Archive for the ‘web host’ Category

This Is How You Should Comment!

December 30th, 2008

Douglas at Hostgator actually looks for people talking about his company. This is the kind of proactive research that you should be doing for your company. You need to search Google and Technorati to see what people are saying about you on a regular basis.
Look at his response. Leads with a compliment, addresses the [...]


Wikipedia Says Network Solutions Sucks

December 28th, 2008

I really appreciate comments. I really do. I love the interaction with people who use this site. Most of all, I love being right and crushing the opposition.
wrote a post titled Network Solutions Sucks. I must admit that I have strong feelings about Network Solutions or NetSol, as it’s also called. I am deeply [...]


How To Use The “Suckage Ratio”

December 22nd, 2008

The “suckage ratio” can tell you which company or product to use, including web hosts.
You can do Google searches on exact phrases by putting quotes around the words. If you want to know what people are saying about a specific company or product or web host, do a search for these phrases: “product” [...]


Network Solutions Sucks

December 21st, 2008

One way to rate companies is to search for their name and the word “sucks” to see how many pages contain that term. Put quotes around the two words for the best results, e.g., “Network Solutions Sucks”.
Search for just the name and compare those results to the “sucks” results. Divide one by the other [...]


Get The Right Email Address

December 5th, 2008

Many small business owners will use their old generic email address when doing business, even after they’ve spent money to buy a domain name. Sending an email to someone with a HotMail, Yahoo, or Gmail domain name is a sure sign that you don’t know what you are doing, that you are second rate, that [...]


The Shared Hosting Checklist | Web Hosting Articles & Tutorials

November 24th, 2008

Here are the three most critical questions to ask when you are shopping for a web hosting company. Support is the main one. Do they answer their email? Are they helpful? Do you get shuffled around?
Unlimited bandwidth and server space are not that critical. Don’t be swayed by those claims. Price and support. Again, I [...]


Do You Own Your Domain Name?

November 23rd, 2008

A lot of times, a developer will register your domain name for you as a service and charge you the fee every year to renew it. That’s great if they are honorable people and there are no problems.
he real owner of any domain name is the “Administrative Contact” in the “whois” record. They are the [...]


Advantages of Managed Web Hosting | What It Is

November 23rd, 2008

Here are the advantages of having a “managed web host”. They are in fact true and good reasons. If you require 100% uptime, hardware replaced within 30 minutes, the best support, and remote backups, then yes, you need managed web hosting.owever, know that it comes at a cost. If you can handle having periodic issues [...]


How Much Web Server Space and Bandwidth Do I Need?

November 20th, 2008

This is one of those questions that will get a complicated technical formula from the web development engineers, but it’s really not that hard.
If you have to ask, then you don’t need very much.
f you are just starting out, you probably won’t have much traffic. Sorry, but it’s true. You can calculate the page files [...]


Understand The Different Types of Web Hosts

November 19th, 2008

1. Shared – This is a server that is shared by multiple web sites. You get to put your web sites on there, along with everyone else.ou share the hard drive space and you share the bandwidth. You have privacy. Everyone can only see their own files. Upside – these are the cheapest out there, [...]


How to pick a Web Host

November 18th, 2008

I don’t know how you can be sure about your web host without going out and trying them all, which I’m not going to do.
I’ve been through a few web hosts. Some have been good. Some have been bad. Price is usually not the issue that makes one “bad”. The problems that you’ll have with [...]


Using The Wrong Web Hosting Service Will Kill You

October 23rd, 2008

Using The Wrong Web Hosting Service Will Kill You | Gwizz IT by John Bear
Picking the right web hosting will be one of the most important decisions you will ever make with your online business. Why? Because the web server you choose will really make or break your online business.Today I am going to discuss [...]


How to prepare yourself towards budget web hosting plans

October 15th, 2008

This is some good advice from WebHostingGeek. They are 4 simple things to check before you give anyone any money. “Cheap” doesn’t always mean it will cost you the least amount of money.
How to prepare yourself towards budget web hosting plans By: WebHostingGeek
Many people would prefer to opt for a budget web hosting plan. But [...]