Did you miss out on a podcast one week or did you want to listen to one of the best podcasts we have produced in the past year one more time? You are in luck. I just happen to have a list of the most popular Web Hosting Show podcast episodes produced this year. So sit back, turn up the speaker and enjoy the best interviews, discussions, tips and more.
Best Web Hosting Podcasts from 2010
Mitch Visits the cPanel Podcast

For those of you who might have missed my tweets about it, I was recently a guest on the official cPanel Podcast. I introduced you to the cPanel podcast some time ago, via podcast 212 of the Web Hosting Show. It was a real honor to be asked to appear and give my views on podcast, the web hosting industry and of course cPanel.
Tune in to the cPanel Podcast

Now, you might think that cPanel isn’t something you really need to follow. If you think that, you’d be wrong. The people at cPanel have taken great leaps and bounds when it comes to adding a lot of informational and fun features to their website. My favorite update to the cPanel website thus far is the new podcast they added, hosted by cPanel’s technical writer Lindsey White.
Top 5 Reasons cPanel Rocks

Now, cPanel is by far the most popular control panel option out there these days. Do you really know what makes it stand out from the rest of the crowd though? Here are the top 5 reasons why cPanel really rocks.
cPanel – Fresh, Bold and Fun Control Panel

If you ask just about anybody what control panel their web hosting account is using, nine times out of ten you are going to get cPanel as the response. While cPanel has always seemed to be the proverbial, “big daddy” when it comes to controlling hosting accounts – I do have to say the company has done a great job at sort of remaking its image to seem more up to date and awesome.
The cPanel Show – Podcast 212

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When you talk about a web hosting control panel, nine times out of ten, you are talking about cPanel. This juggernaut of the web hosting world has been around longer than I can even remember – and continues to be the dominate control panel out there for web hosts to choose. So what makes it so special, and how has it lasted so long? That is what we’ll be diving into on this episode of the Web Hosting Show.
Running Time: 6 minutes | File Size: 2.54 MB
For many people out there, cPanel has been the best control panel for a number of reasons. The question I have for you is what are those reasons?
Web Hosting with Tom – Episode 191
I 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.
Download the Web Hosting Show, Episode 191!
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.
10 Sources for Free Web Site Hosting
We are all falling on tough economic times, so what better way to save on some hosting than to look towards a few free hosting sources. Now, free web hosting does come with some downsides. You are not going to be able to host the next Digg or YouTube, however if you need a small space to get started with learning the web hosting ropes, free hosts can often be the best way to get your feet wet.
Here are ten free sources for web hosting out there today.
100webspace.com – Here you get 100 MB of web page, 3000 MB of bandwidth and a lot of extra features like MySQL databases, SSL, SpamAssassin, POP3 and web e-mail and much more. It also allows for FTP or FrontPage access too.

Frihost.com – This free web host is offering you 250 MB of disk space and 10 GB of bandwidth per month. It is hosted on a Unix OS, with access to MySQL, cron jobs, raw logs, backups and more.

HelioHost.org – Your monthly bandwidth will be limited to 2500 here, and 250 MB of disk space. However, they do offer Ruby on Rails, Fantastico, and both MySQL and PostgreSQL databases.

Long Day’s Night in Hosting Headlines
Not a lot going on this week, but there are a few nuggets of goodness as far as web hosting news goes. Here are just a handful of some of the hottest web hosting stories from the week.
cPanel Staff Working Longer Hours
The control panel gurus at cPanel announced that as of Monday, July 21st customer service hours will be extended from 7am to 7pm EST. So if you are a customer looking to get your questions about cPanel answered, they will be available to help.
China Has More Web Users than US
19.1 percent of China has web access. How much is that? Oh roughly 253-million people.
HostingCon Gets Going
The biggest news story of the week would be that HostingCon is taking place July 28th through the 30th at the Navy Pier in Chicago. I have skipped out on the festivities yet again, but looks like a great show all around. HostingCon is the yearly meet up for all the biggest players in the hosting industry. This year Parallels and Microsoft seem to be keynoting the conference and I am sure we will hear more about it from those who were “on the inside” soon.
Do you have any hosting news to share?
Drop me an e-mail at mitch@mitchkeeler.com and I’ll be more than happy to share it with the rest of the web hosting industry right here, next week on this very podcast.
Creating Sub-domains in cPanel
Sub-domains (such as mitchisawesome.mitchkeeler.com) gives you an entirely new way to view your Online creations. Lets say you wanted to add something new, like a blog or forum script to your hosting account but didn’t want to change domains a sub-domain would be a good way to go. Video now fixed, thanks for the e-mails!
Have any other interesting hosting videos to share? Sent ‘em to me at mitch@mitchkeeler.com and I’ll share them with the web hosting world.
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