Godaddy continues to dominate the domain name market. This press release was just posted on the Godaddy site. Domain portfolio for the company’s three ICANN-accredited registrars has surpassed 10 million mark, according to statistics reported by Name Intelligence. “Go Daddy…
Original post by Andrew
After making the decision to join the World Wide Web Business Community. Another important step awaits your attention.
You will certainly want to select a Domain Name for your business.
That’s right! Your very own Domain Name for your online business.
Selecting the right domain name is often a hard task for many new online business owners.
They want a catchy name that will get attention plus deliver the paying customers to their website. Unfortunately, many online business owners insist on the wrong name. One that is not only improper for their business but also might give potential customers the wrong impression.
I’ve heard of quite a few online business owners naming their new business after a family pet, a child, or significant other. Not necessarily in that order!
But, alas, that “catchy” name might make it difficult for potential customers to find your website or you might attract the wrong crowd.
And speaking on the wrong crowd…”I guess you’ve heard the joke about the elderly woman who hooked impressive rugs for a living and decided to start a website called hookers.com. Well, she received many hits to her website from many disappointed lecherous male surfers, so the story goes.”
Before deciding the proper Domain Name let’s cover a few basics:
What’s A Domain Name?In basic terms a domain name is your business name on the World Wide Web. This is how customers will find your website. The domain will show your location and whether your website is commercial (com) organizational (org) educational(edu) governmental(gov) or any one of several other suffixes.
How Might A Domain Reflect Your Business?If you repair cars, your domain might be:-www.autorepairs.com-www.Qualityautorepairs.com
If you design websites a good domain might be:- www.Qualitywebdesigners.com-www.cheapwebdesigns.com
If you sell house plants a good domain name might be: www.houseplantsforyou.comwww.houseplants.com
If you repair computers a good domain name might be: www.computerservice.comwww.computer-repair.com
By reflecting exactly what your business concerns it will beeasier for potential customers to find your website even if they don’t know the exact URL (Universal Resource Locator) They might simply go to a search engine like Google.com and type the kind of business they are looking for. Suppose you own a home based computer repair service on the Internet. A potential customer types “computer repair” on google…and up pops your website! They visit your website. Contact you about your repair services. Cool…huh?
What’s The Deal With The Suffix?Selecting a suffix is important. Even though com, net, org, gov, edu, tv, enjoy amazing popularity, It would be wise to select com. Why? Because it is the most popular. Plus “com” is the one your browser will automatically fill in if someone types in your business name without the suffix. Once again this will make it easier for a potential customer to locate your website. Only use net, org, or any other suffix if “com” is not available.
Availability?After selecting your Domain Name you should determine if that name is available. You might want to download a domain lookup tool. Or use a domain lookup service online. Many webhosting services have a domain lookup tool readily available.
Domain Lookup Tool http://www.whois.net
Download Doman Lookup Tools at: http://www.downloads.com
If your desired Domain Name is available NOW is the perfect time to decide if you want to register the name and select a web hosting package. Usually you will have the option to register the name for a year, two years, three for a predetermined price. I’ve seen prices starting at $9.99 and up per year.
Note: Many webhositng services offer free domain registrationwith a webhosting package. Many webhosting packages start at around $15.00 and up per month for a starter website.
SourcesYahoo Hosting - http://geocities.yahoo.com
Let’s Review:-Decide You Want A Professional Name That Gets Attention.-Select A Name That Describes Your Business.-Select A Name That Will Be Easy To Find Online.-Check Availability.-Register Your Domain With Optional Hosting Package.
After reading this informative article you should have a good understanding on selecting a Domain Name That Clicks!
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Original post by lemon tea
What sort of web hosting options should you go for if you want to host an adult website? You need to remember that this is the most critical aspect of your adult website. Facts like shared or dedicated adult web hosting, the maximum allowed bandwidth, the average uptime of the server and the server space should be critically taken into consideration while researching for your adult web host.
Now let us visit some points in detail to make sure that you choose the right adult web host to host your adult website.
SHARED OR DEDICATED ADULT WEB HOSTING?
Most web hosts provide shared web hosting by default. By ‘shared web hosting’ we mean that your website is being hosted on a server that hosts other websites too. For a basic website with limited bandwidth requirement and server space this is a preferred option to go for.
For an adult website, on the other hand, one should go for dedicated web hosting because if you host an adult website, then you’ll obviously be storing hundreds of images there. The traffic will be huge (at least compared to non-adult websites) and hundreds of visitors will be downloading/loading the images, consuming lots of bandwidth in the process. Besides, if you host an e-commerce adult website where your visitors have to pay a subscription fee to download images and movie flicks, you’ll need a dedicated server to avail the secure server facilities.
CO-LOCATED ADULT WEB HOSTING
You may feel apprehensive about leaving your crucial data (images, movies, credit cards, email addresses) on some one else’s web host. One option is to maintain your own server data center, which can be very costly and most adult webmasters cannot afford it. Besides, it is not even sensible to incur so high a cost unless you are running a mega e-commerce website.
Such a requirement can be solved by having a co-located server. With co-located servers, your hosting company connects your hardware to the Internet and provides you with rack space, a secure environment to store your server in, and technical support. On your part, you need to provide the company with the actual server, maintenance and software in order to host your adult website on your co-located server. Co-located servers generally give you more control over your hardware without having to worry about vandalism, hacking, theft or connectivity outages.
LEGAL CONCERNS:
There are some web hosting companies that have issues with hosting adult content. Prior to booking the server space and uploading your website, you should make it clear to your web host that you’re planning to host an adult website on their server.
SPACE REQUIREMENT
Adult websites naturally take up lots of server space because you’ll be keeping high-resolution images (.jpg) and movies (.mpg, .wmv, .avi, etc). On an average 200 image files will need anywhere between 50-80 MB of disk space. You should always get much more space than your current requirement because before you know it, you’ll be running out of space.
TECHNICAL SUPPORT:
Before you choose your adult web host, make sure you are aware of their technical support standard. It’s not enough to just have a website and quality adult content. In case there is some problem, your adult web hosting company should be able to address the issue as promptly as possible.
HIDDEN COST:
Hidden adult web hosting costs can throw your budget in a disarray if you’re not prepared for them. Make sure you’re aware of all the costs involved with hosting your adult website because you’ll obviously be requiring more than the standard package.
ADMINISTRATION TOOLS:
Various tools like form handling CGI scripts, shopping carts, control panel, email management, file management, etc. are provided by the web hosting company without extra charge. Before you host your adult website, find out what all tools that are available.
PARALLEL SERVER:
Downage can always be expected, but established companies run a few parallel servers so that in case one server collapses, the rest take over. If you charge your viewers for accessing “members only″ content, they′d like to access your adult website as and when they feel like. Your website should always be functioning and if it is often “down”, this may get you lots of irate customers.
We hope that these tips help you choose your adult web hosting company in a better manner
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Original post by lemon tea
This article describes the benefits of dedicated server to host your web site.
Hosting your personal or business web sites on your own dedicated server may seems expensive choice in comparison to shared web hosting, but at the end, it proves a smart choice. Shared web hosting, no matter how well managed, cannot be 100% reliable and stable. However if you have your own dedicated server you can manage to avoid most of the variables affecting the reliability and stability of a server, commonly experienced by shared hosting accounts; variables such as: overload, bad codes and scripts from other users (especially beginners); and, too many applications and components uploaded, and so on.
On a dedicated server you will install only software and applications you want to use, while on a shared hosting server you will find a host of other software and applications installed for other users.
By the very nature of the account, a dedicated server: reduces your dependency on the web host and bypasses time delays and possible expenses incurred from these. With dedicated server hosting you can provide instant support to your own clients whenever required, which is not possible if you are on a shared server. A reliable and fast support service is vital for your own business growth just like the stability and reliability you wish for your own website. In business, reliability is reflected through word-of-mouth as one of the most effective promotional activities.
For people with clients, such as Graphic Designers and Web Designers a dedicated server is invaluable. A dedicated server will bring extra income into the studio, not just as a hosting facility, but, as a designer knows only too well, for the extra ‘bread and butter’ income value. If you have 24hour access to your own dedicated server then you can adjust, correct or update a clients website in minutes, allowing you to keep the dollar back in your studio and not in someone else’s. Ready availability results in reduced labour costs for the client, but higher studio-income frequency for the designer. Hence you will see the return of all your regular offline clients, bringing their web work with them.
The need for a dedicated server to your average shared server user is realized when stats tell you: how quickly people left your site because it was taking too much time to download or how many daily visitors you are down by, because your site was not up. The true negative is the worry of how many lost visitors could have been your future paying-customers. The loss could easily equal the value of the upgrade to a Dedicated Server!
For a business, a website that is quickly downloadable and up all the time gives the visitor encouragement that your service is just as reliable, hence you will be more likely to make a sale. It will also enhance the company’s image and encourage existing customers to refer your service to others. This will result in more sales for less promotion.
If you are serious about your online presence you need to get a Dedicated Server.
By: Paras Shah
Original post by lemon tea
John’s online business is expanding. His customers are increasing day by day. However, he feels very frustrated at the moment as he finds his website is ‘down’ about every 4th day. Whenever he calls up the support team of his web host, he gets the same old answer that his problem will be rectified soon. If the problems do persist it will surely hamper his business.
He has been with his present hosting provider for the last year but now he feels he has to find a new web host as soon as possible because his present hosting package is also not able to meet up with his growing demands. This is not a one-off occurrence that has happened only to John, it happens with many people like him. Changing the web host might become a cumbersome task if John and other people like him don’t know the correct procedure of doing it. So, let’s have a look at the following easy and simple steps:
First of all, it’s very important to have a backup of your website and everything related to it, like databases, scripts etc. It will be very helpful in case there is data loss because of any unforseen reason. Save at least 2 copies of everything and store them separately, so that you can work with one and the other one will function as a backup. You can take backup in various ways. One is by using software programs like a FTP program (e.g. Smart FTP http://www.smartftp.com/) for downloading data.
Now, the time is to look for a new web host that meets all your requirements and provides better technical services than your previous host. Since you have already been through the search procedure it won’t take you much time to come across a reliable hosting company.
Once you have taken a new web-hosting plan and you are ready to upload your web pages, databases etc., check that you have received an IP number, FTP or FrontPage login, and password from your new hosting company. Now, upload all your files to the new server; you are just repeating the same procedure that you’ve done in the past when you uploaded your files for the very first time.
Only a few more steps more and you will be completely done. Before transferring your DNS servers over from your previous host to your new one, debug and test the new site from an individual IP number. Check that all the web pages exist, the links point to the right pages and that all your scripts are running. One important point which people always forget is their domain name expiration date. If you plan to move near the expiration date, it could cause you lots of problems. To be on the safe side, make sure that you have at least 3-4 weeks in hand before the domain name expires, or just renew it for another year.
To transfer domain name service to a new host identify registrar using “WHOis” lookup http://domreg-m6.net/domains/WHois.asp, verify registration of your domain name, identify the name server information for the host your are transferring to, and make changes in the DNS information at the registrar. During this DNS transition period new DNS information has to be propagated throughout the world’s DNS servers. This propagation might take 2-4 days as an International root name server will firstly have to check all the various Domain registrars for updates, and then every ISP provider will update their DNS setting to show the new changes. Not only this, even Internet, i.e. Internet routers and caching engines have to update/clear its DNS cache as well. During this propagation period, you keep your old site running so that the visitors whose ISP provider haven’t updated can still visit your website.
It’s advisable that you don’t cancel your old hosting service during the transition period, as you will need to check your mail from both the hosting providers, as some will direct e-mail to your old server whereas other Internet regions will send mail to your new server. After one or two weeks you can annul the account with your old host.
On the very first notion it sounds like a painful task to find a new web host and make all the necessary changes, but with the steps known, people like John will not find this procedure problematic. With so many automation software packages available, it has now become easier to switch over your web site from old host to new host. If both hosting providers have the same operation system platform, the procedure will become even simpler. But remember, the most important task in the whole host-changing scenario is to find a host that meets your requirements so that you don’t have to go through this entire procedure again in the future.
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Original post by lemon tea
When looking for a Web Host there are lots of factors that come into play. Usually the deciding factors are price and bandwidth. A common overlooked item is the uptime guarantee. This is the percentage of time your account will be up and running
What do these numbers really mean?
If we look at these percentages and convert them into the amount of time your site is going to be down we get some very telling information. The chart below lists the uptime gurantee percentage and how that equates to time.
99% - 5256 Min/Yr or 87.6 Hours/Yr – 438 Min/Month or 7.3 Hours/Month
99.5% - 2628 Min/Yr or 43.8 Hours/Yr – 219 Min/Month or 3.65 Hours/Month
99.9% - 525.6 Min/Yr or 8.76 Hours/Yr – 43.8 Min/Month or .73 Hours/Month
99.95% - 262.8 Min/Yr or 4.38 Hours/Yr – 21.9 Min/Month or .365 Hours/Month
99.99% - 52.56 Min/Yr or .876 Hours/Yr – 4.38 Min/Month or .073 Hours/Month
As you can see that while 99% uptime sounds like a lot, it actually allows for the host to have over 7 hours of downtime per month, or a whopping 87.6 hours per year. Your host could be down for over 3 ½ days over the course of a year and still hit their target of 99% uptime. As you go to 99.5% and 99.9%, it gets much better, and with 99.95% and 99.99% you would have little or no downtime.
Is this realistic?
Is it realistic to get 99.99% uptime? Probably not, but it is always nice if you can get compensated for downtime. However, if the host only compensates you for the actual downtime you have, it probably won’t be a large amount. Let’s assume you pay $20 a month for your hosting, which is probably on the upper end of what you’d be paying ofr a hosting account. We will also assume there a 30 days in the month. Breaking that down, you’re paying roughly 3 cents per hour for your hosting. This means if you site is down for 24 hours, 1 full day, you will only get 72 cents of compensation. By no means is this good if it means your site goes down and you get some pocket change.
So what does this mean to me?
So the more decimal places, the better the uptime guarantee. We also now know that we probably won’t be getting lots of money back if our site goes down. The ultimate goal is to find a web host that has an uptime guarantee and maintains that level of service. You don’t need the money back but you do need the peace of mind of having your website up and running.
Author Info:
Scott is the owner and chief designer for Smith-Concepts a successful web development firm. Related Links: http://www.smith-concepts.com
Original post by lemon tea
When looking for a Web Host there are lots of factors that come into play. Usually the deciding factors are price and bandwidth. A common overlooked item is the uptime guarantee. This is the percentage of time your account will be up and running
What do these numbers really mean?
If we look at these percentages and convert them into the amount of time your site is going to be down we get some very telling information. The chart below lists the uptime gurantee percentage and how that equates to time.
99% - 5256 Min/Yr or 87.6 Hours/Yr – 438 Min/Month or 7.3 Hours/Month
99.5% - 2628 Min/Yr or 43.8 Hours/Yr – 219 Min/Month or 3.65 Hours/Month
99.9% - 525.6 Min/Yr or 8.76 Hours/Yr – 43.8 Min/Month or .73 Hours/Month
99.95% - 262.8 Min/Yr or 4.38 Hours/Yr – 21.9 Min/Month or .365 Hours/Month
99.99% - 52.56 Min/Yr or .876 Hours/Yr – 4.38 Min/Month or .073 Hours/Month
As you can see that while 99% uptime sounds like a lot, it actually allows for the host to have over 7 hours of downtime per month, or a whopping 87.6 hours per year. Your host could be down for over 3 ½ days over the course of a year and still hit their target of 99% uptime. As you go to 99.5% and 99.9%, it gets much better, and with 99.95% and 99.99% you would have little or no downtime.
Is this realistic?
Is it realistic to get 99.99% uptime? Probably not, but it is always nice if you can get compensated for downtime. However, if the host only compensates you for the actual downtime you have, it probably won’t be a large amount. Let’s assume you pay $20 a month for your hosting, which is probably on the upper end of what you’d be paying ofr a hosting account. We will also assume there a 30 days in the month. Breaking that down, you’re paying roughly 3 cents per hour for your hosting. This means if you site is down for 24 hours, 1 full day, you will only get 72 cents of compensation. By no means is this good if it means your site goes down and you get some pocket change.
So what does this mean to me?
So the more decimal places, the better the uptime guarantee. We also now know that we probably won’t be getting lots of money back if our site goes down. The ultimate goal is to find a web host that has an uptime guarantee and maintains that level of service. You don’t need the money back but you do need the peace of mind of having your website up and running.
Author Info:
Scott is the owner and chief designer for Smith-Concepts a successful web development firm. Related Links: http://www.smith-concepts.com
Original post by lemon tea
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