Download the Web Hosting Show, Episode 204!
Running Time: 9 minutes | File Size: 4.00 MB

If I had to pick one, I would say “diversify” would be the word of the week for this edition of the Web Hosting Show.  Here is a summary of this week’s show.

7 Extra Service Ideas for Web Hosts

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 you are a web host out there looking for a way to branch out, I have a few suggestions that you might want to look into.

4 Ways to Branch Out Your Web Site

With any web site or online business, it is important to change things up a ‘bit every so often.  You don’t want to be seen as becoming stale, or yesterday’s news, so bringing new web site concepts or ideas could be the perfect diversification tool you need to keep people interested in what you do and what you have to offer. There is not a web site out there today that could not be helped by adding one of these four web site service ideas.

Now it is your turn. Do you have any extra tips or something to say about diversifying a web hosting business or any personal web site out there on the Web?  Leave you comments or feel free to pass your thoughts to me at mitch@mitchkeeler.com.

Download the Web Hosting Show, Episode 203!
Running Time: 10 minutes | File Size: 4.30 MB

Here are just a few topics from this week’s episode:

• Create Your Own Video Tutorials – For any web host out there, having video tutorials showing off your services is a nice thing to promote to your customers.  It is always better to show somebody how to do something, rather than just have them read text.  If you are looking for a low-cost way to create your own simple tutorial collection, look no further than ScreenToaster.
• Unlimited Hosting, Fact or Myth? – When you walk into an all you can eat buffet, nobody expects you to eat all the food in the restaurant.  You might fill up your plate three or four times, but you can not eat everything in sight.  The same could be said for unlimited services you might see when it comes to web hosting.
• Web Hosts Helping Haiti Victims -It is always a good thing when you can share some positive news about web hosts joining web hosts for a good cause.  Hosting for Haiti is all about the biggest and brightest web hosting companies in the world coming together to support the victims of the earthquakes that happened in Haiti last month.
• Instant Screencasts for Twitter and Beyond – Twitter makes for a pretty nice way for a web host to get it’s message out to their customers quickly.  You can send a message to everybody that is following you, or you could answer just one person, if needed.  Screenr is the way to get that job done.  You can instantly record a screencast, all with web based software – and share it anywhere.

Quick Tip #4 – The Clippings add-on for Firefox makes for a great way to store your own quick responses for your web hosting customers.

Feel free to send me your web development or hosting questions on the submit a question page, and leave a comment to let me know you listened – and enjoyed this very podcast.

Shameless Plug of the Week – Web Hosting Show Coupons – Looking for a great web hosting deal or steal?  This is the place to check!

Today I’ll hand to you four areas of your web site you can improve to get more web site visitors, have the search engines love you, and get more visitors to your web site, right here on the Web Hosting Show.

Download the Web Hosting Show, Episode 202!
Running Time: 13 minutes | File Size: 5.92 MB

Here are just a few topics from this week’s episode:

• How to Write a Better Title Tag – The title tag might be a feature many people overlook, but it is just as important as having a nice looking web site layout.  Some might even say it is the most important thing, because it is often the first thing a web site visitors sees.  Today I’ll be telling you what the title tag is and what you can do to make yours better.
• Basic Writing Advice to Improve Web Page Flow – 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.
• 6 Different Content Writing Ideas – Inspiration for a web site’s content is often hard to find.  So when I find myself in trouble, I turn towards my own list of six different content writing ideas that should help inspire you to get that new page up and running.
• Effective Web Site Navigation Rules – 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 the left road – and then turning around and finding a pink hippopotamus in a tutu.

Quick Tip #3 – Your web site’s Meta Description should contain between 70 and 160 characters (spaces included).

Delays aside, I hope this web hosting podcast is one you can enjoy.  Feel free to send me your web development or hosting questions on the submit a question page, and leave a comment to let me know you listened.

Shameless Plug of the Week – Web Hosting Show Coupons – Looking for a great web hosting deal or steal?  This is the place to check!

Even in web hosting, the new year can often be a great time to start out fresh, get a new look on your online life, and try to make things even better than they are.  That is what this podcast is here to help you with, as long as you promise me one of your resolutions will be to listen to this episode of the Web Hosting Show.

Download the Web Hosting Show, Episode 201!
Running Time: 13 minutes | File Size: 5.58 MB

Here are just a few topics from this week’s episode:

• How to Backup Your Web Site Backups – Speaking of resolutions, everybody should be making the resolution to backup their web site backups.  How can you do so cheaply?  I’ll let you know.
• Easier US Time Zone Conversions – This week I will share with you a tool I use to help me do quick time zone conversions.  It is a great resource for remote web hosting workers.
• Best Audio Hosting Solution for Podcasts – Which method is better, hosting podcasts with your web site or with an external hosting provider?
• 5 Best Web Development Extensions for Google Chrome – With the introduction of extensions to the Google Chrome browser, which plugins do I find most handy for web design or web development work?

Quick Tip #2 – Remember, keep your web site file names and file paths all in lowercase when working on your web site.  Web servers are case sensitive, so better to get yourself using one method from the start, rather than having to do a lot of redirection fixing in the future.

Hope this is the greatest 201st podcast you have ever listened to.  If it is, drop in a comment and let me know or drop me an e-mail at mitch@mitchkeeler.com.  If you want to ask your own question on the podcast, it’s an easy thing to do – just go to the submit a question page, send me your inquest and I will be happy to help on next week’s podcast.

Shameless Plug of the Week – Web Hosting Show on Facebook – Come by and say hello to your fellow Web Hosting Show listeners!

Download the Web Hosting Show, Episode 200!
Running Time: 15 minutes | File Size: 6.53 MB

Here are just a few topics from this week’s episode:

• Maximize Work Space with More Browsers – Learn how to simply reorganize your customer support responsibilities, to get more work done in less time.
• How Anybody Can Install WordPress – I am here to help you get WordPress installed for the very first time.  With WordPress 2.9 out this week, figured it would be a good time to reintroduce you to this great content management system.
• Mitch Launches a New Top Secret Project – In celebration of podcast number 200, I wanted you to be the first ones to learn about my new top secret project I have started production on.  Hear it here first!
• How to Turn a Complaint into a Feature - We help Matt take complaints about his free hosting business, and turn those complaints into a brand new feature to his online business.

Starting this episode, I am going to also give you one quick tip on each podcast to help you out with your web hosting ways.  Keep an ear out for them on each podcast from here on out.

Quick Tip #1 – Keep your domain name registrations and web hosting accounts separate.  This way if your business relationship fall through with one, it won’t effect the other.

Do me a favor and help thank our sponsor! Via Twitter, tweet to @LayeredTech thanks for supporting webhostingshow.com

Hope you enjoy the podcast.  If you do, drop in a comment and let me know or drop me an e-mail at mitch@mitchkeeler.com.  If you want to ask your own question on the podcast, it’s an easy thing to do – just go to the submit a question page, send me your inquest and I will be happy to help on next week’s podcast (plus give your web site a free plug!).

Download the Web Hosting Show, Episode 199!
Running Time: 12 minutes | File Size: 5.41 MB

Here are just a few topics from this week’s episode:

• How to Track Podcast Download Numbers
• Find CSS Element Stats with XRAY Bookmarklet
• Small Business Solutions for Big Web Site Threats
• Selling Web Hosting and Design at Retail

Help thank our sponsor! Via Twitter, tweet to @LayeredTech thanks for supporting webhostingshow.com

Hope you fully enjoy this week’s podcast, and if you do – drop in a comments and let me know.  Also don’t forget to check out two new additions to the Web Hosting Show web site:

• Web Hosts on Twitter (every host on Twitter listed here!)
• Web Hosting Coupons and Deals (only the best web hosting discounts!)

If you have a question you’d like to ask on the show, be sure to leave me your name, web site address, and question on the submit a question form.

Download the Web Hosting Show, Episode 198!
Running Time: 3 minutes | File Size: 5.14 MB

Brand new to the Web Hosting Show is the Web Hosting Show Coupons and Deals page, which – if you are browsing along at home, can be found at:

• http://www.webhostingshow.com/coupons/

What makes this page so great?  Well, it is my own hand selected web hosting coupons and deals I have found from around the Web.  That means no cutback to me, no wacky affiliate links, just straight forward links to hosts that are offering some amazing web hosting offers.

But wait, that’s not all!

If you act from now, until the end of time, you will also receive an RSS feed to subscribe to so you never miss a web host’s coupon or special deal.  Also, you can follow the Web Hosting Show’s Coupons and Deals page on Twitter too.  Just go to this link:

• http://twitter.com/whscoupons

and then click the, “Follow” button.

For web hosting clients this page offers a simple place to check and find the best deals for some of your favorite web hosts on the Internet.

For web hosts this page offers a clean and simple way to feature your coupons, specials and deals out there for the entire world to see.  Contact me, with your web hosting special, and you could see your own deals listed here too.

I really hope this is a new tool you will love, bookmark, visit often and share with your friends.  It is my goal to put together an honest list of coupons and offers for all of the Web Hosting Show’s listeners out there.  So, until next time – stay tuned for more great tools, more great offers and more great web hosting podcasts from the Web Hosting Show.

Download the Web Hosting Show, Episode 197!
Running Time: 11 minutes | File Size: 5.14 MB

Here are just a few topics from this week’s episode:

• Web Site Hacked? Scan Yourself First!
• Be Proactive About Password Theft
• Update or Remove Out of Date Scripts
• Fixing Files and Folders After a Web Site Hack

Here is this week’s web hosting news headline:
Web Host Boot Camp 2009 – Another Web Host Boot Camp is coming up.  December 7th through December 9th, attendees, exhibitors, sponsors and guests will come together for three days to discuss, learn, share tips and techniques and much more.

FastServers.net is Now LayeredTech – I would also like to welcome the Web Hosting Show’s new supporter and sponsor, LayeredTech.com.  LayeredTech specializes in enterprise, cloud, and dedicated server hosting.  I look forward to having as good of a relationship with them as we had with FastServers.net.

From iframe injections, to virus or trojan installs, we all need to make sure we are prepared for the worst, or at least know what to do when the worst might happen.  That is what today’s show is all about.  I hope you enjoy, and if you have any other web site security tips to share, be sure to leave them in the comments!

Download the Web Hosting Show, Episode 196!
Running Time: 12 minutes | File Size: 5.38 MB

Here are just a few topics from this week’s episode:

• Over 3,000 Free CSS Web Design Templates!
• Will the Swine Flu Take Out the Internet?
• Is Web Hosting a Falling Trend on the Web?
• 5 SEO Tips You Can Do, Right Now!

Here is this week’s web hosting news headline:
ICANN Breaks Free from US Control – Internet regulation body ICANN and the US Department of Commerce announced last week that they have signed a new agreement that ensures that ICANN will now be “independent and not controlled by any one entity”.

Trivia Question – Where are the ICANN headquarters?

We are back yet again, with another great web hosting podcast for you all to enjoy.  Remember, you can subscribe to the RSS feed to get daily updates on the topics we discussed on today’s podcast, or keep checking back at webhostingshow.com.  Hope you enjoy the show this week, and if you do – drop in a comment and let us know!

Download the Web Hosting Show, Episode 195!
Running Time: 13 minutes | File Size: 5.99 MB

Here are just a few topics from this week’s episode:

• How to Find a Job in the Web Hosting World
• What is an Independent Contractor in Web Hosting?
• Remote Workers Should Not be Overworked!
• 10 Reminders for Web Hosting Remotes

Hope you enjoy this second take a question I know a lot of you have, how to get a job in web hosting, and advice for those of us who already work in this great industry.  Remember, you can always leave your questions, feedback or comments on this very page, or send it to me at mitch@mitchkeeler.com.  Enjoy the show!

Download the Web Hosting Show, Episode 194!
Running Time: 10 minutes | File Size: 4.80 MB

Here are just a few topics from this week’s episode:

• What is FTP and how do you use it?
• A great domain scoring web site resource!
• What is so bad about collocation hosting?
• How to take better web site screenshots!

Here is this week’s web hosting news headline:
Brinkster Launches URL Shortener – Web hosting provider Brinkster announced this week that it has launched a new URL shortening service it is calling br.st!, throwing its hat into an already quite well-served market associated with several of the most popular social networking services.

Bonus! Check out br.st and see if it is better than the rest!

Trivia Question – True or false, Brinkster’s CEO Jared Stauffer is on Twitter.  (to find out the answer, be sure to download and listen to this week’s podcast!)

Tons of fun and useful tools packed into this week’s show.  Don’t forget to leave your feedback in the comments or contact me anytime at mitch@mitchkeeler.com.  Also, if your like what you hear, and you want to get more subscribe to our RSS feed (it is free to do!) so you never miss another post, interview or podcast!

So that, my hosting homies, is the topic of today’s show.

Download the Web Hosting Show, Episode 193!
Running Time: 10 minutes | File Size: 4.67 MB

This week on the podcast we will be covering the top ten reasons why your web site is not working. So without further interruption, let us take a dive into these troubling web site problems.

10. The Tubes Are Broken – It was former senator Ted Stevens who famously said, “the Internet is a series of tubes”. With that in mind, when the tubes are broken, it can cause a massive web site problem.

When you navigate to your web site, your request bounce from this point, to that point, to that point over there until you reach the server your web site is hosted at. Now what if one of the points is having problems? Well then your request gets stuck, and you can’t see your site.

One way to see if this is the issue is to do a trace route to your domain. With each line, you see a different hop your request took to get to the server. If it looks likes stopped, then your, “big truck” as Ted Stevens would call it has come to a halt.

9. Server is Down, Please Try Again! – Sometimes stuff happens on a server, causing it to go bonkers, stops it from serving your web site and makes it think it is a toaster. Any server at any web host can (and probably will) go down for any number of reasons, the trick is to find the one that has done so the least amount of times.

Think of a server as MacGyver on a busy day. Sometimes it gets it’s requests out of order, breaks down, and needs a few fixes here and there to keep it running better, faster, and for a little longer.

8. What, I Need Hosting Too? – It might be a rare occurrence in the web hosting world, but sometimes it happens. You forgot to purchase a domain name with your hosting, or you forgot to purchase a web hosting account with your domain name.

For people new to the web hosting world, they often think, I want a web site, so I am buying one thing, “the ability to have a web site”. Why would this be separated into two major things? Well, it is – so remember to tell people they need both!

7. Somebody is Abusing my Poor Little Server! – If you think of a shared web hosting server, as a community that you live in, and all the other sites hosted there are your neighbors, then it is easier to understand the idea of server resource abuse. Think of the annoying neighbor that keeps playing his music so load, everybody else in the community can’t get any work done.

This can happen in the Online world too.

Say for example, another web site hosted on the same server that your site is hosted on is using up too much of the server’s CPU. Due to this problem, your web site performance has started to slow down or come to a halt.

6. YOU Are the one Abusing That Little Server! – When somebody is found to be abusing a server (for example, by using too many server resources) and that person is you, that too can bring your web site down.

No mater if it is caused by a sudden burst in traffic, or a crazy script that is badly configured – you are using too many resources, and will be shut down so your neighbors (who are playing by the rules) can go back to seeing their web sites again.

5. Using Too Many Server Resources – Now number seven through six are pretty similar, and all mainly have to do with abuse to the server. One major thing you have to watch out for (and get ready to upgrade because of it) is the use of too many server resources.

When you are hosted on a shared server with 100 to 300 other customers, one guy can’t get away with using too large of a percentage of RAM or CPU power. What about disk space and bandwidth? Those can be abused too, but since those two are much cheaper these days – the new thing to really watch out for when it comes to server abuse is the amount of the server’s RAM and CPU you are hording for your own site.

4. You Got DDoS’ed – When a DDoS happens, you can say goodbye to your web site until your web host figures where the attack is coming from, and filters it out.

What is a DDoS?

DDoS stands for distributed denial of service attack and occurs when multiple systems flood the bandwidth or resources of a targeted system or systems. These systems are compromised by attackers using a variety of methods.

3. Disturbing (or Rule Breaking) Content – Every web host out there has a series of rules (often found in the terms of service or acceptable use policy) summing up what you can and can not host there. Some of it is common sense, (like anything that is against the law), however others might deserve checking into at least.

For example, some web hosts allow “adult” content on shared servers, and others require you to upgrade to a virtual private server or better. Also scripts that are known to cause high server usage, like many of the YouTube-clone scripts out there, might also get you in trouble with the rules.

2. Web Site was Hacked – Always make sure you are using the latest version of any script or plugin you install on your web hosting account. Getting your web site hacked is a major problem that is never much fun to deal with. Also, check out folder and file permissions (to make sure files are at least 644 and folder are set to no higher than 755).

Now I could probably do an entire second show on web site security, but one more tip I think is worth mentioning is don’t install a script, say you never used it again, and that is your excuse for not updating it and creating a big hole for any hacker out there to use to get into your web hosting account.

1. PEBKAC – For those of you not in the web hosting support world, the acronym PEBKAC might leave you a little confused. PEBKAC stands for “Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair”. It is nothing to be ashamed of, sometimes a user just configures things incorrectly.

Sometimes they forget to set their domain name to the right name servers. Sometimes they upload their web site, but all the file paths are pointing to locations on the PC. The thing to remember is don’t be ashamed to ask for help, because in this wild and wacky world of web hosting, we are all here to help learn from and teach each other.

I hope you enjoyed this look into the top ten reasons why your web site isn’t working today. If you have any other common errors I might have missed, be sure to leave a comment and share it with the rest of the Web Hosting Show listening audience.

Download the Web Hosting Show, Episode 192!
Running Time: 12 minutes | File Size: 5.29 MB

Here are just a few topics from this week’s episode:

• Was I Snubbed by HostingCon?
• How Should Web Hosts Adapt to the Social Web?
• How to Create a .htaccess File
• How to Install a WordPress Plugin
• Dead Body Pose Bring Stress Relief to Web Hosting Workers
• Why I Don’t Do Web Hosting Reviews!

Here is this week’s web hosting news headline:
HostingCon Kicks Off – Media company iNET Interactive will host HostingCon 2009, the premier conference and trade show, at Washington, D.C.’s Gaylord National Resort on August 10 to 12.

Trivia Question – True or false, Tucows started in 1993? (to find out the answer, be sure to download and listen to this week’s podcast!)

Hope you enjoy this week’s podcast, and check out the archives where you are sure to find many more.  Also, if you have any feedback, comments or complaints – you can contact me at here.  Enjoy the show, and share it with your friends!

Download the Web Hosting Show, Episode 191!
Running Time: 15 minutes | File Size: 6.53 MB

Here are just a few topics from this week’s episode:

• Using Proxy Sites to Troubleshoot Web Site Downtime
• At Least One Mention of Burt Reynolds
• 5 Common HTTP Errors (to watch out for)
• Why You Should Not Host Your Own Videos
• Forgotten Negatives about Cloud Hosting

Here is this week’s web hosting news headline:
4th Annual cPanel Conference Coming Soon! -The 4th Annual cPanel Conference will take place this year October 5th, 6th and 7th. This conference is designed to help your hosting business maximize profitability, achieve total automation, and exponentially expand your knowledge base. (Got to toss my plug in for my fellow Texans at cPanel)

Trivia Question – Which big Texas city does cPanel call home? (to find out the answer, be sure to download and listen to this week’s podcast!)

Thank you for checking out, listening to or listening to the show this week.  Please be sure to comment and leave your thoughts and feedback about today’s show.  Also, be sure to watch the web site throughout the next two weeks as we post more about what was mentioned on today’s broadcast.

Download the Web Hosting Show, Episode 190!
Running Time: 13 minutes | File Size: 5.80 MB

Here are just a few topics from this week’s episode:

• What is Cloud Hosting?
• Balloon Animals Take Over
• Choosing a Web Site Host
• 3 Uncommon Seats for Your PC Desk
• Web Hosting Bomb Shelters!
• Should Web Hosts Twitter?

Here are this week’s web hosting news headlines:

Server Farm: Your Place or Mine? – In an era of growing insecurity, having your computer equipment tucked into a hole 85 feet underground has a certain appeal.  That’s the selling point of Underground Secure Data Center Operations (USDCO), a server farm located in an abandoned gypsum mine near Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Trivia Question – Which one of these is NOT a web hosting conference? (to find out the answer, be sure to download and listen to this week’s podcast!)

Sweet server genie, I promise not to let this much time pass again before I get a new show out to you.  I hope you download it, enjoy it, and pass it around to your friends.  Feel free to leave your thoughts, reviews and feedback in the comments or drop me an e-mail at mitch@mitchkeeler.com.

Download the Web Hosting Show, Episode 189!
Running Time: 11 minutes | File Size: 4.89 MB

Here are just a few topics from this week’s episode: (click a link to read about that segment!)

• A Web Host with No Uptime at All
• 10 Sources for Free Web Site Hosting
• One Host Stands Up to Torrent Killing IFPI
• Squarespace is an All in One Hosting Package

Here are this week’s web hosting news headlines:

Largest Datacenter in the US to be Built in Texas – Dallas-based Capstar Commercial Real Estate Services is investing millions of dollars to redevelop a former telecommunications equipment plant in Mesquite, Texas into what it says will be the largest data center in the country, according to a report by the Dallas News.

Trivia Question – What “celestial based” web host calls Texas its home? (to find out the answer, be sure to download and listen to this week’s podcast!)

I hope you fully enjoy this week’s podcast. If you have any show feedback or suggestions be sure to leave a comment or drop me an e-mail at mitch@mitchkeeler.com.  Enjoy it, share it and listen again and again!

On today’s show we have The Planet’s General Manager of Storage and Data Protection, Rob Walters, to discuss cloud storage.

Download the Web Hosting Show, Episode 188!
Running Time: 8 minutes | File Size: 3.60 MB

Here are some of the topics we cover in today’s interview:

• What is and what are the benefits of cloud storage?
• How is The Planet’s cloud storage business different?
• Why is creating the “shortest path” between clients and servers important?

There are five things customers should evaluate when choosing a cloud platform.

• Performance – It is important that you match the platform with the performance needs for your application.  Many cloud storage platforms only provide 2-3 Mb/sec, which is fine for most backup and archiving use cases, but is likely not sufficient for production data.  It is also important to run multiple tests and measure the variability between tests, as cloud storage platform performance can be inconsistent.
• Ease of integration – The ease of user access is critical to product adoption in web applications.  Most cloud storage products provide proprietary APIs for integration.  This means you will need to specifically develop for that cloud storage platform.  This makes integration more difficult and increases switching costs.  Check if the platform offers any standards-based integration software that allows access via CIFS, NFS, FTP or HTTP.
• Where you want your data – Most cloud products do not offer specific locations for data to reside.  In fact, these companies offer the data “in the cloud” as if “the cloud” were a location rather than an access medium.  While in many cases the physical location of data is unimportant, there are occasions when being able to select a location is beneficial.  For instance, if you are building a disaster recovery plan; working to reduce download times for a specific customer; or attempting to pass strict security audits, then where data resides is critical.
• Flexibility – One of the most appealing features of cloud storage is the flexibility of its on-demand design, which manifests itself in two primary traits: scalability and elasticity.  Most cloud storage products should free you from the task of capacity planning, hardware budgeting and upgrading.  Capacity is available on-demand, as required.  Watch out for commitments for minimum usage levels as these can negate this inherent benefit .  Cloud storage products should provide elasticity, with capacity that grows as your business requires, and scales back as soon as this excess capacity is no longer needed.
• Usage-based billing – Paying only for what you use is certainly appealing.  The primary aspects on which to judge the pricing of a cloud storage product should simply be: how much storage capacity you used and how much bandwidth was used to access your data.  Keep a sharp eye out for “hidden” fees, because in many use cases they can add up quickly to be as much or more than the primary elements of your bill.  “Hidden” fees to watch out for include: connect fees, account maintenance charges, and “puts” and “gets” charges.  Cloud platforms should offer simple and predictable monthly bills.

More Interesting Links from The Planet:

• The Planet’s Ever So Excellent Blog
• The Planet Provides Highest Performing Cloud Storage
• The Planet’s Storage Cloud Infrastructure Explained

For the second show in a row, we have the chance to talk with one of the big names in the web hosting game, so I hope you tune in to hear more about cloud storage and how The Planet is serving it up to you.  If you would like to come onto the show to talk to the entire hosting industry about what you do, how you host or anything else be sure to drop me a line at mitch@mitchkeeler.com.

Download the Web Hosting Show, Episode 186!
Running Time: 13 minutes | File Size: 5.58 MB

Here are just a few topics from this week’s episode:

• A History Lesson in Geocities
• Saving Geocities for Future Generations
• Alternatives to Geocities
• What Can Be Learned from Geocities

Trivia Question – How many years old is Geocities?(to find out the answer, be sure to download and listen to this week’s podcast!)

Feel free to share your favorite (or maybe not so favorite) Geocities memories in the comments!

Download the Web Hosting Show, Episode 185!
Running Time: 13 minutes | File Size: 5.94 MB

Here are just a few topics from this week’s episode:

• What is the nofollow Link All About?
• Find Out Who is Copying Your Content
• Compare Linux Dedicated Servers and Deals
• Best Way to Find Web Hosting Coupons
• First All Virtual Web Hosting Conference is Coming

Here are this week’s web hosting news headlines:

• Credit Cards Compromised in WHT Hack – Dedicating this week’s news segment to more coverage on the webhostingtalk.com hack, the recent announcement that credit cards were compromised and what you need to do to protect yourself.

Trivia Question – The first version of the Apache web server was created by whom? (to find out the answer, be sure to download and listen to this week’s podcast!)

Hope you enjoy this week’s broadcast.  Thank you all for tuning in!

Download the Web Hosting Show, Episode 184!
Running Time: 14 minutes | File Size: 6.16 MB

Here are just a few topics from this week’s episode:

• Make Your Hosting Support Better
• Find Special WordPress Tags Faster
• Become a Better Web Hosting Client
• Google Offers Services to Hosting Clients

Here are this week’s web hosting news headlines:

• Web Hosting Talk was Hacked!
• DemoWolf Tutorial Updates and Sale!
• Surpass Launches Plan for Web Developers

Trivia Question – What year did cPanel first start? (to find out the answer, be sure to download and listen to this week’s podcast!)

Now I am not going to get all touchy-feely Dr. Phil on you here, I am just going to tell both the web hosts and the web hosting clients what they need to know to make the working relationship between them even better. So lay down on that couch over there, and let me know how your feeling.

On today’s show I am going to speak with Aplus.net’s CEO Phillip Spencer on what exactly they do and his own views on the web hosting world.

Download the Web Hosting Show, Episode 183!
Running Time: 6 minutes | File Size: 2.55 MB

Here are some of the questions we will cover in today’s interview:

• What is Aplus.net and how long have you been around the hosting industry?
• For those who have not been to your web site, this question might be a little out of the blue, however – who is Jeff?
• Looking back at the past few years, in what ways do you
  see the hosting industry changing?
• You also have a blog. As one of the few hosts that do this, do you feel it has hurt or helped your business?
• If somebody out there is looking for a web host, could you give me a quick reason why they should turn to Aplus.net?

Also here are a few resources you might want to check out after listening to the interview:

• Aplus.net’s Official Web Site
• Aplus.net’s Blog

Many thanks to Phillip for being on today’s show. If you would like to come on and speak to the entire web hosting industry, feel free to contact me at mitch@mitchkeeler.com.

Download the Web Hosting Show, Episode 182!
Running Time: 11 minutes | File Size: 5.01 MB

Here are just a few topics from this week’s episode:

• How Payment Processing Works
• Find Available Domain Names – Domain Pigeon
• Virtual Private Server Advantages and Disadvantages
• Faster Domain Search with DomainTyper

Here are this week’s web hosting news headlines:

• Aplus.net Provides Google Webmaster Tools to Clients
• Japan Cybercrime Grows by 15.5 Percent

Welcome to my web hosting school of hard knocks. On this very podcast, week after week, I do my best to help make the wild and wacky world of web hosting make a little more sense for everybody out there.

Download the Web Hosting Show, Episode 181!
Running Time: 12 minutes | File Size: 5.19 MB

Here are this podcast’s domain name terms:

• Domain Parking
• Kiting Domains
• Domain Name Warehousing
• Type-in Traffic
• Domain Front Running

Click a link above to learn more about that particular term in detail.  Remember, I didn’t coin any of these phrases – so send your hate mail for their absurdity elsewhere.  I am just a web hosting guru here to help you learn a little more about their meaning.

Download the Web Hosting Show, Episode 180!
Running Time: 10 minutes | File Size: 4.57 MB

Here are this podcast’s domain name terms:

• Domain Name Hijacking
• Cybersquatting
• Domaining
• Domain Name Speculation
• Sniping Domains

Click a link above to learn more about that particular term in detail.  I guess none of us can choose how or why a web hosting term is coined.  What we can do is work together so that we all know what each wild and wacky world really means.

Download the Web Hosting Show, Episode 179!
Running Time: 12 minutes | File Size: 5.27 MB

Here are just a few topics from this week’s episode:

• Uptime Monitoring With HyperSpin
• What is Domain Name Parking?
• Speed Tip – How to Optimize Your Site Images
• How to Turn WordPress into What You Need!

Here are this week’s web hosting news headlines:

• LiquidNet Launches Free Template Project
• FORTUNE 2009 List, Includes Rackspace Hosting
• Dedicated Server Sale Offers Up to 54 Percent, at The Planet

Who wants to be Bob Vila anyways. Heck, I am happy being the web hosting industry’s media rock star and your personal one on one guru each and every week through the trials and tribulations the web hosting industry has to throw at us all.

Download the Web Hosting Show, Episode 178!
Running Time: 12 minutes | File Size: 5.58 MB

Here are just a few of the questions we covered:

• How long has Axsys hosting been around and what type of services do you provide?
• What is your own history inside of the web hosting business?
• What advice do you have for others looking to make a mark or maybe get started in the web hosting business?
• Do you have any personal pet peeves when it comes to competing with the bigger names of the hosting world?
• What other projects do you have other than Axsys Hosting right now?

If you want to learn more about Axsys Hosting, be sure to visit their web site at axsyshosting.com. Also, while you are in the browsing mood – be sure to check out these other sister sites:

• http://www.AxsysTechGroup.com
• http://www.AxsysDesignStudio.com
• http://www.BuildMySiteTonight.com

Many thanks to Ken for being on today’s show. If you would like to come on and speak to the entire web hosting industry, feel free to contact me at mitch@mitchkeeler.com.

I’ll be sure to cover that too on this week’s edition of the Web Hosting Show.

Download the Web Hosting Show, Episode 177!
Running Time: 13 minutes | File Size: 5.94 MB

Here are just a few topics from this week’s episode:

• How to Score 5GB of Free File Hosting!
• How can Obama Inspire the Web Hosts Out There?
• Three FAQs about SSL
• Making Money with Google AdSense

Here are this week’s web hosting news headlines:

• GoDaddy Attack Sends Thousands Offline
• Get Your Free 8GB USB Flash Memory Stick at Hosting-Nation.net

Please be sure to send any feedback, questions or comments about this week’s podcast to me directly at mitch@mitchkeeler.com or leave a comment! Would love to hear from you all!

Download the Web Hosting Show, Episode 176!
Running Time: 10 minutes | File Size: 4.99 MB

Here are just a few topics from this week’s episode:

• Quicker Web Site Uptime (or Downtime) Alerts
• A Great Web Site Log Analyzer Programs for Windows
• A Review of the WHIR Redesigned
• Learn to Please the Niche Markets

Here are this week’s web hosting news headlines:

• PHASE 2 Unaffected by Island-wide Power Outage
• Host Color Celebrates 2009 With Instant Debate On Web Hosting Services

I won’t do like most sites and do reviews of 2008, or looks ahead at 2009. I am here to talk to you about the here and now, and what we can all do to make the wild and wacky world of web hosting a better place for everybody.

Download the Web Hosting Show, Episode 175!
Running Time: 10 minutes | File Size: 3.84 MB

Here are just a few topics from this week’s episode:

• What Happens When Web Hosts Don’t Pay Rent?
• See How Fast Your Page is REALLY Loading!
• Roll Your Own Video Tutorials for Free!

Here are this week’s web hosting news headlines:

• Netcraft’s Releases List of Most Reliable Hosts for the Month
• Newtek Web Hosting Unveiled a New Web Site Design

As the resident Santa Claus of the web host industry, I am here to give you your happy ho ho hosting gift. A free podcast, for you to enjoy. Beats a lump of coal, doesn’t it?

Download the Web Hosting Show, Episode 174!
Running Time: 12 minutes | File Size: 5.45 MB

Here are just a few topics from this week’s episode:

• What is Domain Sniping?
• GoDaddy Shoots Super Bowl Commercial, and Fails to Raise the Bar
• The List of The Greatest Web Hosts That Never Made It
• 10 Alternatives to Free Rapidshare Hosting

Here are this week’s web hosting news headlines:

• Aventure Host Launches Web Hosting Affiliate Program
• Hivelocity Offers Customers Unlimited Bandwidth and Double the RAM

Yes, as of late – I have been on a movie-title themed podcast naming trend haven’t I? Well, I can’t promise Jack Nicholson, but I can promise you that listening to this podcast weekly will make the wacky and wild world of web hosting make a little more sense to you.