Hosting Guide
Learn more about web hosting, domain names, seo, webmaster tools, and other general web development.
March 01, 2012
Top Shared Web Hosts de Jour
Not quite sure who to go with? That’s fine! Let us be the deciding factor in your search for shared web hosting perfection.Categories: Shared Hosting |
January 23, 2012
Why You Should Consider OS X Server
You may think we’re absolutely nuts: No one is seriously considers using Mac OS X Server edition for professional unless they’re crackers, bananas, or straight-up mad, right? If you’ve never thought about using the platform to manage your business or home network, you might be cutting yourself short.Categories: General |
December 07, 2011
Cloud Computing Roller Coaster: The Ups and Downs of Modern Cloud Hosting
Is cloud computing the end-all-be-all messiah for our web hosting needs, or are there very real downsides to the service? In fact, what even are the upsides to storing your website on the cloud.Categories: General |
October 04, 2011
Why You Should Be Using A Linux-Based OS For Your Server
We know we’re being totally mainstream here, but you really should be using Linux for your server. The platform is stabler, offers more depth—as well as a host of incredible features—and no matter the downsides, most web masters will tell you the same: Linux is simply king where servers are concerned.Categories: Linux Web Hosting |
July 13, 2011
Antivirus Scanning Software in the Clouds
The advantages of cloud computing exceeds the demands for web hosting services. Many users are now reaping the benefits of cloud environments for protecting their systems with robust load balancing techniques with the ability to deliver efficient and reliable access to antivirus software and known databases of virus definitions.Categories: Security Issues |
July 05, 2011
Preventing Phishing Attacks
According to a recent Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) survey, over one-third of the respondents reported being a victim of repeated phishing attacks or website spoofing attempts on their company’s web servers. Surprisingly, almost 37% of the respondents found that it took multiple phishing attempts before finally being notified of the malicious attack.Categories: Security Issues |
June 30, 2011
Web Hosting for Small Businesses
With the plethora of affordable business web hosting services small-scale ventures have the same opportunities as larger viable competitors to launch e-commerce sites to offer products and services to online customers.Categories: General |
June 17, 2011
Enhancing Security for WordPress
WordPress is a robust and increasingly popular blogging platform used by many in the blogosphere. Although a widely distributed blogging tool with exclusive security controls and immediate downloadable security patches and updates, it’s not uncommon for hackers to wreak havoc on targeted blogs. Administrators, however, can make a conscious effort to take proactive steps to ensure security measures to protect blogging ventures from such nuisances.Categories: Security Issues |
June 03, 2011
Shared Hosting: The Ideal Solution for Small Business Web Hosting Needs
With the looming economy woes forcing companies to tighten budget belts, many website owners are proactively looking for ways to save costs without compromising quality. Shared hosting allows numerous users to share a single web server. Each site sits on its allocated partition, separated from other sites hosted on the same server. This platform is an excellent solution for many small business endeavors. Shared hosting, or virtual hosting, is a cost-efficient solution for managing professional websites.
Categories: Shared Hosting |
May 19, 2011
Is VPS a Business Cost Reduction?
With the modern tools and resources found around the Internet today, creating a website is not a difficult task. Maintaining the site is a different story as it requires time, hard work and financial purchases. Therefore, it has been said that virtual private server (VPS) hosting is the best option for managing a website as it is subscription-based virtualization.Categories: General |
