I’ve been saying it for some time now, and it seems like others are noticing it as well. Web hosting in general is boring. There are not enough companies out there thinking outside of the box trying to make the Web hosting world more interesting to your average folks out there. The problem is those average folks are the audience they need to reach. Continue Reading →
Archive | June, 2005
Podcast 19 – Domain Name Wars, Get More Space
The Web Hosting Show, podcast 19 is up and ready to go. What will be on today’s show? What is the information you can’t live without knowing about? What about free webcams? Domain name price wars? Do you know how much disk space to look for when shopping for a Web hosting account? Put on your seat belt and get ready for a bumpy ride, the Web Hosting Show is on the air.
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Hello and welcome to the Web Hosting Show, the voice of the Web hosting world. This show is sponsored by the fine folks over at Web Hosting Chat. Web Hosting Chat is your number one place on the Web for your Web hosting discussions. Continue Reading →
On the Next Web Hosting Show…
Somebody dies, I have a baby and then I have my very own shotgun wedding, live on the air! Okay, maybe none of that stuff will actually happen, but it will still be one heck of a good show indeed.
With the latest news about HostRocket jumping into the VoIP business, I want to talk about what this means to the Web hosting industry and who might be next to take the plunge into this new direction some Web hosts have been taking. If your lucky, I might even go off topic and talk some about my blogging celebrity rant I went on a few days ago.
I’ll have a brand new tip of the week and Web hosting Web site of the week for you (this week I promise not to order anybody to get back to writing, as far as the Web hosting Web site of the week goes).
Anything else you’d like to hear me cover? Leave me a comment or send me an E-mail before I start recording the show this weekend. Who knows, your ideas might just make it onto the one and only Web hosting podcast out there today!
Podcasting Surprise
Looks like I might have surprised Jarrod enough with my plug of his Web site on this week’s edition of the Web Hosting Show, he has decided to get back to writing some more. Why is this good news? Well Jarrod is twice as cool as that Subway knockoff. Another reason is more Web hosting content for those of us who like that sort of thing to enjoy.
That’s my goal you know, the Web Hosting Show… bringing Web sites back to life one plug at a time!
Hosting Your Own Web Server
A whole lot of folks have had the idea of hosting a Web site on a server they might have sitting inside the home office they work at or maybe in the machine they have shoved in the closet. It sounds like a good idea, cheap and easy. There are some things you might want to keep in consideration before you make that big leap. There are a lot of things that folks do not really even both to consider. Are you up to the hard work to save yourself a few bucks? Continue Reading →
Podcast Download Numbers
I don’t know what made this week’s show better than the rest, but I must have done something good because I have some good news to report. It looks like within 24 hours of getting the Web Hosting Show posted this Monday, we had over 140 downloads of the podcast! That is the biggest number for the shortest amount of time we have had thus far. Am I happy? No, I am ecstatic!
You folks just keep listening to the show, and I’ll keep getting them out there to you! A big help has been our weekly Monday plugs in Lockergnome’s Web Developers section I know. Other forces of the Online world to thank? Just about anybody and everybody who has helped out thus far. This just goes to show you that there is a demand for great Web hosting content out there. Now it is just up to me to deliver it to you every single Monday.
BrowseHosts.com Interview 2?
Let us take a look back down memory lane to see some of the interview excitement that happened last time I had a sit down chat with Pinny Cohen (the mastermind behind BrowseHosts.com). I’d like to say it was one of my better interviews, but then again Pinny is always pretty fun to talk to, especially when Web hosting comes into the conversation.
So what is all the fuss about? Well for the second interview, we are going to be doing it Web Hosting Show style. As soon as I get some more information, I’ll be sure to let you all know the when and where of the equation.
How Does a Web Server Work?
While doing some random Internet surfing, I ran across this article from the WHIR. Sometimes the easiest questions out there are the hardest ones to find answers to. The folks at the WHIR do a good job at explaining exactly how a Web hosting server does what it does so well.
You have probably come to this site to find a company that provides Web servers or Web hosting services. But do you actually know how these hosting machines work? It’s a good idea to know a little bit about the product or service you are searching for before you begin your quest.
First, it’s important to note that this is a two-sided story. Web servers are responsible for storing and exchanging information with other machines. Because of this, at least two participants are required for each exchange of information: a client, which requests the information, and a server, which stores it. Each side also requires a piece of software to negotiate the exchange of data; in the case of the client, a browser like Netscape or Internet Explorer is used.
Here are also a few more resources for those of you who might want to know a little more about the Web hosting magic that happens inside that server that your Web site is hosted:
Google definitions for a web Hosting server
Listen as Google explains what a Web hosting server is from several diffrent sources!
Wikipedia’s definition of a Web hosting server
Yet another good definition of what a Web hosting server is and what it does.
HostRocket Network Blog
Remember me preaching a few weeks back about how more Web hosts need to start blogging? My article in issue 11 of Ping! Zine covered the topic as well. It seems like people over at HostRocket must have been listening to me. Okay, so I don’t really know where the inspiration came from for them to start up a blog, but I am happy to see that they are doing it. Continue Reading →
HostRocket Jumps Into VoIP
Is this the future of Web hosting or just another market in which Web hosts can make more money? VoIP (Voice Over IP) seems to be growing more and more each and every day. Even HostRocket.com has jumped into the VoIP game (link via the WHIR). Is this just a fad or is there more money to be made here than in traditional Web hosting services?
Web hosting provider HostRocket.Com announced on Monday it has launched ViaTalk in all 50 US states. Using VoIP telephony, the service enables HostRocket to provide residential and commercial users with telephone service via broadband Internet connections.
HostRocket says the ViaTalk service is a high quality and affordable product, compared to traditional switched telephone service.
Customers can transfer their existing telephone numbers to the service and use existing phones. Customers can also access a variety of advanced features normally not available with other services, including Enhanced E911 service and Web-based access to most calling features.
More Web hosts are jumping on the band waggon, that much is for sure.
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