I am always a little cautious when it comes to domain name companies. The usual formula, if you look at GoDaddy as an example is to offer the basics, and then load you up with a continuation of ads on top of ads trying to trick you into getting extra services you don’t need. However, Hover – from the Tucows company is really breaking the domain name registration mold by offering you more tools and less junk to avoid.
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Better Domain Management with Hover
Grade Your Domain with BuildStats.com
Looking for a new site to measure the effectiveness of your web site in a number of different ways? BuildStats.com will give you all kinds of details about your domain, or any domain name out there from around the Web.
Some of the statistics included are:
- Indexed pages in Bing, Yahoo, and Google
- Onsite Information
- Rank on Traffic Scoring Sites
- Popularity Graphs
- Social Popularity on the Web
Using tools like this will help you determine where you might need to spend more time working on your web site. For example, if your web site is not the popular across the social sites, you might look into seeing what needs to be done to get your domain mentioned there more.
BuildStats.com is a handy domain scoring tool that you should keep handy.
Find Available Domain Names
Are you searching for available domain names? DomainPigeon.com lists available domain names, which you can then turn around and use for your own web sites. The service is really unique.
Once you visit their web site, you put your mouse over a domain name for additional information. The color of each domain listed (and there are hundreds to choose from) is color coded based on availability and popularity. Over 12,000 domain names listed to pick from, with 1,000 more added daily at 2 PM EST.
If you sign up for a Domain Pigeon account, you can effortlessly keep track of all the domains you are interested in. For anybody who loves to collect interesting domains to use at a future date and time, Domain Pigeon is a resource well worth checking out.
Payment Processing Demystified – Episode 182
Do you know how payment processing works? If not, I promise by the time you finish listing to this podcast you will. For anybody who want’s to start up a web hosting business or an online store, this is none e-commerce friendly podcast you are going to enjoy. The Web Hosting Show is now on the air.
Download the Web Hosting Show, Episode 182!
Running Time: 11 minutes | File Size: 5.01 MB
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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:
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.
More Domain Name Terms – Episode 181
There is no doubt that there is a lot of confusing terminology when it comes to the world of domain names. This is part two of a two part series on some of the oddest domain name terms you have ever heard. We are not here just to celebrate how weird they are. Instead, we are here to try to translate them from web hosting jargon to something we can all understand.
Download the Web Hosting Show, Episode 181!
Running Time: 12 minutes | File Size: 5.19 MB
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Here are this podcast’s domain name terms:
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.
Domain Name Dictionary – Episode 180
Ever heard a domain name term that just made absolutely no sense to you the first time you heard it? There are many of them out there. Over the next two episode we will cover some of the oddest terms in domain names, to help you make sense of them all. The game is simple, this part will cover words one through five, and the next podcast will cover words six through ten.
Download the Web Hosting Show, Episode 180!
Running Time: 10 minutes | File Size: 4.57 MB
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Here are this podcast’s domain name terms:
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.
Best GoDaddy Ads – I Own You Dougie
I am going to surprise you, here is a favorite GoDaddy commercial of mine that doesn’t have all that many plastic chest enhancements at all. Minus one small walkthrough – it doesn’t even have a girl at all. More creative than some of the others, this one deserves the number three spot on my favorite GoDaddy ads countdown.
Makes me wonder what ever happened to these two guys, Doug and well… the other one. Seems like GoDaddy wanted to make them a staple as well in the ads, however the GoDaddy girls seem to still get more attention.
Best GoDaddy Ads – Loving Candice Michelle
Now out of all the GoDaddy girls, I have a special post (oh boy do I!) for Candice Michelle. Not only is she the one that started the craze, but she can also kick some heavy duty rear end in a WWE ring. So next on my GoDaddy ads list would be the 2008 uncut Super Bowl commercial.
Now you might watch that and say it wasn’t that funny. I will give you that, but at least it had a point and told a story a little better than most of them have. In comparison, you have the Basic Instinct knock-off ad which, well – there is nothing funny there. They just tried to rip on that movie’s most famous seen but do nothing to make it their own.
Best GoDaddy Ads – Danica Patrick in the Buff?
When you mention GoDaddy, you can’t help but mention the Super Bowl ads they do. For the mainstream audience, that is what they are known for. So this week I thought I would count down both the good (and the bad) they have delivered over the years.
So where should we start? How about in the shower? Starting with number five on my best list would be the Danica Patrick “extended” shower spot from the 2009 Super Bowl.
Overall, it didn’t make me laugh out loud – but didn’t annoy me either, so it belongs on the list. It is “T and A” meets the three stooges. So what do you think about this one, was it a hit or a miss? Share your thoughts, and there will be another look back at the GoDaddy commercials tomorrow.
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Cloudy With a Chance of Web Hosting – Episode 194
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Here are just a few topics from this week’s episode:
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!