Related Podcast Link: Listen to Episode 118!
There are a lot of blogs out there, many more than you could count on your hands.. even if you have that freaky four extra fingers on that left hand of yours.
With that many blogs out there, there is a lot of backing up that needs to be done. BlogBackupOnline.com will do it for you.
You’ll hear no argument from me that backing up a blog can be very complicated and tedious. Having an external hosting account to do this on can be a lifesaver. At this time they support these blogging platforms:
- Blogger
- WordPress
- TypePad
- Friendster
- LiveJournal
- Serendipity
- Windows Live Space
- Movable Type
- Terapad
- Vox
They also provide a restore solution as well. With many of these online backup solutions they have an easy way to upload, but not such an easy job downloading what you’ve backed up. I’m happy to see they have this under control as well.
Backing up your blog is free while they are still in Beta. The bottom line is the storage space though. You get 50 MB of storage space is allocated to your account.
For most people, green hosting is that kind that has been sitting in the back of the refrigerator a little too long. Pretty soon though I have a feeling that either by hook or crook we will all be impacted by in in one way or another in the future. I’ll talk about it, tell you what it is and let you know what you can do to help. The Web Hosting Show is now on the air.
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Now I know not many people like the blogs or podcast on the blogs or podcasts. Talking about yourself talking about yourself can get a little confusing for some and a little boring for others. I just have a little ‘bit of news to share.
The one thing I didn’t see from the coverage I have read thus far on it is an idea. You would think with this many web hosting people grouped together you could see something emerge as a whole to make the business better. Maybe we start a conversation about not hosting splogs. Maybe somebody suggests that we all hosting companies try to hire more American workers. Those are only a few examples of what one hopes would come from an event like this. If it happened it either has not been covered or it wasn’t “buzz-worthy” enough for anybody else to pick up on.
If your like me and sign up for just about every social network out there, you probably have a free membership at 
It is an age old question, how should you submit yourself to the search engines. Should you not do anything at all and hope they find you? Should you go out and use one of those “all in one” search submit services? Should you go to each search engine and submit yourself by hand?
Green Hosting Smells Funny
Related Podcast Link: Listen to Episode 118!
A green web host is one that claims they are doing good things for the environment – or something to that effect.
What are Carbon Credits?
The way I understand it these are credits that companies can buy so they can say they are “green”. That would be the simple way of doing things. This way instead of having to make any real changes – they just buy a few of these, equal to how much pollution they put out – and they can say they a “environmentally friendly” company. To me, the logic behind that sounds a little screwy.
Who Are Real Green Hosts?
The whole buying credits so you don’t have to do anything sounds a little wrong to me. So what would make a real green host in my opinion? I would say a web host that makes real changes to the way they do business. They could turn off their monitors after an hour of not being used. They could use more energy efficient servers. There are a lot of ways you can save energy and cause less pollution.
There are even a few web hosts out there that say they run off wind, water or solar energy. I won’t name any names because I have yet to see some real proof of it, but that is another idea out there as well.
So when it is all said and done, I think you need to ask for proof and examples if your really considering going with a “greener” hosting option. There is nothing wrong with helping the environment, but there are a lot of companies using it as more sales jargon than an actual practice.