web hosting

5 Things to Consider Before Buying Web Hosting

by Mike Mansell February 17, 2011

When establishing an online presence for yourself or your business/organization, there are a number of important components that help your content stand a better chance at being found and becoming successful on the vast sea of information that is the Internet. Personally, I have always been a stickler for creating high-quality content, as I believe [...]

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Use Amazon CloudFront for Fast Web Hosting at a Low Cost

by Mike Mansell December 23, 2010

When maintaining a website, content is always going to be your number one priority. However, you also need to carefully consider two additional factors in order to ensure your overall success. First off is cost – simply because no one wants to spend too much on web hosting. Next off is speed. In a previous [...]

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Hosting Companies Team Up With Hosting for Haiti

by Jeff Weisbein January 21, 2010

The web hosting industry is typically a fierce and competitive market, there are literally thousands of web hosts out there. Some good, some not so much. But in light of recent events (the earthquakes in Haiti), eleven (11) of the web’s biggest and more popular hosts have gotten together to help with the relief effort [...]

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Slicehost: Customer Satisfaction Story

by Michael Morris January 19, 2010

Slicehost, which was acquired by Rackspace several months ago, is an excellent company that provides Virtual Private Servers (VPS). These virtual servers provide the owner unrestricted access for both application and web development. As a customer of them for several years I have had many conversations with the Slicehost support staff, and every time I [...]

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How To: Buy Web Hosting

by Jeff Weisbein April 9, 2009

The web hosting market is over saturated and full of utterly horrible web hosts looking to rip you off with their horrendous services. I have compiled a list of tips and tricks to help you select the best host for you (and to keep you from being taken advantage of). Never register your domain through [...]

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Creating Your Own Website

by Jeff Weisbein January 6, 2008

A friend of mine recently emailed me because he is interested in starting his own website and he writes: Jeff, This is Eric from WyldRyde. I was thinking about starting my own website and maybe getting involved with YouTube or UStream, but I have no idea what I would want to build my site, or [...]

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Finding The Best Web Host

by Jeff Weisbein January 5, 2008

I received an email the other day from Ryan who is one of my YouTube subscribers and he wanted to know how to pick a good web host. This is an excellent question. The web hosting business is an over crowded business and that makes it very hard to tell who is legit and who [...]

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