For once a term in web hosting that says what it means and means what it says.  Type-in traffic is when somebody types in a word or phrase and just adds .com (or some other domain name extension) to the end of it into the address bar instead of searching for it.

For example, if you were looking for web hosting you might try typing webhosting.com.  Who owns that?  It redirects to AT&T.  So anybody who takes this route would have an instant gateway into AT&T’s web hosting services.

These days when you type in a phrase into the address bar and hit the “enter” key you are taken to a web search.  Before 2002 though, most people were taken to that phrase with a browser placed “.com” at the end.  That is how this practice of Type-in traffic began.

If your looking to move into this marketing tactic yourself, you may want to keep a few things in mind:

• Stay away from copyrighted names. Trying to buy, for example “hewlettpackard.com” might get HP’s legal team after you for cybersquatting.
• Your wallet better be pretty fat. Getting a generic phrase top level domain name is not going to be cheap. Get ready to pay top dollar.

Type-in traffic, if you can get it going, can be a great way to get people to your domain with little to no work at all.

You can only do so many silly intros to a podcast before you run out of idea.  Let me just say I got lots to talk about this week from domain marketing to somebody spitting in your web hosting fast food.  Confused?  Good I like to leave you wanting more and well, here it comes!

Download the Web Hosting Show, Episode 155!
Running Time: 14 minutes | File Size: 6.41 MB

Here are just a few topics from this week’s episode of the Web Hosting Show.

• Photo Sharing with EchoPic
• What is Type-in Traffic?
• Don’t Spit in the Hosting Cheeseburger
• Free Office Downloads for Budget Web Hosts

Podcast Exclusive - Part 3 of Our “How to Purchase a Web Hosting Business” Series with Web Strategist Errett Cord. Download the podcast to check it out!

Time to put on our party pants and do that web hosting dance we all do so well.  No matter if you move like you have two left feet or not, let me be your “getting down with your bad self” instructor though the wild and wacky world of web hosting.

To those outside of the Online world, cybersquatting sounds like part of a work out routine you’d do with a digital Richard Simmons.  I can promise you though that this is not the case.  It is actually a very important issue that comes up in the world of domain name registrations.

It is registering, trafficking in, or using a domain name with bad faith intent to profit from the goodwill of a trademark belonging to someone else. The cybersquatter then offers to sell the domain to the person or company who owns a trademark contained within the name at an inflated price.  At least that is according to the United States federal law on the issue, the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act.

Now when people are squatting outside of the digital realm we live in, it usually means they are living in an abandoned building or some other space that the squatter does not own.

Back to the Online side of things, cybersquatters will actually register and pay for the domains in question and then wave it in the face of the copyright holder and sometimes even put up really bad things about them in hopes that they will want to give them a big ol’ check to shut them up and buy the domain.

For more information on domain name squatting I would highly suggest checking out ICANN’s uniform domain-name dispute-resolution policy.

We have cybersquatting, but why not cybersitting or cyberstanding?  Just doesn’t seem to be fair, does it?  Personally growing a little tired myself of sticking “cyber” in front of anything dangerous or bad on the Web.  We’ll cover that and many more deep thought provoking questions on this week’s edition of the Web Hosting Show.

Download the Web Hosting Show, Episode 153!
Running Time: 13 minutes | File Size: 6.73 MB

Here are just a few topics from this week’s episode of the Web Hosting Show.

• Poll - Do Web Hosts Need to Provide Phone Support?
• What is and Who Does Domain Name Cybersquatting?
• Hostopia Buys Out Tucows Shared Hosting Services!
• Quick Domain Searching with Domize!

Podcast Exclusive - Part 1 of Our “How to Purchase a Web Hosting Business” Series with Web Strategist Errett Cord. Download the podcast to check it out!

Back in the saddle ready to giddy up with you, and you and even you back onto the wide open plains of web hosting land.  From cybersquatting to hosting news we have a ‘bit of everything to deliver this week, so lets ride.

On today’s special edition of the Web Hosting Show we have in the studio Emory Rowland of Clickfire.com. Emory has been an insider in both the web hosting and web development worlds for a long time - so there are many topics I would like to pick his brain about. Today though we will be cover from head to toe the world of web hosting reviews.

Download the Web Hosting Show, Episode 152!
Running Time: 11 minutes | File Size: 5.00 MB

Here are just a few topics from this week’s episode of the Web Hosting Show.

• The Background Story Behind Clickfire.com!
• What Gives a Web Host “Staying Power” These Days?
• How to Stay Honest with Your Hosting Reviews!
• What Happens When the Web Host Bites Back?
• The Most Important Factors of Web Host Reviewing?

Some web host reviewers are shady or down right scammy, but Emory is a guy I know and trust so when he says a web host is good or bad - I know I can believe him. What should and should not come into play though when seeking out and shopping for your next web host?

Time to open that proverbial mailbag to see what type of questions you have been sending me. Now I do my best to answer any and all questions sent my way but here today I have picked some of the frequently asked ones to help one and all, any and everybody who might also find themself stuck at a brick wall. The Web Hosting Show is on the air.

Download the Web Hosting Show, Episode 151!
Running Time: 15 minutes | File Size: 6.73 MB

Here are just a few topics from this week’s episode of the Web Hosting Show.

• Are There Social Networks in the Hosting World?
• What Are My Thoughts About Those “Green” Web Hosts?
• Do I Know of Any Blogging Alternatives to WordPress?
• What is Domain Name Kiting and Will it Hurt Me?

Here we are again. You, me and this make-pretend bag of mail I have. Ok, technically I don’t have a real physical mail or real letters, but I do have e-mails from a lot of you and as you know I do my best to tackle each and every question you send my way. That is one reason I got into the web hosting business. Getting to help others with their problems is something I just really enjoy to do.

Just don’t think I would have gotten the same thrill out of being a circus clown, a fireman or that guy who tosses midgets at the fair.

Just have a quick update for you for now.  Just finished up putting together the first (of hopefully many more) web hosting eBooks for you to enjoy.  The Best of the Web Hosting Show Guides is a collection of some of the most popular guides I have posted and talked about here on the podcast.

Unlike other eBook deals, you get an extra perk with this setup.  You can download both the digital eBook version, or head over the the official page for it and pick up all five chapters as audio downloads too.  I wanted to give to you the best of both worlds.  The topics covered in the eBook cover all aspects of the web hosting world:

• Moving from Web Host to Web Host
• Getting going with your own Ecommerce Store Online
• How to Find a Job in the Web Hosting Industry
• Best Methods and Tips for Setting up a New Blog
• The Ever Popular Handy Guide to Domain Names

Download the PDF and let me know what you think.  Also as far as distribution goes, please feel free to share the link to download it to anybody and everybody you know.  This is a project of mine I have been working on getting together for some time now and I want everybody to know it is free of charge.