When moving from house to house, you have to pack up all of your belongings in the old house before you can move, right? The same could be said when you are moving from web host to web host.

Download the Web Hosting Show, Episode 137!
Running Time: 8 minutes | File Size: 3.29 MB

The first and most important thing you can do is backup your web site and get it ready for the move. Remember to grab all of your static files. This would be all of your non-dynamic pages, images, templates and more. The exact files that you do backup might change depending on how your site is setup.

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Need help picking the best domain name? Do you want some assistance finding the domain name register that is right for you? Have you considered the privacy concerns you might be giving up by getting that .com of you very own?

I want to tackle domain names from head to toe to give people a guide to the confusing world of domain name registrations.

Download the Web Hosting Show, Episode 134!
Running Time: 12 minutes | File Size: 5.21 MB

There is no doubt that domain names are one of the most important parts of the web hosting game so the do deserve a little special attention. Read more »

So you want to become one of the few, the proud - the average web hosting worker. Now I can tell you from first and experience, it isn’t all fame and glory.

It is a job for people who like to help other people. If you don’t have the patience for people with stupid questions, or if your not that interested about how the Web works this job might not be for you. If you like tinkering with things and you find yourself being very customer service friendly, then stay tuned because this might be the right job for you.

Download the Web Hosting Show, Episode 122!
Running Time: 11 minutes | File Size: 4.74 MB

In this Web Hosting Show guide I want to cover some of the basic questions and ideas that anybody looking to work in the web hosting business will need to consider at least once before jumping in with both feet. Read more »

Over the last two and a half years I have covered a lot of topics that relate back to getting started with a web hosting account so that you can get your own web site off the ground. Here are some of the best of the best to help and newbie become a web hosting guru.

Not all Web Hosting Plans Are The Same…

• Flavors of Web Hosting
• What is VPS Hosting?
• What is Dedicated Web Hosting?
• What Are Server Resources?

When Shopping for Web Hosting You Need to Check…

• The Truth Behind Top 10 Web Host Lists
• Test Your Web Host’s Speed
• Are There Too Many Web Hosts?
• Secret Taboo Topics in Web Hosting

Once You Get That Site, Remember This…

• Quick Tips for Hosting Bliss
• Search Engine Submit and Help
• Classic HTML vs CSS - Who Wins?

Other Tools You Should Keep Handy Are…

• Setting up Google Webmaster Tools
• What is Reverse IP Lookup
• Setting up Google Analytics Guide
• 5 Great Web Dev Tools

Here Are Some Popular Marketing Tips…

• What is a Landing Page?
• 7 Ad Design Tips and Tricks
• Marketing Talk with Amy Armitage of Lunarpages
• Inform, Then Pitch Your Goods
• Marketing Your Site with StumbleUpon
• Write a Better Press Release

There is no doubt that starting out with a new hosting account or web site can be a scary thing. Hopefully with these resources by your side, you’ll be ready for anything that comes your way.

When it comes to setting up a blog or any other content management system some people find themselves a little lost.

From CHMODing the right files to uploading things to the right spot, it can be a headache in the making. Well on this special edition of the Web Hosting Show I’ve decided to step you through the process of getting a blog setup on your own hosting space using WordPress.

The Web Hosting Show is now on the air.

Download the Web Hosting Show, Episode 108!
Running Time: 17 minutes | File Size: 7.75 MB

Here are just a few topics that we discussed on this week’s episode of the Web Hosting Show.

• How to Find the Right Web Host for Blogging
• Tips on How to Pick the Right CMS for You
• The Fun of Installing WordPress by Hand
• A Few Post Installation WordPress Configurations
• WordPress Themes and Plugins - Get Them Going

Blog hosting is a big part of what made the Web hosting industry grow by leaps and bounds in the past ten years or so. Everybody and their grandmother wanted a place to tell their stories, post their options and share their thoughts. Now just about everybody has one.

The only problem is that some of the best tools out there are intimidating. I’m here to hopefully take some of the intimidation away and get you started with your own blog about whatever your passion is.

Link of the Week: Customizing and Using WordPress 101

You know Joe right? Joe lives down the street from you and runs a little comic book store downtown. Joe doesn’t know much about the Internet but he does know that he would like to expand his business.

What should Joe do? Joe should look into getting into ecommerce.

Download the Web Hosting Show, Episode 93!
Running Time: 13 minutes | File Size: 5.81 MB

Now first things first, what is ecommerce? Ecommerce is the conducting of commerce with goods and services over the Internet. It includes: consumers using the Internet to purchase goods and services online; as well as businesses selling and communicating with other businesses through the Internet.

There are a lot of “Mom and Pop” stores all over the world that want to get their goods and services Online. How do they do it? Well there are a few things that Joe is going to need. Read more »

We all know about Web 2.0 and how it claims to change the way we view the Web in our lives. Well, coming from the Web hosting world, I have not seen too many applications that relate to my industry.

Download the Web Hosting Show Special Edition!
Running Time: 6 minutes | File Size: 2.41 MB

That was the case untill I started seeing all these Ajax powered domain name searching tools popping up one by one. So out of the many out there today, which ones are the best? That is what I wanted to know. Read more »