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Saturday, August 7, 2010

ASP And Hosting

By: Tania Haack

Published: October 28, 2009

Application service providers (commonly referred to as ASP's) have quickly sprouted onto the web hosting scene in effort to provide businesses with new and innovative services. The term ASP should not be confused with Microsoft Corporations software application.

The number of applications provided through the ASP model is growing. Accordingly, there is a growing business of companies developing software for the ASP marketplace. What sorts of applications are being developed? As remotely-hosted applications can provide cost-effective access for businesses to unique software, many of the applications are designed to be of occasional use in terms of use. Others are geared towards using group connectivity provided by through the Internet to provide an application that is flexible.

For mainframe web hosting applications, ASP service providers are pioneering a new way to host and maintain business applications.

The variety of solutions provided by ASP's is vast. Many ASP's are doing great business in meeting operational needs of companies across different industries and business functions. There are a number of technical and business issues currently addressed by ASP's to develop and enhance system applications.

A major advantage for businesses in seeking ASP services is that they provide an opportunity to reduce costs and increase efficiencies. Companies can have access to a wider-range of software products with the possibility of paying less than an outright purchase through usage charges. This allows businesses to access applications that can service particular business needs so companies can focus on their core operations. Furthermore, ASP's are developing new software that can provide business solutions to operating issues not previously addressed through PC-based software. ASP's also remove many of the technical administrative and maintenance issues associated with software by providing real-time upgrades, remote hosting, remote dial in customer support and overall software management.

Application service providers (commonly referred to as ASP's) have quickly sprouted onto the web hosting scene in effort to provide businesses with new and innovative services. The term ASP should not be confused with Microsoft Corporations software application.

Application service providers (commonly referred to as ASP's) have quickly sprouted onto the web hosting scene in effort to provide businesses with new and innovative services. The term ASP should not be confused with Microsoft Corporations software application.

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Friday, August 6, 2010

The visitors you never knew you had

The importance of web statistics.
Theo Swan

When monitoring your traffic, especially with a large site, you will naturally look at the traffic received related to the keywords you have targeted. But is every visitor likely to be there for the exact same reason? If you take a moment or two to analyze your traffic statistics, youll be surprised at how many visitors you get from odd places or strange search terms.

If you are working actively with targeting specific keywords within your niche, you are no doubt getting your fair share of visitors from the search engines. But, on top of those visitors, you will get search engine traffic from phrases you are not actively targeting. Many of these visitors are most likely derived from searches related to your niche. More often than not however, a web page will have many specific phrases, certain to attract the occasional visitor from Google.

If your site is large enough, or if you are running multiple sites, you are probably getting quite a few hits like this every day. The problem with this kind of traffic is the lack of information, you havent actively tried to attract these people, yet they arrive. But you need to figure out from where they are coming, and most importantly, what page(s) they are landing on.

The easiest way is to look at your statistics, most information will be found there. First off, look at the search terms that have resulted in visitors. Try to find phrases or words NOT specific for your niche, but instead of a more general nature. Or better yet; A phrase that, taken out of context, will be related to something completely different. If you can find enough, similar or related, search terms, odds are you can use these to improve your revenue.

When you have figured out what search terms generate the most traffic, its time to see where they are landing. Do a few searches on ALL major search engines to see the most likely entry pages for each particular query. If you can find one or a few pages often occurring on various queries, you have an excellent opportunity to figure out what these visitors are looking for. If you can, its almost too easy to present them with right on target ads. This way, some of the people will click your ads rather than the back button, thus making you some money.

Sometimes the terms giving you the extra visitors will be easy to translate, hence making it clear what the visitors are really looking for. In these cases, all you need to do is sign up for an affiliate program offering products of interest. In other cases, the terms are of a very general nature, making it less obvious what they are looking for. It is, however, possible to experiment with a few text ads, analyzing what ads attract the most clicks. Most free website statistics software dont enable you to track visitor-behaviour, but if you sign up for Google statistics youll be able to see how many times each link is clicked, making it easy to find an affiliate program matching the visitors you never knew you had.

If you have numerous pages attracting odd visitors, you can easily repeat the above for each page getting enough search engine traffic to make it worth your while.
Theo Swan is writing about online marketing and how to monetize from unknown visitors. Read more of Theo's articles at Affiliate Ranker - [affiliate directory] (link: http://www.affiliateranker.com/resources)

Linux Web hosting Control Panels compared

Are you intending to host a new website? This article guides you on how to choose between cPanel, Ensim and Plesk Linux web-hosting control panels with an overview of their strengths and weaknesses.
Sospeter Okoth

When choosing a web hosting provider, there are a number of factors to consider. One very important factor is the control panel that comes with the web hosting package. You might ask: Why should the control panel be important? Well, the control panel is important because it determines how accessible the features of the server are to you so as to maximize the benefits to your web site.

Since a number of web-hosts offer hosting on Linux, this article shall give a run down of the types of Linux control panels that are common on the market. We shall compare cPanel, Ensim and Plesk with the aim of helping a user decide on how to choose between the different control panels.

The first and most common control panel is actually called cPanel (from the word control panel). It is the most common type and actually in my opinion it offers the most functionality and user friendliness. Some of the features that make it stand out are the themes which make the control panel very accessible and user friendly. The current version of cPanel also offers quite a number of useful features e.g. a variety of web statistic programs. cPanel also allows multiple file uploads which Ensim does not allow. It also allows automatic installation of other 3rd party programs and scripts via its Fantastico section.

The second type of control panel is Ensim. This control panel has the advantage of being secure since the updates are very strictly controlled from the parent company as compared to the automatic updates of cPanel. Ensim Pro's control panel offers four powerful roles, each with their own roles & responsibilities. Service Provider Administrator manages servers, resellers and sites, Reseller Administrator creates and manages sites on a portion of the server, Site Administrator manages users and site configuration and lastly End User Administrator manages email and supports site as permissions allow. Ensim Pro works for both Windows and Linux servers efficiently. The third type of control panel is Plesk. This control panel has a very beautiful interface. It has a favorites interface for the most recent tasks. Like cPanel, it also has an Updater to aid in maintaining and updating the control panel software. It also allows easy installation of 3rd party software. In terms of features, it easily competes with cPanel. Like Ensim, it also has four user levels: Administrator, Client, Domain Owner and Mail User. Its downside is that not very many servers have it pre-installed as compared to cPanel or Ensim.

Other variants of control panels exist, but the above 3 are the most common. In conclusion, all the 3 control panels have strengths and weaknesses, and the primary factors in deciding which ones to settle for would be price difference and/or availability on the web host's servers.
Sospeter Okoth, has been offering web hosting and web design services since 2001. Visit his advanced web hosting web site at http://www.hostpowered.com

Host Your Website

By: James Salisbury

Published: June 2, 2010

A good website is imperative for any successful business to grow. A successful website not only has good content but is easy to navigate as well. In order for a website to be easy to navigate your customers need to be able to get through the site without “traffic jams” where the site freezes or malfunctions. In order to prevent this you must find a company that can host your web. There are many different web hosting packages available where you can pay monthly or yearly for different levels of service.

Internet hosts are firms that provide space on a server they own personally or lease for use by their clients in addition to offering Web connectivity, sometimes in a data center. Internet hosts can also present knowledge middle area and connectivity to the Internet for servers they do not own to be located in their data centers, referred to as collocation.

The scope of hosting services varies widely so you must do your research when looking for a company to host your website. Essentially the most fundamental is web page and small-scale file Internet hosting, the place files will be uploaded through File Switch Protocol (FTP) or an Internet interface. The information is often delivered to the Internet "as is" or with little processing. Many Web service providers (ISPs) offer this service free to their subscribers. Folks can even get hold of Internet page hosting from other, various service providers. Personal website online Internet hosting is often free, commercial-sponsored, or inexpensive. Business web page Internet hosting often has the next expense.

Single page Internet hosting is mostly enough only for private Internet pages. A posh web site requires an extra complete package deal that provides database support and application growth platforms (e.g. PHP, Java, Ruby on Rails, ColdFusion, and ASP.NET). These facilities enable the customers to put in writing or set up scripts for purposes like forums and content material management. For e-commerce, SSL can also be highly recommended. These packages allow the customers easy access to their websites to update their content or add features.

The host can also present an interface or control panel for managing the Internet server and installing scripts in addition to other companies like e-mail. Some hosts concentrate on certain software or providers (e.g. e-commerce). They're commonly utilized by larger firms to outsource community infrastructure. No matter what size company you have or what kind of website you have finding a good company to host your website is must.

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Thursday, July 22, 2010

Webhosting: A Guide

By: Josh Ewin

Published: October 24, 2009

If you want to become a major player in the online business community and increase the size of your business, developing a website is a necessity. After you have thought of the idea, it is important to continue and consider a domain name and then give proper thought to where you should host your new website. There are many hosts out there so choosing the right one is important which is why you should consider the following advice about web hosting.

How would you define web hosting?

Web hosting is far more than just a domain; it is a collection of files that are linked by means of HTML code that enables the text and graphics to come together on a computer to show what a website is truly about. Having a computer with special software will enable you the opportunity to save your made files and let others see, as long as they have internet access. In broad and basic terms, web hosting is when someone rents space that is found on a web server. The web server is where a computer makes the requests for files that have been previously stored there. The server is also able to pass on the files to the internet which enables them to be viewed on a computer that requests them. There are similarities to be drawn between a waiter in a restaurant and the term "server."

There are many services that are provided by a web server. It has the ability to display files to other people surfing the internet and it can provide further uses. These may include offering the ability to generate email accounts and addresses that are relevant to the domain name which will allow the sending and receiving of emails. In addition to this provision, the ability to make and control databases, show moving images and a number of other options are provided to the user. It does not matter about the computer as the software is what is important in making a server.

I don't need to say that the monthly payment you make after purchasing a web hosting is needed for the purpose of maintaining and upgrading the server's hardware and software. It also includes the charge of keeping it online all the time in a secure data center with the aid of a fast Internet connection, and the payment of the people who are doing all these. One can surely roll his or her computer into a web server as soon as it is decided but the idea of entrusting a dedicated person (for this job) with this job is often a better and reasonable one. It requires you to pay that person but it is ideal if the person does it in a reliable manner.

Different Kinds of Web Hosting

Shared Hosting- Although there are websites such as Yahoo! which are able to provide access for everyone on the internet, it is more common for a site to have a narrower target market, which means they don't require an almost infinite amount of pages. This means that the complete services of a web server is not required by the majority of web sites. It is said that in excess of 95% of the websites that are available are hosted on shared hosting sites. This is where more than a single website is held on a specific server and this method costs less than a dedicated hosting service. This is due to the fact that is spreads resources and costs over a number of different users. The reduction in cost is a reason for its popularity and shared, or virtual, hosting allows every client to have an agreed proportion of the resources available on the server. Depending on how much resources are being used, with respect to number of email accounts, amount of disk space being used, size of bandwidth, the price will vary accordingly.

Dedicated Hosting- When you feel the need of having lots of visitors for your big website or you think about dominating resources or feel antipathy towards sharing the server with anyone else who might crash it, you need a web server that is entirely dedicated to you. So, dedicated hosting is all about renting the service of an entire server. Ownership of machine and responsibility for maintaining the hardware and the web hosting software still remains in the realm of the web hosting company but you gain control over the configuration and use of the server. Semi-dedicated hosting is another interesting term where a web server extends service to 2-4 clients with a strong line of demarcation between them. This is also treated as managed hosting for here hosting company maintains the server. Having clarified all the ins and outs, it goes without saying that dedicated hosting is more expensive than shared hosting.

Server Co-Location- If money was no object, a great option is to contain everything within your own web server and domain and this can be done by buying a server and looking after it yourself. However, there are many issues that can arise from this and would you be able to react to power shortages, natural disasters, floods, break ins, staff error and many other problems that may cause problems? All of these issues may prevent your server from running on a speedy internet connection but help is at hand from a data center. Placing your server in a secure outlet with a guaranteed power source and reliable and fast internet connection is called a Co-location. This situation placed the client in charge of maintaining the software and hardware needs of the server as the data center will not become involved in this issue. If a client has the talent, ability and hours to look after this form of server, it can be an improved and less expensive variant compared to dedicated hosting.

UNIX Hosting- Although variations of web hosts have been mentioned it is more accurate to say that different version of the UNIX server is where the majority of web servers are run on. The UNIX system was pushed by universities as a method to assist servers and networks. The open source nature of the UNIX operating system has enabled technically minded people to gain the code for the system and produce variations of it. The popular ones of BSD and Linux that are part of the UNIX system have produced variations such as Red Hat Linux, Debian, FreeBSD and SuSE. This means that UNIX hosting is a low cost and highly efficient operating system for web hosts to get their hands on. This in turn allows the web host to charge a lower price for their services. Key benefits of the UNIX hosting platform is that the software will allow users the ability to complete a great number of programming applications and the platform is generally considered to be secure, reliable and packing a mighty punch. The phrase 'UNIX hosting' now comes to mean any platform that has been derived from the traditional form if UNIX.

Windows Hosting- There are clearly many products developed by Microsoft and Windows Server 2003 is one of them. In order to operate this product, a license needs to e bought and this raises costs and increases prices. Even with this cost, this type of operating system supplied by Windows is not as powerful and is less secure than the UNIX version. Products such as ASP, ColdFusion or ASP.NET are extremely popular for a number of applications and can only be run on a server like Microsoft SQL Server or Access. If you wish to use these features there is a requirement to have a host who uses Windows.

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Understanding Web Hosting

By: Peter Hansen

Published: October 21, 2009

If you have a business to run, then you probably know how difficult it is to compete in today economy. You have to take advantage of every edge you can possibly have over the other businesses just so you can survive and make a good. You have to consider all the different ways to attract customers and encourage them to choose you over all your other contenders. You also have to be accessible. You have to make business with you convenient and easy for your customers so that they would choose you again they need something. And one way to do all these things is to make a website.

It is no secret that the internet is rapidly becoming crucial in our everyday lives. Millions of people use the internet every day, and that number is bound to multiply in the next few years. This is exactly why it is crucial for your business to make its presence known in the internet. Its the next frontier for businessmen, and you could do good if you acknowledged this fact.

Web Sites

The way to go about making your presence known in the virtual jungle is to make your own website. Websites usually range from being simply informational to being fully functional. Some businesses only have websites so you can learn about their business firsthand while others have fully operational online shopping sites where you can buy their products and have them delivered to you by mail. But no matter what kind of website a company has, however, there is always one thing in common: a web host.

What are Web hosts?

Web hosts are online companies that provide people with all the elements they need in order to make their own website available online. Basically, web hosts are the hard drives of those who have websites. Web hosting companies own servers which store all the data present in web sites. In a way, its just like a remote storage space.

One kind of web host that is very popular are the free web hosts. You won't have to give money in order to use them. However, they won't give you much storage space. Another type of web host are dedicated servers. With dedicated servers, you will have close to unlimited storage space and great privacy. However, these cost much. So its really up to you which one you prefer.

About the Author:

Peter runs the website Webhotel where you can read more about this interesting subject.

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

The Best Hosting Is Provided By Cpanel

By: Logan Oulman

Published: June 7, 2010
Several internet professionals will tell you that cPanel hosting is currently one of the top web hosting solutions that is available on the market today. Whether you are brand new to this or very advanced, it will be easy for you to use, as it presents itself in a simple point-and-click platform. This is your opportunity to find out why cPanel has been so successful!

The simplicity and easy to use operating of cPanel is why it is so highly praised. cPanel is chosen as a control panel for many web hosting resellers for many reasons. cPanel is intuitive and simple to operate, however much knowledge of web hosting you already have. You can begin right away with the video tutorials that are there to assist you in your web hosting efforts. You can learn by watching then performing yourself with this platform.

You are able to manage your FTP accounts, MySQL databases, and your domain names, all with cPanel's great variety of offerings. Using the file manager, you are able to upload any files that you need to. Other panels do not have a thing on cPanel hosting. It possesses greater facets than the majority of alternate providers. Be certain that you will receive a completed, or at least nearly completed, version of cPanel, when you select them to be your host for your reselling business. Offering a restricted version of cPanel for their users, there are companies out there which feature no cost hosting accounts.

cPanel also has a major advantage over rival control panels due to its ability to integrate a fairly wide range of modules which include Fantastico De Luxe, the script auto-installer, as well as site builders such SiteReptile and RV Sitebuilder. These ares just a couple of examples, but they're perfect for both beginners and medium users who want to take full advantage of their own hosting account.

No surprise that it is wildly successful, cPanel hosting possesses numerous additional benefits that the competitors simply do not aspire to. It may appear to be a bit complex for real beginners, but help can be obtained with the interface. Through Online instruction manuals, video and audio tutorials, etc, customer support and technical assistance is readily available and simple to access.

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