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Award Recognizes Verio's Commitment to Product Excellence and Outstanding Customer Service

CENTENNIAL, Colo. -- Verio Inc., the leader in providing online business solutions to SMBs worldwide, including hosting, applications and managed services, today announced they have been named "Best Web Hosting Company 2008" by HostReview.com as part of their 10th Annual Web Hosting Awards.

A top rated resource for complete web hosting information, HostReview also awarded the company the highly coveted "Readers Choice" award which is voted on solely by the readers of HostReview and "Web Host of the Decade," which recognizes reliability and innovation in web hosting.

"This is an outstanding achievement for Verio and we applaud their leadership and commitment to delivering world-class hosting solutions specifically designed for the SMB," said Darren Tabor, CEO of DevStart, Inc. "In addition to being recognized as Best Web Hosting Company 2008, being awarded Readers Choice and Best Web Host of the Decade speaks volumes about the quality of products and services they deliver to their customers and we congratulate them on this very distinct honor."

The Annual Web Hosting Awards evaluate companies in ten different categories and winners are selected based upon those with the best annual performance. The awards are intended to distinguish the leaders in the hosting industry and provide solid recommendation criteria for customers evaluating hosting solutions. When ranking the firms, a suite of factors are taken into consideration including: product offerings, value of service, customer support and overall company performance. Verio was recognized as excelling in all of these areas.

"We are honored by this recognition and believe it validates the efforts we have put forth in building market leading solutions backed by an extremely committed team and the strong support of our viaVerio channel partners," said Kiyoshi Maeda, president and CEO of Verio. "Product excellence and outstanding customer service are our highest priorities and these awards demonstrate our expertise and success in delivering the technology and services to address the growing needs of the SMB marketplace."

About HostReview and DevStart, Inc.

HostReview.com is a property of DevStart, Inc. (http://www.devstart.com) a leading online provider of unique content and powerful tools for the web hosting, website promotion, and domain name registration industries. Attracting a monthly audience of nearly one million unique visitors, with decision makers at its core, our strong portfolio of media properties offer a uniquely collaborative environment for readers, writers, and advertisers. Since 1998, the DevStart Network has been a popular and trusted source of information and resources for webmasters. Other major properties include: PromotionWorld, DomainInformer, IdeaCafe, and a variety of other websites that cater to webmasters and business owners.

About Verio Inc.

Verio is the leader in providing online business solutions to SMBs worldwide. Distributed through its global network of viaVerio channel partners, Verio's solutions provide hosting, applications and managed services that enable SMBs to drive online success. Verio is a subsidiary of NTT Communications, one of the largest companies in the world and supports its operations with their highly reliable and scalable Global IP Network providing customers and partners with access to business solutions in more than 200 countries. In January 2009, Verio was named "Best Web Hosting Company 2008" by HostReview.com. For more information, visit http://www.verio.com/.


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Superstar Bloggers' Top Web Hosts Revealed

Would-be superstar bloggers need no longer fear choosing a host that can't handle the rapid growth in traffic that occurs when a blog hits the big time. Researchers at WhoIsHostingThis.com have revealed who hosts the world's 100 most popular blogs.

It's vital for anyone serious about blogging to make sure they're hosting with a company that's can scale up as their blog grows.

The study offers an at-a-glance guide to hosting companies with proven performance at the top of the blogosphere. The report reveals that the hosting company of choice for top bloggers is Media Temple, a privately owned hosting company based in Culver City, California.

Media Temple hosts 11 of the top 100 blogs, with the runner up, Datagram the proud host of 8 top blogs. Another key finding was the high number of top blogs using free blog hosting services. Eight of the top 100 blogs used free services like Google's BlogSpot and SixApart's TypePad service. The list of sites analysed for the study was drawn from Technorati's ranking of the world's most popular blogs. The list includes many famous names, such as tech guides Lifehacker, Engadget and Gizmodo; political opinion formers The Drudge Report, Daily Kos and The Huffington Post and humor sites PerezHilton and icanhascheezburger.com.

Richard Kershaw of WhoIsHostingThis.com explained why the study matters to budding big time bloggers.

"Choosing hosting often feels like a trivial decision for bloggers starting out. But all it takes is one post to hit a site like Digg.com, and the traffic spike could take their site offline.

"It's vital for anyone serious about blogging to make sure they're hosting with a company that's can scale up as their blog grows." The full report is available at: http://www.whoishostingthis.com/top-blog-hosting.

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Smart City awards web hosting contract to Spiderhost

TELECOMWORLDWIRE-20 February 2009-Smart City awards web hosting contract to Spiderhost(C)1994-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com

Spiderhost, a provider of high-speed Ethernet, managed services and website service, has won a contract from communications provider Smart City to manage all web hosting and e-mail activity for its 1,000-plus hosting clients.

The contract is effective from 1 March 2009. Clients will experience little or no downtime, Spiderhost said.

Pricing will be unchanged unless clients choose to upgrade to other Spiderhost services.

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The Planet Named Among Web Hosts of the Decade

HOUSTON -- The Planet, the global leader in IT hosting, today announced it has been named one of the five Web Hosts of the Decade by the editors of HostReview. The award is based on the period 1998 through 2008, and was given to companies who have driven innovation and reliability standards in Web hosting. The Planet also captured the award for Best Dedicated Server Package in 2008, based on its prices, technology and overall company performance.

Among the 10 categories in HostReview's Annual Web Hosting Awards, The Planet took the No. 2 seat in the Best Web Hosting Company category. The company also ranked third in the Readers' Choice category, based on figures from an online poll.

"The Planet owes its decade-long success in the hosting industry to the quality of our network and data centers, as well as our ability to adapt to customer needs and a changing technology landscape," said Steve Kahan, vice president of marketing and product management for The Planet. "We now offer our customers the broadest range of hosting choices in the industry, in combination with expert guidance to help businesses choose the exact solution they require. Whether it's colocation, self-managed dedicated servers, add-on management services or fully managed hosting, customers have the power to choose."

For more information, visit http://www.theplanet.com/hosting-awards/

About The Planet

The Planet is the leading provider of On Demand IT Infrastructure solutions, hosting more than 20,000 small- and medium-size businesses and 14.5 million Web sites worldwide. Customers have the power to choose from the broadest range of hosting solutions in the industry, from dedicated servers, Alpha Professional Managed Dedicated Servers, Northstar Managed Hosting and data center colocation, all backed by 24x7x365 support. With the best choice of servers, software tools and world-class service, backed by state-of-the-art data centers and an enterprise-class network, The Planet turns IT into a powerful competitive advantage that enables customers to grow their businesses. For additional information, visit www.theplanet.com.

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PAETEC Offers Free Webinar on Shared Web Hosting

Businesses Can Expand Outreach While Minimizing Demands on IT Resources

FAIRPORT, N.Y. -- PAETEC Holding Corp. (NASDAQ GS: PAET), which provides data, voice and Internet solutions for business-class customers nationwide, will host free educational webinars this month to help enterprises learn how to create an effective online presence with minimal demands on internal resources.

The webinar is entitled "Shared Web Hosting: Driving Your Business' Growth Through a Dynamic Web Presence." The hosting service allows an enterprise to build informational, educational, and e-commerce Web sites without having to develop and support their own Web server. The service includes disk space, data transfer, an exclusive domain name, e-mail capabilities, and more, all for a low monthly rate. Users retain complete administrative and design control of their site.

The service is an excellent option for business-class customers that prefer not to develop and support their own Web server, or do not have the required internal information technology resources.

"Having your business on the Web can improve company communications, reduce operating costs, and enhance customer relations," said Christopher Lodge, a PAETEC Division Vice President with responsibility for Web and data-colocation services. "The service also allows you to create an electronic 'store-front' that can expand your marketing and sales outreach locally and globally.

"Best of all, you can outsource the hassle of secure Web maintenance and gain the benefit of live support from a team of dedicated professionals," Lodge said. "In addition, the service sets a strong business foundation to layer on additional network services as business needs evolve and expand."

The live, one-hour webinar will be repeated over three days at the following times:

* Tuesday, Nov. 18, at noon ET

* Wednesday, Nov. 19, at 3:00 p.m. ET

* Thursday, Nov. 20, at noon ET

During the webinar, you will learn how:

* To customize a Shared Web Hosting solution to suit your unique requirements

* Easy it is to use a Website control panel

* Simple it is to expand your Website as your operations grow

* Easy tools can help you set up your own secured e-commerce site

To register, please visit PAETEC's online educational webinar page here, or visit www.paetec.com.

About PAETEC

PAETEC (NASDAQ GS: PAET) is personalizing communications for business-class customers across the United States. We offer a comprehensive suite of data, voice, and IP services, as well as enterprise communications management software, network security solutions, CPE, and managed services. For more information, visit www.paetec.com.

Source : http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2008_Nov_7/ai_n30976203/

Edge Web Hosting Chooses Epicor

Epicor ITSM to Provide Flexible, Extendable Solution for Managing Service and Support for Mission-Critical Hosted Systems

IRVINE, Calif. -- Epicor Software Corporation (NASDAQ:EPIC), a leading provider of enterprise business software solutions for the midmarket and divisions of Global 1000 companies, today announced that Edge Web Hosting (www.edgewebhosting.net), an award-winning provider of managed dedicated servers and shared hosting solutions, has chosen Epicor solutions to manage service for its clients' mission-critical systems.

With an impressive client list of high-profile organizations with extremely sensitive systems and strong compliance requirements, Edge Web Hosting is committed to providing the best hosting outsourcing services to its customers with 100% uptime and availability in conjunction with access to the most experienced staff and resources. Epicor IT Service Management (ITSM) will be used to manage trouble tickets for Edge Web Hosting's client service calls as well as track resources and client information.

"Edge Web Hosting hosts mission-critical applications for our clients so providing immediate, solution-driven customer service is a chief priority," said Vlad A. Friedman, chief executive officer of Edge Web Hosting. "To properly service our customers, we look to leverage technology solutions that provide reliability, scalability and have the ability to work the way our business does."

After evaluating other service management and customer relationship management (CRM) solutions, Edge Web Hosting chose Epicor because of its ability to extend and customize to align with its unique business processes and high standards for service.

About Edge Web Hosting

Edge Web Hosting is a state of the art facility which has won numerous awards for our performance. Edgewebhosting.net has been a leader in the Web hosting field, winning the coveted "Best Web Hosting Category" in the Sys-Con Media Reader's Choice Awards every year since 2002, as well as Windows IT Pro Magazine's 2005 Innovator Award in the Large Business Category. Edgewebhosting.net specializes in implementing and maintaining high-end, managed dedicated and collocated hosting platforms. Our infrastructure supports many public and well-known organizations that rely on our experience, infrastructure, and availability to ensure the best possible service to their customers. Edgewebhosting.net owns and maintains one of the most redundant datacenters in the United States. By investing in top of the line infrastructure, power conditioning and backup, cooling systems, fire protection and connectivity, Edgewebhosting.net can provide customer with the most reliable and comprehensive hosting services available today. For more information visit the company's Web site at http://www.edgewebhosting.net.

About Epicor Software Corporation

Epicor, named one of FORTUNE magazine's 100 Fastest-Growing Companies in 2006, is a global leader dedicated to providing enterprise resource planning (ERP), customer relationship management (CRM), supply chain management (SCM) and professional services automation (PSA) software solutions to midmarket companies and divisions of the Global 1000. Founded in 1984, Epicor serves over 20,000 customers in more than 140 countries, providing solutions in over 30 languages. Employing innovative service-oriented architecture (SOA) and Web services technology, Epicor delivers end-to-end, industry-specific solutions for manufacturing, distribution, retail, hospitality and services that enable companies to drive increased efficiency, improve performance and build competitive advantage. Epicor solutions provide the scalability and flexibility to meet today's business challenges, while empowering enterprises for even greater success tomorrow. Epicor offers a comprehensive range of services with its solutions, providing a single point of accountability to promote rapid return on investment and low total cost of ownership. Epicor's worldwide headquarters are located in Irvine, California with offices and affiliates around the world. For more information, visit www.epicor.com.

Epicor is a registered trademark of Epicor Software Corporation. Other trademarks referenced are the property of their respective owners. The product and service offerings depicted in this document are produced by Epicor Software Corporation.

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Web Hosting Industry's Elite is Meeting in March at Europe's Largest Hosting Event

HUERTH, Germany, February 3 /PRNewswire/ -- WebhostingDay is to be held, for what is already the fifth time, on March 18th-20th, 2009 at Phantasialand near Cologne, Germany. Now grown to a three-day event, as the largest web hosting event in Europe it has continued to increase from year to year. One important reason for this development is the number of partner companies contributing to WebhostingDay both as exhibitors and presenting talks, while there were about 40 in the previous year, in 2009 there are more than 50. Amongst those contributing are such well-known companies as Microsoft, Intel, AMD, Parallels, interxion, HP and Fujitsu Siemens Computers. This is a clear signal of the great support the event has received within the hosting industry. Moreover, the current status of visitor registrations indicates that there will be a new record for attendance as well.

More than 500 attendants were registered within the first three days after the online registration had gone live. Based on previous experience, over 1,200 visitors can be expected. "The response is really quite overwhelming and once again demonstrates that we entirely meet the hosting industry's demand for a networking and innovation forum taking place in Europe," explains Thomas Strohe, director of intergenia AG and WebhostingDay organizer. "The fact that visitors from all over the world register, and that the majority of them come from the CEO/CTO level, accounts for the event's high significance," continues Strohe.

Top-class senior management experts from the most important hosting and telecommunication companies will, again in 2009, be engaged as speakers for main.FORUM, which takes place on two of the mornings. On March 18th for instance, there will be a main.FORUM talk by Shannon Poulin, Enterprise Marketing Director at Intel, about the topic of Energy Efficient Servers, and Allen Clark, Industry Director Worldwide Software + Services Industry Communications Sector at Microsoft, states the importance of Software-plus-Services. On March 19th, amongst others, Serguei Bellousov, Chairman and CEO of Parallels, attends to the topic Cloud Computing, which currently plays a major role in the industry, and Jochen Polster, Vice President of Marketing EMEA at AMD, explains the advantages of Quad-Core AMD Opteron(TM) Processors for Cloud Computing.

Information about the organizer: intergenia AG belongs to the leading suppliers of professional web hosting and server solutions in Europe. As a pioneer in the area of dedicated server hosting in Germany, the company represents a perfect synergy of innovation, high-tech and know-how with its brands PlusServer, serverloft and SERVER4YOU.


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The Perks Of Using Windows Web Hosting

What is Windows Web Hosting? Out of several web hosting solutions, Windows web hosting is a hosting plan that is using a server running Windows Server operating system on the back end. A hosting platform is selected based on the language a website is written and the type of application a site runs. Typical use of Windows web hosting would be to run a site that is developed with Active Server Pages, .COM, or .NET infrastructure.
By subscribing to this technology, you can receive to as much as 10GB of web space. This is really useful when you plan on designing a flash-based website. It does load slowly but it also secures your information from being lifted through copy and paste motions. You may also have your own domain -- those .coms and .nets that you are so fond of having will definitely come true through this web hosting service.

Windows web hosting also allows you to have sub domains which are designed to give you unlimited use. Imagine having to own a series of sub domains especially if you carry several products or services? This is really a great deal!

What does this windows web hosting have? Aside from the big storage space, you can have numerous email accounts for your top level personnel. It runs with an ASP .net 2.0 or .NET framework too. You are also provided do it yourself professional websites so that hiring a web developer that costs thousands to do one page would be limited. You have to optimize your budget and the Windows Web Hosting service can definitely be of great help to your company's online campaigns.

Here are some advantages of Windows web hosting:

1. If the site in question is developed using .NET technologies by Microsoft, then Windows web hosting is the right solution for hosting.

2. There are several choices while selecting a database and there are enterprise class databases as well. However, if a site is using MYSQL database from Microsoft, then Windows hosting would be a good choice.

3. If Access Database is used on the site, then Windows hosting would be the only choice of hosting as MS Access would not run on a server not running Windows OS.

4. If the site uses any specific Microsoft services, for example SharePoint, then Windows hosting would be a good hosting choice.

5. Since Windows OS is a licensed operating system by Microsoft, support for the hosting and OS is lot better than that of open source platform hosting.

Do not be intimated by the technical jargon that is happening to you at warped speed. These are the essentials for you to consider if you want to avail the Windows Web Hosting service or settle for the Linux web hosting service. They both offer good support but Windows is commonly used and since you are a beginner in this field, have your best I.T. person to walk you through the technical terms. It boils down to your given budget so think it over first before you secure a paid service.


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Web Hosting - How to pick the best provider

In choosing a web hosting provider for your websites there are some importing factors to consider.

One factor is the amount of bandwidth provided which is the amount of data transfer allowed for visitors to view and use you website.

Another consideration is the space provided for the files that will make up your websites.

Also the percentage of server up time should be 98% or higher. The higher the up time the higher the potential for website traffic.

Yet another good feature is web developer software be included with the server plan.

Many web hosting service plans now allow for unlimited domains hosting and also unlimited bandwidth with their most popular plans.

With the changing trends in web hosting it is important to get as much server space and bandwidth as you can. This will allow for necessary updates and increased traffic to your sites as they become more popular.

Equally important features to web hosting that CGI access is provided. Along with features such as MySQL, Real Audio and Video, and Cold Fusion be included.

Also an important feature is SSL, or Secure Socket Layer. This encrypts all order and credit card information. An SSL certificate can be purchased from most web hosting providers. Displaying it on your web sites verifies that your site transactions are safe and secure.

You will need domain names that reflects the nature of the websites. To get your own unique domain names you must first check the availability of the name with a domain name search offered by domain providers.


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What Web Hosting Companies Can I Trust?

Try to choose a web host that uses Cpanel or Plesk. What exactly is a web host or web hosting company and how does it affect your company's web site? In a nutshell, a web host is the company you choose to store all of the files that have been created for your web site. These files make up the entire web site that is viewable by the public. The time to market is a bit longer than with JavaScript tagging because it relies on IT to approve and install additional software and hardware in the data center. Despite that the time required is less than that required for other methods. Choose a Hosting Firm with a Solid Reputation. It is better to just create FTP accounts of people that you really trust so that access to the server is highly limited to these accounts. Always remember to use a complicated password to avoid regular password guessing or brute force methods.

Most good hosting companies will supply a choice of Cpanel or Plesk. Try to limit the number of accounts as well because granted accounts can do just about anything depending on what permissions are assigned. You want to minimize all possible chances of account stealing. In life, most things that are cheaper, suffer a lack of quality. Yet it is not always so, and indeed often expensive things are just repackaged garbage that is over-hyped. The web hosting industry is full of this as well. You are going to want a web host that has some way for you to contact them if you ever need help. Most offer forums, a help desk, and an online chat during certain hours.

Server up-time is something you need to check for. Look for 99% up-time at least. Pricing varies greatly among hosts. Beware of free or very cheap hosting for your business, especially if it requires allowing ads on your website. Most free hosting is meant for personal web pages, not businesses. There are some affordable, dependable hosting providers that offer many services. The key is to find a low-cost host with a very good reputation among its customers.

For a company run by people who actually take pride in the web-hosting they offer, visit http://start-connecting.com

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Hosting Your Email and Website Together

When you make the step to purchase your domain name (yourbusiness.com) and your web hosting why not host your email on your own? For the same cost of your web hosting you can pick web hosting that will also host your email for you.

If you add all of the costs together it is much more economical to host your email with your web hosting company. If you wanted to host email your self first you would have to purchase a server which will run you about $3,000. Then you will need to purchase Microsoft Exchange Server for about $500. Then you will need to pay a contractor to install your Windows operating system and Microsoft Exchange. Then you will have to pay someone to setup your Microsoft Exchange server with your domain name, both of those installation can run you about $100 an hour for about 5 hours so another $500. Then you will have to purchase a better service provider for your Internet with a static IP address. When you add up all of cost in hosting your own mail server it will run you close to $4,000 up front host and about $50 a month for your Internet provider.

So when you are looking to host your email with your web hosting company there are a few things you want to look for when deciding.

POP3 and IMAP are two things you want to make sure that your web hosting company should be able to do. With this functionality you will be able to use email clients like Microsoft Outlook and Thunderbird.

Webmail is a feature that allows users to log in and check their email from anywhere they have an Internet connection. If you are a business with quite a few employees this is an essential feature to allow all of your employees to access their email from their office or from home.

Catch-All Email is an email address that will get every email that is sent to any email address with your domain after the @ sign and doesn't already have an email address created. Does that make sense? Well lets say you have create mike @mikenetpc.com, jake @someone.com, and jill @someone.com. Now someone wants to send an email to jill @someone.com but misspells the email address and writes in jull @someone.com. That is not a defined email address but with a catch all email I will still receive it into a specified account and not miss a possibly important email. If you business depends on quick communication to customers through email then you want to make sure you have

Mailing Lists and Auto responder. Mailing lists are list of email address that you keep and continue to add to of your customers. This email list will be used to send your customers promotional sales, or discounted items, or anything you might want to send to them. Auto responder is a feature that will automatically respond to an email that is sent. If I create an email address support @someone.com I want my customers to know that I received their email and will get back to them as soon as possible. The Auto responder is attached to an email address and whenever an email is sent to that address it automatically sends a predetermined response. This really makes your customers feel like you are responding to them quickly and they know you received their email.

So as you can see the pros severely out weight the cons when it comes to having your email hosted with your web site. Plus there are many things that you should look for when selecting the right email hosting for you. You want to select the right hosting that will grow with you and your business. I hope this article was informative to you and helps you choose the right web and email hosting.

Mike Walton is founder of http://www.cheapasdirthosting.net which provides its clients with hassle free web hosting at low cost. We offer plans with a 1-Click installation that will setup your blog, forum, cms, gallery, or e-commerce web site in seconds.

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What to Look For in a Web Hosting Company

Web sites are no longer a luxury for businesses, they are an absolute necessity. People browse for businesses on-line for anything from restaurants to plumbers, to grocery stores. Every business these days needs a web site to inform people about their business. Web sites will give potential customers the information that they need to give you money. Your business web site will tell potential customers about your business, services you offer, how to contact you, and can give your business a more personal face which is always nice for customers.

When you make the decision to create your own website, there are a couple of things you need to consider. You need to consider who is going to create your website, an employee, an outside company, your neighbors kid? Obviously you want to pick someone who knows what they are doing and will be able to support you and update your web site months from now with new information. Private contractors and companies will do a basic web site pretty cheap if you don't want any of the bells and whistles. The other big question you need to ask yourself is, where am I going to store my web site. Most people don't think about the fact that they need to store their web site but you do. Your web site has to be stored on a server somewhere that is accessible from the Internet and has all of the proper security features in place.

There are tons of different web hosting companies out there that will create you a domain name (www.yourbusiness.com) and store your website for a very low fee. If you happen to out grow your web hosting company is can be a pain to move your web site to another hosting company so make sure you plan ahead early to avoid unnecessary costs. There are a few things you want to look for when picking your web hosting company.

Storage Space is the first thing you want to look at when you are selecting a web hosting company. Storage space is the amount of room that the company gives you to store your web site. When looking at storage space you want to have at least 10 Gigs or 10000 Mbs (these are the same amount). By having this much storage space you can build a basic web site and have plenty of room to grow with your web site. If you later want to include downloads, or image galleries you are going to need this extra space for storage.

Monthly Traffic is the amount in size that people viewing your web site are allowed to download. Whenever your web site is viewed everything is downloaded to the users computer and the amount they download is part of your Monthly Traffic. This number comes into play when you begin to get a lot of traffic to your web site. As your traffic increases most web hosting companies will require you to upgrade to an account with a higher Monthly Traffic number. A good number to monthly traffic is anywhere from 200Gb to 300Gb for your basic site and obviously that number only increases as you receive more traffic.

Databases are being used more and more in the web design business as companies are getting more high tech and want their information to be database driven. This may not be something you want to do right now but should you ever need it you want to make sure you have it ahead of time. Databases for most hosting companies is a very small fee ahead of time to have it setup.

Service Uptime Guarantee is the percentage of time that the web hosting company guarantees that they will be up and running. You don't want to choose any provider that has less than a 99.9% uptime. This means that your site is guaranteed to be up 99.9% of the time.

Backups are very important when it comes to web sites and your hosting company should feel the same way. You want to make sure that your hosting company are doing daily backups of all of your web site data. You also want to make sure that they are running UPS backup (uninterrupted power supply) and diesel generators. Hosting companies that have these in place are ahead of the game because your data is safely stored and even in the event of prolonged power outages at the hosting company your can still function on the backup generators.

Easy Upgrading is another important feature you want in a web hosting company. Should you plan ahead effectively and you still out grow the current plan you have with your web hosting company you want to make sure you can easily upgrade without any hassle or lose of data. If you choose a web hosting company that makes it easy to upgrade you will save yourself a lot of headaches down the road.

Web hosting is a very inexpensive option to get your business on the Internet if you choose the right web hosting company. Just remember to plan ahead for future expansion of your web site and you will reap the benefits of cheap on-line advertising with your new web site.

Mike Walton is founder of http://www.cheapasdirthosting.net which provides its clients with hassle free web hosting at low cost. We offer plans with a 1-Click installation that will setup your blog, forum, cms, gallery, or e-commerce web site in seconds.

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Why Your Business Needs a Web Presence

All businesses these days need to have a web site because they are inexpensive to create and maintain and they provide valuable information to your customers. Any business can benefit from having a web site simply for the inexpensive advertising that you can get with a web site. At roughly $5 to $15 dollars a month for web space and $10 a year to purchase a .com domain name it is silly for any business to not have a web site.

As a business owner you want your web site to provide valuable information to your potential customers. Every potential customer these days want to do all of their comparing of services and products from the comfort of their own home. If you don't provide the information they are looking for to help compare your services you will lose business. There are a few things you should include on your web site when you create one.

Main Page is the first page people will go to when they come to your web site. This page should get your potential customers attention with your business brand. This page should include some images and be well organized to keep your surfers attention.

Services and Products Page should be included in your web site to tell your potential customers about what you do or what you provide. This page should sell your products or services and tell your potential customers why your products or services are superior to others. As your business and page increases in popularity, you can begin to accept payments on-line. This will make your business a store that is open 24/7 making you money.

Contact Page is a crucial page for every business that has a web site. This page lets people know exactly how to contact you should they want you purchase your product or service. This can be as simple as an email address that can contact you or an on-line form that people can type into and send to you. If you provide any service for your customers you want to include your phone number, fax number is (available), and directions to your business if you want people visiting you. A map is always a good option as well if you are trying to get people to get to business.

The three items above are always needed on your business web site to give the surfer the basic information about your business. Feel free to be creative and add pictures of you doing your business or your employees doing work. Web sites should also convey a sense of family and togetherness to provide trust for the customer. Well that about wraps it up for this article. I hope you have enjoyed it and found it to be informative.

Mike Walton is founder of http://www.cheapasdirthosting.net which provides its clients with hassle free web hosting at low cost. We offer plans with a 1-Click installation that will setup your blog, forum, cms, gallery, or e-commerce web site in seconds.

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Web Hosting Reviews For Greater Web Exposure

On world wide web every website is dependent on a specific server located at any specific location in the world. The servers are usually of different formats that are owned by web hosting companies and are operated also by them. Companies that aspire to create a website and make it online needs to hosting service providers that have access to a specific server. A server has to be such that it fulfills the needs of its clients of having a website that is fast, secure, reliable and is successful.

Detailed research may be needed to locate a web hosting company that can provide services that meets up with your needs in exact manner. For instance some companies may offer shared server and not dedicated ones and your website needs the later one than you have to search for such server that have this facility.

Selection of a web hosting service provider depends upon the customers' understanding and needs. See to it that the service provider's functional platform, website development software and other essential factors match up with your requirements. Go through the security features being provided by the company.

Companies searching for web hosting companies should go through the available list of service providers and study carefully the reviews available.

You might be thinking about the significance of web hosting reviews, and how it can help you choose the best company. A review clearly explains the achievements of the company and the manner in which they have accomplished the promises being done about their services. As a web hosting service lists would only show the features of their services and not explain there functionality.

If you already have made use of any web hosting company's services do provide them the feedback about your experience whether positive or negative. It would help other consumers take decision in a right perspective.

Web hosting reviews are integral part but they also have certain limitations as every user consists of a specific and unique requirements and set of experiences. Although reviews are to be considered but you should rely on your research and other factors also.

Some hosting companies choose their clients on the basis of the business type and types of content. These companies have certain business policies that they follow. Therefore web hosting reviews can give you the gist about their limitations and policies and so that you review them carefully and take the decision likewise.

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Website Hosting is Still of Value to You

In a down market it is more necessary than ever to consider how to cut costs. You look at every penny spent and trim the fat so much that sometimes you trim the meat as well. In this case, the meat I'm referring to is hosting your website-or having a website at all. Losing the power a properly designed and marketed site can provide you in today's marketplace would truly be a tragedy, so before you even think about putting the carving knife to your hosting; consider this.

Seek Those Referrals

Now's the time where you really should be putting your website's marketing power to use. Look at rebuilding your site to better utilize calls to action. It's OK to blatantly ask your customers for referrals. If they didn't like what you are offering, they wouldn't be customers, and most people will be happy to provide their friends and family with the same opportunity to benefit from your service or product. Offer incentives that make it worth their while such as discounts on services, unique sales prices, or even products or services that aren't available to the layman. In your redesign of your site, present your customers with every possible opportunity to participate as this will enhance your referral program.

Build Smart Landing Pages

Rather than solely marketing a slew of products or services by trying to drive customers to your homepage, create smart landing pages for your best selling, or most profitable, products and/or services. You wouldn't believe the marketing power a landing page can provide. It's like placing an advertisement specifically for that one item in every visitor's mailbox...only instead of using it to line their birdcages, they'll actually convert! Well, a good percentage of them do, and certainly more than a mailer campaign (which is also much more costly). Pay a professional who really understands the proper methodology for building a landing page to create many different pages depending on your offerings, and you've just increased your sales potential.

Open 24-7

I'm not suggesting that you start up a midnight shift, but I am suggesting that whenever possible, you look into automating your offering so that those individuals who operate in a different time zone, or the insomniac who prefers to surf instead of sit on the couch, can take advantage of your product and/or services even when you're sleeping. If you're offering actual, physical products, I have no idea why you wouldn't want to open an e-commerce solution on your site. Imagine the benefit of waking up in the morning to find additional sales you might have otherwise missed waiting for you to process! It's enough to incite drooling, no?

Summary

While it can be tempting to knock that website hosting charge from your monthly statement, it isn't the wise course of action. In today's age you need a website to truly be successful. More and more people are turning to the Internet for their answers, for their purchasing, and for their own peace of mind. According to InternetWorldStats.com, North America has had a growth in Internet users of 128.3% from 2000 to 2008 with nearly 73.1% of the population using the Internet, and that's just the Homeland, friend! If you're international, those numbers grow astronomically. How can you afford not to maintain your website hosting?

Max Elliot is the chief editor and lead contributing author for the site http://www.webguides4u.com which provides site hosting company reviews, Internet usage articles, website development and design articles, and much more. He's been in the industry for well over a decade working for a range of companies from design houses to hosting companies and Internet service providers.

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Website Hosting is Still of Value to You

In a down market it is more necessary than ever to consider how to cut costs. You look at every penny spent and trim the fat so much that sometimes you trim the meat as well. In this case, the meat I'm referring to is hosting your website-or having a website at all. Losing the power a properly designed and marketed site can provide you in today's marketplace would truly be a tragedy, so before you even think about putting the carving knife to your hosting; consider this.

Seek Those Referrals

Now's the time where you really should be putting your website's marketing power to use. Look at rebuilding your site to better utilize calls to action. It's OK to blatantly ask your customers for referrals. If they didn't like what you are offering, they wouldn't be customers, and most people will be happy to provide their friends and family with the same opportunity to benefit from your service or product. Offer incentives that make it worth their while such as discounts on services, unique sales prices, or even products or services that aren't available to the layman. In your redesign of your site, present your customers with every possible opportunity to participate as this will enhance your referral program.

Build Smart Landing Pages

Rather than solely marketing a slew of products or services by trying to drive customers to your homepage, create smart landing pages for your best selling, or most profitable, products and/or services. You wouldn't believe the marketing power a landing page can provide. It's like placing an advertisement specifically for that one item in every visitor's mailbox...only instead of using it to line their birdcages, they'll actually convert! Well, a good percentage of them do, and certainly more than a mailer campaign (which is also much more costly). Pay a professional who really understands the proper methodology for building a landing page to create many different pages depending on your offerings, and you've just increased your sales potential.

Open 24-7

I'm not suggesting that you start up a midnight shift, but I am suggesting that whenever possible, you look into automating your offering so that those individuals who operate in a different time zone, or the insomniac who prefers to surf instead of sit on the couch, can take advantage of your product and/or services even when you're sleeping. If you're offering actual, physical products, I have no idea why you wouldn't want to open an e-commerce solution on your site. Imagine the benefit of waking up in the morning to find additional sales you might have otherwise missed waiting for you to process! It's enough to incite drooling, no?

Summary

While it can be tempting to knock that website hosting charge from your monthly statement, it isn't the wise course of action. In today's age you need a website to truly be successful. More and more people are turning to the Internet for their answers, for their purchasing, and for their own peace of mind. According to InternetWorldStats.com, North America has had a growth in Internet users of 128.3% from 2000 to 2008 with nearly 73.1% of the population using the Internet, and that's just the Homeland, friend! If you're international, those numbers grow astronomically. How can you afford not to maintain your website hosting?

Max Elliot is the chief editor and lead contributing author for the site http://www.webguides4u.com which provides site hosting company reviews, Internet usage articles, website development and design articles, and much more. He's been in the industry for well over a decade working for a range of companies from design houses to hosting companies and Internet service providers.

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The Best Web Hosting and How to Pick It

There seems to be rather a large amount of uncertainty surrounding the question of how to pick the best web hosting. The positive news is that it doesn't need to be like this at all. In this piece I'll clarify a few of the the most important ingredients that you will definitely need to take into account.

You should not assign too much significance to the eye-catching headlines. The advertising you will see promoting web hosting are going to include very exciting headlines. What you really need is a robust and dependable host. These headline figures will be very unlikely to present you with a complete picture of what's on offer. It's essential that you go a little further to get hold of the solid data that you will require before making any commitments.

Checking up on the dependability of the web hosting company is a really major thing to try to factor in. Selling on the Internet is very simple. Basically anyone could attempt it. As a consequence of this set of circumstances it's rather easy to imagine why there are a few dubious companies on the Internet. The single best method for appraising the dependability of the web hosting supplier is to check roughly how long the company has been around.

Please keep it clear that the thing you're truly searching for is proper value. The-low-cost option might not grant you excellent value. The thing you're truly in search of from your web hosting supplier is a first-rate blend of various components that is going to produce the best value.

As I pointed out in the introduction to this piece, this has only been a brief explanation of some of the most critical items with regard to the subject of how to pick the best web hosting. There is just a small collection of other really vital facets that you truly need to understand properly.

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The Best Web Hosting For Your Business is Easy to Find

There's a massive amount of data out there on the Internet concerning how to choose the best web hosting. The really helpful thing is that there's really only a handful of absolutely crucial points that you genuinely have to have an awareness of. In this piece I will promptly run through a few of the the most important aspects that you should watch your step with.

Checking into the good reputation of the hosting service provider is a vitally key detail to make an effort to remember. Starting a business on the web is relatively straightforward. More or less anyone can have a go. In the context of these elements it is relatively easy to grasp why there are several shoddy companies around the Net. The quickest and best tactic for judging the dependability of the web hosting firm is to check how long they have been in business.

Make sure not to place too much focus on the headline figures. Some of the adverts you are going to see to do with web hosting are going to contain attractive headline numbers. What you're going to want is a sound and reliable hosting firm. These headline numbers will probably not expose a rounded picture of the offer. It's essential that you dig around a little deeper to locate the solid info that you will want before you make any commitments.

Please appreciate that what you're actually in need of is the best value. The-low-cost option will not necessarily produce very good value. The thing you actually need from a hosting service supplier is a superior mixture of various different components that ultimately, can give you excellent value.

As I mentioned during the opening of this article, this has been a brief appraisal of a few of the key details about the issue of how to choose the best web hosting. There is just a few other absolutely critical issues that you have to fully appreciate.

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The Secret to Successful Small Business Web Hosting

Running an online business is not a lot different to running a small business in the real world. You need to look after it and run it prudently. Whereas you might rent premises off line, your premises in the online world is your web site. And the rent you must pay is to your web host. So what is the secret to successful small business web hosting?

Considering that your business is your livelihood, many would get the first answer to this question wrong. Many would focus on the price as being the secret to successful small business web hosting. But I personally think that those people would be wrong.

The most critical element to any business web hosting, be it for a small business or otherwise, is the support you receive. And I don't mean that support that everyone receives when you first sign up and you are a new customer!

What is most important is the support you receive when things go wrong. And things will go wrong, believe me. What matters most is how your web host reacts when the chips are down. Thereafter, we can focus our attention on some of the more obvious things that would contribute to successful small business web hosting. Things like price, features and value for money.

As far as price is concerned, you can get very good deals on Internet hosting at the moment. There are a lot of web hosts around, so the nature of the business means that prices will be competitive. However, price is not so easy to measure as you would think. There are no hard and fast rules as to what constitutes standard small business web hosting package. You have to assess your needs and compare like for like as much as you can. Just remember that you will need to have adequate hard disk space to store your files on, and have a healthy monthly bandwidth allowance as well.

One of the reasons that you should focus on features in a small business hosting package, is that the better featured the hardware is, the less likely you will have problems with your web site. And you will want to keep your web site up as much as possible.

One way to assess the quality of small business web hosting is to read web hosting reviews, especially from those that have been there and got the T shirt before you.

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Very Cheap Web Hosting

With the economy like it is today everyone's looking for very cheap web hosting. That's fine and I totally understand. Times are tough. You do need to know a few things when you're choosing your very cheap web hosting company though. This will save you some headaches down the road.

When I started online five years ago I chose a two dollar hosting company. And I got two dollars worth of service. A very small amount of the most basic services I needed to host my website successfully. Very little bandwidth, very little disk space, and very very little customer support. No guarantee of 99.9% uptime either. Should of known better but I was new to the game.

Since I've been online for five years now and have built several websites, I've learned a few things to look for when choosing good but very cheap web hosting.

Here's a list of things I think that any low cost web host should provide for a maximum of around 5 to 8 bucks a month.

99.9% guaranteed uptime

24 seven customer support

Unlimited bandwidth

Unlimited disk space

Free domain name

Unlimited domains hosted on the same hosting space you purchase

Competition is tough online these days so you should not have any trouble finding what I've mentioned above for around 5 to 8 bucks a month. Just save yourself a few headaches and do some research before you buy. It will be time well spent. I can guarantee that from personal experience. I wish you all the best in searching for very cheap web hosting and building your new site.

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Best Web Hosting Company - Find The Most Affordable Host

If you're creating a community web site or a business web site, one of the first things on your agenda will be finding good, dependable, affordable web hosting for your site. In most cases, a free hosting service isn't going to work. You'll quickly discover that there's a wide range of prices in what's considered affordable, and in what services come with your web hosting package.

What to look for in an affordable web hosting package

Before you make any decisions, it's important that you know what you'll need. Sit down and plan what you'll be using your web site for, and what your server will need to provide for you in order for you to do it. As an example, if you plan to host a web-based community forum, you'll probably need a web host that provides PHP and an SQL database. If, on the other hand, you're planning on running Active Server Pages, or .NET applications, you'll need a server running Windows rather than a UNIX or Linux code base.

Know what you're looking for before you start looking. It will be far easier than having to change once you get started.

Watch Out for A La Carte Plans

Add-ons can turn an affordable web hosting package into an expensive proposition before you know it. Most hosting packages will allow you to add on a la carte items as you need them, but it can get pricey quickly. If the web host you choose charges a setup fee for the shopping cart you didn't think you'd need, it could easily be the equivalent of several month’s hosting fees. Instead, you should decide what you'll need, then get more than you think you'll use.

Even the cheapest web host should provide 24/7 support.

Ideally, your web hosting provider should acknowledge any request for help within an hour with an estimated time of completion. They should provide you with a searchable knowledge base and tutorials to guide you through most common tasks you'll need to do, and support desk help should be available to you online at all times.

No matter how low cost a web host is, if it's not working, then you're paying too much. Before you sign with a web hosting provider, monitor them for a while, or ask around on forums about their record. A hosting service MUST be reliable. A hosting service that can't keep your site online and available will only lose you business and money.

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