Adult hosting taxes, Linux awards, and an interview with yours truly! A Web hosting podcast could not be more fun! How about if I told you I would go over the latest hosting headlines? Some of my own Web hosting thoughts and ideas? What if I told you I had a Web hosting site of the week you can not live without?! You would probably say that has got to be one heck of a show. I’d say it is the Web Hosting Show, podcast 24.
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Welcome to the Web Hosting Show, the one and only voice of the Web hosting world. The Web Hosting Show is brought to you each and every week by the fine folks over at Web Hosting Chat. Web Hosting Chat is your number one place for Web hosting discussions. Who am I? Why I am the one-man PR team, Mitch Keeler.
I have two exciting ‘bit of news for the Web Hosting Show fans out there.
The first one is that we have now been added into the lineup of shows for TechPodcasts.com. Right now we are in there with some elite podcasters. Some folks might even go as far and call them the best of the best. I have to say it is an honor to be mentioned there and hopefully we will not let them down.
The second personal headline of mine I would like to share is the fact that we were the first official folks to get signed for BX Radio’s Cool Cast Radio this week. It was made official on the BX Radio blog and I posted something about it last week as well.
It is a new month, so that means you have to go visit PodcastAlley.com again and vote for the Web Hosting Show. Every vote counts, so vote early and vote at least once a month! You can also subscribe to the show via iTunes and Odeo as well. We are still one of the highest rated podcasts over at Podcast Directory, but it wouldn’t hurt to go rate us there as well.
For the new folks out there, each and every week we cover the Web hosting world from head to toe. We give Web hosting clients what they need to know. We tell Web hosts what they should be doing. We are like the middle man for you and the Web hosting industry. There’s no need to learn any jargon or read any books. We are here to make sense of it all each and every week. So let us get things started with a few hosting headlines.
Web Hosting Headlines
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Adult Sites Face New Tax Legislation
United States Senator Blanche Lincoln, a Democrat from Arkansas, said last week that he would introduce legislation that places a 25 percent excise tax on all online adult transactions, according to reports.
Mitch’s Thoughts: I could be wrong, but this just seems like another way to punish the Online adult entertainment business. Then again, when you want to get money, it is always easier to tax “vices” such as smoking, alcohol, and adult entertainment.
Virtuozzo for Linux an Award Finalist
Web hosting automation software developer SWsoft said on Wednesday that its Virtuozzo for Linux solution is a finalist for the LinuxWorld Product Excellence award.
Mitch’s Thoughts: Congrats are in order for SWsoft! This just goes to show you that at least in the Web hosting world, that Linux really plays a bigger part than Windows. In my own opinion, I think that Linux is just a better platform for Web hosting servers. Of course if there are any Windows server admins that want to come and convince me otherwise, contact me and I will get you on the Web Hosting Show.
Go Daddy Unveils Bundled Packages
Web hosting provider and domain registrar Go Daddy announced on Thursday that it had launched a new business solutions store, which offers bundled packages of Go Daddy products and services at a 30 percent discount off regular retail pricing.
Mitch’s Thoughts: Week in and week out it seems like Go Daddy is always pushing something new out into the marketplace. Could this be why they are the number one domain name registar out there today? I think so. The way thinks are going, I should just go ahead and dedicate a segment of this show to Go Daddy news. I’m sure Bob Parsons is a Web Hosting Show fan! If not, he should be.
Do you have some Web hosting news? Make sure you send it to mitch@mitchkeeler.com and I’ll try to get it on the next episode of The Web Hosting Show.
Web Hosting Tip of the Week
Every so often you just need a quick nugget of knowledge. The Web hosting tip of the week is brought to you by Mitchelaneous. Mitchelaneous is my own personal writing space where I go one on one with you everyday with some of my Web hosting articles, random postings and updates on my current projects.
This week’s Web hosting tip is to follow how your Web hosting company is doing inside of the Web hosting world. Now most people do not care what their Web hosting companies are doing, as long as their Web site is up and running. You might be interested in knowing if your Web hosting company has a bad reputation or a good reputation though.
For an example, Web Host Directory has a set of monthly awards they give out every month. To the Web hosting clients out there, can you say that your Web hosting company has won any awards for their services? To the Web hosts out there, when was the last time you applied for or got an award for yourself?
Not only do these type of awards make for great PR relations, they also help spread the word about your own hosting services. So think outside the box and check to see how your Web hosting company is measuring up in the real world.
Do you have a Web hosting tip? Make sure you send it to mitch@mitchkeeler.com and I’ll try to get it on the next episode of The Web Hosting Show.
Web Hosting Thoughts, Views and Ideas
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Want to Complain About Your Web Host?
One interesting Web site I ran across in this past week was MyBadHost.com. They are taking a very interesting approach to dealing as the middle man when it comes to fights between Web host and Web hosting client. The following was taken from a thread about MyBadHost.com written over at the BrowseHosts.com forums:
We take reports on bad web host and do a complete investigation. We try to help you negotiate with your host to get you your domain or refunds. We as well sign up for web hosting at places that offer unlimited bandwidth and unlimited space to actually see if we can add as many files as we can to use up about 10 GB.
As I said before, it is very interesting to see and I hope they do well in the long run.
Who is the Oldest Web Hosting Company?
I can not say I have ever spent much time wondering about this myself, but once again turning to the Web Hosting Chat forums have gotten me interested in something yet again.
According to etechsupport over at the Web Hosting Chat forums:
I think WorldCom Canada was the first commercial Internet access provider in 1991.
The World Wide Web is invented 1991. It has taken 40 years to reach that stage starting from late 1950, You should go through the brief history of internet.
In 1982 TCP/IP was established as the protocol for ARPANET. This provided one of the first definitions of an internet as a connected set of networks using TCP/IP, but defining ‘the Internet’ as all connected TCP/IP internets.
The first International WWW Conference was organized at CERN in Geneva in May 1994.
Is this wrong? If you want to argue the point, be sure to drop me an e-mail or send me a voice mail via Skype and I’d love to hear what you have to say.
HostNews.com Interview With Mitch Keeler
I think I mentioned it last week when I said that HostNews.com is becoming one of my favorite Web hosting resources Online. They have everything but the kitchen sink and seem to be adding more as time goes by. They even interviewed me about the Web Hosting Show, some of my other projects, the world of podcasting and whole lot more. So please, read the interview and let me know what you think!
Here is a link to the HostNews.com Interview!
I have really got to talk Matt (the guy who runs things over there) to come onto the Web Hosting Show so I can turn the tables on him.
Do you have a Web hosting topic of discussion you’d like to hear me cover on The Web Hosting Show? Then make sure you send it to mitch@mitchkeeler.com and I’ll try to get it on the next episode of The Web Hosting Show.
Web Site Design Help
All of The Web Hosting Show’s design help is sponsored by BrowseHosts. BrowseHosts is the most comprehensive Web hosting directory out there today.
The Web site we are taking a look at this week is HostingOption.
All the graphics and the standards of the layout look really great and really professional. The first thing that jumps out at me though is that your navigation is hard to find. You might try making the navigation for the page a little bigger and a little bolder. That way folks will know how to get to the next Web page.
On your front page, you have a few paragraphs of text, which is good, but I would space them out a little more. Right now thinks are so tight in there it makes that text hard to read. You might also work on your grammar some. I’m not sure if it is poor grammar or you are more worried about writing for the search engines than you are writing for human eyes.
I see a few things missing from the Web page that I would expect to see from a Web host. Where is the support page? Where’s your address? Company phone number? There are just some things that are expected to be shown by a Web hosting company. Other than that, it looks like a good start and I can not wait to see what you do with the Web site in the next few weeks!
Do you need some help with your Web site design? Would you like me to just let you know what it is you could do to make your Web presence that much better? Make sure you send me an E-mail to mitch@mitchkeeler.com and I’ll try to get your questions answered and your Web site reviewed on the next episode of The Web Hosting Show.
Web Hosting Web Site of the Week
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I have seen plenty of Web sites that let you rate how hot you are. I have seen some that let you rate how hot your pet is. I have even seen a few that let you rate how great your Web hosting provider is. NameBays.com is the first place I have ever seen that lets you rate your domain name registar though.
The idea is simple, you are looking for a domain name and you want to know which registar is the best one to sign with. What if there was a Web site that made the selection process easy? What if a Web site that looked at all the domain name registars and gave you a rank and one to five star review?
That is what NameBays.com is doing right now. From price, ease of use, support and features you get reviews not from some guy typing them out. No, they have real customers come back to review their own domain name registars.
So what took so long for this type of Web site to get out there and into the market? I have no idea. Check it out though and let them know that I sent you there! If you have any suggestions, feedback or anything else you’d like to share, I will be sure that the folks behind NameBays.com hear what you have to say.
Do you have a Web site that deserves to be the next Web hosting Web site of the week? Make sure you send it to mitch@mitchkeeler.com and I’ll try to get it on the next episode of The Web Hosting Show.
Final Web Hosting Thoughts
That is it for this week’s show! Make sure you send me your feedback, thoughts, suggestions and ideas to mitch@mitchkeeler.com or stop by The Web Hosting Show Fan Forums. Next week we will be doing more of the same! I am Mitch Keeler and you have been listening to The Web Hosting Show, the voice of the Web hosting world.
Also as a bonus this week, check out the Web Hosting Show’s Video Beta One and let me know what you think. Could a video edition of the Web Hosting Show podcast be in the works?
