaches Out To Community

2006-07-26T12:31:00.000-07:00

365 Main Reaches Out To Community
July 10, 2006 -- While community involvement is by no means a new strategy for corporations to increase their presence, there is a substantial difference between submitting a charitable donation and taking a proactive approach in reaching out.

The Ocean Group Redefines the Web Experience for the Tourism ...

2006-07-25T08:23:00.000-07:00

The Ocean Group Redefines the Web Experience for the Tourism ...
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Digital Insight Reports 18% Increase in Second Quarter Revenue
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JotForm WYSIWYG Build Reaches Record Weeks

2006-07-25T04:11:00.000-07:00

JotForm WYSIWYG Build Reaches Record Weeks
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Dotster Hosts Happy Hour Promotion
July 25, 2006 -- Domain registrar and Web hosting provider announced on Monday it is holding its tenth virtual "Happy Hour" event scheduled for July 26.

Virtual vs. Dedicated vs. CoLo: Which Web Hosting Do I Need?

2006-07-24T01:11:00.000-07:00

You know you need a web host, but you don't know where to start. So you do a web search to research potential solutions and get a bit overwhelmed with all the jargon: UNIX, dedicated servers, POP3, CoLo... the list goes on.

Step back a bit. You don't need to learn everything about web sites to choose a host. You do however need to know what a web host is, and the basic types of web hosting. This knowledge will lead you to know what type of hosting you need, and ultimately you can make a sound decision.

To begin, let's define the term. Web hosting is a service that hosts web pages on servers that can be accessed through the Internet. There are three primary categories of web hosting providers that cater to the requirements of site owners; these include virtual web hosting, dedicated web hosting, and co-located hosting. There are various sources online that offer detailed information and reviews on these services, but there are several details you should pay most attention to. The points to consider before selecting a web hosting provider include the number of clients they service, years in business, customer service reputation, hardware specifications, and backup routines. With that out of the way, let's jump in and explore the basic types of web hosting.

Dedicated hosting

A dedicated web server is basically like the name sounds: it's dedicated to your site only. Typically it is leased to a site owner. The hosting company is responsible for the maintenance, backing up, security, and power management. The site owner manages the software-related issues.

Dedicated hosting is useful for websites that need extra bandwidth and system resources because of the use of technologies such as e-commerce software, customized server applications, and heavy traffic. Such websites are often better served by a dedicated hosting provider rather than developing and running an in-house solution. Dedicated hosting is possible with Windows, Mac, and Linux servers. A dedicated server can cost upward of $100 / month.

Pros and cons: 24/7 tech support is available. Speed, dependability, and customizability of website are often enhanced. The response time of dedicated servers is fast as compared to shared servers where the activity of other sites affects server speeds. Reliability and customizability of websites are improved as dedicated hosting offers greater storage capacity and greater freedom in terms of hardware configurations and software installations; hard drives can be upgraded and bandwidths increased with growth.

Shared servers and CoLo hosting are cheaper alternatives to dedicated hosting. Moreover, as the server is not owned by the site owner, security of sensitive data can be an issue.

Virtual hosting

Virtual hosting, also called shared hosting, is a popular and cost-effective web hosting solution. The hosting provider leases the website hosting server, services, and bandwidth to more than one website. Small and medium-sized websites, which do not have high traffic and have limited bandwidth requirements, benefit from virtual hosting. A virtual hosting offer by a service provider usually includes features such as Internet connection, domain name registration, file storage, email account, and may also include website design assistance. The cost of virtual hosting is in the range of $5-40 per month. It can be more or less depending upon the package selected.

Pros and cons: Virtual hosting enables the establishment of an online presence with no expensive equipment purchases required on part of the site owners and therefore is the perfect solution for SMBs.

One of the limitations of virtual hosting is that sites compete for the provider's service; this may result in slow server response times in periods of heavy traffic and make browsing inconvenient. Since websites hosted on a server may be grouped under a single IP address, there is a chance that a site owner may have to share an IP address with adult or scam sites. This can lead to debarring from search engine placements which will have an adverse effect on the traffic. As the software components are shared between websites, a site owner may not be able to personalize the website as per his business objectives and target audience.

While purchasing virtual hosting services, it is useful to have an idea of the total anticipated traffic during the day as well as the visits during the peak period. This helps in obtaining a package with sufficient bandwidth for immediate and near term needs. Also, the cost of an upgrade and changes to the package should be understood.

Co-location (Co-lo) hosting

In Co-location hosting, the server is owned by the site owner and it is leased at the co-lo facility, where it is installed along with other servers in the facility. A co-lo service enables site owners to make maximum use of network access points and the freedom to choose between telecom lines provided by the hosting company and other telecom lines. Co-location hosting enables site owners to utilize high bandwidth at a cost that is not significantly higher than that of a normal web hosting package. The site owner maintains the server while the hosting provider ensures smooth running by providing regular power supply and IT support.

Co-location hosting services can be standalone data centers or companies that operate by leasing server space from a co-location web hosting reseller. The cost of the server and the volume of rack space required by the servers of a site owner influence the cost of co-lo hosting. Servers that fit in with the dimensions of the racks can help to save costs; co-locating tower servers usually cost more. Additional services provided by the hosting provider and insurance are other factors that affect cost. The monthly cost of a co-lo service for a half-rack of server space can be up to $1000.

Pros and cons: The benefits of co-location hosting include temperature and humidity controlled environment for the servers; security from hacking, fire, and theft; provision of redundancy and backup. It enables the site owner to control the critical features of web hosting such as bandwidth allocation, routers, VPN, server space, and VLAN.

Site owners may not find it easy to locate a co-lo service that is situated close enough to facilitate easy and safe transfer of servers and at the same time provide the best connection speeds. Co-lo hosting is of greater advantage to those who have hosting experience and consequently are better placed to recover the costs involved.

Ultimately, it is the requirements of the site that dictate the choice of web hosting solution. Online stores and sites with heavy traffic are better off with dedicated hosting, personal blogs and small sites without ecommerce activity that do not have high bandwidth consumption can function with virtual hosting, and websites that require a high degree of customization and deal with sensitive data benefit from a co-lo hosting arrangement.

To determine what type of host you need, ask yourself what type of site you have, and it should all flow naturally from there.

About the Author

John Hasson writes for Find a Web Host.

6 Reasons You Need A Website

2006-07-23T18:39:00.000-07:00

If you don't have a website, then you might not realize all the great things they can do for you. Maybe you think there wouldn't be any point, because your business is too small - or maybe you don't even have a business! Perhaps you think it'd be a lot of work for little reward. Or maybe you paid big bucks for a site back during the dot-com 'boom' days, only to get nothing but trouble out of it and shut it down a year later.

Whatever your situation is, though, you need a website, and I'm here to tell you why.

1. People Will Look for You Online.

Sooner or later, someone's going to type your name into a search engine. What do you want them to find? Nothing? These are people who want to find you, and if you don't have a website then you're letting them down - they expect you to be online. For many people, you might as well not exist if you can't be found with a search engine. Not having a website is like not bothering to get listed in the phone book. Whether it's customers or old school friends you're hoping for, very few people are going to find you if you aren't online.

2. Websites Cost Next to Nothing.

Once, it cost a lot to run a website - but those days are long gone. There are 'pay as you go' services out there now charging as little as $1 per gigabyte of bandwidth. If you're sensible about the size of your pages, that dollar could last you a whole month, or even longer! If you don't want to pay for design, it's never been simpler to do it yourself, or find free software to do it for you. Really, it's never been cheaper to have a website than it is today.

3. Websites are Great Advertising.

Whatever you're advertising - your services, your products, or just yourself - a website is a great way to do it. Every other kind of advertising going costs a premium, especially if you want to target a specific kind of person, and there's no guarantee that they're paying attention. Websites are like brochures that are free to reproduce, interactive, and quickly distributed to people who are already looking for them. No advertising medium even comes close to the ease-of-use and effectiveness of a website.

4. A Website is a Worldwide Presence.

On the web, it doesn't matter whether someone is next door to you or on the other side of the world - they can see your website just the same as anyone else can, at no extra cost to you or to them. Phone and post both cost enormous amounts long-distance, but a website lets you send information anywhere without any extra effort or expense. You can make friends and contacts in places you've never been and will never go - suddenly, working globally is no more effort than working locally.

5. Your Website Can Make You Money.

There's a lot of money on the web, and it's not hard to get some - the longer you're online for, the bigger your share can get. If you have something to sell, you can sell it worldwide, thanks to credit cards. Doing business online eliminates almost every overhead there is: all you need to do is have the goods. If you've written something useful, you can put it out there with a few ads. You won't get rich overnight, but you can set up a steady trickle of income... and there's no limit to the number of trickles you can set up.

6. Your Website Can Save You Time.

Giving out information takes time, whether it's on the phone, or in brochures, or even if it's just emailing your family. Websites are designed to save you time. All your family and friends can read your online diary (known as a weblog), but you only had to write it once. Customers can see your whole product catalogue without ever needing to talk to you or visit you. This is the power of the web: things on it are written only once, but can be downloaded endlessly - a good website runs itself, and keeps being useful to people for much longer than you'd expect.

About the Author

Gregg Hall is a business consultant to many online and offline businesses and owns over 400 domains himself. Check out the virtual hosting at http://www.virtualwebhostingplus.com

Virtual Dedicated Web Hosting

2006-07-23T02:17:00.000-07:00

=================================================== Most webmasters on the net today are familiar with what the industry calls "shared" web hosting accounts. A shared hosting account is where you rent a small amount of space on a server which is shared among many other users.

This is a cheap way to get started online but it has many disadvantages - you will encounter email delivery problems because of spam complaints against other sites on the same server. You will find your site's grinding to a halt when someone else does some heavy database work on your server. You might even find your site going down because of a denial of service attack against someone else hosting hacking or piracy related material on your server (these type of sites attract antisocial elements!)

How can you avoid all of this drama?

By upgrading to a virtual dedicated server. A virtual dedicated server lets you run your sites as if you had your own "dedicated" server, except it is cheaper because you are really just using part of a server that has been split into multiple virtual dedicated servers.

You can find out more about this by searching Google for "virtual dedicated hosting". Virtuozzo is the main commercial software that web hosts use to run virtual hosting services.

You will find virtual dedicated server accounts starting at just $30 a month. You'll get a much larger chunk of bandwidth compared to shared hosting, and none of the problems that go with a shared host. You can also get multiple IP addresses that are exclusive to your sites.

So what's the catch? Not much. You'll probably spend a bit more on hosting each month. The main disadvantage of upgrading to virtual dedicated hosting is that you will need to be more technically proficient so that you can administer the server.

This requires a bit of time learning the necessary Linux skills to make sure your server runs smoothly.

Many hosting providers will have a "premium" support offering that includes a bit more hand holding - this is definitely recommended if you don't have much experience with Linux, or are new to virtual dedicated hosting.

With the increased speed and bandwidth that a virtual dedicated host offers, and none of the shared hosting headaches, the move is one you will never regret. So, the question now becomes, are to ready and willing to take-on the challenge of virtual dedicated web hosting and save yourself some hard earned cash? The choice is yours.. ===================================================

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How To Select A Good Website Hosting Company

2006-07-22T14:11:00.000-07:00

I constantly encounter people that want me to design or update a website for them, and they are already signed up with a hosting company. The only problem is that many of these people should never have signed up with that particular hosting company. I'm dealing with a client now who is paying almost two and a half times more a month than she should, and the service the hosting company provides is substandard.

I run into many problems with hosting companies, including:

Prices being too high. I often see people paying $15 to $25 a month, when the average is $9 or less. The $15 to $25 fee is okay, if you are getting monthly updates, or some other service, from a website designer.
Very important features are missing, such as form handling and some e-mail features.
You can only post websites that you make using their design software. This means you must stay with them or completely redesign your website if you decide to go to another hosting company. If you can't recreate your website you will wind up paying hundreds or thousands of dollars to have someone else do it.
Terrible technical support. I have called technical support at several hosting companies to get some needed information only to be told, "We aren't going to help you with that." You usually hear this response from companies that really don't care about their clients.
The hosting company has listed themselves as the owner of the domain name. This means that they own your domain, you don't. This is considered very unethical. It can take months to have your name put on as owner, if they will do this at all. Do you own your domain name? Go to http://www.WhoIs.com and do a search for your domain. You should be listed as the registrant. If this is not the case, then you don't own your domain.

The features offered by web hosts vary widely, as do their costs. Following are the minimum features a decent hosting company should offer, in my opinion.

A minimum of 500 MB of storage space. This is equal to about 500,000 pages of text. Yes, this is more space than you will probably ever use, but quite a few web hosting services offer this amount. I have almost 150 pages on my website and over 300 graphics, but I only use 38 MB of disk space on the server.
Unlimited POP3 E-mail Accounts. This lets you have an unlimited number of e-mail accounts so you can keep e-mails separated for different departments or personnel.
6 GB (Gigabytes) of data transfer (bandwidth) per month. This is equal to about 6,000,000 pages of text. If you have a website that contains 10 pages, and each page is a MB (Megabyte) and a person goes to each of your pages, then that person would have used 10 MB of your bandwidth.
No long-term contract. You should be free to pay monthly, quarterly or annually. The longer you sign up for the less it will cost you. Also check into what happens if you want to cancel the hosting service. Will you get any unused money back?
Technical support should be available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. You should be able to contact technical support by phone (with a toll free number) and e-mail.
Unlimited e-mail autoresponders, so you can set up links on your site that will automatically send information via e-mail when a person clicks on the link.
A control panel or site manager so you can control all the aspects of your website, including e-mail, backups and software installation. You should also be able to check your site statistics to see how many hits each page is getting.
Mail list manager, so if you have an ezine you can manage your list of subscribers.
30-day money back guarantee. Many hosting companies don't offer this, but many do. The hosting company I use is Westhost (www.Westhost.com), and they offer all of these features, and more.

Avoid Free Hosting like the plague. These hosts don't charge a monthly fee, but they do put ads on your site. These ads may run across the top, the side or pop-up anywhere on the screen. People find these ads annoying and distracting. Using a free hosting service will put many people off and you will lose visitors. Customers will also be more reluctant to buy any products or services from you. Would you buy something from a business that couldn't afford to pay $5-$10 a month for website hosting? It will also be more difficult for people to remember you web address. Instead of www.Acme.com, your web address may well be www.TheFreeSite.com/acme.html. And if the company goes out of business, then your site is gone and all the listings you have on search engines will no longer work.

Free sites may also change the rules about what you can have on your site. You may suddenly find that one or more of your pages are banned because of their content. I started out with free hosting years ago, but soon outgrew it and had to buy my own domain name, create a new website and start all over again getting my pages listed with search engines. When my free site was removed, all the links on search engines to that site no longer worked.

Avoid a hosting company that gives you Shared or Virtual Hosting. Shared hosting means that the server, the computer where your website resides, is shared with possibly hundreds of websites who all use the same server software. The hosting company gives you a certain amount of storage space on the server's hard drive for your site, and that hard drive stores as many sites as space allows. The problem is that since all the websites are sharing the same server software, if one website is attacked by a virus or hacker and the server software is damaged, then all the websites on that server will be affected the same way that single site is affected.

Look for a host that offers a Virtual Private Server. This means that your website resides in a partitioned section of the server and has its own server software. I've used Westhost for several years with no problems. They have great tech support and constantly improve the features they offer. You can find a banner link to them at the bottom of my page at http://www.creativecauldron.com/WebsiteDesign.shtml

To look for other web hosting services try these links.

Compare Web Hosts http://www.comparewebhosts.com/BudgetWebHosting.asp
Consumers Review http://www.consumersreview.org/webhosting.html
Host Index http://www.hostindex.com/
Web Hosting Reviews http://www.web-hosting-reviews.org/
Web Hosting Unleashed http://www.webhostingunleashed.com/
Web Site Hosting http://www.web-site-hosting.md/
Webhosting Top 10 http://www.webhosting-top10.com/us32/

As you check out web hosting services you will encounter some words that you may not have heard before. Here's some useful terminology that will clear things up for you.

Auto Responder - An automated program that, when it receives an e-mail, sends out an e-mail with a message and/or attachment to the person who sent the e-mail. This is often used with websites that sell ebooks and other electronic information. The person clicks on an e-mail link for the ebook they want and the autoresponder sends it to them. It's a real time saver.
Bandwidth (Data Transfer) - This is the amount of data that you or others upload to your site and download from your site. A typical site uses less than 5 GB (Gigabytes) per month.
CGI Bin - the Common Gateway Interface bin is where programs are stored that let you put things on your site like a guestbook and bulletin board.
Control Panel - This is an interface that lets you control the tools, settings and utilities that your web host provides.
Disk Space - This is the amount of space you have on the server's hard drive to store your website. Unless your site is loaded with graphics, which it shouldn't be, then you don't need a lot of space.
FTP - File Transfer Protocol is a common way to upload and download your website pages and files.

Once you find a few place you like, check them out at the Better Business Bureau at http://bbb.org/ and do a search on Yahoo and Google to see if anyone has posted anything bad about them.

It can be difficult to know what to look for in a hosting company if you're new to the Internet. The best solution is to do a lot of research, talk to people you know who have websites and start trying different hosts who offer a 30-day money back guarantee. As long as you own your domain name, and you have created your own website, or had someone create it for you, then you will be fine. With these two things done, you can take your site to almost any host without any problems.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

http://www.CreativeCauldron.com
Jeff Colburn is a website designer and writer. His goal is to make the process of creating or updating your website easy and simple for you, while creating a website that meets all your needs and expectations. Jeff can also create all of the copy for your website.

Vortech Hosting Announces Acquisition of RocketColo

2006-07-22T05:11:00.000-07:00

Do you know what your hosting SLA is?

2006-07-21T10:19:00.000-07:00

Also known as "Terms and Acceptable Usage Policy" your Service Level Agreement, SLA is probably the most important piece of text you will need to read. And read you will have to; the entire text. Once you have familiarized yourself with this SLA you can start to skim read and look out for the most important details you feel are most important to you as you search for other hosting companies.

An SLA basically tells you what services you will be paying for and what rights you do not have and what rights you do have. You are agreeing to pay for your web hosting and for what is in the SLA and nothing else. In this document or text, the web host provider is letting you know in print, what you will have to agree to if you wish their services. But remember, that it also tells you, what rights you have. If the web host provider does not live up to the SLA, you now have a right to use this agreement to your advantage.

Web sites and web pages are very powerful marketing tools to appeal and encourage the client to act or buy the service that company is offering. Web pages can contain images, Flash, colors and even sounds and music. A web page can even be interpreted as one big advertisement to the buyer. This is why the SLA of a company, or in this case, a web host provider is so important. It is straight to the point and to quite a number of people, simply boring. Many times the SLA is written in small text, is very long and to some people confusing or complicated. You may notice some SLA's are almost hidden or at the bottom of a page in small text or only available on the order form.

Is there a reason why this is so? To have your SLA on the first page would look very odd and highly unusual. There are many reasons why some companies choose to have their SLA located where they are, written the way they are. Some are simply so they do not confuse the buyer. Some are so they do not scare the buyer so he or she thinks that what they are "getting into", is way out of their league. Unfortunately, some companies "hide" these service agreements because it reveals too much about the company and what you are really purchasing. Remember the colorful and bedazzling web pages? Well these SLA's are just the opposite. They get straight to the point. It's like opening the hood of a car and looking at the engine to see exactly how it works.

If you do not find an SLA anywhere on the website and have looked on just about all the web pages, then simply move on to another provider. This must be present on all web host providers selling services, even if they are free. You can always ask for their SLA, but this is not advisable if it comes in the form of an email as there is no way for both parties to revert to a static SLA.

This is also another important matter. The web host provider can always change their SLA if need be, but find out if you are told so and how much time you have to adapt to these changes. It is not good agreeing to their terms and then having them change it later on to something you did not agree to. You may wish to make a copy of their SLA page and save it on to your computer's hard disk. You may also find it much easier to read their SLA by copying and pasting the text into Notepad and reading it from there. There is actually no need to read the small print on the web page itself, just copy and paste.
Another "tactic" for some web host providers is to provide their SLA on the order form. This is where you are just about to enter your credit card details and pay for your web hosting that they inform you of their SLA. A check mark is needed beside the agreement which usually has a link to the small text. 9 times out of 10, buyers can't be bothered to read this long complicated text and just get on with getting their web hosting. A mistake done all too often. Roughly 70% of all customers read their SLA after they have purchased a web hosting account.

Let's discuss what the SLA can contain. You can always "verify" if what the web pages say are true, as well as get the finer details in the SLA. For a while, a few years back, the most heated discussions involved unlimited bandwidth and web space. To cut a long story short, unlimited bandwidth or web space is simply and always will be an outright lie. There is no such thing; again, read the SLA.

30 day money back guarantee.

The phrase sounds simple enough but there are still just a few things to think about. Can you receive a refund on the 30th day? Or do you need to give them 7 days warning that you wish for a refund. Is is truly a "30 day guarantee"? Does it regard all types of payments, check, money order credit card etc. Is it mentioned in the SLA? Remember, you are basically buying the services within the SLA.

Uptime guarantee.

Another very important feature to look closer at. Again, web pages can look wonderful, but the business takes place within the text of the SLA. You may even want to compare how these uptime guarantees are calculated by other web host providers. Do you need proof to in order to tell the web host provider that your site was down more than x many hours a month so the web host provider can give you a refund? Or is it more complicated, where your site needs to be down for x many hours in a row? In other words, down 2 hours on Monday, 3 on Tuesday, and 1 hour on Sunday but not 6 hours in a row, therefore not receiving a refund? Or if their uptime guarantee does not involve third party software crashes, server maintenance, internet congestion etc. What does the uptime guarantee cover? Not, what does the uptime guarantee not cover. It is extremely unlikely for any web host provider to offer a 100% uptime guarantee, without some exceptions.

What files are permitted?

There are more than just .html, .gif and .jpg files on the Internet. Apart from those files, what other files are you allowed to upload? Do they include any multimedia files; mp3 or movie files? Are you allowed to upload software files? and etc.
How is the bandwidth and disk space quota handled?
If you go over your quota, how is it handled. Are you automatically charged the extra fee? And if so, how much? Or, is your account suspended until you pay the extra charges or pay for the next hosting account? Or, are you notified about the "problem" and asked to pay the extra charges or upgrade to the next hosting plan within a certain number of days?

Domain names.

If you have registered a domain name with a registrar you should not encounter any problems. If you are registering a domain name through your web host provider, make sure you retain all rights to the domain name. This is especially true if you are given a free or a very inexpensive domain name with your account. Some web host providers will register the domain name for you, but in their name, which means you do not own it. In some cases, if you wish to move to another web host provider you will have to purchase the domain from them at a much higher cost.

Miscellaneous categories.

A few other categories to study are server resources, background running programs, mass mailing and other technical areas like Cron Jobs, telnet or SSH etc. Some of these topics mentioned in the SLA may sound rather strict or stringent but it is actually very common to read these same restrictions on almost all web host providers. This is, as mentioned earlier, to inform you of your rights and most importantly in this case, to protect the customer from harming or congesting the server for the company's other clients. You do not want someone slowing down the server which you are using so your web pages load slowly or not at all. So you can actually be more reassured that if this happens, action will be taken, thus an advantage to you and not necessarily a hindrance. (This mainly refers to all virtual hosting accounts.)

If you are uncertain about a certain part of an SLA, you should always ask the web host provider. Never assume something is adequate unless you are sure and have checked. Always think ahead. Will I need this or that in the future? What happens if my website grows much bigger? What if I need to upload x type of files from now on? What if the third party company or software I work with needs this or that enabled? Should I have read the whole SLA? Never assume your web host provider will have or offer what you wish. Find out, and if you are not sure, ask!

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Plausibility is a term that is most often overlooked in regards to web hosting. Our goal is to educate the reader and at the same time, improve our hosting services. For more infromation and articles or to comment, please visit http://www.HostingAndDesigns.com.

Web Hosting Terminology

2006-07-21T06:17:00.000-07:00

This article will define what various terms used by web hosting companies mean. It's not possible (and sometimes insulting to the reader) to cover everything so this will just cover the most commonly used and important terms.

Bandwidth (or Transfer or Data Transfer)
Bandwidth is the amount of traffic that is sent (and recieved) by your website. It is usually measured in gigabytes (GB), where 1 GB = 1024 megabytes (MB), and it is usually allocated on a monthly basis, for example you could have 5GB/month of bandwidth, which means that there is a limit of 5GB of files that can be downloaded from your site within a month. Bandwidth is only a concern if you host a lot of files, for example images or movies, as webpages are usually small file sizes.
Colocation Server (or Colocation Hosting)
This is similar to Dedicated Hosting (see below), except the server is owned by a customer and they pay the colocation hosting company to host the server for them - that involves paying a charge for bandwitch which the hosting company provide, the physical space which the server takes up and the power that the server uses. With this set up the customer is responsible for their hardware.
Control Panel
This is a web page with a usable interface which the customer can connect to when they want to tweak their hosting settings, view the transfer statistics, or utilise other features provided with their hosting.
Dedicated Server (or Dedicated Hosting)

This is a server which is owned by the hosting company which they will rent out to you for a monthly fee along with an allotment of bandwidth which you can use with it. This means that you get a whole server to yourself to use for what you desire, this is needed for scripts which use a lot of server resources (for example large message boards, for one of which I pay for a dedicated server). As a customer, you would have full control over the server and could change the configuration as required, a facility not available when you have to share a server with others. With a dedicated server, the web hosting company is responsible for the hardware as they own it, not the customer.
Disk Space
This is the amount of space on the server that you have to upload your files on, it's usually measured in MB or GB.
MySQL
This is a type of database (as is PostgreSQL) which allows the customer to store and retrieve information on the server. A lot of scripts require that a database is present to function.
Reseller Hosting
This is similar to Virtual Hosting (see below), but the customer is given the ability to create small hosting accounts of their own, which they can then give or sell to people if they desire. It usually allows the customer more features, bandwidth and diskspace than with normal virtual hosting.
Scripts (eg PHP, Perl, ASP)
These are server side scripting languages which allow the customer to use already written scripts, or write their own, which provide additional features for the website and increased interactivity (for example message boards and content management systems).

MySQL
This is a type of database (as is

PostgreSQL) which allows the customer to store and retrieve information on the server. A lot of scripts require that a database is present to function.
Virtual Hosting (or Shared Hosting)
This is where a webhosting company puts many customers' webpages on the same server - so the server resources are shared amongst all the customers using it. This means that applications which cause a high server load are not suitable, and if one customer uses one then other customers will suffer.
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Guidelines for choosing web hosting company

2006-07-20T00:19:00.000-07:00

With the whole world getting global and switching on to the web, web hosting is receiving an awesome response. The aftermath of this powerful response has led to the emergence of various web-hosting companies offering numerous services. The services offered are so diverse and competitive that they actually make the choice tough for you to single out one good company. Prior to choosing any good web hosting company it is advisable to possess the detailed knowledge of the company and their web hosting features. This would make the selected package match your requirements.

In the current scenario, free web hosting is gaining more popularity. But at times it fails to match the clients' requirements. Majority of the free web hosting services are reliable, however sometimes they tend to disappoint. Various web-hosting companies provide minimum free services and compensate by charging the expanded services. If your company is amateur and requires only a home page then this it is the best option to go for. Before selecting a web hosting company it is sensible to do a market research about the company's reputation and reliability.

When you look out for the web-hosting package, the first thing you should know is the disk space. If you are in the process to have an extensive web site then your disk space requirements will be very high. The set limit usually ranges from 5 MB to 300+ MB. So keep a check that even if your company is amateur, the chosen web hosting company grows along with you in the near future.

Email accounts are the second checkpoint while choosing a web-hosting package. It is sensible to have sufficient email addresses in the beginning and make sure you are not charged for more than you need. The same question arises again, that what are your requirements and that web-hosting company can satisfy you when you're expanding in future.

One important factor that should be kept in mind while selecting a web hosting company is the support provided by them. Majority of the people having websites are not aware of the latest technology. So they require a superb technical support in all the technical issues. You should be aware of the fact that the chosen web hosting package provides you a 24/7 support. It is sensible to check their downtime reputation too.

So for a final look there are few important web-hosting features, which can be included in your package or you may require them at the time of expansion.

FrontPage extensions FTP directory wDaily backups Hit counter Website statistics Redirect URL File manager SSL Shopping cart Autoresponder Access logs Mailing Lists Customized error messages Unlimited bandwidth Your own CGI-BIN Site search engine

EV1 and The Planet Announce Merger

2006-07-19T19:57:00.000-07:00

EV1 and The Planet Announce Merger
Combination Creates Industry-leading Dedicated Hosting Company; Combined Company Will Continue to Deliver Industry-leading Client Experience

Host The Best Integrates WHM Software

2006-07-19T06:11:00.000-07:00

Host The Best Integrates WHM Software
Host The Best, a web hosting provider, today announced that it has launched a new WHM Software called WHM Account Manager, which will help its hosting customers to oversee and maintain their hosting accounts.

Hosts Find Niche at Microsoft Show
July 18, 2006 -- Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Conference, held last week in Boston, was a big event by any standard - with more than 7,000 partners in attendance, it was no-hotel-rooms-left-in-the-city big.

Hosting multiple domains on shared IP?

2006-07-18T14:39:00.000-07:00

What are the pros and cons of the sharing ip? This article explains some hard facts about sharing ip in multiple domain hosting. This has been a long time debate whether to host multiple domains/websites on single ip. Some people and veterans say 'one must have unique ip for each domain' and some people say 'no need to have it because search engines take the URLs in to account not ips'.

Most of the hosting companies with reasonable hosting prizes don't offer static ips for the customers unless the customer really needs it like setting up SSL on their websites. If you insists of getting a static ip for your domain it will cost you few more dollars per month.

Before going in to that topic, we will see what is the meaning of 'ip'.

***What is static ip and shared ip?***

Static ip:

Static ip is unique to your website. For example 123.2.234.234 is your website ip address, you can access your website by typing-

http://123.2.234.234/ in the browser.

That means this unique number represents your website in the WWW.

Shared ip:

Shared ip is shared by two or more websites/domains. You can access the websites that share the same ip by-

http://www.123.2.234.234/~user1/

http://www.123.2.234.234/~user2/

http://www.123.2.234.234/~user3/ etc,

***Questions regarding shared ip:***

1. Problem with banning: Years back the search engines used to take in to account the ip address of the websites. Search engine Technology has changed and virtual domains becoming popular, the URLs becoming the priority than ip addresses of the websites.

So if one website that sharing the same ip was banned means all the websites that were sharing the same ip was banned by search engines. Even now somewhere I read that some search engines like Google crawl by caching the ip to save bandwidth.

Virtual hosting is a fairly common setup with many web sites, more common than many people think.

It is said that sharing ip is not that bad if all domains are behaving good with out spamming search engines.

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When I write to Inkotomi support desk, about this sharing ips check the answer that they gave to me:

My question:

Are search engines index only one site from one IP address (one DOMAIN (not URL) per one IP address) even though I submit both of them regularly?

Inkotomi support service:

When submitting sites, search engines only take into account the URL that is being submitted. Not the IP it came from. If the pages are different then there will not be a problem.

Virtual domains are very common on the internet, so if what is mentioned was true in all cases, search engines basically would not be effective in finding anything.

The problem mentioned is most likely not all that common, especially when priority submission are used due to the frequent refresh of details.

My question:

If 10 sites are hosted on one IP. If one site was banned because of spamming or someother thing. This banning is based on IP or domain name? If it is based on ip then all other sites are affected in search engine positioning?

Inkotomi support service:

Most engines will only ban the name(URL) and not the IP, although some may ban the IP as well. It is pretty much up to the individual engines how they do this.

If you suspect an IP has been banned you should contact the engine in question and sort it out with them.

Published with the permission of Karl Anderson,

Trellian Support.

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2. Are shared ips are slow to access when compared to static ips?:

This is completely disbelief that sharing ip slows down the websites. There are thousands of websites on one ip and if all those sites slow down, that hosting company must have lot of angry customers.

3. What is HTTP/1.1?:

Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) defines how Web pages are requested and transmitted across the Internet.

HTTP/1.1 improves the virtual hosting business by including the hostname as a header rather than by IP address. This means that the server can support multiple virtual hosts without wasting IP addresses. If you are running a browser that support this feature of HTTP/1.1 (Netscape Version 3 and Microsoft Internet Explorer 3 and all higher versions) your site can be viewed by header and not IP address.

HTTP/1.1 accounts for over 95% of the browsers running today. There are more important security reasons for upgrading older versions of Netscape Navigator or Internet Explorer rather than using old versions.

Older browsers that are not capable of resolving several virtual hosts to a single IP number will instead displays a default index document that would show all virtual accounts that were assigned to that IP address, allowing the visitor to click on a link and go to their desired web site.

4. Do I really need dedicated ip?:

If you are hosted by a Linux (Unix) system with a web server capable of virtual hosting using headers, there is no reason at all for needing a dedicated IP. The IP address of the machine is enough to allow you access to your site using FTP or Telnet, and browsing your site with HTTP/1.1 compliant browsers is not a problem. There are no measurable speed or access restrictions experienced when hosting with headers rather than IPs.

5. Are there any drawbacks with Shared ip hosting?: There are not really that many noticeable differences for the surfers. However, there are few limitations to 'shared IP hosting'.

1. You cannot use Anonymous FTP 2. Older browsers such as lynx, Netscape IE less than version 3 cannot view your site on a shared IP. 3. You need dedicated IP for SSL on your site.

But How many people still using these older versions of browsers is the next question. People always try to upgrade to newer versions of browser softwares.

***Follow these priciples in choosing shared or dedicated ip hosting:***

==If you want Anonymous ftp for your web site and

==SSL feature or

==If you don't want to take risk of getting banned because of other sites activity by sharing same ip. (Nobody knows whether search engine bans the sites based on ip or domain name.)

Go for multidomain account that hosts only your websites. So nobody share that particular ip except your websites. So no question of banning because of other websites.

While you selecting hosting company for your multidomain account, check what version of HTTP they are using. If they are using HTTP/1.1, then you can go for that webhosting. Most of the webhosts use this.

If you still don't want to take chances about sharing ip, then go for a multidomain account that provides unique ips for your websites for little additional fee.

http://www.hosting-essentials.com/

You can host all of your websites on your single dedicated IP.

DISCLAIMER: All these are from my experiences and opinions. So follow these based on your own judgement - Radhika

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IPOWER Donates to Thanksgiving Charity

2006-07-16T14:50:00.000-07:00

IPOWER Donates to Thanksgiving Charity
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Affinity's Collins Discusses Web Hosting Services Worth Paying For

2006-07-16T02:23:00.000-07:00

Affinity's Collins Discusses Web Hosting Services Worth Paying For
E-Commerce Times - "'Free' completely misses the point for small businesses," said Jim Collins, President, Affinity Internet. "In survey after survey, small businesses tell us that the most valuable resource for them is not money, but time. What small businesses want

What Retailers Want From Search

2006-07-15T08:17:00.000-07:00

What Retailers Want From Search
MediaPost - THIS WEEK I WAS LUCKY enough to learn the ins and outs of working a booth at a trade show. The exhibit hall at the Internet Retailer show in Chicago was filled with marketing professionals at small, medium and large retailers, ecommerce solution

Venda Continues Wave of Growth in 2006 Following a Stellar 2005
Onlypunjab.com - Rather than working with multiple vendors for multiple countries, retailers are adopting Venda's on-demand eCommerce solution to overcome the costs and risks, such as complex regulatory environments, payment process standards, and taxation issues

Hosted Solutions Keeps Marketing Local

2006-07-14T20:19:00.000-07:00

Hosted Solutions Keeps Marketing Local
WHIR - Carolina-based Web hosting provider Hosted Solutions ( hostedsolutions.com ) has chosen a similarly novel route by marrying its logo to a number of different local sports teams, including NHL 2006 Stanley cup champions, the Carolina Hurricanes. In

Default Index Page on New Accounts

2006-07-14T11:34:00.000-07:00

Default Index Page on New Accounts
With this addon clients will have a default index.html page when they visit their new account instead of a directory listing.

Internap Extends Performance IP Service Footprint

2006-07-14T00:46:00.000-07:00

Internap Extends Performance IP Service Footprint
WebHosting.Info - Web Hosting News Deployment into 365 Main data center increases ability to offer bundled colocation and IP solution. Internap Network

WebCinch Launches Hosting Services

2006-07-13T05:11:00.000-07:00

WebCinch Launches Hosting Services
WebCinch announced today it has entered the web hosting market. The company s owner a veteran of the industry built the company with an emphasis on customer support and service reliability.

Sim Dynasty Announces Exciting Changes for Next Season in Its Online Baseball Simulation
The highlights include added statistics, improved all star and award tracking, and improved site performance. (PRWEB Jul 13, 2006)

Marketworks Offers Outsourcing Solution for Ecommerce and eBay Sellers

2006-07-12T14:11:00.000-07:00

Marketworks Offers Outsourcing Solution for Ecommerce and eBay Sellers
Auctionbytes.com - Marketworks, an ecommerce software solution for eBay and multi-channel sellers, announced the launch of its U.S. Managed eCommerce Solution. The new offering provides customers with a complete outsourced ecommerce solution that includes technology

More Than 1 Million Bots On The Attack

2006-07-11T03:11:00.000-07:00

More Than 1 Million Bots On The Attack
At least a million machines are under the control of hackers worldwide, said security experts in Germany, indicating that the bot and botnet problem is worse than anyone thought.

Do you need a Dedicated Server?
Perhaps you are wondering what dedicated servers are for, and whether you need one. Or perhaps you already know you need a dedicated server, but are stuck when it comes to choosing a host. Whichever way, here are a few guidelines that may help you in maki

Soholaunch Launches Pro Edition 4.9

2006-07-10T18:17:00.000-07:00

Soholaunch Launches Pro Edition 4.9
WHIR - Increasing popularity of the Soholaunch product as a comprehensive business Internet solution has created a huge need for new templates and plugin software modifications to aid in Web site development," says Jim Buckler, CEO of Soholaunch. "The new

E-commerce three costly mistakes

2006-07-10T03:27:00.000-07:00

After building and transferring many e-commerce sites it still amazes me that owners of e-commerce businesses are still wasting money in three basic ways. For fear of stating the obvious, saving money is the same as making money $100 saved is $100 added to your profit margin. Here are three basic ways to save money on your e-commerce site and increase your profits. While they may be simple we know they are overlooked time and time again resulting in thousands of dollars in lost revenue.

ABORTED SALES
While most modern shopping carts come with many features, they all involve the collecting of information from clients. Name, address, telephone number, user name, password, email address and so on. Yes we understand that these details are only required for the first order but let's take a look at the new buyers experience.

They have browsed your site and found a product they wish to buy, they begin the checkout process and input all the details above. Your cart then builds the order and transfers them to paypal 2 checkout or what ever payment gateway you use. What happens next? "Please input your name, address, email, telephone number......" The result? Lost and aborted sales, surfers are lazy creatures we know that. In an ideal world your cart would have passed all those variables to the gateway and the user would not have to input them again, however because there are so many gateways and they all require different variables this is difficult.

So now you log in to the admin section of your cart and see an order only to find there is no matching payment. Thje solution is simple, fire up your email program and send them an email. "We noticed that you placed an order for our xxxxxxx however unfortunately we did not receive payment for that item so were unable to despatch it. Did you have difficulty with our ordering system? Is there anything we can do to help you? If so please contact us in one of the following ways....."

Taking a few moments to send them an email can recover the sale, or at worst you can find out which part of your ordering system isn't working for them and have it worked on. If you have your own merchant account you could have them call you and take their order by phone. Customers like to feel like customers not numbers, the fact that you took the time to contact them to find out what was wrong will give them confidence in your store and may recover the sale.

CHARGEBACKS
The curse of any e-commerce store the dreaded chargeback. We are sure you have all experienced it. You take an order, despatch it and a few weeks later get a chargeback. The result you have sent goods and have to refund the price of the product and pay a chargeback fee normally around $15.

Firstly make sure your payment gateway offers some sort of seller protection. aypal for example have a full seller protection policy. This is useful to prevent fraud. It is totally unfair that some dishonest people initiate chargebacks after receiving goods, however as long as your gateway has seller protection and you have saved order details and proof of despatch you can go someway to protecting yourself against that.

Surprisingly most chargebacks are not fraudulent, they are caused by the seller forgetting who they bought from, especially if your registered company name with your gateway is different from that of your site. An example your company is called freds enterprizes but your website is widgetsgalore.com, the client buys a widget and at the end of the month sees a charge to their card from freds enterprizes. They don't recognize it they contact their card issuer and chargeback.

This is very easy to avoid. Before they get transferred to payment sate clearly in your cart "Please remember you will be billed by freds enterprizes not widgetsgalore.com". When they are returned to your site thank them for the order then remind them again, "Please remember you will be billed by freds enterprizes not widgetsgalore.com"

When you send them an email telling them their order has been dispatched tell them again "Please remember you will be billed by freds enterprizes not widgetsgalore.com" By now they should be getting the message. However, and this alone has reduced the number of chargebacks to many of our clients, we recommend that you FOLLOW UP YOUR ORDERS and a couple of weeks after the purchase send the client another email. Thank them for their purchase, tell them you hope they are enjoying your product and once again remind them "Please remember you will be billed by freds enterprizes not widgetsgalore.com"

Repetition is the key the more you tell them the more chance they have of recognizing your company name on their credit card statement.

HOSTING
The money being wasted on inflated e-commerce hosting is incredible. Many of our clients have moved to our service due to the limited and very expensive packages of many so called e-commerce hosts. Let us be very clear on this, if you have your own store this is what you should have.

1. Your own design. Your store should not look like everyone elses, or be template built. If you used an online store designer to build your site we guarantee there are 100 other stores that look just like yours only with a different name. Hardly good for your online image.

2. You should have your own hosting. Not a sub folder of some larger site or virtual hosting. You should be able to add things like a links directory, message boards, support forums, guestbooks and what ever else you think would enhance your site. You should be able to have features added or removed from your cart so that it operates as you want it to. To find out if you have your own hosting email your host and ask them if you can add any of the above. It never ceases to amaze us how many store owners do not even have access to simple things like MYSQL or ftp.

3. There should be no fees payable by you other than a monthly hosting fee. Incredible as it sounds we have seen sites charge a monthly fee, plus a per item listing fee, a per item maintenance fee, commission on sales and other such ridiculous charges.

Many e-commerce hosts charge inflated prices for what is nothing more than virtual hosting (a sub folder of someone elses site) It never ceases to amaze us that most online stores are paying upwards of $50 a month for a restricted and sub standard service. E-commerce hosting is no different than regular quality web hosting. It requires only mysql and php capabilities. Of course stores can use up more space than an information site for example, however in our opinion you should not be paying more than $30 a month to host your store. For $30 you can get ample web hosting for a fairly large store. If you are paying $50 plus then change your host, this can be done without interruption to your site by a competent host.

A saving of $20 a month either adds to your profit or gives you $240 extra per year to spend advertising your site.

Just like a major corporation as an online business owner you need to look at your bottom line, it affects profit. You need to monitor and improve the shopping experience of your clients.

About the author:
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Gary McHugh is SEO of A design and hosting company specializing in e-commerce. Their service is a complete solution for webmasters including design, building, hosting, editing, programming and ongoing support. They also have a very reasonably priced site transfer service for new clients.

Keywords and SEO. The facts.Joe Balestrino

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is essential for the success of almost every website. The majority of traffic to websites is brought in by search engines. Keywords are an important part of SEO. Unfortunately, many website owners overdo it. Keywords are one of the most important tools in ranking high on search engines. Abuse them and you will suffer the consequences.

Many novices read about places to add keywords, such as ALT tags, anchors and other areas. While these are meant to be used if you want to help boost your keywords, they should be relevant to the image or the place where you are linking. Many people try to stuff keywords into every possible place. There is no benefit whatsoever in doing this.

As a general rule, I would say you can optimize one page with 3 keywords or phrases. I would recommend starting with one or two. Depending on who you talk to, your percentage of keywords in your text should be between three and five percent of the total content on the site. I have seen site tops with percentages as high as ten. There are some free online tools that can tell you the percentage of each word on your site. This one is http://www.googlerankings.com/ultimate_seo_tool.php
This tool will also show under which of those words your site comes up on.

One huge mistake I see all the time is repeated keywords in the keyword tag. Here is an example: shoes, brown shoes, blue shoes, and red shoes. There are two things wrong here, Do you know what it is? First, of all, the use of the word and is not needed. This is called a stop word. Search engines ignore these type of words. Some common stop words are and, the, because, this, that and there. The second thing wrong with the keywords is the word shoes. It is repeated four times. You do not need to repeat shoes. The corrected keywords should read; shoes, brown, blue, red. The search engine will know you are offering shoes and will match the color with the word shoe. Repeating shoes will just penalize your site.

One final tip on using keywords. Make sure you use your top keywords in the TITLE of your site as well as in the description tag. Do not load the title with keywords. These are the first places the engines will scan. Your description tag is usual what is displayed on search engines when relevant keywords are typed in. So, be sure they are there. Do not just type in key word phrases. No one will know what your site is about. What is the point of coming up in rank if no one understand the description.

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What is Web Hosting and What Do We Get From Cheap Web Hosting

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Web hosting basics

All web pages are downloaded from a source called the web server. All these need to be stored in a server so that a visit to your website is possible. Therefore, if you would want to manage a website, you need to host it on a web sever. Once your website is hosted, people from any points of the world can have access to your pages. A company or institutions that do all these stuffs for you are termed as web hosting providers.

There are several types of web hosting, let us discuss some of them.

Shared Hosting is basically a type wherein several to hundreds of websites are being hosted by a single physical web server. The issue of slower performance often arises in here. Yet a reputable web host don't easily add up web sites without considering their would-be effects to the entire system.

Because this type of web hosting is shared, website owners can expect cheaper rates but must learn to deal with occasional system break downs and slower server response time.

Dedicated Hosting is the reverse of shared hosting. This has the principle of one server per customer. Therefore, web hosting rates are much higher in here but with the assurance of higher traffic.

Co-location hosting is much like dedicate web hosting, only differing on the actual ownership of the web server hardware. However, the server is located in the web hosting provider's center.

Reseller hosting works in a third-party principle. The web hosting provider resells the web server storage to customers who can then structure their own branding and prices.

With that said, we can now discuss how can you make the most out of your cheap web hosting.

Cheap web hosting is now a popular choice among web site owners. However, choosing one may prove to be hard. But with bits of efforts and intensive data gathering, you can arrive on a cheap web hosting that is ideal for all your requirements.

Here are the things you need to check:

Your needs. Identify what you truly need, anything in excess may add up to the cost of your web site so examine them well. Develop criteria for features selection that you will need and start from there. Say, do you need to have a large bandwidth? Or website builders and spam protections?

Reliability. Check the ability of the provider to cope up with troubles on system breakdowns. Also check on their uptime guarantee. However, it must be understood that they normally only cover issues pertaining to Server OS crashes and hardware failure.

What's your budget? Its always getting what you paid for. Your willingness to spend for a web hosting provider will determine how much would you gamble for an account. There are a number of cheap web hosting providers that will give you the services you paid for. Normally, you would benefit for their very low rates. However, it must be noted that they normally don't generate good traffic.

It is not like discouraging you from seeking a cheap web hosting provider, only that be keen when selecting one. Always equate the benefits that may be had from them and the corresponding disadvantages.

But we must take into consideration still those cheap web hosting providers that produce satisfied and happy customers. Usually, their prices range from $6 to $7 a month. Prices lower than these must be thoroughly evaluated though.

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Khieng 'Ken' Chho - Online Cheap Web Hosting Resources. For more, visit Ken's website: http://cheapwebhosting.1w3b.net/