Category: Web Hosting Articles

Difference Between Unmetered & Unlimited Bandwidth
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Difference Between Unmetered & Unlimited Bandwidth

By Jason Lansing on Jan 10, 2010 in Web Hosting Articles

In the world of shared hosting, there are plenty of fans of unmetered. Many times when discussing how “unlimited” is used, people argue it’s only semantics and that it’s obvious to everyone that the idea of unlimited hosting really can’t be taken strictly at face value. In other words when a host uses that term in regards to space or bandwidth there is no harm done. It is argued that what unlimited really means is the amount an average or regular or standard website might need. The problem is there isn’t any real average or regular or standard website.

Questions to Ask Your Prospective Web Host
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Questions to Ask Your Prospective Web Host

By Jason Lansing on Jan 05, 2010 in Web Hosting Articles

When it comes to making a decision about buying web hosting, information coming from actual customers who use the service is very important. You can’t always trust everything that the hosting company’s sales representatives say because they are trying to close the sale. However, asking questions by email or some other means can still provide potential customers will valuable information about a hosting service. The questions should be sent to the company’s sales department and not to their support department.

Marketing Your Website
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Marketing Your Website

By Jason Lansing on Dec 30, 2009 in Web Hosting Articles

It used to be that the question was, do you own a website? The question that is more relevant now is how do you go about marketing your website. It is definitely not a scenario of just build a website and they will come. If people don’t even know your website exists then they can’t visit or learn about the things you are offering. That it why is it just as important to market your website both online as well as offline as it is to market your service or product.

An Introduction to SSL Certificates
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An Introduction to SSL Certificates

By Jason Lansing on Dec 25, 2009 in Web Hosting Articles

Secured Sockets Layer or SSL is a protocol created by Netscape. It allows for secure data transmissions over the internet. When you use SSL this ensures the data you transmit will be sent exactly as you have sent it without changing anything, and that it gets sent to only the specific server that it’s intended for. It’s therefore vital to have SSL to ensure that the data transmitted on your website is secure.

Should You Host Your Own Website?
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Should You Host Your Own Website?

By Jason Lansing on Dec 20, 2009 in Web Hosting Articles

Many website owners focus their efforts more on developing, maintaining and enhancing their websites. There are lots of things that are involved in managing a website. The process is very time consuming, leaving very little time for concentrating on things like the technical administration of a website including email management, security, fixing bugs, email administration and database management.

Signing on with a Web Host Based on Their Site Design
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Signing on with a Web Host Based on Their Site Design

By Jason Lansing on Dec 15, 2009 in Web Hosting Articles

Sometimes buying or business decisions are based on how a website looks. There are statistics that indicate that website design is a major factor in how people choose their host. It may be because many who are looking for hosting take a lot of things at face value. Many consider expensive, beautiful and complicated web design to be a sign of success and seriousness.

How to Monitor Server Uptime
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How to Monitor Server Uptime

By Jason Lansing on Dec 10, 2009 in Web Hosting Articles

Verifying that your website is online on a daily basis is not enough. To be sure that the website is up a majority of time, server uptime needs to seriously be monitored. If you carefully monitor this, you will be alerted when your website goes down. You will be able to contact your host immediately when the downtime occurs, which can potentially decrease the amount of time that your website is down. It will also allow you claim compensation from the hosting company if they fail to meet their guaranteed uptime.

Discovering the Benefits of Ruby on Rails
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Discovering the Benefits of Ruby on Rails

By Jason Lansing on Dec 05, 2009 in Web Hosting Articles

Ruby on Rails refers to a new method of developing web applications. Everyone has been raving about it due to the fact that it’s almost ten times faster at creating new web applications using Ruby on Rails than it is using other frameworks. In order to understand Ruby on Rails, first you need to under Ruby and Rails separately.

SEO Basics for Beginners
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SEO Basics for Beginners

By Jason Lansing on Nov 30, 2009 in Web Hosting Articles

As many web developers are aware of, many rate Google as the world’s top ranked search engine. It can be a pain sometimes to get indexed by Google, but gaining high ranking for their specific keywords seems to be something that is quite difficult for many web developers who do not have specific search engine optimization (SEO) training or experience to achieve.

What Does a Web Host Mean by Unlimited Bandwidth?
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What Does a Web Host Mean by Unlimited Bandwidth?

By Jason Lansing on Nov 25, 2009 in Web Hosting Articles

What do we mean by bandwidth? I am not referring to bandwidth in terms of the data transmission rate in bits per second, which is actually the correct definition of the term. What I am talking about mainly is bandwidth measuring the amount of total data (bits) that is transmitted. The misuse of the word bandwidth got started due to the fact that you are provided with a certain number of Gigabytes on a monthly basis with most hosting packages. Maybe some thought this was the equivalent of bandwidth.

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