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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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)
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
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.
PureTek – Web And Software Development. For details visit http://www.puretek.com.au
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.
PureTek – Web And Software Development. For details visit http://www.puretek.com.au
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