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On the Web Hosting Highway – Episode 199

Web Hosting Show #199Time to fashion the seat belt, pull out of the driveway and get back onto the web hosting highway.  As we pass through the small “Mom and Pop” web hosts, to the big corporate powerhouses, be sure not to get any bugs in your teeth – because the Web Hosting Show is now on the air.

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Running Time: 12 minutes | File Size: 5.41 MB

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Find Better Hosting Coupons – Episode 198

Podcast #198 Stop the presses, stop the music, stop everything!  This week I am here to tell you about one fantastic new tool that is not only for the web hosts out there, but also the potential web hosting customers.  WebHostingShow.com is going into the web hosting coupon and deal promotion business and you are all invited.  Today I will tell you about the new web hosting coupon listing that you can find only at the Web Hosting Show web site.

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Running Time: 3 minutes | File Size: 5.14 MB

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Clean up and Repair Your Web Site – Episode 197

whs197 Today we are going to talk about how to prevent your web site from being hacked, and how to repair your damaged web site.  If your web site’s security has been breached or if you want to know what to do to make sure it doesn’t get broken into, this is the podcast you need to be listening to.  Here to help webmasters of all skill levels, the Web Hosting Show is on the air.

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Running Time: 11 minutes | File Size: 5.14 MB

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Web Hosting Panic – Episode 196

whs196 In this week’s disaster inspired episode of the Web Hosting Show, we’ll take a look at how and why the H1N1 virus might take out the entire web hosting world as we know it, and five search engine optimization tips anybody can do, in the mean time.  Before Armageddon comes, you need to listen to this very scary cold and flu edition of the Web Hosting Show podcast.

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Running Time: 12 minutes | File Size: 5.38 MB

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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 ControlInternet 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 QuestionWhere 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!

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Web Hosting Job Hunting Guide (Part 2) – Episode 195

Podcast #195 Back in 2007, I put together a job hunting guide for people who wanted to come in and work in the web hosting industry.  Now, several years down the road I thought I would revisit this topic, and help those who don’t have many resources for help, the web hosting independent contractors out there.  Think you have what it takes to become remote, or would you simply like to know what the heck that means?  You should stay tuned, and listen to this week’s edition of the Web Hosting Show.

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Running Time: 13 minutes | File Size: 5.99 MB

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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!

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Cloudy With a Chance of Web Hosting – Episode 194

Podcast 194 Time to gather around the web hosting campfire to tell tales of data centers, collocation and the mysteries of the customer service representatives that will eat your brains.  Ok, honestly – web hosting isn’t really that scary, but this podcast does serve a purpose of making all the lingo make a little more sense.  Web hosts and clients alike, get read for the 194th edition of the Web Hosting Show podcast.

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Running Time: 10 minutes | File Size: 4.80 MB

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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 ShortenerWeb 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!

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Top 10 Reasons Your Site Isn’t Working – Episode 193

Web Hosting Podcast #193 Are you wondering to yourself, why is it that my web site isn’t working? Why is my web site down? Is my web site down or is it me? These are questions I hear in the hosting industry day after day, year after year. I have heard them so many times, and seen so many reasons for the problems in question I have been able to compile a list of the top ten reasons why your web site is not working.

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

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Running Time: 10 minutes | File Size: 4.67 MB

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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.

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Having My Own HostingCon – Episode 192

whs192 I’m not here to save the day.  I’m not here to change the face of web hosting.  So what am I here for?  I am here to help.  Help you learn more about the web hosting world in a podcast. All that I ask is for around 10 to 15 minutes of your time and I promise you will walk away at least knowing something you didn’t know before.  Let’s have our own hosting conference, me, you and hundreds of our closest friends.

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Running Time: 12 minutes | File Size: 5.29 MB

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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 OffMedia 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!

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Web Hosting with Tom – Episode 191

whs191I have web hosting advice, tips, tutorials and more for everybody.  From those CEOs that get the big comfy chairs in the high-rises across the country the common web hosting man (or woman) on the street.  No matter if you are starting your first web site, or your running you hundredth web site, join us now for a little web hosting education and entertainment.

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Running Time: 15 minutes | File Size: 6.53 MB

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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.

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The Webhostinator – Episode 190

whs190 I can see it now, a cybernetic system administrator being sent from the year 2029 to warn us all about the impending doom that will happen if you do not listen to this week’s edition of the Web Hosting Show.  If you skip this week’s podcast, the army of artificially intelligent computer-controlled machines bent on the extermination of the human race will win.  You wouldn’t want to be the one responsible, would you?

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Running Time: 13 minutes | File Size: 5.80 MB

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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.

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