http://www.webhostingshow.com/twitter/

For example, lets say I wanted to link to webhostingtalk.com, but I didn’t want them to gain any SEO rankings for me linking to them (or have any of my own SEO rankings taken away).  So, I write the link out like this:

<a href="http://www.webhostingtalk.com" rel="nofollow">Web Hosting Talk</a>

Now how this attribute is being interpreted differs between the various search engines out there. Here is a ‘bit of interesting information from Wikipedia on how the biggest search engines handle the information:

• Google states that their engine takes “nofollow” literally and does not “follow” the link at all. However, experiments conducted by SEOs show conflicting results. These studies reveal that Google does follow the link, but does not index the linked-to page, unless it was in Google’s index already for other reasons (such as other, non-nofollow links that point to the page).
• Yahoo! “follows it”, but excludes it from their ranking calculation.
• MSN Search respects “nofollow” as regards not counting the link in their ranking, but it is not proven whether or not MSN follows the link.
• Ask.com ignores the attribute altogether.

Now, where and why this got so much attention was when it comes to paid advertising links.  Some search engines have kind of re-purposed the nofollow attribute for disclosure of paid links.  They want you, as the webmaster, to use the rel=”nofollow” code when you sell a link, so that the link in question does not get any search engine optimization benefit.

Since it was announced in early 2005, the attribute has been surrounded in debate and controversy.  Should you use it or should you not?  I’ll let that be your judgment call to make.  At least now, you know what all the fuss is about.

Download the Web Hosting Show, Episode 185!
Running Time: 13 minutes | File Size: 5.94 MB

Here are just a few topics from this week’s episode:

• What is the nofollow Link All About?
• Find Out Who is Copying Your Content
• Compare Linux Dedicated Servers and Deals
• Best Way to Find Web Hosting Coupons
• First All Virtual Web Hosting Conference is Coming

Here are this week’s web hosting news headlines:

• Credit Cards Compromised in WHT Hack – Dedicating this week’s news segment to more coverage on the webhostingtalk.com hack, the recent announcement that credit cards were compromised and what you need to do to protect yourself.

Trivia Question – The first version of the Apache web server was created by whom? (to find out the answer, be sure to download and listen to this week’s podcast!)

Hope you enjoy this week’s broadcast.  Thank you all for tuning in!

So which payment gateways are the best?

• Google Checkout
• MoneyBookers
• NoChex
• PayPal
• Protx
• PSIGate
• WorldPay
• 2Checkout
• BluePay
• E-Gold
• AlertPay
• LinkPoint
• Authorize.net
• CCNow

Have another favorite to add to the list?  Feel free to leave them in the comments.  From user reviews though, these seem to be the best of the best payment gateways out there right now.

Mitchelaneous

This is my blog filled with geek candy.  More personal and of the wall in nature, this is my personal spot to rant and rave about any miscellaneous thing that might cross my mind.  From web development help to custom desktop icons – I am sure there is something for everybody to enjoy here.

My Favorite Mitchelaneous Posts of the Year:

• 10 Tools to Turn Firefox into WordPress’s Little Helper
• Open Google Notebook in Firefox’s Sidebar
• 37 WordPress Free Theme Databases and Blogs
• Free Mega Man 9 Desktop Icons
• 10 Best Paint.Net Tutorials (and 10 More Paint.Net Tutorials)

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Firefox Facts

Firefox Facts is my daily blog about all things relating to Firefox.  It started out as an e-book project, but has expanded by leaps and bounds since then.  Find reviews for useful extensions, great looking Firefox themes and a whole lot more.  I even toss in an occasional roundup of the best tools for this, that and the other.  If you use Firefox, you need to subscribe.

My Favorite Firefox Facts Posts of the Year:

• Darkest Popular Themes for Firefox 3 (also have the lightest)
• Freshest Top 10 YouTube Greasemonkey Scripts
• Change the Default Search in Firefox
• 25 Tweaks for Your Firefox Statusbar (also 25 more tweaks too)
• Give Firefox 3 Firefox 2’s Address Bar

You can subscribe to FirefoxFacts.com for free by plugging the RSS feed into your favorite news reader of choice.  Here are a few subscription buttons to help you in that process:

Thank you all for listening to the Web Hosting Show this year, and I hope this holiday gift of amazing posts from around my little network of web site will at least give you something to do while you are in between football games or wanting some along time after all the in-laws have gone back home.

SendSpace.com – Unlimited uploads and unlimited downloads.  The file size limit with SendSpace is up to 300MB too.

MediaFire.com – This service provides up to 100MB file size per upload, and unlimited storage.  A “pro” account will also get you a few more perks if you want to pay for it.

iFile.it – With one of the simplest interfaces, just browse, upload and cross your fingers.

MegaUpload.com – Another popular alternative is MegaUpload, unfortunately you might be looking for an alternative to it pretty soon.  Hate to give you an alternative to an alternative.

SaveFile.com – With a limit of 100MB per file in size, the most enticing thing about this hosting solution would be the fact that it isn’t used by many – so speeds should be pretty good.

TransferBigFiles.com – Oh, if only the rest of the internet was this obvious.

KeepMyFile.com – Bad web site design, with a limit of 60MB per file and 300MB max.  The advantage here is they say you can upload 30 files at once.

Badongo.com – With unlimited limits, and being free to use – have to say this alternative sounds like gold.

YourFileLink.com – Free video and file hosting is what they promise, and with the highest limit thus far on file size (5GB), you may want to go ahead and take advantage of this domain while it is still around.

UploadPedia.com – Oh, I get it – like Wikipedia, but you host stuff on it.  So it isn’t like Wikipedia at all…

Know of another free file host that deserves to be an alternative to Rapidshare?  Share your suggestions with us, and I might be able to come up with a list of at least ten more free file hosting alternatives to enjoy.

The Magnificent Fantastico – Episode 168 – From the first time I ever heard about Fantastico, I always thought about the traditional magician pulling rabbits from his hat.  Who would have a clue that a few years later on down the road I would have a chance to speak with one of men behind it.

Web Hosting to Go – Episode 169 – What would I like to have today?  Lets see.  I will have a large data center mashup map, a side of hosting tools (just remember to hold the tomatoes), a HP performance-optimized datacenter and a definition on what domaining is all about?  For here or to go?

Hostfinger – Episode 170 – James Bond’s rival Goldfinger was obsessed with gold. I am a man obsessed with web hosting. So does that make me Hostfinger? I am sure of two things. Yes, there will be a web host by that name soon if there isn’t already and I think I’ll stick with my own name for now.

Hope you enjoyed this past month as much as I did.  Got any ideas on what you’d like to hear about next?  I am all ears!

From industry news, to domain stories.  From big business to the little guy.  Gawkwire is already providing news from all corners of the hosting world and doing well at it.  Here is how Robert Lang, Gawkwire managing editor describes this new hosting resource:

“We designed Gawkwire to build on the strengths of other hosting news portals and magazines. Unlike many sites, our content is updated continuously, not once a day or even once a week. We take it a step further, by creating a dialogue with our readers that enhances the overall experience of our site.  And we don’t stop with just news articles. Gawkwire’s rich content covers a wide spectrum, with everything from video blog posts to executive interviews.”

I am very excited to see the launch of something new out there in the hosting news bubble.  Too long has the field grown more than a little stagnite, and the hopes for Gawkwire is to add a little ‘bit more spice, interest and information to the world of Internet and hosting news.

This is one complaint out of many I hope to give worked on this next week or so.  As you can see on WebHostingShow.com I have things divided up into:

• Backend Stuff
• Beginner Help
• Commentary
• Downloads
• Free Hosting
• Hosting News
• Online Tools
• Shopping Advice
• Web Design
• Web Hosting Tutorials

If you have any other suggestions for the podcast or the podcast web site, please feel free to let me know.

There is much more than your average social voting link site here however. They have categories for just about every hosting topic under the sun. General hosting news, hosting experiences, e-mail, domains, tutorials, events… the list could go on and on.

Here is a little more information about them by them:

Hosting Bookmarks (HB) is a place where anyone involved in web hosting is invited to shared knowledge and experience. We welcome professionals to bookmark good content and consumers to share their experience with various products, services and companies. Our objective is to organize various web hosting related topics and knowledge into a database, and to build a valuable reference network based on social communication.

They also invite anybody and everybody who is interested to sign up and give it a shot. I’d love to see this web site take off in popularity so I am inviting you all to bookmark it and use it often. The great thing about a social hosting tool like this is the more people we can bring into the fold the better it will become.

TheWebHostBiz.com
This web site wants to be your guide to starting and running a successful web hosting business. Whether you are just starting out, or you have been around for some time, TheWebHostBiz.com features the tools, applications, service providers and resources that will make your web host business a success.

ServerADay.com
Well the short story for this web site given on the web site itself is “We think all those ‘deal-a-day’ websites out there are cool so we thought what the heck. We have something to sell, so why not give it a shot.” Also being a division of OLM means you don’t have to worry about any shady deals coming forth.

iWeb’s Server Warehouse Clearance Deals
This is another server deal finder that will allow you to hunt for a server of your own. You can list by price and “time of posting” for your deals. The inclusion of an RSS feed for the deals is also a winner. This looks like a great new way for the iWeb people to market themselves to the bargain hunters.

Remember you can always send me your hosting related links at mitch@mitchkeeler.com. New or old, I always love to check them all out.

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• Promo-Code.net – Great Resource for Hosting Deals
• Inside View on Reviews at the Web Host Magazine and Buyer’s Guide
• The Planet Announces Free Fall Savings Campaign
• Host Department Offers Free .info Domain Names

No reason to make the same mistake twice though, subscribe to the Hosting Hoopla RSS feed so you can stay up to date with the latest and greatest happenings around the wild and wacky world of web hosting.

Not all Web Hosting Plans Are The Same…

• Flavors of Web Hosting
• What is VPS Hosting?
• What is Dedicated Web Hosting?
• What Are Server Resources?

When Shopping for Web Hosting You Need to Check…

• The Truth Behind Top 10 Web Host Lists
• Test Your Web Host’s Speed
• Are There Too Many Web Hosts?
• Secret Taboo Topics in Web Hosting

Once You Get That Site, Remember This…

• Quick Tips for Hosting Bliss
• Search Engine Submit and Help
• Classic HTML vs CSS – Who Wins?

Other Tools You Should Keep Handy Are…

• Setting up Google Webmaster Tools
• What is Reverse IP Lookup
• Setting up Google Analytics Guide
• 5 Great Web Dev Tools

Here Are Some Popular Marketing Tips…

• What is a Landing Page?
• 7 Ad Design Tips and Tricks
• Marketing Talk with Amy Armitage of Lunarpages
• Inform, Then Pitch Your Goods
• Marketing Your Site with StumbleUpon
• Write a Better Press Release

There is no doubt that starting out with a new hosting account or web site can be a scary thing. Hopefully with these resources by your side, you’ll be ready for anything that comes your way.

From this point on Hosting Hoopla will be much more than just a list of resources. I will now be kind of link blogging some of the best web hosting and web development news, links, resources, help and more. Just think of it as an always growing list of things in the web hosting world you should be paying attention to.

Why do all that hard work of hunting things down when you can let me do it for you? Of course you can subscribe via the RSS feed or even get daily e-mail updates. Don’t forget the mobile device friendly version of the Hosting Hoopla link list as well.

Feel free to let me know what you like, what you don’t like, what you need and what you want. I am totally open to suggestions, just send them my way. I’d be happy to take them and work them in.

When you ask a Web host what his or her company is worth, many of them would probably say it is priceless. That is like asking somebody how much they’d give for one of their kids for Pete’s sake. Unfortunately though that doesn’t exactly transition well in to real world information.

That is where a Web site like HostBuyout.com comes into play. They allow you to both buy and sell Web hosting companies. Of course, this isn’t exactly cheap – so don’t think your going to buy something to keep you busy on a Sunday afternoon. This will be a big investment.

Here is a little more information about the Web site from the HostingTech.com:

Aditz, a business brokerage firm specializing in mergers and acquisitions in the Web hosting industry, announced it launched its HostBuyout.com web site and is now accepting new clients. The company’s services include business valuations, buyer discovery and recruitment, buyer screening, document services, and escrow services.

They give you a pretty neat free tool as well to do an estimate of how much your company might be worth as well. So next time your looking to purchase a Web hosting company or get out of the game – HostBuyout.com is definitely a place to check out to make it happen.

Related Podcast Link: Listen to Episode 109!

I figured since it is Memorial Day, this would be a good time for me to list some of my favorite episodes of the Web Hosting Show we’ve done in the past.

Become a Better Hosting Client – Podcast 85

Marketing Talk with Lunarpages – Episode 106

Two Year Podcast Anniversary – Episode 97

Ecommerce Web Hosting Guide – Episode 93

Web Hosting for Blogs – Podcast 70

Check ‘em out and download them again. If you missed them the first time around – this would be a good week to play catch up so you can see why I liked them so much.

Looking for a list of hosts sorted by user reviews and other factors that you get to pick? Try Web Hosting Unleashed’s Best Host Section or their search and compare tool.

The folks over at WebHostingUnleashed.com are giving away an Xbox 360. What do you have to do to win? All you need to do is submit a review of your Web hosting company during the month of March!

Here are a few more contest details from the Web Hosting Unleashed directly:

To enter just submit your review during the month of March and make sure you use a valid email we can reach you at. April 1st we will randomly choose one person from those that submitted reviews, the more reviews you submit the better chance you have to win! This contest is open to everyone in the entire world as it should be.

Blog Post On Contest: Win a Xbox 360!
Contest Page: Web Hosting Unleashed Contests!

Now Web Hosting Unleashed is already one of my favorite Web hosting related Web site, so seeing them put on a contest like this just makes it even better. Even if your not interested in the contest at all, I would at least browse through WebHostingUnleashed.com. I bet you will enjoy what you see.

Give the contest a shot – and if you win, make sure you let them know that the Web Hosting Show sent you that way.

Related Podcast Link: Listen to Episode 99!

Sure, inside of the Web hosting business you get asked questions that are considered by people “in the know” as pretty lame and stupid. We all do our best to inform and educate those people the best that we can though.

The thing that bothers me is when stupid people pretend that they are smart. That is when somebody can get into some real trouble.

+ Link to the YouTube video for the RSS readers out there!

The important thing to remember is to always do your homework before you start calling people out.

To read more about this funny situation, check out the Lunartics blog. That is the first place I found this excellent story.

I have been hard at work this morning on Hosting Hoopla adding some old favorites from Hosting Hoopla 1.0 back to the current version of the Web site. You can now read some of my favorite Web hosting news hangouts and hosting blogs.

If you haven’t visited in a while, now would be a good time to bookmark Hosting Hoopla for all your important hosting resources rolled up into one link.

Now this is not the best of the best – but they are some of my favorites that I have gone to more than once, and continue to be excellent tools for anybody inside or out of the hosting industry.

DemoWolf Tutorials and DemoDemo.com

Both of these Web sites offer you a great place to purchase flash tutorials for your Web hosting business. They cover just about every control panel out there, so no longer do you have an excuse for your Web hosting customers to be left out in the dark. They are both industry leaders in the flash tutorial marketplace.

DomainTools.com

DomainTools.com is my number one favorite place to do any domain name whois searching, pinging, tracing – you name it and they do it. In my opinion they are the best domain name tool / Web site out there today. Their newest addition, PsychicWhois.com also looks like it will be a winner as well. It allows you to place a whois search box on any Web site out there today.

Ping! Zine and The WHIR

With both of these links, you have the top two hosting magazines in the entire hosting industry. Both places offer great paperback and digital hosting magazines and should both be listed as two of the best out there today.

Check out more hosting related tools and Web sites at HostingHoopla.com!

Have a favorite Web hosting resource I might have left off the list? Drop me an E-mail at mitch@mitchkeeler.com and I’ll be more than happy to check it out. Feel free to leave it as a comment here as well – so that others might enjoy it too!

Related Podcast Link: Listen to the Web Hosting Show, Episode 97!

+ The Web Hosting Show Subscription Links

If you have any that you would like to see there, please let me know. I would be more than happy to get them added on the Web page. Just one more way to help you get the latest episodes of the greatest Web hosting podcast out there today.

If all else fails and you are still lost, just click that little orange icon in the upper-right hand corner of WebHostingShow.com.

Bonus: Embed the Web Hosting Show Flash Player on YOUR Web Site!

Here are the top five reasons why you need to check out the new Web site layout and design.

1. The entire Web site is better organized, much easier to find things.

2. WebHostMagazine.com is an industry standard – nuff said.

3. The new menu navigation is fantastic – makes it easier to find everything they cover.

4. They have a blog that I don’t ever remember seeing before at WebHostBlog.com.

5. Everything you could ever think of is covered here. If it is even remotely related to the Web hosting industry, it is here.

Now I realize that is only scratching the surface, but I want to leave a few surprises for you to find on your own. Have a hosting resource that you would like to see featured on the Web Hosting Show podcast? Drop me a line at mitch@mitchkeeler.com and let me know what it is so I can share it with the rest of the world.

+ Check Out the Podcast This Was From! Listen to the Web Hosting Show, Episode 92!

Well I decided to simplify things a ‘bit and give the hosting industry a new resource to have.

I guess you could call this Hosting Hoopla 2. The domain name is staying the same though. Just point your browser at HostingHoopla.com and you will have a better idea of what I am talking about.

This time around I wanted to create what you could call a “mega” list of Web hosting related resources. I have hosting news, forums, blogs and more all listed there. Also, as you can see from the layout I am accepting any and all links from anybody just by clicking on the huge icon you see at the top.

So this is my call out to all of you. Give me your links, give me your resources. This Web site will not work on just my own bookmarks alone. I need for you to give me the links you need to have handy so everybody can get something out of using the Web site.

You see my idea here is that you can have one Web site bookmarked (or saved to your favorites) and get the entire Web hosting industry at your finger tips. I have become tired of having too many links and not having an easy way of going through them. Now both myself and all of you have a quick and easy way to access what you want, what you need and what you love.

I am open to feedback though, as always – so if you have any to share about HostingHoopla.com please send it my way to mitch@mitchkeeler.com. Let me know what you want here and I will do my best to deliver.

+ Check Out the Podcast This Was From! Listen to the Web Hosting Show, Episode 91!

Too many of the Web hosting standards and staples want to stay with the old way of doing things. Some hosting resources though are seeing the payoff when you use the new social Web to your advantage.

I am seeing several Web hosting Web sites using del.icio.us and other social bookmarking Web sites to gain a little more popularity for them self. You see the icons on the bottom of the posts and this builds in a lot of interactivity with the visitor. It gives them a way to save it for later or let others know about this great thing they found.

You can see a good example of this if you visit the Lunarpages blog, Lunartics. Scroll down to the bottom of any post and you will see what I mean.

A lot of Web hosts out there have big fan followings as well. Via their message boards or blog they could “rally the troops” and get loads of folks to digg them, bookmark them and share them via all these different methods. Here are a list of resources that you should check out and make sure you are listed on – one way or another.

• StumbleUpon
• Del.icio.us
• Digg
• MyBlogLog

Have more resources? Leave a comment and share them with the rest of us.

The important thing to remember is don’t feel bad if you are not making headroom just yet. No mater if you have two or two hundred people socially interacting with your links, it is good to have them there. When people search or do some random browsing, you will be there.

In a business that is driven by getting people’s attention – you can think of this as free advertising.

+ Check Out the Podcast This Was From! Listen to the Web Hosting Show, Episode 91!

Also, have you invested any time in using social bookmarking Web sites for free press? You should – and I’ll get you started right here on episode 91 of the Web Hosting Show.

Download the Web Hosting Show, Episode 91!
Running Time: 17 minutes | File Size: 7.58 MB

Here are just a few topics that we discussed on this week’s episode of the Web Hosting Show.

• Hosting Hoopla is Back as a Link Directory
• How to Deal with Annoying Forum Members
• HostingForum.ca Gets My Pick of the Week
• Social Bookmarking Can Lead to Lots of Free Press
• GoDaddy Wants to Sponsor This Podcast? My Controversial Answer!

You my friend have selected to listen to the number one Web hosting podcast in all of the land, the Web Hosting Show. Each and every week I try to cover some help and “how to” for both the Web hosts and the Web hosting clients that care to tune in.

If you want to know how to make the Web hosting industry work for you instead of against you – be sure to tune in right here each and every week.

Link of the Week: Mitch’s Picks for 2006’s Hosting Industry Impact Players!

When you look at as many hosting links and articles as I do – you think you have run into just about every Web site out there on the subject. I have found a new one to add to the list though, and it is called Web Hosting Unleashed.

Just from the first glance of the layout and copy I can already tell this is a Web site I would like to have a reason to come back to every single day. It is very pleasing to the eye and it looks like they try their best to cover just about everything that they can.

They have all the top hosts listed, they have news, they have guides and they have a lot of good quality content.

To check them out for yourself so you can see what all the fuss it about, you can point your favorite browser towards WebHostingUnleashed.com. When you do, make sure that you let them know that the Web Hosting Show sent you there.

+ Check Out the Podcast This Was From! Listen to the Web Hosting Show, Episode 90!

They do not do everything though – which means I must use more than one Online domain name tool. One that caught my attention last week was AjaxDNS.com.

Dorky names aside, when you enter in your domain name or server’s IP address it will provide you with several options. The options included are DNS lookup, WHOIS lookup, ARIN IP lookup, HTTP header check, spam blacklist check, ping, or DNS traversal check.

All handy things to have when you want to check out the health of your domain name over IP address.

For the Web hosting customers out there, this provides you a tool which will give you more information to share with your Web host. Hopefully – having this information off the bat when something on your account is going screwy will help the Web host get your problems fixed faster.

For the Web hosts out there, this is yet another handy link to have in your toolbelt. Ajax DNS offers a lot of options and has them all featured on one Web site. All you need to do is type it in once (your IP address or domain name) and allow the Web site to do the rest of the work for you.

+ Check Out the Podcast This Was From! Listen to the Web Hosting Show, Podcast 89!

Download the Web Hosting Show, Podcast 70!
Running Time: 10 minutes | File Size: 4.67 MB

Hey there, I am the Web hosting industry’s media rockstar Mitch Keeler and I want to welcome one and all to the one and only voice of the Web hosting world, the Web Hosting Show. As with every episode I have done, this podcast is supported by Web Hosting Chat. Go check out WebHostingChat.com and find out why they are your number one place for Web hosting discussions.

I figured this week’s main topic should be one that everybody can get something out of. It seems like more and more people and companies want to blog but can’t get over that first step of getting things set up. Figuring out the backend (I can tell you from personal experience) is usually the hardest part. So, hopefully after today’s show it will be a little less hard for some of you out there.

For those of you who might be new to the Web Hosting Show, this is a podcast where I cover the latest and greatest the Web hosting industry has to offer. I like to think of it as the blue light special of the wild and wacky Web hosting world. If you want to find more podcasts like this one, then the place to visit is WebHostingShow.com.

Hosting Headline

This week’s Web Hosting Headline is brought to you by the Web Host Magazine & Buyer’s Guide. Go check them out at WebHostMagazine.com.

Microsoft Announces Enhanced Hosting Solution at HostingCon 2006
At this year’s HostingCon 2006 in Las Vegas, Microsoft announced the release of Microsoft Solution for Windows-based Hosting Version 4.0, giving Web hosts the ability to launch new services faster, reach Web developers, and improve operations through best practices, tools, scripts and code samples.

Mitch’s Thoughts: Now Microsoft’s place in the world of Web hosting isn’t as big as it’s place everywhere else. I do have to give them credit though for at least giving something new for Web hosting companies to make use of. While Windows-based hosting isn’t the industry leader right now, it is growing by leaps and bounds every single day.

Hot Topic in Hosting

The Hot Topic in Hosting is sponsored by Top Hosts. Go check them out on the Web at TopHosts.com.

Web Hosting Solutions for Blogs

So you are ready to set up a blog and let the world know your opinions or thoughts on anything and everything. Before you get up and running, you need a place to host your thoughts. Now should you go with a specialized blog hosting provider or set things up on your own?

Going through a blog hosting provider makes things a little easier on you. You don’t have to worry about the backend as much, and you can focus more on the content. Now where you might run into problems is in the area of customization. With most blog hosting providers, you are stuck in doing things the way they want you to. Sure, some providers do offer at least a little customization, but not much.

Here are some blog hosting providers you can check out:

+ TypePad.com
+ Blogger.com
+ WordPress.com

If you set things up on your own, you would have to be in charge of design, web hosting and content. This is sometimes more of a headache than somebody wants to get into. It can become very stressful getting all these things in order and getting some sort of system set up on the back end. On the other side, you are free to pretty much do whatever you want and your not tied down to any “system” that is already in place.

Here are some blogging engines for you to install on your Web hosting account:

+ WordPress
+ MovableType
+ Textpattern

Look at the pros and cons of both ways and decide which one better suits your needs. As far as personal recommendations go, I really like WordPress as a blogging engine. Just slap that baby on a web hosting account and you are good to go. If you have any opinions on your favorite way of doing things, share them with me at mitch@mitchkeeler.com.

Related Link:
+ HostReview – All You Need To Know About Blog Hosts

Web Hosting Site of the Week

The Web Hosting Site of the Week is brought to you by Ping! Zine. Go check them out and subscribe to the free magazine at PingZine.com.

This week’s pick for Web hosting site of the week is WebHostingFinds.com.

Now this is yet another Web hosting resource that I stumbled upon while looking at folks that were linking back to WebHostingShow.com. Now at first glance, it might just look like another standard Web hosting Web site. After looking through it though, I have to say it offers much more than that.

The one feature that I like the most from the Web site is the blog section. Tossing this in with the rest of this show’s theme, I have found a lot of interesting information here that I haven’t seen anywhere else. I’m not sure who the mind behind the magic is, but I’d love to talk with them.

So go visit WebHostingFinds.com and when you do make sure you let them know that the Web Hosting Show sent you there.

Final Web Hosting Thoughts

Well that is it for this week’s edition of the Web Hosting Show. If you want to interact with this podcast, it is easy to do.

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