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Spot Bad Web Hosts
August 5, 2011 | 
Author Getting ripped off in the web hosting industry is very common and a lot of people fall victim to scam artists each year. This article will reveal how to spot the bad hosts and give you tips on how to avoid them.
The easiest way to ensure you are not going to be scammed is to only sign up for a hosting company that is recommended to you by a reliable source. A good source of information and approved hosts can be found at www.hostinginfo.ws – it also has other valuable resources for people looking for hosting. If this is not possible, there are a few things you can try to see if your host is genuine.
Firstly, go to the potential host’s website. Find their contact details and call them (if they don’t have a phone number, then you should not bother – it means that this host is most likely operated from somebody’s bedroom. If they call and it doesn’t sound like a business (kids screaming in the background, not a professional, business greeting, etc), you should also ignore the host.
While you are at the website, look at the general design. Click on a few links. Do they have a support forum? If the website does not look professionally designed, you shouldn’t give up on them, but a you should see a warning flag – it could mean a new company without the staff to properly support you. When you looked at the forum, did you see a lot of unhappy customers? If you only see one or two, you can ignore them – everybody has customers that complains, and many of them over things that is out of the hosts control. If the general mood of the forum is pleasant, it usually means the customers are happy. If you see a LOT of complaints, you should find somebody else. If it’s a very empty forum, you should also go somewhere else – it most likely means that it’s a company without a lot of customers.
The last things you can do is to look up how old the company is. New companies are usually small and will not be able to provide proper support if something goes wrong (the owner and only staff member will most likely have a day-job). The easiest way to see how old the company is, is to see how long ago he’s domain was registered (the address of the site e.g. microsoft.com). If it was registered recently, you should be wary, but if it’s a few years old, it means the company will have many happy customers, or they wouldn’t still be around. Doing this lookup is tricky sometimes, but the easiest way by far is to go to www.hostinginfo.ws – find the “Domain Lookup” link and click on it. You must then type in the domain name of the host, without the www bit. For example, www.microsoft.com will become microsoft.com.
Once the lookup is complete, you will get all sorts of information about the host, including the name, address, phone number and when the domain was registered. The last thing to do is to see if any of the information looks fake (e.g. a phone number of 123-1234) – if it does, you should not do business with them. If a company does not give you their real address and phone number, would you like to do business with them? Would you give them your credit card number?
There are many good hosts, but even more scam artists and rip-offs. If you follow the information in this guide, you shouldn’t encounter any of them. One thing you should always remember. If your gut feeling says a company is bad, then they most likely are.
Damian Brauer is a writer and a web designer / seo enthusiast. He currently owns Preeminence design. Here he discusses web design nottingham tips.
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Reminder: Bellator hosts open fighter tryouts Saturday in New Jersey
Reminder: Bellator hosts open fighter tryouts Saturday in New Jersey
As a reminder, Bellator Fighting Championships is hosting an open fighter tryout this Saturday, July 16, in Cherry Hill, N.J. At least one fighter from the audition is guaranteed a spot on an upcoming fight card. The tryouts take place at Daddis Fight Camps (3 Larwin Road). Registration begins at 1 p.m. ET, and the tryouts begin at 2 p.m. ET.
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Despite neighborhood concerns, Hollywood Hustler coming to Wedge
Larry Flynt’s Hollywood Hustler is coming to the Wedge, and it appears there is little concerned neighbors can do to stop it.
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Plesk Control Panel Hosts Gain Soholaunch? Website Builder Via 4PSA Integrator
Plesk Control Panel Hosts Gain Soholaunch® Website Builder Via 4PSA Integrator
Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) May 13, 2006
It was announced today that Soholaunch® Pro Edition Web Site builder is now available as a web site building solution for hosting companies using the Plesk control panel. The collaboration between 4PSA (http://www.4psa.com), provider of 4PSA Integrator the hosting administration solution for companies using Plesk, and Soholaunch.com, Inc. (http://www.soholaunch.com), provider of website creation and content management software makes the Soholaunch Website Builder a one-click auto-installable feature for Plesk control panel hosts.
Every web host using 4PSA Integrator on Plesk can immediately offer unlimited free use of Soholaunch Pro Edition Web Site Builder to quickly and easily create a website. 4PSA Integrator hosts will also receive special licensing discounts and marketing materials to encourage end users to upgrade to the Soholaunch advanced features set.
Soholaunch Pro Edition Web Site Builder includes a quick start site building wizard, page editing, photo albums, and online form creation and management Other optional advanced features include a multi-currency shopping cart, database table manager, event calendar system, eNewsletter system, secure user management, site backup/restore, and a blog manager. Individual site owners have the opportunity to upgrade their free license to include these optional advanced features of Soholaunch. The upgrades can either be part of a revenue sharing program between participating hosts and Soholaunch or fully licensed by the host for inclusion with all offered hosting plans on a server wide or Enterprise basis.
Anatoli Bergerov, Product Manager of 4PSA, said “In the next months, 4PSA Integrator will include several popular commercial web tools. These applications will be added based on their quality history and user interest. Soholaunch is not only the first commercial product included in 4PSA Integrator, but also a beautiful, feature-rich website editor that will be very useful to 4PSA Integrator users. We appreciate the company’s efforts to make the product installation as easy as possible for Plesk users.”
“This is an exciting opportunity for web hosts using Plesk to now easily add Soholaunch to their offerings.” said Jim Buckler, CEO of Soholaunch.com, Inc. “By making Soholaunch available to subscribers of 4PSA Integrator more hosting companies can now provide Soholaunch Web Site Builder as a high value solution to their offered hosting packages. As a result, more businesses and individuals will be able to take control of their own web presence.”
Interested hosts using 4PSA Integrator can demo the Soholaunch software, enroll in Soholaunch’s RevShare program, or purchase licenses at 4psa.soholaunch.com.
About 4PSA:
4PSA, a division of Rack-Soft, LLC is an established developer and integrator of software products for the server market. The solutions delivered by 4PSA are used by ISP, hosting companies, and small business. 4PSA products simplify business processes, improve services, and maximize return on investment. The company offers a wide range of solutions, from hosting software to technical expertise and customized software solutions.
For more information about 4PSA products and services, please visit http://www.4psa.com.
About Soholaunch:
Soholaunch.com, Inc. provides hosting companies, domain name registrars, data centers, and ISP’s with server based software that instantly creates websites and allows end users to easily manage the created sites through a web browser. Use of Soholaunch increases the hosts’ ability to better capture, retain, and develop a loyal and profitable customer base. For more information visit http://www.soholaunch.com.
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Web Host Pixels Provides Sustainable Targetted Traffic For Web Hosts
Web Host Pixels Provides Sustainable Targetted Traffic For Web Hosts
Pittsburgh, PA (PRWEB) November 4, 2005
Going live on Thursday, November 3rd is Web Host Pixels (http://www.webhostpixels), a new pixel advertising site focused on the web hosting industry. Web Host Pixels, the brainchild of John Leavitt, veteran Internet entrepreneur and Lycos co-founder, is designed to be different than many of the pixel advertising sites in several ways that directly benefit advertisers.
Web Host Pixels only allows advertisements from web hosting services, so there is a narrow focus to the site. In addition, it is positioned as a sister site to Hosting Comparison, a popular web host review site. A permanent site-wide link from Hosting Comparison will provide a long-term stream of targetted traffic to Web Host Pixels.
Web Host Pixels will also allow advertisers to update their ads as often as they like, thereby avoiding a “time capsule effect.” This means that the advertisements can be just as relevant five years from now as they are today, rather than becoming anachronistic and irrelevant.
Each web host is given 400 free pixels upon sign up. This grant is good for one year without any additional purchase. If additional pixels are purchased, the advertiser gets to keep the 400 free pixels.
Initial industry response has been enthusiastic. Dan Ushman, VP of Operations at midPhase, says “Web Host Pixels is a unique adoption of the pixel site phenomenon. I am very happy that a chance to participate in this unique and exclusive website. Judging from the exponential growth seen by similar websites in other categories, Web Host Pixels should quickly grow in both quantity and quality of traffic. It should be interesting to watch the project grow!”
Trey Gardner of Lunarpages comments: “WebHostingPixels.com is a great site for us, not only because of the opportunity to reach more customers but the site also allows us to see all of the hosting competitors in one location. We intend to have Lunarpages featured prominently on WebHostingPixels.com and we look forward to going head to head with all of our competitors who will be marketing on that site.”
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Current Inimitable Features for Client From the Hands of Top Web Hosts
In the current event of time, some web hosts are offering additional features compare to others to the clients for the same price or even for a lower price. One cannot deny the fact that as due to cut – throat competition in the market several hosting providers are trying desperately to stay outstanding by adopting various methods. As a consequence, the web hosting service standards improved a lot and constantly is on verge of rising and evidently the clients are constantly enjoying the taste of amazing new features that were previously not there. Given below are the few things, which some web hosts frequently offer to their clients.
1.) Due to competitive market scenario website hosts are coming forward to assist the clients in the purpose of publishing and managing their own email newsletters or eZines. It is one of the most effective marketing weapons that promote sales. But some hosts go two-step forward by offering an infinite amount of auto responders. This assists a site owner automatically to pursue with prospects and therefore probability of making sale become significantly higher.
2.) In the contemporary era of time one can easily get the facility of hosting services that assists him/her to set up one’s own affiliate program which is verified to be the most successful route to grab traffic and profits for webmasters. There are several good sites like Amazon.com, which enables other website owners to promote their site and products on their site and in return can earn commissions from the sales that result from traffic that they have referred to one’s site as well.
3.) If one talks about the third most popular feature then it will probably be the service provided by the host to the users to protect their download page where the user is selling digital products for e.g. e-books, software etc. from his/her site. As in the current time period increasing number of hackers is a contentious issue and such sort of services definitely going to act as a pain killer for many webmasters.
4.) A few hosting services are also taking into account the hastily increasing threat of junk mail and offer quality filters to protect one’s email accounts. A few hosting providers even provide built-in anti-virus software in order that email that come to the inbox of the user along with the company of viruses, is automatically deleted.
Thus, above mentioned are the extra services, which hosts provide to the client. Thus, one can rightly say that,” The war between two, benefit the third party”.
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Googles Strategy for 111 8th Avenue Space Could Leave Web Hosts Looking Elsewhere
Googles Strategy for 111 8th Avenue Space Could Leave Web Hosts Looking Elsewhere
June 6, 2011 — Just a few months after Google acquired Manhattan’s 111 8th Avenue data center carrier building, it appears as though the company is looking to significantly expand on its office space within the building, according to a report by Data Center Knowledge. In December, the company acquired the massive Internet hub, which spans 2.9 million square feet and is estimated to be worth $ 1 …
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The Linux Foundation Announces New Linux Training Scholarships, Student Day at LinuxCon
SAN FRANCISCO, CA–(Marketwire – 06/07/11) – The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the growth of Linux, today announced its new Linux Training Scholarship Program and Linux Learners’ Student Day. The Student Day will take place at LinuxCon in Vancouver, B.C. on August 16, 2011 and includes transportation on the “LinuxCon or Bust” bus for students and faculty …
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GodTube.com Hosts Flash Mob Video Contest with Cash Prize:
GodTube.com Hosts Flash Mob Video Contest with Cash Prize:
RICHMOND, Va., May 11, 2011 GodTube.com is hosting a Flash Mob contest during the month of May as a part of their 30 Days of GodTube campaign. Interested participants may upload an original flash mob video beginning May 16. GodTube.com users will be able to vote on videos May 23 through May 30 with the organizer of the most popular video winning a cash prize of 1,500. Flash mobs…
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NEFE: Time for a Spending Reality Check
DENVER, May 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — For many, the Great Recession provided a harsh reality check to stop spending recklessly and return to basic saving practices. During the height of the recession in May 2009, Americans were saving an average of 8.2 percent of their personal income, according to the U.S. Department of Commerce. But as of February 2011, average savings had slipped to 5.8 …
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Sales Spider: A Facebook for Small Biz
While social networking sites like Facebook and LinkedIn can be great ways to meet up with people and share ideas, they can also be a big waste of time. And when it comes to small business owners, time is a precious commodity.
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Hottest Hosts Directory Returns in WHIR Magazine Jan 2011
Hottest Hosts Directory Returns in WHIR Magazine Jan 2011
Toronto, Ontario (Vocus/PRWEB) February 16, 2011
The Web Host Industry Review, the leading resource for information on the web hosting industry, is excited to announce that the January 2011 issue of its Web Host Industry Review magazine has shipped, delivering the company’s annual Hottest Hosts web hosting service directory and buyer’s guide.
An annual project now in its fourth iteration, the Hottest Hosts guide includes many of the features that has made it popular among both web hosting advertisers and prospective customers in the past, as well as a few exciting new additions.
Among the most notable refinements is the expanded and flipped (literally) vendor services directory, Web Host Essentials. While the vendor services section had previously been included as a section within the overall guide, in the January 2011 issue, the section is separated and flipped, with a separate cover on the back of the Hottest Hosts section.
The other big change with this year’s edition is the expansion of the online component of the guide. The Hottest Hosts website is designed as a companion to the printed guide, and a resource and research tool for prospective customers of hosting services.
“This isn’t somebody trying to sell you beer while you watch football,” writes WHIR editor in chief Liam Eagle, in the editor’s letter. “We focus on the hosting business, where service providers are acutely aware – and enthusiastically accepting – of their role as a channel for the distribution of the products of other companies. It’s why, for instance, you’ll see a packed house at a hosting conference for a session in which a company is more or less pitching its products.”
Along with the paid listings and print advertising – a valuable resource in and of itself, as explained by Eagle, the Hottest Host and Web Host Essentials sections both contain instructional and educational articles for readers on either side of the hosting relationship.
“One of the significant objectives for our Hottest Hosts issue,” says WHIR publisher Stephen Mayhew, “is a wider distribution than our other issues. We want this guide to help represent the web hosting business to other related businesses. To that end, we print significantly more, and make extensive efforts to distribute the book at tradeshows and conferences where attendees might want to learn more about web hosting.”
Printed in a smaller format, and with a thicker cover stock, the Hottest Hosts issue is built to last, and intended to have a place on your shelf as a reference, for the duration of 2011, and beyond.
The January 2011 issue of WHIR magazine, along with all of its back issues, is available in an online edition, which can be accessed through the WHIR website.
About Web Host Industry Review
Since 2000, The Web Host Industry Review has made a name for itself as the foremost authority of the Web host industry providing reliable, insightful and comprehensive news, reviews and resources to the hosting community. TheWHIR Blogs provides a community of expert industry perspectives. The Web Host Industry Review Magazine also offers a business-minded, issue-driven perspective of interest to executives and decision-makers. WHIR TV offers on demand web hosting video interviews and web hosting video features of the key persons and events of the web hosting industry. WHIR Events brings together like-minded hosting industry professionals and decision-makers in local communities.
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Web Hosts ? No Match!
One usually thinks that he/she will receive same services with the certain range of price, which type of host it doesn’t matter. This is not a fact. Basically, one will not find differences in the web hosting but if one will carefully analyze there will be a vast difference between each one of them. Some of which are not adequate to user’s business. There are several hosts charging a month for a particular package which one can get at the rate of a month with other hosting provider.
Mentioned below are 3 of the steps following which one can end up on an ideal hosting selection.
1. Deciding one’s Price range:
Price is the top most concern. One can spend anything to meet his/her requirements ranging from a few dollars a month to a few hundred. There is no one but the user who knows about his/her requirement and about his/her budget. One should consider it. Here one should find providers offering shared and dedicated hosting solutions. It is quite crucial to know the actual disparity among the two. Normally, it is shared web hosting is more inexpensive as compare to dedicated hosting. In the case of shared hosting their will be several web sites on the same server making it quite affordable for each individual.
Due to this reason only a large amount of individuals and businesses began with shared hosting and its reliability and consistency is increasing day by day due to which several businesses have raised on the basis of price and reliability. One can get web hosting prices generally in the range of to a month. If one will talks about Dedicated hosting then the user will have all the right to exploit entire resources. User will command the web server according to the available resources. When it comes to this type of hosting it will differ in both the price and services. It can be from a month to a huge amount of 0-0 a month. Certainly, here one will enjoy a reliable service and command over content and customization area.
2. Deciding one’s Needs:
What is the requirement of the user? However, one cannot deny the fact that web hosting has become quite affordable and competitive over the last few years but one should first search out the answers of few of the basic questions. Is user’s requirement is the 100% uptime i.e. 24/7/365 or just the modest uptime i.e. 99.9% which one can find at a cheap price as per the standardization of industry in comparison to a SLA (Service Level Agreement). What is user are Criteria regarding support? Does the requirement is 24/7/365 email support or in addition to it phone support? Loss of potential data is a topic which is quite crucial but generally overlooked by the user. Does user should ensure that his/her web host offers back up / restore services or rather an option to ad it or which one can buy on additional cost. Several user’s take it easy as it is automatic but one should mind it that without proper inquiry and involvement in the package it is not going to be accomplish. Requirement of quantity of email accounts and databases can be the other criteria. If the user possesses employees then the probability is that they would like individual email accounts for the use in interoffice and external communication. While user is opting for a strategy to run an e-commerce shopping cart or rather a community forum of any sort then requirement of one or more databases is must.
Normally, email accounts are standard but several hosts demands additional amount for databases and/or limit as per their business structure. Next, important aspect is the amount of disk space and data transfer required by the user? Now a day’s disk space and data transfer are available quite cheap. It is the Performance, features, reliability, and customer service for which the user is paying. For instance, if in the future user feels requirement of graphics resulting in large data base then it is not bad to have much disk space in advance because user may not feel its importance in beginning but it can be fruitful with respect to future strategy.
3. Accomplishing one’s Homework:
After considering above steps one should go for the research mode. The step deals with the outlook of providers. User should start his/her research from host’s own web site. The web site of several companies has a section called “about us” through which one can inquire about their background/history and a synopsis regarding their products, services, infrastructure etc. one should also go through their terms and policies regarding privacy and service. No doubt, one should be aware of the depth of the lake in which he/she is diving into. This is because several problems may arise later on if the user do not have the in depth knowledge of his/her concern host. By going through these policies one may have insight knowledge on restrictions between providers and which direction one should proceed by avoiding any trouble as per changing scenario. There are several companies delivering a customer testimonial and FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) page in addition to it. User can consider Testimonials as a source of providing useful information about kinds of web sites being hosted and the way the company is delivering services to its present customers. If FAQ page delivered by the company is accurate then one can solve majority of problems in a very simple manner, whether the problem is related to sales or technical doesn’t matter. Certainly, one of the crucial ways to conclude research on the concern host is to charge them with questions/need which may not be apparently answered.
Thus at the end we can say that there are literally hundreds of specific needs that any one company or individual requires while searching for web hosting services. The problems and solutions are so much that even a book can be written on it. Thus the above given is a fundamental foundation of steps that will help user in beginning with good success.
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Who are the Best Web Site Host Companies ? How to Select Best Website Hosts
As there are thousands of web hosting companies available in the world it can be quite a daunting tasks to select one best suited to your needs. To make this even more confusing you will find thousands more reviews about web hosting companies. So how does this help you to find the best web site host for your website? In fact it does not help at all as nobody has the time to read scores of reviews in order to find a web host. So what should you do?
It is easy, I made a selection of the 5 top web host site companies. This sites were not necessary selected because they are cheapest or biggest companies around, the selection was based on several criteria like service delivery, reliability and speed. Any of these web host companies would be a great choice and service of a very high standard can be expected
The top five hosting companies are:
HostGator
HostRocket
Thinkhost
BlueHost
HostMonster
This selection of the 5 best website hosts were made on a combination of aspects like:
The level of support.
Level of service delivery.
Company reputation and history.
Positive and negative customer reviews.
Availability of a guarantee.
Availability of technology and ease of use.
Price of packages available.
Type of services available.
When you need to decide on a web site hosting company you should consider several aspects like:
What exactly do you need from a hosting company and can the intended company fulfill this need.
The type of support offered, nothing less than 24 hour support is acceptable.
Is the server performance up to speed regarding network speed, download speed, connection time, and the frequency and length of timeouts.
Bandwidth allowance, any good host offer unlimited bandwidth.
Space allocated for your website, the host should offer unlimited space.
The features offered, do the hosting company of any of the specific services that you may need.
A good hosting company would back their service with a guarantee.
My first choice of HostGator as the best web site hosting service is a personal preference, all these these companies offer outstanding and and value for your money and I recommended all of them with confidence.
For more information about choosing the best web hosting service for you visit www.best-web-site-host.com. You can learn more about HostGator at Best HostGator Reviews. Manie Esterhuizen is an entrepreneur and single dad, his interests are exercising, Internet marketing and web development.
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