They provide daily hosting news about

1. dedicated web hosting server reviews
2. hosting automations
3. hosting billing
4. private label resellers
5. reseller webhosting
6. hosting service addons
7. priave label exchange
8. blog web hosting
9. co-location servers
10. datacenters

I believe that the site will help people who are new to the web hosting scene. If I were a beginner, I would take the time and check out what sites like thehostingnews.com has to offer. The effort taken by the author to compare hosting plans is very much appreciated. It helps reduce time. One can also find hosting interviews done by the author. Every piece of work that brings value to the readers are pretty much appreciated.

Two of the latest addition to the site’s content are web hosting statistics and web hosting events. The best place to learn new things and discuss the future of the industry is from events. There are also people who attend events solely for the purpose of building networks. It is only at events, where we can speak directly to webmaster, SEO and SEM gurus. And thanks to TheHostingNews, you can keep up with events in your area.

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50 MB limit

I have just fully backed up 3 of my blogs and they take up only 1.63MB of space. The total number of articles are less than 300. Don’t panic if you hit 50MB. To get more space allocation, all you need to do is just send them an email at morespace@techrigy.com.

The famous 10

If you use any of the below blog platform, you qualify for free backups.

1. Blogger
2. WordPress
3. TypePad
4. Friendster
5. LiveJournal
6. Serendipity
7. Windows Live Space
8. Movable Type
9. Terapad
10. Vox
11. Multiply

Switch Blog Platforms

Want to move to a better blog platform? Do it easily using the ‘Restore’ feature. If you are using Joomla and want to migrate to WordPress, here’s a nifty script modified by me.

Images & Videos

Look out for the image and video backup support. They will be out pretty soon.

Blog Backup Online
Secure, store and transfer blogs

It’s rar host. Some of the features worth mentioning are :

• Maximum per file is 150MB, but unlimited if you split it up.
• People who download the file are allowed to check out the content before downloading, making sure that the rar file contains what is wanted
• The file is allowed on the server for as long as 60 days of inactivity
• They also allow file management like deletion and checking the download count for users who register. And the registration is free.
• They even have a statistics page that allow users to check out the server’s file statistics and information.

Rar Host
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Top 10



This is the easiest way to choose. Just google it and you will fine tons of websites listing out top 10, 20, 30 web hosting companies. However, the problem is that there are certain websites that will only list out web hosting companies that they are affiliated with. Be careful in that area. You may be influenced into registering with their No.1 choice, only to find out hidden terms and conditions days later. That time, it’s too late.

The most important thing is to look for a good explanation. For example, Web Hosting Unleashed, chooses their top web hosts that have :

..more than 15 positive reviews and are recommended by at least 90% of the reviewers.

Find My Hosting is another reliable site that helps consumers to find web hosts.

By Location



This is another factor that every webmaster should consider. Of course, the best plan is to have the website hosted locally. This will help in lowering cost and it is more convenient. However, if the target audience of the website is elsewhere, it’s only logical to host it at that location. For example, if your visitors are primarily from the UK, you may want to choose a UK web hosting company over a US web host.

Another influencing factor on location is if you need to make frequent updates to the website, and are often transferring many large files, the speed difference between a web host in your country and a web host in a different country will be significant. Even with a broadband connection, uploading many files to a web server in a different country will prove frustrating. One fine example is Malaysian broadband ISP, TmNet Streamyx.

Windows or Linux



Basically, there are two standard web hosting operating systems which are Windows and Linux. The difference is that Linux is significantly cheaper and has greater compatibility with most scripts. Unless the webmaster is an all out Microsoft supporter and develop web applications in dot net, he’ll use Linux web hosting. Below are 10 examples of free and very, very famous web applications that uses Linux.

• WordPress Blog Platform
• OSCommerce Shopping Carts
• Help Center Live
• Joomla Content Management Systems
• Invision Forum / Discussion Boards
• Drupal Content Management Systems
• 4Images Image Gallery Management System
• SMF Forum / Discussion Boards
• Noah’s Classifieds
• PHProjekt Project Management System

Traffic Size



If you are just starting out, look among the ‘chosen ones’ that has a hosting plan for the smallest bandwidth limit size. It is logic to say that the smaller it is, the cheaper it is. The host must also allow customers the flexibility to switch plans when and if the site grows bigger than the allocated bandwidth limit.

FTP Upload Download Speed



I have 4 websites under my belt, and have been through 3 different hosts. My first host, well, was an eye opening experience for me. At that time, rangit.com was hosted in my first host. The thing is, I have upload and download limits when I transfer files, even though it is hosted locally. The upload limit was 10kb and download was 10kb. At that time, I was inexperienced and thought that it was normal until I found my 3rd host. I was shock to see my files transferring at top speeds. Really. Then only did I realize the importance of FTP Upload and Download speed.

After Sales



Technical support. The single most important factor in choosing a webhost. The only way that you are going to find out about this is through reviews. Of course, every webhost will say that they have 24/7 customer support. That’s advertising. The only way to truly find out if that particular webhost is good, is by reading comments.

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Research your web hosting choice

Data is bits and bytes of information stored in electronic memory. Data center is the facility used to house mission critical computer systems and associated components which includes environmental controls (air conditioning, fire suppression, etc.), redundant/backup power supplies, redundant data communications connections and high security. As data is a crucial aspect of most organizational operations, organizations tend to be very protective of their data. A data center must therefore keep high standards for assuring the integrity and functionality of its hosted computer environment. This is depicted in its physical and logical layout.

Let’s take a high end data center for an example. Let’s take Hosted Solutions’s Managed Server Colocation Charlotte NC as an example. Services offered by Charlotte Data Center Solutions include :

• Colocation

- buying a web server that it is physically located in the premises of a third-party company that provides the networking.

• Dedicated Server

- a computer on a network that is assigned to function only as a resource server and cannot be used as a client. Gamers of half-life should know what dedicated servers are.

• Managed Services

- providing delivery and management of network based services, applications, and equipment to organizations.

• Disaster Recovery

- ability to recover from the loss of a complete site, whether due to natural disaster or malicious intent. Disaster recovery strategies include replication and backup/restore.

Let’s talk about notable features of the data center.

Security

• buildings have ballistics-proof walls, doors, and windows
• 24-hour physical security monitors all cameras, door positions, and badge access areas
• Door entrance to data center requires a badge to get in and a badge to get out
• card access control throughout
• Biometric hand scanner verifies unique hand geometry image and a heat signature before allowing entry into data center

Inside the Data Center

• Backup power is catered for via one or more interruptible power supplies and/or diesel generators.
• raised flooring of removable square tiles to provide a plenum for air to circulate below the floor, as part of the air conditioning system, as well as providing space for power cabling.
• Computer Room Air Conditioning units are positioned around the data center to filter air and to remove dust and lint.
• Air is humidified to a finite set point to reduce static electricity

The main purpose of a data center is running databases, file servers, application servers and middleware that handle the core business and operational data of the organization. Such systems may be proprietary and developed internally by the organization, or bought from enterprise software vendors. A fine example would be Oracle’s Enterprise Manager.

Having a data center with a dedicated hosting managed environment makes you feel safe and secure. The reliability provided by data centers that focus primarily on managing the equipment reduces the time used. Business organizations should be concerned more on business rather than managing servers. Cut additional costs on consultants and invest instead on data centers born to handle server management applications.

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Yeap. Wiki Upload is a winner when compared to RapidShare and MegaUpload. RapidShare will remain a bad choice unless they change their download/upload policies. Next time, you’re in the office/home and you wanna send a large file out, use Wiki Upload. Have fun with it!

Wiki Upload
5GB Free File Hosting

Another good thing is that you can upload any file format. Be it mp3s, family pictures, blog backup files.. anything.. really. And if you’d ever need to keep more than 1GB, creating another account is also another super simple task. Just your email, password, and agreement terms. I took only 10 seconds to create an account. 10 SECONDS. I love it.

And if you wanna upload a LOT of files together, you can with just a click of the mouse on the “+” sign below the upload textbox. I’ve already tried adding 20 over lines of textboxes to the page and no problem. Good stuff.

This site brings so much value to it’s users that I’m sure it’ll expand very fast. I’m not sure how their performance might be like in say, 6 months time. More people = more bandwidth. More bandwidth = more money. They’ve stated on their website that they hate ads. So revenue stream comes from donation by the users. Very generous of them. Let’s hope that they can continue to provide valuable service endlessly.

Here’s a screenshot of the super simple DropBoks :

Hope on over to DropBoks to check it out now! =)

I will list down 5 of my favourites

1. There was once this nursery called the Mole Station Nursery based in New South Wales who had the domain name of :

molestationnursery.com

2. Now here’s an Italian Power Generator company called..

powergenitalia.com

3. Every celebrity has a representative agent. This site keeps track of the names of the agents who represents them..

whorepresents.com

4. If you EVER need a therapist, get one at

therapistfinder.com

5. The mother of all domain names award goes to this website where you can get custom made pens *drumroll*

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penisland.com

Wow. What a story. What a lousy host. Earlier, I did a posting on choosing the top picked hosts by users. It will surely help to avoid situations like this. The guy mentioned above didn’t even have his website listed in google nor in the index of any other search directory. I guess I would also be suspicious on how would anyone hack a family website like his. It doesn’t piss anyone off and it is totally private.

He did a good job by finding out the IP of the person who logged into his account using ‘Webalizer’ (a component found in cpanel). Immediately he reported to the hosting company. They found out that there was this part time employee whose other job was at the very security company that was trying to sell the security product. The host gave a refund and offered to host 1 year for free but was declined.

I guess the moral lesson is to choose your host carefully. I like mine so far. =)

Hacked by Own Host! Be Careful!
The blog of the person who got hacked

There are over 5000 user reviews of web hosts. Usually, we’ll see lotsa banners of web hosts all around the web, but we’re not sure of the quality of service provided. Thanks to eb Hosting Unleashed, one can now read what others say, compare prices, search hosting plans and learn from articles and guides.

The website can be broken up into 5 main sections. Namely :

1. Web Hosting
2. Reseller Hosting
3. VPS Hosting
4. Dedicated Servers
5. Game Servers

Each section is further divided into 4 tabs.

Home

Here is the main navigation page of the main section. Chosen servers based on user’s reviews and reputation are listed here.

User Reviews

Here’s where the Top 50 most recent reviews for that particular section are listed.

Guides

Guides are there to guide one find the proper, suitable web host.

Articles

Helpful articles about web hosting are found here.

Great Stuff! If you have plans to start a website, I would suggest visiting Web Hosting Unleashed to get a better picture of web hosts out there. Have fun exploring!

PS : Just for the record, my webhost is Giz Tech. I took the cheapest plan which gave me

1. Unlimited Subdomains
2. Unlimited Databases
3. Unlimited Postgresql Databases
4. Unlimited Email Accounts
5. Unlimited Mailing Lists
6. Unlimited FTP Accounts

Excellent customer support from John. Worth checking out too! =)

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