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7 Extra Service Ideas for Web Hosts

Web Hosting Extras

There comes a time with every web host, when they feel they have outgrown their current services they provide, and they want to do more than just web hosting.  When a web host diversifies into other things, they often branch out internally or with the help of a third party into other services.  If …

Effective Web Site Navigation Rules

Web Site Navigation Tips

A web site visitor should never be confused by your web site’s navigational layout.  Every web page out there should have an easy way to navigate both to new web pages and categories, but also back out of them.  Think of it as reaching a fork in an old country road, choosing to go down …

Basic Writing Advice to Improve Web Page Flow

3 Basic Parts to Any Web Page

Do your web pages flow?  By flow, I mean can you read through it without asking yourself what is this about again?  If you find yourself stopping and starting when reading your own web pages, take this basic writing advice and try it out on your own web site content.

There are 3 Parts to Any …

How to Backup Your Web Site Backups

Cheap Backup Solutions

We have gone over the fact before that it is important to keep a backup of your web site, and if you haven’t done so – you should do so sooner rather than later.  However, how many backups do you have of your web site?  I think with the start of the new year, …

How to Turn a Complaint into a Feature

How does somebody turn a complaint into a feature?  Anybody out there, who runs a web hosting company, can tell you they hear complaints about this, that and the other, every single day.  When public opinion becomes SO strong, you might want to take the idea into consideration.

You do not have to drastically change the …

Small Business Solutions for Big Web Site Threats

small business trouble?

Large corporate enterprises are not the only ones that need to be careful about security and having the tools in place to recover from a web hosting disaster.

My good buddy Barry, from Layered Tech posed an interesting quandary to me the other day.
As someone who works for a major player in hosting, one of …

Will H1N1 Take Out Web Hosting Workers?

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Could H1N1 (the Swine Flu) take down the Internet?  Now, as we all get ready to get out shots, wash our hands and cough into our elbows, once has to wonder if an increase of sick people staying at home and browsing the Internet could possibly threaten the stability of the system?

According to the Centers …

10 Reminders for Web Hosting Remotes

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So you want to start working as an independent contractor to a web hosting company, or you just started your first job.   Before you switch to working remotely as independent contractor for a web host, here are a few things you should remember:

Most independent contractors do not get vacation time.  So, if you need …

Remote Workers Should Not be Overworked

Watch the Clock, Web Hosting Workers!

One thing you have to watch out for when you start working remotely in the web hosting world is how many hours you work.  Now some might think you should be working as much as you can, while this is true – you also need to have limits.  Any web host who would hire you …

What is Collocation Hosting?

Server Collocation 101

Some people in the hosting industry look at collocation as a dirty word?  Why does collocation hosting have such a bad rap?  Well, first let us take a look at what collocation hosting is really about.

At its core this means that the provisioning of space, bandwidth and power is controlled by a third-party data center.  …

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