Web Hosting Is More Than Just Bandwidth

Building a Web Site? You Need to Host it Somewhere... But Where?

You're inundated with Web hosting providers -- the choices can be overwhelming. Promises of cheap, quick, and easy tempt you at every turn. Here's what you need to ask yourself.

Is your goal to build a profitable Web business, or do you want to just "put up a site"?

Regular Web hosting is fine for the latter, but to build a business, you need more.

Think of it...

There are so many Web sites competing with you. How do you make your site stand out and be found at Google and the other Search Engines?

How do you build a professional, popular, and profitable business like these people have?

The Answer Is Not In The Web Hosting

Your Web site should be more than just a Web site. It should get found and build free, targeted traffic, your traffic. If you don't own your traffic, you don't own a business online.

In short, your Web site should drive business. Most Web sites merely exist. They don't generate income. To be blunt, they fail.

There is no need to worry about all the technical specifics of Web hosting companies. They are all uniformly excellent these days.

Don't fall for "cheap, quick, easy." Success takes work. The key is to focus 100% upon your business, instead of wasting 95 out of every 100 hours upon technical issues (HTML, CGI, FTP, SEO, etc.).

How?

Through a Web hosting package that provides a proven process and a tech-free, complete set of site-brainstorming-building-hosting-and-marketing tools. A combination that delivers thriving, profitable businesses.

Only one Web hosting provider does that. SiteSell.com offers you Site Build It! ("SBI!"), Web hosting that works. And the proof, as they say, is in the pudding...

Look for track records of success as you investigate where to host your Web site. As you scour possible providers, the best you will ever find is a few well-chosen testimonials.

Compare their proof (if any) to SBI!'s documented, verifiable proof. One example... 62% of SBI! sites end up in the top 3% of ALL Web sites on the Net...

Summary of Results

• 35% of SBI! sites ranked in the top 1% of all sites (i.e., their Alexa Traffic Rank was in the Top 560,000, higher than 99% of all sites on the Web).
• 53% were in the top 2%
• 62% scored in the top 3%.

Does It Make A Difference Where You Host Your Site?

Yahoo!, Verio, 1&1, or AOL? Which one? It simply does not matter. They are all the same. They all deliver...

• 99.99% uptime
• high bandwidth allowance
• high storage numbers, and
• near zero percent success rates.

Your success does not lie in the host. It's in the process and tools. It's in your understanding how to succeed, and then executing.

In other words...

It matters how your Web site is hosted, not where.

It matters that you have 1,000+ visitors per day, not whether "uptime" is 99.99% or 99.999%.

It matters that you succeed. And that is all that matters.

How is Site Build It! Different?

Web hosting is the easy, generic part. But Site Build It! guides you through a proven process that works together with all the tools at exactly the moment you need them. Nobody else in the world does that.

Standard Web hosting is too complicated. SBI! makes the technology disappear so you can focus on building your business. Web hosting itself is the least important part of the package, but it is included, and it is top-notch.

Your success is the most important part! And that's included, too. Guaranteed.

Why Is Google Worth Billions?

Google is worth billions of dollars because 99% of Web sites must advertise to generate traffic. Not you. You are going to build your own traffic...

Traffic that likes and trusts you, believes in you, tells their friends about you, and buys from you.

The "cheap-quick-easy" message is, in fact, not so cheap. $3/month gets you a Web site. But if no one ever sees it, it costs you thousands of dollars worth of your time. And then, thousands more advertising on Google.

Instead, own your own traffic, like these successful SBI! owners.

Net Result?
SBI! Does More Than Host Your Site...
It Builds Your Business

Try it and see for yourself. Take SBI! home for a "No Risk Test Drive." Using SBI! is the best way to experience its power and depth... AT NO RISK.

You'll soon have a site that attracts warm, willing-to-buy visitors...

YOUR visitors. And then... YOUR customers.

You have a future to gain and a past (i.e., your knowledge) to convert into income, and you have absolutely nothing to lose thanks to the guarantee.

"Venture nothing,
and life is less than it should be."
Malcolm Forbes (1919-1990)

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In other words...
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MySQL and IBM integrate databases

MySQL and IBM have announced a joint technology and reseller agreement to bring support for the MySQL open source database to the IBM System i business computing platform.
The two companies will work together to offer the MySQL Server for i5/OS, the flagship operating system for System i, and they plan to deliver IBM DB2 for i5/OS as a certified MySQL storage engine on the System i platform.
This will allow System i customers to implement online and transactional MySQL applications while storing all data in a single, easy-to-manage DB2 database.
In addition, MySQL Enterprise subscriptions - a comprehensive offering of MySQL database software, services and support - will be made available to IBM clients worldwide through IBM's reseller network and System i sales team. Financial terms of the agreement have not been disclosed.



"This deal will make thousands of open source MySQL and PHP applications available to System i clients, helping them respond more quickly to business needs as they arise," said Mark Shearer, general manager for IBM System i.
Sizeable user base makes MySQL useful skill to have >>
Choosing the right database management system >>
IBM platform convergence is a step closer with DB2 9 >>

VIPeers Intoduces Free BitTorrent Hosting

Today, VIPeers has launched a new and totally free BitTorrent hosting service. With VIPeers, everyone can easily share large files up to 5 GB with as many people as they wish, without having to seed it themselves. The service can be best described as a mashup between one-click hosting sites like Rapidshare and BitTorrent.
Although millions of people use BitTorrent on a daily basis, only a few are actually publishing content. When someone want to share a large video file, or a couple of photo’s, Rapidshare and similar file hosting services are often preferred.
With VIPeers this might change, since it is one of the few sites that makes it really easy to share files over BitTorrent. The service eliminates the need to create a .torrent file, add trackers, and seed the file - stuff people often find cumbersome. All you need to do is use the web based uploader, point to the file you want to share on your computer, and VIPeers takes care of the rest.

VIPeers Web-uploader
The whole process works very intuitive, and even people who have never heard of, trackers, seeds or peers will be able use it without running into trouble. When the file has been uploaded to VIPeers, it will show a list of sharing options, including a direct link to the .torrent file. You can send this link to the people you want to share the file with, or upload the torrent file to any other BitTorrent site if you don’t mind making it public.
In addition, VIPeers offers “widgets” for blogs, forums and other websites to make it even more easy to share files. The other option is to include a link to the download page, which also has a direct download link, and a link to download it via Podmailing.
VIPeers’ Louis Choquel told TorrentFreak that he has seen the highest speed with BitTorrent downloads, especially when more people are downloading the file. Another advantage of using BitTorrent is that the torrent can live on indefinitely. “The duration of hosting is limited to a maximum of 3 months. But after that, we continue tracking the torrent so that the swarm can live on and enable people to continue downloading it, even though it’s not on our server anymore,” Choquel said.
Overall I would say that VIPeers succeeded in making BitTorrent more accessible as a publishing tool, and a 5 GB limit is much more than most of the competition offers. Also, not having to seed a file can be very convenient. The only downside to the service is that you’ll have to sign up in order to upload files. VIPeers is currently invite only, but TorrentFreak readers can sign up with the invite code TORRENTFREAK888.

Reseller Web Hosting Provider, Gazzin.com, Enhances Plan Features

Walnut, California - (The Hosting News) - October 16, 2008 - Reseller hosting provider, Gazzin.com, has upgraded hosting plan allotments after successfully relocating to a new datacenter facility, for its over 37,000 domain names.Located in an XO Communications private data facility, Gazzin.com has significantly increased control over the hardware environment of its servers and the network infrastructure used to support them. Gazzin.com now controls its own Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) routes and can offer a wider variety of resources to its clients, including enhanced remote reboot capabilities. Deepak Kandhare, Chief Technical Officer at Gazzin.com noted, ''Today's announcement is a step forward for Gazzin.com as a web hosting company and a business that serves other businesses. Our capacity for growth is larger, our services are more robust, and we are in a better position to compete in the marketplace.'' The relocation took just over a week to move more than 100 physical servers and install new routers and switches. With the move, all hosting plans now offer twice the monthly data transfer and disk space allotments as before. Prices will not increase with the upgrades.
Gazzin.com is a subsidiary of end-user hosting provider, Psychz Networks, founded in 2001, with over 2,000 reseller clients, on both Linux and Windows based hosting platforms, With over 37,000 domain names, Gazzin's web hosting packages are designed for medium or small businesses as well as personal use, offered with a money back guarantee. For more information about Gazzin.com, please visit: http://www.gazzin.com/.

Web hosting services at mind-blowing speed!!!!

an Indian web based company which allows internet users to host their own sites with their desired names at a reliable speed. Also they offer such a speed at very low cost compared to other companies in India. They also offer customer services in case of any defects in the connection. Full technical support and free Website templates are provided. For more details about the tariffs and usage plans visit the website http://www.ewebguru.com A web hosting service is a type of Internet hosting service that allows individuals and organizations to provide their own website accessible through the World Wide Web. Web hosts are companies that provide space on a server they own to be used by their clients and also providing Internet connectivity, typically in a data center. Web hosting in India is widely popular and eWebGuru offers hosting at a faster speed and cheaper price. Web hosts can also provide data center space and connectivity to the Internet .web hosting is done in a safe and secure manner with anti spam filtering through a highly secured server. Advanced Configurable firewall to block off unused ports and increase system security. For more details regarding webhosting log on to http://www.ewebguru.com. This company also offers reseller web hosting which allows clients to become web hosts themselves. Resellers could function as a web hoster, for individual domains, depending on who they are affiliated with as a provider. Reseller’s accounts may vary tremendously in size eWebGuru allows reseller hosting at a lower price. From the business owner to the individual who desires full functionality on a small budget, eWebGuru provides your complete web hosting solution. They provide a latest control panel which is one of the best in the industry to manage the site. India is the largest country which offers web hosting for millions of people. The URL http://www.ewebguru.com give more information regarding reseller web hosting. In India two operating systems are widely popular, Windows and Linux. eWebGuru not only offers webhosting services for Windows based PC’s. They also support Linux Operating systems. Linux hosting has now become more into existence and eWebGuru offers it an affordable price with different plans. eWebGuru Solutions is a leading web space and domain hosting provider of India. They offers a full range of cheap and reliable web hosting services and the web hosting plan is suitable for any static or dynamic website developed in HTML, Flash, Photoshop, Frontpage, Dreamweaver or any other web authoring tool. They have powerful servers, super speeds, and superior support around the clock. They also offer different Domain registration names according to the users wish. The cost for these domain names are barely cheap and affordable to all people They offer a separate Domain control panel to their users , and they can move or transfer Domain from our hosting company to any other hosting company. For more details check the website http://www.ewebguru.com Payment made through this company is highly safe and secure. Also there are specialized engineers available to monitor any faults and they contact the customers through IM. On the hole this eWebGuru provides hosting to thousands of sites with full technical support and faster speed of access.

QuickBooks 2009 Helps Small Businesses Find More Ways To Save Time, Make Money And Get Ahead

Small businesses and accountants will find more ways to get ahead and make more money with the new version of QuickBooks, the best-selling small business financial software from Intuit Inc. Intuit QuickBooks Accounting 2009 offers new features to help them get more productive, gain insights on their business, attract new customers and do business in today's global and changing economy.

The launch of QuickBooks 2009 builds on Intuit's Small Business "Connected Services" strategy and brings together powerful online services such as free Web site creation and hosting for one year, and better online banking. Also new this year is Live Community, which connects QuickBooks users directly to Intuit's Small Business Community so they can quickly have their questions answered by hundreds of thousands of accountants, experts and other small businesses like themselves, helping them get back to running their business.

"Intuit QuickBooks 2009 is one of our best releases in years, giving small businesses more reasons to be optimistic even in tough economic times," said Rick Jensen, senior vice president and general manager of Intuit's Small Business Group. "The powerful new features help small businesses become more productive while finding new ways to make money and succeed in a global economy."

Get Productive and Save Time

New and improved features help small businesses and accountants save time and become more productive, so they can spend more time doing what they do best.

• Client Data Review: One of the biggest new features in QuickBooks 2009, Client Data Review will increase accountants' productivity by helping them find and correct their clients' errors. Accountants can review and fix errors in account balances, charts of accounts and several other categories, all from a single screen. This feature saves accountants more than 30 percent of time spent on each client, resulting in hundreds of hours saved per year.
• Online Banking: One of the top requested features, online banking saves users time on data entry and increases the accuracy of their financial records by easily connecting to and downloading transactions from their participating financial institution directly into QuickBooks. Small businesses can gain control of their cash flow by seeing which checks have cleared their accounts, which transactions are pending, and get up-to-date account balances, all in one place.

Gain Insights and Information

QuickBooks 2009 offers small businesses a wealth of information, helping them gain insights and run their business more efficiently.

• Live Community: Within the product, users can automatically get general business advice and answers to their QuickBooks questions with Live Community. Live Community enables businesses to share knowledge and best practices with other businesses throughout the Intuit Small Business Community. About 80 percent of QuickBooks questions can be answered right from the product, and users can also get their general business questions answered by hundreds of thousands of accountants, experts and other small businesses owners.
• Company Snapshot: From one easily accessible location, Company Snapshot shows which customers owe money, lists outstanding bills and compiles a to-do list. It provides a real-time business snapshot so that companies can stay on top of their finances and performance without shuffling through endless reports.

"The saying 'a picture is worth a thousand words' is really given meaning with QuickBooks 2009," said Sean Graham of Global Products and Services in Oakdale, Calif. "The Company Snapshot feature is exactly what I have been waiting for. I can provide my partners an instant view of our company's financial health with a single click."

Get New Customers and Do Business in a Global Economy

New features also address two big trends for small businesses today - going online to get more customers and doing business in a global economy.

• Free Web site: Intuit research shows that while less than half of small businesses have a Web site, more than 95 percent want one. Users can now create a professional-looking, customized, free Web site to reach current and new customers. Intuit will host the Web site for free for 12 months from the date of purchase.
• Multi-Currency: Almost half of U.S. small businesses will be involved in global trade by 2018, according to the Intuit Future of Small Business Report;. QuickBooks 2009 now supports all international currencies, eliminating the need to manually account for foreign transactions. It allows small businesses to buy and sell easily around the world and seamlessly manage their finances, customers and vendors at home and abroad.
• International Payments: QuickBooks 2009 users can also connect directly to Intuit's international payment service, making it easy to process wire transfers and drafts in more than 100 foreign currencies right from within the software.

"Using the multi-currency features in QuickBooks makes it easy for me to deal with inventory and accounts across our entire enterprise," said Kenneth Cole of Blue Wolf Technical Services in Falls Church, Va. "Our accounting department used to spend days converting currency and making adjustments to our books - this new feature saves my company time and money."

Pricing and Availability

Intuit QuickBooks Accounting 2009 products are currently available direct from Intuit at www.quickbooks.com and will be available beginning Oct. 8 at leading retailers including Amazon.com, Best Buy, CDW, Circuit City, Costco, Fry's Electronics, Office Depot, OfficeMax, Sam's Club, Staples, Target and Wal-Mart. More information on additional Intuit services can be found at www.intuit.com.

Suggested retail prices are:

• Intuit QuickBooks Accounting Simple Start Edition 2009: $99.95.
• Intuit QuickBooks Accounting Pro Edition 2009: $199.95.
• Intuit QuickBooks Accounting Premier Edition 2009 (including industry-specific editions for accountants, contractors, manufacturers and wholesalers, nonprofits, professional service firms and retailers): $399.95.

QuickBooks Simple Start Free is also available for download at www.quickbooks.com.

Additional versions of Intuit QuickBooks include:

• Intuit QuickBooks Accounting Online
• Intuit QuickBooks Accounting 2009 for Mac
• Intuit QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions 9.0

• Additional Resources: Intuit Press Room

About Intuit Inc.
Intuit Inc. is a leading provider of business and financial management solutions for small and mid-sized businesses; financial institutions, including banks and credit unions; consumers and accounting professionals. Its flagship products and services, including QuickBooks Quicken and TurboTax software, simplify small business management and payroll processing, personal finance, and tax preparation and filing. ProSeries and Lacerte are Intuit's leading tax preparation software suites for professional accountants. The company's financial institutions division, anchored by Digital Insight, provides on-demand banking services to help banks and credit unions serve businesses and consumers with innovative solutions.

Web Hosting Provider Terremark Provides Infrastructure for WiMAX

October 8, 2008 – (HOSTSEARCH.COM) – IT infrastructure services provider Terremark Worldwide, Inc. (NASDAQ:TMRK - http://www.terremark.com), whose services include web hosting, has been selected to provide core infrastructure solutions for WiMAX, it was announced yesterday. The company’s NAP of the Americas will provide IT Infrastructure for the WiMAX network solution and its “beyond Wi-Fi” extended wireless broadband Internet. WiMAX-enabled laptops and mobile devices offer high-speed wireless broadband connectivity and “provide the freedom to connect to the Internet as easily as with a cell phone service”. According to the developer, companies such as Intel are “helping to deliver unprecedented mobility for Internet connected devices”. WiMAX will allow access to data-intensive applications, including streaming media on the Internet, live video conferencing, and mobile TV at “speeds similar to DSL or cable and faster than using cell phone service to connect”. “The selection of the NAP of the Americas for the back-end infrastructure of WiMAX further validates our facility as one of the most important Internet exchanges in the world,” explained Chairman and CEO of Terremark, Manuel D. Medina. “We are excited to help revolutionize the way people access content on the Internet.” Terremark leverages data centers in the United States, Europe and Latin America to deliver government and enterprise customers a “comprehensive suite of managed solutions including managed hosting, colocation, disaster recovery, security and cloud computing services”.

Rackspace Web Hosting Provider, Powers 2008 US Presidential Race Website

San Antonio, Texas - (The Hosting News) - October 8, 2008 - Clustered hosting provider, and Rackspace Hosting's cloud division, Mosso, has been chosen to power a website in the 2008 US Presidential Race, to meet traffic spikes with its hosted computing application.

Operators of high traffic political websites have discovered how scalable, on-demand hosting provided by Mosso's flagship offering, The Hosting Cloud, is well suited to support their sites and backend applications which are subject to unpredictable demand increases during the election season. Currently home to numerous election-oriented websites, including a presidential candidate and political national committee, Mosso also provides the hosted computing power for YouDecide2008.com, a bi-partisan website and blog supporting lively discussions and information about this year's election, which experiences great spikes in demand.

In January 2008, information was posted about the presidential debates on YouDecide2008.com, resulting in an increase from 25,000 visitors to more than 300,000 in one day. When a shared hosting provider was not able to scale to support the spike and the site crashed, the site was migrated to Mosso's The Hosting Cloud.

Nathan Ashworth, Founder of YouDecide2008.com noted, ''Since making the switch, Mosso has helped YouDecide2008.com stay up and running with usage numbers spiking more than 600 percent during pivotal points of this year's election. They've given us the freedom to grow and not be punished by our own success. Additionally, their customer service has been phenomenal - it really feels like our business matters to them.''

YouDecide2008.com was created by political information junkie and IT industry professional Nathan Ashworth. Since 2006, he has been populating the site with commentary, speeches, surveys, video, general information and news from both the Republican and Democratic parties. YouDecide2008.com's growth demanded a solution that would scale seamlessly without compromising speed or end-user experience in any way. Mosso's The Hosting Cloud provides cost-effective clustered processing, load-balancing, and redundant storage specifically designed to support high performance sites subject to frequent and unexpected traffic surges.

Nathan's sentiments are echoed in a recently published review by Bitsource, a blog that promotes and evangelizes various trends, opinions, and practical use cases in the technology and enterprise computing community.

Matthew Sachs, systems administrator and owner of Bitsource added, ''Mosso's cloud scales extremely well and with absolutely no user intervention, which allows it to claim the title of a true cloud computing platform.''

Jonathan Bryce, co-founder of Mosso explained, ''YouDecide2008.com shows exactly why Bitsource rated us so highly and why flexibility is needed in this sort of landscape. As this election year continues to unfold, there will be millions of people looking to the Internet for information - especially as we get closer to November 4th. Our core strength is the ability to quickly scale and adapt to changing circumstances, including huge traffic surges as visitors hit these popular sites looking for up-to-the-minute information on the elections. It also explains why customers are counting on Mosso to host important sites such as those related to the presidential race.''

In August, Mosso named technology industry and operations veteran, Bruce Runyan, as its new Chief Uptime Officer. Mr. Runyan is responsible for ensuring that Mosso continues to provide a reliable and consistent customer experience as the cloud scales, and creating an environment that allows Mosso to introduce new capabilities and capacity without impacting the experience.

A recognized leader in the global IT marketplace, Rackspace delivers a diverse suite of enterprise-class hosted IT services to businesses of all sizes. Customers choose Rackspace for its hosting specialization and expertise, backed by the company's award-winning Fanatical Support. Rackspace serves as an extension of its customers' IT departments, by handling infrastructure maintenance and management. Rackspace's portfolio of companies also includes the Mosso cloud computing platform and Mailtrust, a provider of business-class hosted email solutions. Rackspace is recognized as one of FORTUNE Magazine's 100 Best companies to work for, ranking number 32 on the 2008 list. Rackspace's portfolio of hosted IT services includes managed hosting, email hosting and cloud hosting.

Mosso, LLC is the home of The Hosting Cloud, providing enterprise-grade hosting through an easily managed interface so that developers, designers and IT managers can deploy reliable web applications quickly and easily. Founded by two former Rackspace employees, The Hosting Cloud is built upon a cross platform, clustered-computing architecture.

To learn more about Rackspace, please visit: www.rackspace.com.

For more information, please visit: www.mosso.com.

Host Color Announced TextPattern CMS Web Hosting Service

Host Color, a global quality web hosting provider announced the launch of TextPattern Hosting Plan. The new TXP service is priced at $3.99 per month and enables owners of TextPattern CMS websites to work in customized web hosting environment.

(OPENPRESS) October 7, 2008 -- Host Color said that it now offers an authoring hosting plan, based on TextPattern (TXP) CMS. TextPattern CMS is an elegant web content management platform, best for writers, journalists and other professionals who need to publish online textual presentations and easy to manage them.

"I'm happy to say that our TextPattern Hosting Plan is now open to welcome the best authors from different areas", said Host Color's Managing Director Alexander Avramov to web hosting media. He has also added that the TextPattern hosting service is made exclusively for TXP websites. It can not be used to run other software applications.

The limitation is set due to quality assurance, so the hosting company can guarantee that customers of TXP Plan will use the promotional price of $3.99/month to host TextPattern websites only.

"TXP is a great content management platform. Although it is not the most trendy one on today's CMS market, it is the best for journalists and for authors who need to create and publish text presentations. This of course includes academics and any other writers", said Mr. Avramov.

He explains that Host Color is happy to create customized web hosting environment at low cost for people who are addicted to writing. "I'm sure TXP will become favorite CMS to anyone who loves to write. We also like it and that's why we are happy to provide high-class web hosting environment to TXP users", added Host Color's executive. His company maintains more than 30 different hosting plans in order to better customize Shared Hosting services.

Host Color offers web hosting plans in price range between $2.99 and $11.99 per month. Priced at only $3.99/month TextPattern Plan is among the most inexpensive ones. Alongside with TextPattern authoring CMS Host Color allows its TXP customers to use ZenPhoto gallery.

The TextPattern hosting plan features 1,000 MB disc space and 5 GB monthly transfer. Host Color says that these quotas will be increased for anyone who needs more space and monthly transfer, but it does not want to promote any numbers that aren’t realistic or might be considered as overselling.

Besides pre-installed TextPattern CMS, customers can use a number of TXP skins without additional cost, and to meter their visitors with AWStats. Anyone who wants to register new domain name with their TXP plan has to pay only $8.95 for web address under COM, NET, ORG, INFO, BIZ, US or .WS extensions.

Last week Host Color introduced its entry-level Virtuozzo VPS Hosting Plan - "VPS Start". It is priced at $19.95 per month and features 192 MB RAM, 10 GB disc space and 50 GB data transfer per month.

The web host recently has been very active in promoting some national and regional Top-Level domains such as .DE, .ME, .US, Asia, .BZ, CN and TW. It also opened its new Affiliate Program, that transfers 25% of the company's revenue per sale to its affiliates and also pays them for each unique visitor sent to Host Color's website.

About Host Color
Host Color LLC is a quality U.S. web hosting company incorporated in Delaware. It powers thousands of business and personal websites in data centers in South Bend, Indiana, U.S. and Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The company also provides fully Managed dedicated hosting through HC Servers and European hosting services through HC Europe. It offers discounts to academics and non-governmental organizations. The Host Color's corporate message is "Web hosting about people, not about gigabytes."

Ecommerce Web Hosting Should be Cost Effective, not Cheap

Choosing an ecommerce web hosting provider that will be dependable and responsive to your needs is a lot like placing a bet in a high stakes crap shoot. While price is certainly a consideration, “cheap web hosting” can often be more of a headache than it’s worth. From a business management point of view, saving $20 or even $50 a month isn’t going to be much of a consolation if your company is losing thousands of dollars in sales due to excessive downtime, functionality problems, or horrendous customer service.

For most ecommerce web hosting users, satisfaction is based on two primary expectations: reliability and customer service. While no web hosting service can guarantee 100% uptime, it’s not unrealistic to promise 99.9% uninterrupted service. Something is inevitably going to come up, every now and then, that will cause a brief interruption in service, but it’s the responsibility of the web hosting company to make sure that those interruptions are resolved efficiently, quickly, and with as minimal of a disruption to your web business as possible. Even more important, is whether your ecommerce web hosting service provider has safeguards in place that will reduce or prevent the likelihood of technical problems taking place.

When weighing the benefits and features that are offered by different web hosting services, here are some important questions to keep in mind as you compare your options:

Does the web hosting service you’re considering monitor their servers on a 24/7 basis, and have measures in place to prevent, detect, and respond to fires, vandalism, and other emergencies?

Do they have backup systems for both data protection and power supply continuity. In other words, if your web hosting provider’s facilities experience a total power outage, what provisions do they have in place to ensure that your data isn’t lost and that your web site doesn’t go offline? One good sign that a web hosting provider is both reliable and service oriented is that they feed their servers with conditioned UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply) that will continue to run even if there is a local power outage. They should also have an on-site diesel generator that will run indefinitely in the case of an extended power failure.

Other indications that the hosting service you’re considering has your best interests in mind is that they conduct nightly off-site data backups and have an off-site disaster recovery system. Since “Murphy’s Law” dictates that problems will inevitably crop up (and will do so at the worst possible time), your best bet as an ecommerce business owner is to sign on with an e commerce web hosting service that is geared up for providing the best possible service while being prepared to handle the worst catastrophes. In addition to the likelihood that they’ll be reliable, their level of preparedness is also a reflection of their professionalism, their technical savvy, and their dedication to customer service and satisfaction.

Assuming downtime, pricing, or disc space are not going to be issues, the items near the top of your checklist will undoubtedly be the quality of customer service and the level of technical support. Bandwidth, user friendliness, and email accounts are also key considerations in choosing a good service provider, but after all is said and done, if you can’t depend on your ecommerce web hosting service to be responsive, available, and helpful, then sooner or later, you’re going to be shopping for another web hosting solution.

Web Hosting Instructions

Web domains. Hosting. Content. These are the three top priorities for any webmaster, regardless of how experienced they are. Unfortunately, these three essentials often leave people in the dark, as there are dozens of companies offering the “same” packages for different prices. With an overflow of routes you could take, it can get mind boggling to figure out the appropriate steps. For this reason, instructions are essential if you are looking for a smooth path.

The first thing you should do is make a list of what your current goals are. If you are making a professional site, you'll need a secure and reliable host. For instance, if you know that your website will reach thousands of people within a few months, perhaps you should find a web hosting package that includes extra bandwidth. You need additional space, especially if visitors are constantly going to be accessing your website. On the other hand, if you are just experimenting, you should stick to the free hosting packages. Geocities or Angel Fire certainly provides a basic package, which will leave you satisfied. After all, you do not need bells and whistles if you aren't serious about the website in the long run. If you do end up changing your mind, you can always switch services and transfer your website.

Once you have made your decision, you need to find a reputable service. While searching for hosting companies on Google may seem appropriate, it often stems bad results. It is important to remember that just because it is listed on a search engine, doesn't mean it is 100% safe and legit. Therefore, if you do find a potential company, you should get a second opinion. It is usually smart to join a webmaster related forum like SitePoint to discuss such matters. This way you can hear about other people's experiences and what companies to avoid. Additional references from friends or family would also be ideal.

After picking a host, you will need to provide your credit card information. For many users, 3ix.org is a favorite, as it rarely charges you much. Surprisingly, there are discount coupon codes you can acquire through the internet, to also help you with your initial fee. Due to the fact that you have to include your private information, it is absolutely crucial to make sure you find a legit business. The last thing you want is to lose any money. Therefore, you should google their name and check out the reviews from fellow users. This will most definitely make all of the difference, especially if you find out that they are a fraud.

For website beginners, web hosting doesn't have to be difficult or even too time consuming. As long as you find reputable sources, second opinions, and a great easy to use package, you are well on your way to website success. With these instructions in mind, there should be no frustrations or year long debates on what company to use. It is quite simple, once you get in the webmaster's frame of mind.

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Things to Keep in Mind while Changing Web Host

What is Web Hosting? Web hosting is a type of service that lets user to put the website on the internet. The part of web hosting comes after the user has decided the domain name and has registered it too. User has three options possible for choosing a web hosting service that a web host can offer. They are virtual private server hosting, shared web hosting and dedicated server hosting. In case a user wants to switch web host then the user should keep following consideration in mind.

User should start looking for new web host at least few days before user run out of credit for present account. This will help in keeping your website on the air for the maximum time. Before switching to the new web host, first make a backup copy of the website in the same tree structure in which you want to upload it later, only the cgi-bin’s location can vary. Also look for any chmod permissions that you might have set on any folder or file. This is so as these permissions need to be reset when files are uploaded to the new web server. Copy of the database/databases has to be made too.

Another consideration that user has to make is that user should be aware of the hosting requirements like beginner are concern with the amount that they have to pay to the disk space they are provided.

If the user is a professional, entrepreneur or online business then the user can make following requirements, which are:-

1. Choosing the type of web hosting: user has mainly two options, Shared server or dedicated server. If a user expects to get huge traffic then the user must go for dedicated server as it has much greater bandwidth then the shared one. This is also required if you need to have complex app, secure information and customized option in your website.
2. Type of OS for hosting: If your website is build on technologies like JSP, ASP etc and require other Microsoft add like MSACCESS or MS SQL database the one should go for windows hosting. On the other hand if the user is using technologies like Cold Fusion then it can run on Linux as well as Windows platform.
3. Bandwidth and Space Requirements: Many web hosts are providing 1GB – 3GB of disk space but if your site require more space and/or receives lot of traffic then one should consider other web host as this will then just not be enough.
4. Requirement for number of sub domains and parked domains: Parked domain are advantageous for high traffic websites as they can handle them better whereas dub domain helps in improving reputation of your website on the search engine. Most of the web host charge extra money for them.
5. Active more than 99.99%: Many web hosts are now guaranteeing up time of up to 99.99%, but then they are costlier and should be chosen if you require so like in commercial websites.

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New from AdSense: video units

AdSense recently introduced a feature called video units, that lets you include relevant YouTube video on your blog, and make money from ads on it. Here’s what they have to say about it:

"We're excited about the launch of video units -- a new way to enrich your blog with quality, relevant video content in an embedded, customizable player. Simply embed a snippet of code and have relevant YouTube partner content streamed to your blog. You can choose categories of video to target to your site, select content from individual YouTube partners, or have video automatically targeted to your blog's content. Companion and text overlay ads are relevant and non-intrusive. To further blend the YouTube player into your blog, you can also customize the color scheme and layout as well as choose from three different player sizes."

AdSense Help has some more information about video units. Once you’ve created the code for a video unit, you can easily add it to your blog’s template using an HTML/JavaScript page element.

Which Web Hosting is Right for You?

With thousands of beginners trying their hand at websites, it is certain that the market is becoming quite crowded. From music blogs to gossip communities and technological havens – these online avenues can be a wonderful hobby for people who just want an audience. After all, who wouldn't want to be heard among thousands of visitors every day? For this reason alone, websites are one of the most popular forms of entertainment. While making a website is essential, the majority of beginners do not realize that web hosting is even more important. In simpler terms, web hosting provides you with the space to create your masterpiece. When you design your layout, post thousands of pictures, and even set up a chat room, you absolutely need a place to do so. For instance, if you were to do something like this outside of the virtual world, and build a theatre, wouldn't you need your own space? Luckily, web hosting is extremely affordable and can be easy for even the beginners to use. After you purchase a domain name, the next step is to find a company that will host your website. There are many different paths you can take to do this, but it depends on your main goals. Therefore, the first thing you need to do is ask yourself why you want to create a website. Is it for personal use – simply to post your pictures from college? Or perhaps your dream is to create the most popular music website on the internet. Regardless of your priorities, companies have built specific web hosting packages based around your needs. If you are looking to just post pictures or create something for fun, a free web hosting company is the way to go. There are many of these around the web, including Geocities and AngelFire. These two companies are dedicated to helping beginners. As a result, new webmasters do not need to know extensive HTML or CSS. In this day and age, it is quite easy to build a masterpiece. While these hosts give you a large amount of space and freedom, there are downsides. The majority of companies will stick pop up advertisements on your space, in order for them to market their company. Unfortunately, this is an annoyance for most, and can cause visitors to leave immediately. Luckily, Geocities lets you close the box when you enter the website. Nevertheless, if you are looking for an easy website and do not care about visitors, you simply should try it out. On the other hand, if you are looking for something a bit more professional, you should be emptying your wallet. Providentially, 3ix.org and GoDaddy are two companies that offer extremely cheap website hosting. This means that you can easily pay $12/year just for an abundance of space. Still looking for more features? These companies will let you add on everything from FrontPage Maker to extra bandwidth. If you are serious about your venture, these are places to check out. Web hosting may sound like a daunting task, but it doesn't have to be difficult. With so many beginners flooding the internet, companies have put it upon themselves to make these programs much easier to use. As long as you can type in your name, have overflowing creativity and an e-mail address, the opportunities are endless.

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Free Website Building Tools That Are Good Replacements for Google Page Creator

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Google Page Creator is awesome - anyone can build a good looking website in minutes using the built-in templates or they can write pages externally (say in Dreamweaver) and upload them to Creator.

And everything is free - there are no ads on your pages and Google takes care of all the web hosting bills. But as they say, all good things come to an end, and so is Google Page Creator getting replaced by Google Sites.

Compare Google Sites with Google Page Creator

While Google Sites and Google Pages have common feature (like the WYSIWYG AJAX editor), they are still quite different. For instance, you can’t upload HTML pages to Google Sites and are therefore limited to using one of the built-in themes for your site design.

The second issue is that if you make a Google Site public, the associated ’site activity log’ also becomes public - most website publisher will have reservations sharing this data with unknown visitors. Lastly, all external hyperlinks are ‘nofollow’ if that means anything to you.

Free Alternatives to Google Page Creator

Here’s a roundup of some website building services that are free and non-technical.

1. Office Live Small Business - While the name may suggest that the service is only for small business owners, just about anyone can create their website here.

Website Builder inside Office Live Small Business

Office Live is easy and filled with goodies - you have tons of professional web templates and color themes to choose from, there’re ready-made modules for common tasks like web forms, photo galleries, live maps, email newsletters, etc. plus you can also upload office documents to the website.

Everything is free including web hosting and server space. See a sample site.

2. Weebly - This is powerful but very user friendly and easy web page builder where you start with a blank canvas and build the page by dragging elements that include text, videos, pictures, maps and more.

Geeks can write their own HTML and add them to Weebly pages. There’s support for Google ads as well so you can even monetize sites created inside Weebly. Another advantage - site publishers download their full site with pictures and CSS as a zip file. Free users gets 100 MB of free storage space and there’re no bandwidth limitations. See sample site.

3. Snap Pages - This is Flash based website editor that is very beautiful and may be a perfect place if you looking to create a small website for sharing some photos and your calendar. The options are slightly limited for non-premium users as they can’t create new pages. See sample site.

4. Edicy Pages - It’s a new website creation tool that is just perfect for the techie crowd who wants more control over their site layout.

Start by picking a design from the template gallery and then you may completely change the look and feel of your site by editing the blog template similar to WordPress themes or Blogger template. It also supports JavaScript code and like Google Sites, Edicy tracks all changes made to a site. See example site.

5. Synthasite - This is again an easy yet very powerful tool for building websites but unlike competition, Syntasite is completely free. Images uploaded to Synthasite can be diretly edited in Picnik just like you have in Flickr. The tool also lets you embed Google AdSense ads in web pages much like Weebly. See example site.

Some more site builders worth checking out are WebOn, WebSketch, Viviti, Wix and Webs.

Different Types of Web Hosting

With the way the whole world has gone internet inclined these days, people now realize having a web presence is a necessity and not a luxury. Having a website is great as it presents or showcases your products or services to the whole world with a single click. Being able to reach millions all over is a thing that will definitely give your business or personality a boost. But it is not enough have a website you must make sure you have the right kind of web hosting. Web hosting simply refers to a service that hosts your website, making it accessible to people interested in what you have to say or sell. There are different types of web hosting so you need to familiarize yourself with the different types and what makes each unique to really know the best web hosting that will suit your needs. Shared Hosting This is definitely one of the cheapest from of web hosting. Why is it Cheap? It is run in a certain way that makes sit possible for different clients to share the same server, hence the name, Shared Hosting. With Shared hosting your website is hosted on a server that is shared by other customers, hosting company will be the one to manage and monitor the server providing what it takes to make sure all is up and running always. All you have to do is to sign up with the web host; they handle the customer support and maintenance of the server. Shared Hosting is affordable but you must be sure that the hosting package you web hosting company is providing you actually supports what you need, scripting languages, applications, control panel etc. This is why before going for shared hosting you need consider another type of hosting, dedicated web hosting Dedicated Web Hosting Compared to shared hosting, dedicated web hosting is more sophisticated, unlike the situation in shared hosting where different people share the same server. In dedicated hosting you are allowed to rent an entire server and use it all by yourself. You are also given access to all the resources, giving you the ability to host more than one website Dedicated hosting is designed to give customers a better form of hosting as one customer gets to use a server that could have been shared by many; this gives the customer more reliable hosting service. There are several web hosting companies offering top web hosting solutions at affordable rates. However it is always better to read several web hosting reviews before you select any hosting companies. Windows Web Hosting Apart from choosing a type of web hosting based on sharing a server or using one all by your self, you also need to consider what kind of platform the package the hosting service is offering you supports. The common ones are Windows and Linux. Windows web hosting will support features the windows platform while Linux web hosting will support the Linux platform. Ecommerce Web Hosting It is also necessary to know what purpose your website will serve before choosing a top web hosting service. Is the website for personal or business use? What type of web hosting service best suits you? Ecommerce web hosting comes with ecommerce tools that will enable you to do business easily on the internet. Whatever form of hosting you choose, shared hosting or dedicated web hosting, make sure that you take your time to check out what will work best for your kind of website or websites.

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Dedicated IP Web Hosting

There is a kind of web hosting available that is called dedicated IP web hosting. This is also sometimes called static web hosting. This type of hosting provides a unique IP address that is used exclusively for each individual server space or domain. An individual browsing the Internet can access this information held in any one of these servers by going onto a website with a certain domain name or IP address.

There will be differences in these web hosting accounts depending on whether the IP address is shared or unique. A unique IP address can be bought simply by placing an order with any of the multitude service providers that are available. These web hosting companies will provide a unique IP address after full payment has been made. These websites allow the customer to upload content and other files to their own personal, secure web space.

These types of web hosting accounts are ideal for larger businesses or for e-commerce websites that need to be certain that their site offers the most in security. Dedicated IP web hosting is also ideal for individuals that want to buy the unique IP addresses for a premium price. Some individuals may find that they want to go this route due to the fact that it will prevent the website from collecting spam, a problem that can often occur when using a shared website.

Another advantage to using a dedicated IP web hosting service is that it provides for greater flexibility while also allowing for more complex hosting. Two advantages of this are that they include a private SSL certificate and an anonymous FTP. An SSL certificate provides for online businesses that need to make sure that their customers will have secure transactions. The advantage of an anonymous FTP allows people to share information on the Internet. This will allow anybody who is using the Internet to go to that company’s website and access a public directory by using FTP software.

By gaining a dedicated IP web hosting account and securing a unique IP address, it allows the business owner to have full control over their website. By obtaining a dedicated IP address, it allows individuals or business owners to get the most benefit out of their website. This will result in better search engine results, which are much sought after by businesses.

Dedicated IP addresses are highly valued and are considered as prime Internet real estate. Because of this, there are sometimes high service fees associated with this kind of service. It is possible however to find a web hosting company that will offer dedicated IP addresses for a very reasonable price. If a company thinks that they will benefit the most from dedicated IP addresses, it’s very important that research be done on many different companies. Besides the differences in price that all companies are bound to have, there will also be differences that are dependant on the company’s needs and goals.

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Choosing a Good Web Hosting Company

A web hosting company is a company that holds websites, and the information they contain, for an individual or a company. There are a multitude of these companies now available as web hosting and the Internet continue to expand at phenomenal rates. So with all the companies out there, how does one choose which is best for them? When choosing a web hosting company, there are a few things to keep in mind.

A good web hosting company will make sure that they have enough resources available to offer it’s users stability and reliability. This means that they will only take enough customers as their equipment and servers can handle. Bad web hosting companies will just sell as much as they can, without worrying about they kind of service they are providing. This could lead to the customer’s website being down all the time and this in most cases, is unacceptable.

Whichever web hosting site is chosen, the customer needs to make sure that the company has excellent security. This will keep hackers from getting on your site. To do this, make sure that they have back up servers and that the customer is given access to the root menu. Because it is the customer’s website, they should be able to gain access to it at any time.

Any good web hosting company will have much technical help available to the customer. These technicians will maintain the server where the information is kept as well as fix any minor problems before they turn into major ones. A web hosting should at least have a twenty-four hour support service, and may also have live chat services available. A web hosting company that is not as good is one that is often down and not available on weekends.

When picking a web hosting company, an individual needs to make sure that there is proper communication in place. A company that tells their users when there are issues and also informs them of updates and problems and they arise is a good company that is dedicated to providing quality service. There are unfortunately some web hosting companies that will do as they please without any notification to their customers. This can mean that the site will be down for several hours without the customer having any knowledge of it. These companies should be avoided as the customer is expecting a certain quality of service and should be provided with it.

A great way to help one find a good web hosting company is to search for “web hosting forums.” Many people leave messages on these forums explaining in detail their experience with a specific company. These comments can be either negative or positive. By looking around on these forums, it will give the individual a better idea of what kind of companies are out there and will help them determine which company is best for them.

Choosing a good web hosting company is certainly more than just comparing prices and going with the cheapest. One really needs to understand that like anything else, there is a level of service that also needs to be compared between the different companies.
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A Soundry of Options for Web Hosting

Since the birth of the internet, millions upon millions of websites have been created. They may contain different information and designs, but they all have one thing in common. Web hosting, one of the most important functions in the website process, allows website owners to put up their creative masterpieces. Regardless of what they do decide to display, this type of program gives them the independence to say whatever they'd like.

One of the biggest misconceptions of web hosting is that every package is the same. We all assume that one size fits all, and that there are no in betweens. Surprisingly, this is just the opposite. Depending upon the type of website you are making, and its popularity, you may need something much more professional and expensive. Nonetheless, there are affordable packages, no matter how tiny or large your budget is.

If you are just starting out and want no string attached, there are plenty of alternatives. Free hosting allows you to not only create a website, but it helps beginners, no matter how much experience they have. Although there are popup downsides and other annoyances, free web hosting will give you everything that you need. If you are not sure if you even want to extensively design one, Geocities or AngelFire is great to experiment with.

Are you looking for something a bit more customized? For many webmasters, shared hosting is a favorite. This means that an abundance of websites are actually on one server. While this only costs a few dollars a month, there are still issues that come along with it. For instance, if a fellow webmaster were to have done something illegal, chances are your website would be shut down as well. This is because you share an IP, which of course can be quite dangerous. For this reason, you must be careful when choosing people to share a host with.

While these are great alternatives, many professional companies enjoy dedicated hosting . Fortunately, the website is the only one on the server, which results in a lot less complications. With freedom comes a plethora of features, which include extra bandwidth, visitor trackers, and your own I.P. As a result, you do not have to worry about illegal situations occurring within your server. Everything is based around your needs.

Reseller hosting is another admired amenity. If you are a webmaster and are looking to make some extra cash, this is a great opportunity. In simple terms, you purchase a web hosting package from a company and divide the space into several sections. These sections can easily be purchased by fellow webmasters, who are in need of space. With this business in place, you will effortless make a few dollars.

Regardless of what you are looking to make, web hosting is necessary. From free companies to dedicated servers with only one website, there are endless opportunities. Although people assume that there is only one type of package, this article clearly shows how wrong the myth can be. The only requirement is that you are ready to work hard, be innovative, and stand out among the crowd. With these factors in mind, you could be to the top in no time.

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The Dedicated Managed Server Guide

When shopping around for web site hosting services, one of the decisions you'll have to make is whether or not to pay for a dedicated managed server. In this article I'm going to explain what a dedicated managed server is so you can decide if its right for you.

Imagine that your web server is a giant pizza. When you have shared hosting you get just one slice for yourself. The rest of the pie is split up among other web site owners (possibly thousands of them). By splitting up a server into many smaller pieces, a web hosting service can afford to charge very low prices. You only pay a small percentage of the overall cost of maintaining the server.

Of course there are also some downsides to shared hosting. No matter how big a server is there's a limit to how much its CPU and memory can handle. If some of the other users sharing your server are using scripts or services that use lots of processing power there can be a bottleneck and your website's performance will suffer. Shared servers also tend to go down more often than dedicated server.

A dedicated managed server usually outperforms a shared server in terms of speed and reliability. Plus there are few, if any, limitations as to what you can run on it. Going back to our pizza example, a shared hosting provider may limit you to only two toppings like pepperoni and sausage. But with a dedicated server you can add anchovies, pickles, chicken breast, fried eggs, and anything else you may want. Plus, you don't have to worry about someone else's anchovies stinking up your slice of the pie!

Dedicated Managed Server vs Dedicated Unmanaged Server

If you're looking for a dedicated server its vital that you know the difference between managed and unmanaged. With an unmanaged server you get the actual hardware, operating system, and internet connection. The rest is up to you. You are responsible for maintaining the server and installing patches and upgrades.

With a dedicated managed server, the host takes care of those details for you so you can concentrate on building and updating your websites. Though managed servers are more expensive, they usually make more sense from a business point of view.

Choosing a Dedicated Managed Server

Since dedicated servers are more expensive than shared hosting, you'll want to be extra careful when picking one out. You should find out what it costs for additional storage space if you need it down the road. Ask how they calculate bandwidth and how much it will cost if you go over your limit. Find out how many IP addresses you get and how much it costs if you want more. And find out if they guarantee uptime or offer a refund for times when the server is down.

Reliability and customer support are of utmost importance. Remember that whenever that server goes down you stop making money. Don't settle for anything less than 24/7 phone support. And don't take their word for it. Check with their current customers to see how they really feel about their hosting services.

Go to http://webhosting.youcompareit.com to read web host reviews written by actual customers. See what they have to say about various hosts before you pick one to host your dedicated managed server.

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FTP Hosting Security - Comparison between SSL, TLS, and SSH

FTP Hosting Services – A Security Overview

File Transfer Protocol (FTP) defines the set of rules to transfer files over the Internet. FTP hosting services allows the service holder to exchange large files from one computer to another in a secured mode. FTP Hosting service has two main components – FTP Server and Client Server. Irrespective of file size and file type, you can exchange information through FTP server. People with authentic FTP account can download the copies of the files from FTP server. Each FTP account comes with unique user name and password. Therefore, only the authorized user can access the uploaded files.

File Transfer Protocol has several advantages over Hyper Text Transfer Protocol. Compared to FTP, exchanging large files over the Internet through HTTP is less secured and allows unauthorized user or hackers to access the information. FTP hosting services restricts unauthorized users to access digital data by providing separate FTP account for each user.

Security features

It can be said that there is nothing better than FTP hosting services to exchange digital information in a secured mode across WWW. The importance of FTP hosting services has increased significantly in all types of industries. Be it a Health Care Sector or large Engineering Firm, FTP is the right option to share all types of files (e.g., text, image, audio, multimedia etc.) through a single server – FTP Server. FTP hosting services, which are HIPAA compliant encrypts contents and upload the files in the server. Encryption is the secure method that converts readable information into unreadable format by keeping the content unchanged. This is considered as the ultimate security measure and restricts unauthorized to view the actual content of the files.

Following are some remarkable security protocols:

SSL

Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) is a significant security protocol that offers privacy of communication over the Internet. You can make File Transfer Protocol more secure by using the system over Secure Sockets Layer. The basic objective of SSL is to maintain privacy and trustworthiness in web based communication system. Following are some basic properties of connection security in SSL Protocol:

• SSL Protocol use symmetric cryptography for data encryption and maintains ultimate privacy during web based communication.
• All the messages, which are exchanged over the Internet, are checked during transmission. This feature provides the reliability of the web based communication.

Secure Sockets Layer comes with the feature of cryptographic security to create secured connection between two computers over the Internet. Moreover you are free to incorporate other encryption methods in a SSL framework. This will lower the effort of installing new security library as well as eliminate the requirement of creating new set of protocols.

It is observed that cryptographic operations, especially key operations, depend upon the hardware configuration of CPU. Secure Sockets Layer protocol comes with the feature ‘optional session caching’, which optimizes the number of connections and network activity to make the communication process efficient.

TLS

Transport Layer Security (TLS) is another security protocol to ensure privacy and data-integrity during web based communication between two applications. Like SSL Protocol, TLS Protocol also comes with two components – TLS Record Protocol and TLS Handshake Protocol. Basic properties of TLS Protocol are as follows:
TLS Protocol encrypts data by symmetric cryptography and ensures privacy during web based communication process.
All the messages, which are exchanged over the Internet, are checked while transmitting from one computer to another. This feature provides the reliability of the web based communication.
TLS protocol restricts unauthorized users to interfere as a third party in the middle of a communication process over the Internet. The third party will take part in the communication only after detected by the two authorized communicators or users.

Transport Layer Security Protocol comes with the cryptographic security to provide ultimate privacy between two users. Like SSL, Transport Layer security Protocol is extensible, i.e., you can incorporate new encryption methods in the TLS framework. By this you can reduce the effort of creating new protocols as well as eliminate the necessity of implementing new set of security library.

Cryptographic operations provided by Transport Layer Security Protocol depend upon the technical configuration of the CPU. These features are also similar to Secure Sockets Layer Protocol. ‘Optional session caching’ is available in TLS Protocol that optimizes the number of connections and network activity to make the communication process efficient.

SSH

Secure Shell (SSH) comes with the feature of encrypted channels. You can use Secure Shell to access another computer over the Internet and can execute command on a remote computer. Moreover, like File Transfer Protocol you can transfer files from one computer to another through WWW (World Wide Web). Transferring files over the Internet requires sufficient security measures to protect the privacy of digital information. With Secure Shell you can efficiently establish encrypted communication between two computers by protecting the information from accessing by any unauthorized third party.

Standard FTP hosting service does not encrypt digital information while transferring files from over the Internet. Secure FTP or SFTP, on the other hand, comes with the features of Secure Shell and encrypts digital data when transferring from one computer to another. Further, SFTP also prevents passwords and responsive information from being transferred from one computer to another over the Internet. Since the Protocols are different in Standard FTP and SFTP, it is not possible for the users to integrate a standard FTP client with an SFTP server or a simple FTP server with a client using SFTP service.

Adam is a Network Engineer with "InstantFTPsites.com". You can learn more about "FTP Hosting" services online at http://www.InstantFTPsites.com.

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Linux Server Hosting Is Best For The Small Business Owners

In this day's websites normally requires simple web hosting plans for smooth performance of the website and email transfer that is essential. There are two modes of hosting planes are generally available, first is Linux hosting and second one is Windows hosting. Both have several advantages and disadvantages respectively but Depending upon small business owner's requirements suitable managed hosting plan can be selected for a specific website.

Well in most of the normal situations, the general preference of small business owners for choosing web hosting plan moves towards the Linux server hosting plans rather than window server hosting, because there are numerous optimistic factor that influence people to choose it.

Expenditure Factor

The truth is that Linux hosting plans are much economical than Windows servers plans. For all small business people the web hosting price matters vastly. They wish to receive many options or you can say facilities at a tiny expenditure. Most of them not required supreme type of security and they also do not bother whether it is MS-SQL database server or some thing else to develop their database. Thus Linux server is the best option for them at really least cost with several kinds of features.

Open Source Factor

Linux is an Open Source code and enables people from all around the world to promote their own knowledge for its development. This is one of the main reasons where Linux servers have the power to eject Windows servers far away form competitive hosting industry. Now a day's, due to its farthest adaptability Linux becomes a unique platform for lots of fresh technologies that are mostly used in competitive hosting industry. This means that a Linux server gives you numerous features than Windows servers can does.

Scripting Language Factor

There are many scripting language available on the Internet like Perl, Python, Java, and PHP to build your site. All these scripting languages and have been developed on Linux / UNIX web servers and they do not required Microsoft support to run them. But when you use those scripting languages which can be run on windows servers like ASP.Net then you require MS-SQL to develop the database and other supports of Microsoft. Now it is easily understandable that for small business owners Linux hosting is best to host their website into the internet.

Dependability Factor

Now a day's Linux is vastly known as really steady and dependable. This means that Linux servers are little faster, easy to use and reputed as non crushable than a Windows server. Thus, Linux servers will provide more upgraded facilities for your website at a minimum outlay.

Familiarity and Executing Speed Factor

Linux servers have years of experience for providing services than Windows servers in hosting industry. There is no such recommendable difference in executing speed between Linux servers and Windows servers, but it is viewed that Linux servers are slightly quicker in processing normal website pages.

Efficiency Factor

Windows support ASP which is a programming language supported by Microsoft, which allows people to fabricate dynamic database motivated website pages by connecting with a MS-SQL server or Access server. It increase the production cost as well. Linux neither requires ASP language nor MS-SQL databases to build dynamic database driven website pages, because it simply uses MySQL database which is freely available.

Joanna Gadel is working for Web hosting Australia. Depending on the small business owners need to choose cheap web hosting plan with much advanced support at a minimized cost, she share her experience with her readers.

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