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Namecast Unveils New Global DNS Platform Features
(The Hosting News) – Namecast, a provider of advanced global DNS traffic management solutions, announces the availability of advanced CDN load balancing, pro-active application monitoring and geographic filtering on its proprietary DNS platform.
These enhanced features differentiate Namecast’s solutions by offering ISPs, content providers and global enterprise businesses inherently more control, customized features, and access to [...]
Taking the Taxi – Cloud Computing Simplified
One of the basic questions you need to answer when working on a startup is where the project will live – what infrastructure will you use to serve your application and store your project data?
Search Engine Promotion: No Strategy. No Success.
Whether you’re planning the launch of your first site, or wondering why your site counter is actually moving backward, stop. You need a strategy to promote your site to search engines and to visitors. A plan of action based on five key factors, all of which should be weighed carefully before you take another step. Here are the five, most important considerations in the development of any search engine promotion.
Money back guarantee
It’s a very wise and effective marketing technique. Meaning what? Meaning that the ultimate reason for them giving these guarantees is that they will bring them more clients and thus more money.
myLittleAdmin from a Webhosting Perspective
If there’s one thing constant in the IT and hosting industries, it’s that technology is constantly evolving. For me, keeping up with it all has been nothing short of a challenge. When Microsoft SQL Server 2005 came out towards the end of 2005, and now SQL 2008, I pushed it to the side. It was just another thing I didn’t have time to learn. But as my customers started asking for it, I realized I had to bite the bullet and get it installed
Economics of Hosting Business
There are two forms of growth in the web hosting industry – internal growth and external growth. Internal growth can be done by investment in new servers, new branch offices, etcetera. External growth can be done though expansion , mergers and acquisitions/takeovers.
Server Load – The Basics
Load, in computing, is a measure of the amount of processing a computer system is currently performing, usually in the form of a scalar and as some variation on a percentage.
Valuation of Annually Billed Customer Accounts
If you are acquiring web hosting companies and a specific target primarily has annual customer accounts, don’t run for the hills, quantify it. Some buyers are immediately concerned about the increased risk of customer renewals for annual accounts which are 6-12 months out. At the same time they do not want to provide service and support each month for free for many of the customers for that period of time. There is a solution.
Customer Service Solutions: An Alternative Way
This article explains that one of the most challenging facets of starting a new web hosting business, or even maintaining an existing one, is keeping your clients happy. Here are some tips to make help make your customers feel satisfied that won’t break the bank.
The Dark Art Of Search Engine Optimization
Today we won’t be taking a look at black-hat search engine optimization tactics. Admittedly, I’ve toyed with them in a “know your enemy” kind of way but I’m no expert on advanced cloaking techniques, nor effective link spamming tactics. What we’re going to cover here are the hidden (i.e. dark) areas of effective search engine optimization strategy.
Web Hosting and Liquidity
“Being all things to all people†sounds good, but in most cases it reduces the liquidity of a business. Business liquidity encompasses the number of prospective buyers, the business valuation, and the amount of time required to market the then close the deal.
Hosting Web 2.0: Are You Ready For The Next Level?
The Web 2.0 movement has arrived and things are going to be changing quickly in the months and years ahead. Site designers have already plugged into the 2.0 matrix, but will your hosting services be up to the task?
Training your Support Techs
Technical support is an extremely important aspect of every hosting operation. Your techs can do justice to this crucial responsibility only if they are first trained correctly and effectively.
Web hosting now vs 10 years ago
It’s no secret that there has been an on-going war over customers in the web hosting industry for many years. Together with the technical evolution of computer hardware, this fierce competition has drastically increased what you get for your money when you buy a web hosting account.
Web Hosting and Related Asset Valuations
Eric Furlow explains how to evaluate web hosting companies and their related entities. He does so by considering the different business models that hosting companies are based on.
