Canadian Web Hosting Reviews - Canada Web Hosting

Complaints and Warnings About the Domain Registry of Canada (DROC)

The Web Hosting Hero — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 19:01:22 +0000

If you live in Canada and own a domain name, chances are you have or will (at some point) receive an email or message from the Domain Registry of Canada (DROC) regarding your domain name expiring. Be warned: Such letters can (at best) be called deceptive marketing and at their worst, an outright scam.

GreenGeeks Now Offering Canadian Web Hosting

The Web Hosting Hero — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 16:03:43 +0000

In the beginning of this month, GreenGeeks, a leading provider of green energy web hosting solutions, announced that it has brought its services to Canada. The GreenGeeks Canadian data center is located in Toronto, Ontario. It offers the company’s Canadian clients quicker access to their websites, as well as better SEO opportunities in Canadian search engines.

BlueHost Now Offers Reseller Hosting

The Web Hosting Hero — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 16:41:08 +0000

BlueHost, one of the top web hosting providers, have recently launched their own reseller web-hosting platform. The BlueHost reseller plans will start at only $19.99, which is great news for anyone looking to start their own hosting company, or offer hosting as an extension to the services they offer.

Increasing Email Deliverability

The Web Hosting Hero — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 05:00:39 +0000

Are you noticing that the people on your mailing list are not getting your emails? This is a common occurrence for businesses that send out mailing lists. Due to SPAM problems, many mail servers are configured to identify email that was sent en-mass or that may appear as SPAM, and attempt to filter them appropriately before they read their customers' inboxes. Here are some basic tips to increase the chance of your email being delivered.

Linux or Windows Web Hosting?

The Web Hosting Hero — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 05:00:11 +0000

When shopping around for a new host, you may have noticied that many hosts make mention of whether their servers run Linux or Windows. As the client, you probably wonder why this matters, and whether it's best to use Windows or Linux.

When Your Hosting Needs Change

The Web Hosting Hero — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 05:00:29 +0000

We all expect a certain amount of growth when creating an online presence. Similar to buying a house, when you purchase your web hosting package you may expect that in the coming months or years, your needs will change.

Improve Your Website Performance by Using a CDN

The Web Hosting Hero — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 18:03:42 +0000

The proximity between your website visitors and your website content is a major factor in your website's response time. Therefore, for a heavy-set website it's an excellent optimization technique to deploy your content across multiple servers dispersed over several geographic locations – and a CDN can help you do this.

Web Hosting Basics: An Overview of DNS

The Web Hosting Hero — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 13:22:58 +0000

DNS is the basic functionality of translating a domain name to an IP address, which is a staple of the Internet. This is what makes it possible to use a domain in the first place, without otherwise having to remember and enter the IP address of every website you want to go to. The concept of DNS is actually quite simple.

Free Online Tests To Help You Improve Your Website

The Web Hosting Hero — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 16:06:30 +0000

Before your website goes live, there are a number of tests you should run to make sure that your website is accessible and findable by your potential visitors. Here's a short list to get you started.

Introduction To 2 Java-based Web Servers: Tomcat and Jetty

The Web Hosting Hero — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 15:09:22 +0000

If you ever do business in large government and enterprise sectors, you may get a request for Java. Java, the most popular programming language, rules enterprise. It only makes sense that they'd want their web server based on their favorite programming language.