We are all looking for something for nothing, and when you mention that phrase in the web hosting world, it can only mean one thing.  Free web hosts.  Now I don’t often recommend free web hosts to people, cause you never know when they might fall off the radar – and take your web site [...]

Are you a web host looking for a cheap and effective way to expand your support services?  Although some of us don’t like the phrase, “outsourced support”, the truth is it can be a very effective way to cheaply expand your hosting support team.  CliffSupport is a technical support company that provides technical support, server [...]

The bookmarking service, del.icio.us started an entire trend of unique looking domain names that has continue to this day.  Mixing domain names, with extensions (and sometimes tossing in a subdomain) has made for some memorable and unique domains.  So what is the secret?  There are two services that allow you to type in a phrase [...]

With the rise of status or micro-blogging services, more and more web hosts are looking to add themselves to the mix.  So what do these quick micro-blogging services lend themselves to in the world of web hosting?  What about server status updates?  Lets say when a server goes down, you announce it on Twitter then [...]

James Bond’s rival Goldfinger was obsessed with gold. I am a man obsessed with web hosting. So does that make me Hostfinger? I am sure of two things. Yes, there will be a web host by that name soon if there isn’t already and I think I’ll stick with the web [...]

When is a domain name squatter not a domain name squatter?  When they are in the business of domaining.
There is a business out there based around the buying, selling and developing of Internet domain names not to reap the rewards of the web site, but instead to gain a profit on the resell of [...]

Find yourself in the need of a portable data center?  Now I am not talking about a mobile home with a few racks inside of it.  HP’s latest release is a new Performance Optimized Data Center, or otherwise referred to as POD.   Think of it as a shipping container filled with everything you would [...]

It happens from time to time.  You see an amazing web site, and you ask yourself, “How was that web site made?”.  Now, instead of hunting through the web site source code you can plug the domain name into this simple tool – and get all the information you need.
BuiltWith.com is a perfect companion [...]

Not all tools have to be useful, that can just be fun to play with too.  DataCenterMap.com is one of those geeky hosting tools you may just want to play with on a Sunday afternoon when you have some free time.  As you can see, it is a big Google mash-up map with a ton [...]

What would I like to have today?  Lets see.  I will have a large data center mashup map, a side of hosting tools (just remember to hold the tomatoes), a HP performance-optimized datacenter and a definition on what domaining is all about?  For here or to go?  I think I am about ready to go [...]