As you have probably figured out by now, I took this week off from doing the podcast due to a few reasons, with the biggest one being time. I thought now would be a good time though to toss out the offer to all of you to come talk with me.
You have heard me interview folks like George Roberts (from Hostingcon), Amy Armitage (from Lunarpages) and Troy Augustine (from Web Hosting Talk) – now it is your turn to share your thoughts about you, your product or about the hosting world in general.
Companies that have services based around the web hosting or web development worlds are more than welcome to participate too. If I have tickled your fancy, feel free to drop me an e-mail at mitch@mitchkeeler.com (put “Interview Request” in the subject line) and I will be more than happy to discuss things further with you.
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Every time I get an e-mail with a hosting question in it, I do my best to get it answered for the folks that ask me stuff. I don’t get paid for it – but hey, I’m a guy who likes to help out where I can. Here are some of the best random questions on and about web hosting that I’ve been asked about this week.
There are a lot of blogs out there, many more than you could count on your hands.. even if you have that freaky four extra fingers on that left hand of yours.
For most people, green hosting is that kind that has been sitting in the back of the refrigerator a little too long. Pretty soon though I have a feeling that either by hook or crook we will all be impacted by in in one way or another in the future. I’ll talk about it, tell you what it is and let you know what you can do to help. The Web Hosting Show is now on the air.
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Now I know not many people like the blogs or podcast on the blogs or podcasts. Talking about yourself talking about yourself can get a little confusing for some and a little boring for others. I just have a little ‘bit of news to share.
Green Hosting Smells Funny
Related Podcast Link: Listen to Episode 118!
A green web host is one that claims they are doing good things for the environment – or something to that effect.
What are Carbon Credits?
The way I understand it these are credits that companies can buy so they can say they are “green”. That would be the simple way of doing things. This way instead of having to make any real changes – they just buy a few of these, equal to how much pollution they put out – and they can say they a “environmentally friendly” company. To me, the logic behind that sounds a little screwy.
Who Are Real Green Hosts?
The whole buying credits so you don’t have to do anything sounds a little wrong to me. So what would make a real green host in my opinion? I would say a web host that makes real changes to the way they do business. They could turn off their monitors after an hour of not being used. They could use more energy efficient servers. There are a lot of ways you can save energy and cause less pollution.
There are even a few web hosts out there that say they run off wind, water or solar energy. I won’t name any names because I have yet to see some real proof of it, but that is another idea out there as well.
So when it is all said and done, I think you need to ask for proof and examples if your really considering going with a “greener” hosting option. There is nothing wrong with helping the environment, but there are a lot of companies using it as more sales jargon than an actual practice.