Archive | August, 2008

Power of the Web Hosting People – Episode 161

Aug/11 in All Posts, Web Hosting Podcasts

whs161 Bringing the hosting world together in an all you can eat buffet of excitement, we have Ben Welch-Bolen on today’s show to share a little more information about the Hosting Industry Organization.

That isn’t all though, but this intro is running a little long.  Only other thing I am telling you right now is the Web Hosting Show is on the air.

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Here are just a few topics from this week’s episode of the Web Hosting Show.

  • Deeper Look at the Hosting Industry Organization
  • Media Temple does Cloud Spam Filtering
  • .Pro Domain Registrations Running Wild
  • Why You Need to Launch a “Today’s Special” Deal
  • Verio Hands out Hosting to the Needy

Been doing a lot of socializing talk the past few weeks on the podcast, and today we’ll talk a little more about the LinkedIn group everybody is talking about.  We got that, plus a ton of hosting headlines and, well let me stop pitching the show and let’s start doing the show.

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From 100 Popular Web Sites, 60 Percent Support Malware

Aug/08 in All Posts, Hosting News, Web Hosting Tutorials

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I have a quote here that will scare the pants off of you.

60 percent of the top 100 most popular Web sites either hosted malicious content or contained a masked redirect to lure unsuspecting victims from legitimate sites to malicious sites.

That comes from Websense’s latest “State of the Internet Security” report.  They say that their research also shows that 75 percent of malicious sites are from legit, trusted sources with “good” reputation scores.

Also in the report, now more than 76.5 percent of all emails in circulation in the past six months contained links to spam sites and/or malicious Web sites.  That is an increase by 18 percent since December of 2007.

That is only a handful of highlights I saw, but the full report has a lot more interesting information I think we should all read and take in account when browsing the Web.  Download the Full State of Internet Security Report (.pdf)

Here is a video of the Websense Security Labs Manager discussing some of the report’s highlights:

This report covered the first half of 2008, from January 1 to June 30, 2008.  For more information about this recent report be sure to check out Websense.com.

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How to Lower Your Web Hosting Bill

Aug/07 in All Posts, Beginner Help, Commentary, Web Hosting Tutorials

You Are Not the Million Dollar Man! We are all hurting for cash these days, so anything that will save us money is definitely a good thing.  I want you to pull up your latest hosting bill.  How much was it?  Did you know you might be able to bump it down even further than it already is?   Here are a few tips to get you started.

Ask About Current Coupons

Web hosts always have special promotions going on, so if you have been a customer for a while, and haven’t seen the benefit of any of these special offers yet, ask your web host about them.  More often than not, they will be happy to extend the coupon to existing customers who ask about it.  Look at it from the web host’s point of view.  They get money and they keep you as customer for a while longer.  It is a winning combination for all parties.

Do Comparison Shopping for Your Domain

While mentioning the idea of special deals, you might see what your web host can do as far as your domain name registration goes.  First, ask them how cheap they can get it for you.  Some web hosts out there even have free domain registration for some hosting plans – so that will save you some dough right there.  If they don’t have any domain name special offers, go check out some dedicated domain name registers.  They often have specials or coupons for registrations.

Signup for Multiple Years

The last tip I have for you to save some money on your web hosting bill would be to sign up for multiple years.  Web hosts will be happy to cut off a significant amount of your final bill if you pay for it all at once.  Ask your web host for a comparison for the month by month billing and the yearly billing.  Knocking a few dollars off per month might not sound like much now but it does add up over time.

Web hosts out there are not dummies.  They know your having a hard time with filling up your gas tank, and they will be more than happy to cut you some slack if it means you will remain a paying customer for a while longer.  Don’t be afraid to ask for a special offer.  Asking a question is one of the few things that is still free these days.

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Two Organizations Wish to Connect the Hosting World

Aug/06 in All Posts, Hosting News, Web Hosting Tutorials

Coming out of HostingCon 2008, it looks like there are two major forces out there looking to become the dominate leader when it comes to being an community organizer for the web hosting industry.  On one side you have the Hosting Industry Organization and on the other side you have the Association of Internet and Hosting Service Providers.

There is a lot of buzz about them both, and a lot of the internal kinks are still being worked out.  Both seem to have a lot to offer to the table when it comes to organizing the web hosting world and the people inside of it.  From my point of view it seems both have very separate main goals.

The Association of Internet and Hosting Service Providers seems to be more focused on bringing people together to achieve certain goals, like you would see more so with an organized  trade association.

The Hosting Industry Organization on the other hand seems to be more focused on the social side of things.  They want to be a place to make connections, hire workers, sell businesses and that side of the hosting business.

Which one are you more excited about? I have passed out an open invitation to both organizations to come do an interview right here on the podcast.  I would like to ask them both the same series of questions so we can all decide which one might be the better choice in the long haul.

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Lower Your Hosting Costs – Episode 160

Aug/04 in All Posts, Web Hosting Podcasts

whs161 Want to save some of the green stuff? We have tons of great tips to help you lower your web hosting bills. That is not all though, but we have to leave some of it for the show. The Web Hosting Show is now on the air.

Download the Web Hosting Show, Episode 160!
Running Time: 10 minutes | File Size: 4.07 MB

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For some odd reason, this podcast got lost after my most recent WordPress upgrade. It is back now though, so enjoy! I do applogize for the mix up and a big thanks to Zeljko for giving me the heads up.

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Joyent’s Connector for Online Collaboration

Aug/01 in All Posts, Online Tools, Web Hosting Tutorials

I have always had a soft spot in my hosting heart for Joyent’s services because they are not afraid to try something outside of the box.  One good example of this would be the Connector service they provide.

It is a collaboration suit the provides cool features such as searching, tagging and RSS feeds they they say will make your life easier.

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The purpose and point here is to have a one place stop for a team of people to meet together and post their work and ideas Online in the same spot.  Here is a little more about the product from Joyent’s web site:

The Connect app ties everything together. It’s a place where items from any of the other parts of the system — mail messages, contacts, events, files — can be collected into related groups. Smart groups in the Connect app pull in items from any of the other apps on the system, from any users, allowing you to easily manage the items related to a project.

They do provide a free service if you want to just try things out, and then they go up from there in features.  The set of tools they provide is well worth checking out for any team of people who want to collaborate online.

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