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Hello, I am Mitch Keeler and 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.
One amazing thing I saw this week was a Web server, you know one of those large metal boxes you see in a data center, the size of a head of a match. It is called the IPic and it really does have to be seen to be believed.
IPic – A Match Head Sized Web-Server
Here is what they have to say about it on the Web site:
The single chip computer in the above picture runs the IPic web-server, the world’s tiniest implementation of a TCP/IP stack and a HTTP web-server. The chip above is a complete micro-computer, and it includes all components of a complete computer on a single tiny micro-chip (this includes the CPU (central processing unit), memory, serial port interface circuitry, and clock oscillator).
So is this a sign from the future? Instead of having massive data centers that have rows and rows of servers, will we be able to store a server under our desk? I’d love to hear your thoughts good or bad on the matter. Send them in to mitch@mitchkeeler.com and if I get enough of them, I might read the best ones on next week’s edition of the Web Hosting Show.
Why are we here though? This is a Web hosting podcast, a Web hosting radio show, it doesn’t really matter what you call it. What does matter is that you listen.
Web Hosting Headlines
The Web hosting news and headlines are brought to you by The Web Host Industry Review. The Web Host Industry Review is the place to go to get all the latest Web hosting news from around the globe.
Hosting.com Adds Advanced Backup Tool
Web hosting provider Hosting.com announced on Monday it is now offering an advanced online backup solution that enables users to proactively prepare for data emergencies.
Mitch’s Take: There is nothing more important than keeping a good backup of your Web site or server no mater the size. Bad things can happen anytime, and it is nice to know if they do, you are ready to get yourself back Online in no time flat.
Go Daddy Giving Away Free Email Accounts
Domain registrar and Web hosting provider Go Daddy announced on Tuesday that it would give away a free Economy Email account for free with any domain name purchased, transferred or renewed.
Mitch’s Take: This is called taking the rug out from under your competition and beating them over the head with it. Yet another extra service you can get when getting your domain name at Go Daddy.
BitTorrent Picks 365 Main Web Hosting
Data center provider 365 Main announced on Wednesday that content distribution company BitTorrent has selected 365 Main’s data center to host its company infrastructure.
Mitch’s Take: Congrats to 365 Main for picking up this big account. I’m a big fan of BitTorrent. It just makes it so much easier to download content out there. Now you do have some people out there using it for “bad purposes”, but if used right then there is nothing scary about BitTorrent feeds.
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 Web hosting knowledge. The Web hosting tip of the week is brought to you by Mitchelaneous. Mitchelaneous is my own tech news and views Web site, where I tell you what I think about some of the new things coming out of the technology world.
This week’s tip is more of a tease than anything. The newest edition of the Web Host Industry Review magazine is out. Have you gotten your copy yet? Click here to subscribe for free!
In this issue the main topic looks to be “Hosting from the Beach”. The idea that wireless communications technology enables Web hosts to work from just about anywhere. This is totally true these days. Thanks to Wi-Fi, Web hosting workers and Web hosts can do their work just about anywhere. Now I don’t know if I would tell any clients I was answering their help desk ticket while on the toilet, but it is possible.
So make sure you subscribe to the Web Host Industry Review, it is totally free, packed full of information and worth checking out!
Do you have a Web hosting tip you’d like to share? Make sure you send it to mitch@mitchkeeler.com and who knows? It could be included on the very next edition of the Web Hosting Show.
Web Hosting Thoughts, Views and Ideas
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AIT CEO Gives Out His Phone Number
It looks like AIT has rolled out a new list of features this week. That isn’t the only thing they have been making public though. They have also listed on their Web site the CEO’s phone number and E-mail address. Now is this just another public relations stunt? Maybe.
I don’t care though if it is a PR stunt or not. There is nothing better than seeing a CEO or owner of a Web hosting company getting down and dirty with the “grunt work”. They have as much to lose or gain with a good or bad job done. So why shouldn’t they get in there and do a little work?
Those Web hosting owners that just sit back and watch the worker ants run your business, you should be ashamed of yourself. I would enjoy being hosted more by the CEO who works rather than the CEO who spends his day playing golf and watching the money roll in.
To test this out, I’m going to E-mail Clarence E. Briggs, the CEO of AIT myself to see how quickly he can respond. Maybe I can even get him to come onto the Web Hosting Show? We will see.
Run Your Own DSL/Cable Web Server
I know we have all had the dream to run our own Web server right? Well, maybe not everybody, but I do know there are a few server geeks out there. Check out dslwebserver.com for everything you need to know about getting started, up and running.
They have a great list of introduction material, requirements and a step by step process to check when you are getting things set up. There are also forums, articles, links, and more. So feeling a little geeky today? Check out the site and let me know what you think.
Host Legal Launches New Legal Protection Site
The folks at Host Legal launched a new Web site this week.
The Web site, hostlegal.net promises to provided the hosting industry with help on legal forms and documents. I’ve talked before on the Web Hosting Show about how great of a service the folks at Host Legal provide, and these new additions promise to further that great service. If you want more information, please check out hostlegal.net, send them an E-mail to sales@hostlegal.com or call them up at (313) 527-7480. When you do, make sure you tell them that you heard about them on the Web Hosting Show.
Web Hosting Show T-Shirts
The Web Hosting Show store was launched this week. Now you too can own your very own Web Hosting Show t-shirt, mouse pad or mug! The link to the store can be found on the Web Hosting Show’s Web site. While you’re there check out the photo of me modeling one of the t-shirts myself. See, even I stand behind my products.
Do you have a Web hosting topic of discussion you would 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.
This week’s Web site that needs some help is Wm-home.com.
As a place for Web masters to come and discuss various topics, I’m not sure if I get that impression from the front page. You have the standard form layout, which is good.. but there is no extra features that are screaming at me to check out. At the top of the forums, I’d do a better description of what the forums are about and who do you expect to post there.
Remember with every Web site that is out there today, you are in a fight. You are in a fight with millions of other Web sites. A fight for not just viewership, but for constant eyeballs. You want people to come back, discuss and love being on your forums.
Other than that, it is a good start and I wish you all the luck in the future with your Web master discussions.
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 contact me at 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
The Web hosting Web site of the week is brought to you by Banners World. Banners World is the number one place to visit to get all your Web site graphics, banners and designs done.
This week’s Web hosting Web site of the week is Web Host Magazine.
Web Host Magazine is yet another one of those “catch-all” Web hosting Web sites. They have monthly awards, they have editors picks, they have directories, they have just about everything you would ever need or want from the wild and wacky world of Web hosting.
One of my favorite features is the Editor’s Choice award. You can find a plethora of new and exciting Web sites to help you out listed there. The down side of that is that they have yet to give the Web Hosting Show an award! I think we deserve it, if nothing else.
So check out Web Host Magazine and when you do, let them know that the Web Hosting Show sent you there.
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 via:
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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.
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