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How dynamic DNS works

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One of the important factors about the DNS is that it may be required to be dynamic especially when a particular domain is assigned to a computer with a changing IP address. In order for the DNS to have the capacity to be updated in real time, a system was created in order to address these required changes. The dynamic DNS therefore allows the domain name data to go through these modifications in real time.

How the dynamic DNS works is based on how DNS works although the dynamic systems integrated to the whole function allows more flexibility in its features. The importance of this function is that this gives the possibility for other sites to be able to establish a connection without necessarily to continuously track the IP addresses by this specific server. This is deemed helpful for sites that are also dynamic such as the consumer-focused Internet service providers. As an integral part of the Active Directory, the dynamic DNS needs to establish its maximum caching time by a few minutes in order to avoid any incidences of retaining old addresses in the different in the sites’ respective DNS cache. This also helps in the speed of contact between the servers.

When it comes to implementing Dynamic DNS in server operators, it can be initially done by miximizing the caching time or the intervals between the caching of the domains by a shorter period; in this case, the caching can be set to about one or two minutes.

Implementing dynamic DNS is also made possible through DNS hosting services where their serves retain current addresses in their database and provide client program that sends updates when changes in the IP addresses take place. Specific features in dynamic DNS hosting also depends on the service provider and the firmware that is used. For example, routers are designed to support specific dynamic DNS features such as the UMAX Ugate-3000, the first router that was able to support dnynamic DNS.

Another important note on the dynamic DNS is described by RFC 2136 as a protocol through the nsupdate utility. Although the dynamic DNS can be considered as an important feature for particular sites, an updating DNS can be also considered dangerous for security and stability reason. This is to say that it is important to utilize a feature that can authenticate dynamic DNS updates such as TSIG and using the HMAC-MD5 hash key.

Alternatives have been also designed such as Microsoft’s GSS-TSIG that usees Kerberos for authentication; this also automates the installation of hash keys. Hence, the GSS-TSIG has become a proposed standard and operating systems that run on Microsoft Windows 2000, Widows XP and Windows 2003 only uses this authenticated dynamic DNS support system. Hence, dynamic DNS has actually created a niche in different markets, especially when it comes to its potentia in the server ector. The dynamic DNS has also evolved with the continuous developments on Internet technologies, especially when it comes to better speeds and the available computer technology; this therefore gave an opportunity to the home server markets which has taken advantage of offering services for dynamic DNS functions. Hence, it is possible for small websites to become a host a dynamic IP address by merely installing relevat server setups which can still function despite its amateur level.

BIBLIOGRAPHY:
‘Dynamic DNS’. 2008. Wikipedia. [Online] Available at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_DNS
‘What is Dynamic DNS?’. N.d. The Tech-FAQ. [Online] Avaiable at:
http://www.tech-faq.com/dynamic-dns.shtml

Internationalized Domain Names ("umlaut" domains)

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Domain names need to be recognized by the system; however, not all characters are able to be recognized through the typically used alphanumeric numbers. In this case, internationalized domain names have made text usage in DNS systems more flexible by means of including additional characters which the DNS can also read and translated. The intention of these domain names is basically to contained non-ASCII characters such as texts that contain diacritics and characters from non-Latin texts such as Arabic and Chinese.

As previously mentioned, these domain names, within the framework of the DNS, functions by means of representing the IP addresses through more recognizable name through text. Since that the text used is not necessarily universal, the tendency is that the initial system is restrictive.

The deployment of the IDN initially started in October 2002 when the Interet Engineering Streering group approved the publication of RFCS 34490, 3491 and 3492 which are the protocols on Internationaliing Domain Names in Application (IDNA). Basically, through the IDNA, the support for non-ASCII IDNs that are found within the DNS would be established. This will then allow the creation of DNS that do not have ASCII characters. By March 2003, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and a host of IDN-implementing registries developed a set of universal "Guidelines for the Implementation of Internationalized Domain Names” in which its fist version was published in June 2003.

One of the important factors addressed by these guidelines are the potential risks of cybersquatting and duplication of registered domain names which can bring confusion to consumers. In addition to this, the guidelines also made it a point to respect local languages and character sets that may be used in the domain names. Hence, one initiative was the deployment of language-specific registration and adminisration rules which can be accessed by the public. The registries also need to recognize the agreements with ICANN in addition to the fulfillment of requirements according to the guidelines.

Although initives on IDN seem to have only started recently due to the growing global response to the Internet, the idea was actually already conceived as early as 1996 by M. Duerst, with its implementation taking place in 1998 through T.W Tan and his team.

How the IDN works is initially to maximize backward compatibility. However, systems that support IDNA are only the ones that have the ability to read such domains although they can access non-ASCII sites. When an application is IDNA enabled, the system is able to convert from ASCII to non-ASCII and vice-versa, with the ASCII format utilized for DNS lookup. However, users are also able to read non-ASCII forms.

Conversions between languages are made possibel through ToASCII and ToUnicode which are both algorithms. In IDNA, each domain name level is applied separately per code. Each label can be also processed separately especially if a specific domain label is a non-ASCII; the processing of the conversion can be handled by different software such as Nameprep and Punycode.

It is also evident there are the advantages and disadavantages of using IDNA. Apparently, the IDN has allowed a more universal and flexible means to utilize language that are non-Latin in nature when it comes to the creation of domain names. However, the disadvantage can be found in the potential risks that come with the utilization of IDN application. These risks include cybersquatting and spoofing since that the utilization of full Unicode names can lead to the cretion of spoof sites or sites that replicate other sites. The challenge in this is that even the domain name and the security certificate can be spoofed in this format. What made this possible is not necessarily due to the faulty system offered by Unicode but rather the similarities of texts despite some interface differences; this shows that characters that look alike can be read similarly although the minor differences such as small punctuations and umlauts can be overlooked when reading certain data.

BIBLIOGRAPHY
‘Internationalized Domain Name’. 2007. ICANN. [Online] Available at:
http://www.icann.org/topics/idn.html
‘Internationalized Domain Name’. 2008. Wikipedia. [Online] Available at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internationalized_domain_name#Internationalizing_domain_names_in_applications

How Web Servers Work and what solutions and technologies are available

2009-10-03T18:34:00.001-07:00

It is entirely possible that you have used internet in the past, or indeed you could be using it now. But there are few of us who consider the whole process from the time one clicks "enter" into a browser to the time the page requested makes its way right into the computer screen. At the very basic level, it can be explained that the process involves some kind of interaction between the web browser and a remote server. After someone has keyed in the web address, or URL (Uniform Resource Locator, which invariably looks something like http://www.blahblah.com) into a browser, the information is unlikely to be within that computer, so the browser will request for the page from a remote server which then “serves” the page (hence the name “server”) back to the browser. But that explanation is rather an oversimplification of what goes on “behind the scenes” to make available the web page requested within so little time. There is an intricate and independent sequence of events that combine to make the internet what it is today-headquarters of both information and misinformation!

This is an attempt to explain that intricate process, and because we fully understand that past attempts to do so have mostly failed, we will try to be simple, and speak some bit of English as well. The article will proceed on an assumption that the readers know next to nothing about web servers. Perhaps the appropriate point of departure would be to explain what a web server actually is. The term actually denotes two terms, a hardware and software. The hardware part refers to the computer or machine that is used to store the information, and the software refers to the program that runs inside the machine and which is responsible for processing requests from web browsers. The description of what a web browser is perhaps should appear in another article designed for that purpose; otherwise this article might be accused of lyrical digression if it does that.

If we go back to where we started, when someone types or clicks onto a link, several things happen. The web browser divides the URL into three parts- the address, path name and the protocol. The software installed in that particular server initiates a process of data transfer between the browser and the server itself, using the appropriate communication protocol. Communication protocol can be HTTP, an acronym for is hyper Text Transfer Protocol. The browser, after dividing the URL, then communicates with the name server, commonly known as the Domain name Server (DNS), to interpret the domain name and turns it into a numerical value known as the IP address which reveal the site’s true address in the web. After that is accomplished, the web browser may then choose the protocol to be used. The protocol is usually HTTP, or FTP-file transfer protocol. If the protocol to be used is “HTTP’ then the web browser is accordingly informed that the internet user wishes to retrieve information through web port 80, which is a port used for web page communications. FTP protocol binds the internet user to get the information through port 20. Discussing these ports would be onerous for thee are hundreds of them, but for this purpose it may suffice to say that this is a system devised for easy location of servers on the internet by a body called Internet Assigned Number Authority, and that there is nothing sacred about these ports. It’s just customary to use them as they are. The software installed in a server will is premised on the kind of the operating system installed on the server. Examples of the software mostly used in servers include Microsoft’s’ Internet information Server or UNIX.

After the browser, working with DNS establishes “residence” of the web site, it then sends a request to the web server to give it the web page requested. The specific page requested is normally determined by the specifications that come after the web address, which is after .com or .net whichever the case. So if the URL looks like http://www.blahblah.com./about .asp, the path is that part that reads “about. asp”, which basically is the specific page that the internet user wants to see. If the page is available in the server, then the server will find the requested file and run the suitable scripts, and if necessary, exchange cookies (these are small pieces of information sent by a server to a browser in order to perform certain tasks, e.g. to access a page that requires passwords and usernames) then send that page to the browser using which is usually in HTML, and the web browser formats the page into a readable/viewable one. And if the page contains images, the browser sends additional requests in order for these files to appear in the screen. In practice, it’s common for one web page to be processed after the sending and granting of 5 or more requests from a server. If the page is non-existent or for some reason cannot be accessed, the server then sends“error” messages, which so many of us are familiar with back to the browser.

That in a nutshell covers most of it, unless one is an IT student. Some might ask after that tutorial, which is the most popular web server? The web server market is virtually a duopoly between Apache HTTP server, or simply Apache, and Microsoft’s Internet Information Service (IIS). Other up-and-coming web servers worth mentioning are lighttpd, and Google web server. But these are small fish here. Apache once held a near-stranglehold in the server market, holding about 70 percent of the market share as at November 2005. Although it still holds a significant lead over its main competitor, it has seen its market share drop to about 50 percent as at December 2007.

Comparing the two web servers isn’t easy, going by the vast array of features they have, and to an untrained eye, the exercise would seem like comparing a hybrid engine to a diesel fuelled one because the two systems operate quite differently. Apache, unlike ISS, happens to be offered on an open source platform, though the Free Software Society deems some of its modules to be incompatible with General Public License. Apache definitely has the edge when it comes to popularity and as well as a rich tradition, and it is credited with playing a major role in the rise of the World Wide Web. Apache supports various features, including several programming languages including mod_perl, mod_python, Tcl and PHP, and many of its versions are modular in structure. This permits users to choose modules that are appropriate for their requirements. Virtual hosting can operate in such a manner that different websites can be hosted from a single installation of Apache. Apache 2.0 is now available on many platforms including windows. ISS on the other hand limits the extent to which one can customize functionality. ISS availability has been limited to windows environment, and ISS 6.0, an earlier version, only supported windows server 2003. However ISS 6.0 was a major improvement on ISS 5.0 which appeared hopeless against internet-savvy worms such as Code Red and Nimda. ISS 6.0 was installed with “locked down” mode settings as default settings and this helped curbed worm attack. No major attacks were reported after ISS 6.0 was introduced.

The latest version of ISS is ISS 7.0, which almost rewrote everything from the earlier versions, and has made some bold changes on modularity. In this version, only the binaries needed are installed reducing the chances of attack on the web server. The other strong points of ISS 7.0 is its easiness to scale out brought about by its simplicity in configuration which are based on distributed XML files, and this makes deployment in large-scale web hosting facilities easy and quicker.

When it comes to choosing the right web server, the debate will go on and on about which one of the two is ideal. Microsoft’s ISS certainly finds favour with the Fortune 500 companies, with majority of them using it, whereas many top internet companies seem to think that Apache is the way to go. Each of the two rivals offers compelling reasons for their use. Apache’s distributed configuration feature is called .htaccess which is a powerful tool that makes it possible for the configuration of a site to be overridden using text file in the content directory. But alas, using the feature may cause problems and in Apache’s own website, it is recommended that one avoids using it altogether. ISS on the other hand, also does support distributed configuration in web.config format. But suppose you also want to override the document for a site using ISS; here is where the difference is. The setting will be stored in the web.config file by default. Clearly, there are considerations one should make, depending on the circumstances one is in, and the choice is not always dependent on the price. For instance if you choose a system which is free but is unfamiliar to you or our staff, you may see overheads going up in the form of training costs. Plus in future one may find that he may need to hire experts to update or configure the system, further driving up the costs of what was otherwise “free” software. If one runs, a cost conscious operation but with the right support, them Apache would be the natural choice. For most small enterprises with no money to hire support, but with enough money to buy proprietary applications, then ISS would be the choice for them. ISS is almost free if one buys Windows operating system. Apache is available as a free download, and comes with many Linux distributions. It’s not all about ISS or Apache, but like the article hinted earlier, there are other web server options. Sun java System Web Server is also available for downloading without paying a dime, but only for developing, testing and staging needs. Actually, the production list for Sun Java System is about $1,500 per one Central Processing Unit. There is also Zeus technology web server available for roughly the same size as Sun Java system, but for two CPU's. But this might require an administrator who is not faint hearted, and further, if one wishes to deploy on windows, one may have to change plans as Zeus system does not allow that. Choosing the right web server system is actually a balancing act between your needs, administrative capabilities as well as one's organization's skills.

From the foregoing one can spot some of the weaknesses of each web server as implied herein. For instance, ISS is only available for windows, and until Microsoft paraded its latest version, only Apache was modular, thereby limiting ISS on customization. One might find himself confronted with high maintenance and training bills for running Apache. Thus it can be said none of these web servers is perfect and each of them has got its strongest points as well as its weaker ones.

The other topic for discussion in this issue is the web application server. Web application servers are often confused with web servers. But these workhorses are differentiated from web servers by the widespread use of server-side content (content that is generated by the server) and constant integration with database engines. In other words, these are middleware that connects software applications with the web servers. Actually upon closer scrutiny, the definition of the term “application server” has evolved. In its strict sense, an application server manages the connection between a client and server-side applications. Nowadays, the term has come to refer things such as development tools, business intelligence tools, data integration tools, e-commerce and personalization services and such things. Here is how they work. When a user, though his browser, requests a file that web application servers usually processes, the web server relays that request to the web application server which then processes the request and then ultimately sends the results back to the server. The web server then returns the results to the browser. The application servers serves to “relieve” web servers some of the work. Maybe it can be looked at this way. Requests to a single web server might run into thousands or even hundreds of thousands, this might serve to bring the web server into a virtual standstill. By doing all this “donkeywork” the web application server’s gives web developers time to concentrate on building more interactive and data rich websites which have functionalities such as generating flash application data as well as creating ecommerce websites. Today, there are over 20 web application servers, and they are commonly referred simply as application servers, perhaps to reflect that these are used in internal networks, and according to industry watchers, many of them nowadays use Java technology, apart from traditional lone-rangers such as Microsoft’s Windows Server 2003.

There are Java application servers, a JSP and servlet runner. J2EE is the other application. There are products that don’t fit into these two classifications, and they are normally known for their frameworks or language. They include Macromedia’s ColdFusion and Apple’s WebObjects. The recurring theme in all these is interoperability despite maintaining their server products. When it comes to the price, the gulf can be wide as the Grand Canyon. There are application servers that cost nothing and there are those that cost thousands of dollars per CPU. But between these two extremities, it’s possible to find application servers that are reasonably priced especially for small businesses. But whether one chooses free goodies or spends stacks of cash on these products, one thin remains certain; there is multitude of choice enough to make one spoilt for choice. This issue will attempt to compare the various application servers available in the market, but this exercise can never be regarded as definitive, but it’s a good start.

Apache Tomcat 5.x is a servlet runner, and doesn’t support many of modern features of commercial products. This is an open source web application server and is especially favored by small businesses. Caucho Resin is another application server, but with a price tag of about $1000 per server, it is not for the faint hearted. But actually it performs better than most servlet engines in major areas. Then there is Sun Java Application System that was formerly known as Sun-Netscape Alliance iPlanet. It offers a compatible platform to developing and deploying Java Web Services, naturally. It is offered on different platforms, platform 8 being free whereas platforms standard 8 and enterprise 7 costing anything between $2000 per CPU and $10,000 per CPU respectively. Zope 2.7 is another popular application server. Written in Python language, it is designed for creating content management systems. To its credit, and despite being offered on an open source platform, Zope is a powerful application platform. Macromedia’s ColdFusion is also a formidable application server. Applications can be compiled to Java and deployed on J2EE servers. It has another advantage of being an easy to manage, and has good integration with Macromedia development tools.

How DNS works

2009-10-03T18:33:00.001-07:00

One of the important things to be reminded of when it comes to DNS was the necessity of its property as an open source; this is to say that the DNS has to be fault free and can be trusted by the Internet community.

Another important function of the DNS is its ability to provide a convenient solution to addressing. Given that the number of network users are increasing, the DNS is able to come up with an easier means of identification instead of using the IP addres of the computer. IP addressses are usually made up of a unique 32-bit number in dotted decimal form which was translated by the “HOSTS.TXT” table. The DNS therefore prevented the table from going through an overcapacity by effective functioning.

How the DNS works is significantly due to its essence as a hierarchical name space; hence, there is the top-level domains (TLDs), the second level domains, and so on. When the Internet was at the period of early developments, the identified TLDs depended on the name of the organization such as .arpa, .csnet, .bitnet and .uucp which were the four main organization-networks that were internetworked. Eventually, in 1986, these four groups, along with Postel and Mockapetris, initially came up with 7 TLDs: .com, .net, .org, .edu, gov, .mil and .int. These TLDs are assigned according to the function of a certain group or organization; the next chapters will explain further on these TLDs.

After the identification of a top level domain name, the second level domain name further identifies the uniqueness of an address. These second level domain name are therefore unique. For example, a number of organizations may share a .com, but only one of them will own a specific name following the .com; for example, there is only one yahoo.com and google.com. At this point, there is already a specfication of a domain although further specifying a domain is necessary as a user further navigates this specific domain. Hence, there is also the third level domain which specifies a series of other areas. At this point, it is possible that a domain already stops at third level since the created pyramid of hierarcy already allows the creation of unique paths without replicating another. The third level domain can therefore identify functions, geographical or other organization of any portion of the name space.

With this pyramid, the apex of the DNS already established thirteen root servers with each of these servers listing the IP addresses of the computers that contain the zone files fr each of the top level domain names. The hierarchy therefore makes it possible for the processing of the name-to-number distribution since there is no single central server that serves as a reference point of translation unlike the former centralized and “HOSTS.TXT” system. What happens is that through the DNS, when a user enters a query into the computer, the user “starts” at the bottom of the pyramid where a series of identification, through the entered domain name, becomes a means to create a direct path that goes through the computer of a specific domain. Hence, for example, if a user looks for the email page of the website of yahoo.com, the entered domain name identifies the .com as a commercial address (top level), and the proceeding relay of information takes place within yahoo.com instead of going through a centralized server. As a result, the hierarchy is able to identify the corresponding IP address that is specific within a certain domain.

dns-picDomain Name Space Workflow
(image from ‘Domain Name Space’, Wikipedia)
BIBLIOGRAPHY
‘Domain Name System (DNS) History’. 2008. Living Internet. [Online] Available at:
http://www.livinginternet.com/i/iw_dns_history.htm
Weinberg , J. 2000. ‘ICANN and the Problem of Legitimacy’. Duke Law Journal,
vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 187 +

Web Hosting Company

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Do you already have a web site and are thinking of upgrading or possibly moving to another web hosting company? This can be a difficult decision to make because you end up asking yourself; is this going to improve my site? Will this get any better? Am I jumping from the frying pan into the fire? Most hosting company’s will tell you that for only a few dollars that they will give you everything and the kitchen sink, but they also protect themselves by stating that while you have access to the resources that the package offers, you cannot impede on the resources of the server as it is a “shared” environment. This may sound like false advertising or misleading, but it isn’t. It is only logical as you may understand that as long as you do not affect other users negatively because you are hindering the performance of their web sites, you will be able to use as much as you need, within “fair use”. It becomes a problem only when you know your web site is highly used and you try to get away with something cheap. Be realistic and if you know that your web site needs better resources, then PAY for it.
When to upgrade or move to another web hosting company?

You may be using your web site for personal use or for business, but in the end you want the performance to be stable and not fluctuate up and down all the time. There are many web hosts out there that ONLY offer one service and that is shared web hosting. If and when you outgrow this or you are asked to upgrade because you are utilizing too many resources, you have no place to go, but to another company. Sounds simple? Not even close. This would mean countless hours of downtime and possible restructuring of your website (WHEN you finally do find a new web hosting company), not to mention the potential emails lost. Even with a smooth migration of your site, you will still encounter issues. Do you really want to put up with that? As you search through review lists of other web hosting companies, look for those that will handle your needs down the road. You may not ever need to upgrade or move to another web hosting company, but it is always nice to know that you don’t hit a dead end if the need arises.

Webspace

2009-10-02T21:59:00.000-07:00

Got a web site already? Have you ever wondered how much web hosting space you actually used? There are a lot of factors that will determine that. What do you do with your website, or what are your future plans such as a photo gallery or download availability of files? Photo files are a big part of your webspace availability and if you have an itchy trigger finger, you’ll find that you will have hundreds, if not thousands of photos before you realize it. It’s good to at least have an idea that you will be using quite a bit of webspace (storage) before looking for a hosting provider. A business based web site needs only as much storage as needed IF it has a large product line, but most businesses already know approximately how much they will require beforehand. Personal web sites are very ambiguous, so it is more difficult to gauge whether the web site will grow or maintain what it already has with minimal increase of storage needs.

Worrying about web storage is not the be all and end all in making a decision regarding which web host you should use. You do need to think about long term because it is not in your best interest to find a web host and find out there won’t be enough webspace for the future. Then that would mean finding a new host, then moving all your files. This is obviously not in any individual’s wishes.
Webspace, what’s it worth to you?

There are many companies out there that offer massive amounts of webspace, or at least seem to at a very very low cost. Many web hosting companies that offer this will play the numbers game and hope that 90% of the customers, only use 10% of the space and therefore, things even out. The average website barely uses 10% of the webspace given to them and more often than not, it does work out. If you want to be safe, choose a web host that costs a bit more and offers less space. This may sound really unorthodox, but realistically, it offers a fair service for a fair price and not something that MIGHT or might not have problems in the future. Do not get yourself into a situation where a problem can occur. It is always a good idea to prepare yourself and be cautious. After your decision is made, always retain a copy of your files as nothing in this world is 100% full proof and it would be a shame for you to lose your files permanently that might have taken you years to build up.

SEO - A Basic Introduction

2009-10-02T21:55:00.000-07:00

Search engine optimization or SEO is the method of modifying a website to make it "search engine" to drive more traffic to the web site as possible. To do this properly, you must have an excellent understanding of how search engines figure out and also be well aware that people use search terms to search for information relevant to a particular web site. The site must be improved in May and content edited out to be more relevant and to give them the best probability of appearing on all lists of research.

For example, if a user does a search on an engine like Google, Yahoo or MSN or any of the 100s of others, they enter their keyword or keyword and a number of pages with web address* will be returned. If your web site is not in the 1st few pages using relevant keywords for your business, so the chances of acquiring traffic to your web site in any type of number is reduced significantly .

Ideally, you want to appear on the top of search results as conceivable, and this is where SEO comes in. Search engine optimization is frequently done in conjunction with Pay per click or PPC advertizing to drive traffic to a site.

Is - how it works

In the early days on the internet, webmasters of the sites created and the URL to several search engines so that their web site* will be capable to appear on the lists of research. The search engine bots then "crawl" through websites to extract and index the links too.

Webmasters wishing to see their research sites on top of themselves began to quickly handle their sites to get the better results. For example, the use of algorithms to search for meta tags used by search engines for rankings, but they failed to develop sites in Internet searches primarily because the system relies heavily on information that has been provided by the site owner or webmaster, such as meta tags and keywords.

There was nothing to prevent a webmaster to submit Meta tags that have nothing to do with the existent content of their site and this resulted in a large number of sites appear in search lists, which were completely irrelevant. Search engines quickly taken on this and other questionable practices and change their algorithms and their patterns.

Search engine optimization and how it is nowadays

These days SEO is a much more complicated and the search engines are much more complex than they were. For example, Google ranks sites based on hundreds of different factors and we do not know the algorithms used to rank pages.

Professional Optimizer search engine will be able to perform the task of optimizing your website for search engines to ensure that your site gets ranked higher in Internet searches. You have a good intellect of what works and what does not, what is ethical and what is not. They will learn how search engines, what search engines are seeking packaging and how to give you all the better possible results.

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How to get a higher rank of your website in search engines

2009-10-01T00:30:00.000-07:00

Let me share with you a few tips on getting more business with your website. You must be having a website but is it still not on the first 10 pages of popular search engines like MSN, Yahoo and Google?

Let me tell you the first thing to do to get your site featured in the top few pages, of these major search engines. Maybe you need to get a higher search engine rating and be able to attract more traffic to the site, provided your hosting company keeps you online. The basic step to get a higher rating is to get the website to comply with the requirements of the search engine guidelines. Each search engine has uniform guidelines to help your site conform to standard procedures.

Your website content should be keyword rich, according to your website theme. Get a good writer to do your content so that the keywords needed for ranking are creatively blended in the text content.

Another tip for getting a high rank is to get your site address or URL in the free website directories online. People look for online directories to search for websites, so you have a higher chance of people stumbling on your website. More links can help your website ranking to a large extent. Publicity can get you a higher ranking too!

Make efforts through discussion boards and forum listings to get popularity for your site. You get ‘back links’ when you ask people on forums to review your site and they click on your website address or link. This helps you get your website address clicked to increase your chances of a higher rank! Invaluable reviews can help you modify and improve the website and web hosting, creating an increased interest on your site.

The last effort is to pay for a listing on popular online directories. Usually, popular search engines charge a fixed price per year, like Yahoo charges about $299, for a year of listing. Although there are many other paid website directories, which can easily be found, if you do a simple search. Your website rank considerably increases if you follow these useful tips.

The major attraction of a higher rank is the increased traffic on your site. So, why lose out on the advantage of getting business? Try out these unique tips and watch your rank go up within a few days!

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2009-09-28T10:27:00.001-07:00

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Joomla Hosting

2009-09-28T10:25:00.000-07:00

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Joomla Hosting offers push button Joomla open source installation with Windows and/or Linux programming running underneath. The installation of an open source application like Joomla requires web hosting that supports and answers every line of Joomla code and can support as many users as the website can attract. Joomla is a popular web portal application because legacy users have grown used to Joomla's keyword and meta tag features, programmed article publications, guest editor and contributors, and specified Super User and administrator defined Joomla registered user group features.

Joomla web hosting must support the programmming of a given website and online portal at once, for ads, links, popups, content, images, formatting, and site presentation add-ons and specialized custom code. The Joomla hosting must allow for extended CSS editing and script hacking. Search engines index Joomla sites according to their uniqueness and variability from the base installtion profile. Thus the inability of a Joomla web hosting account to service programming changes to an initial Joomla installation makes the hosting irrelevent to the webmaster's purpose.

Access to Joomla administration features, Joomla web security updates, administration panels and editor and contributor logins require a functional Joomla web hosting with ability to refer traffic and service member logins and editing and administration capabilities. Consistent url request service and accurate versioning make a qualified Joomla web hosting account a must for accountable webmasters and site administrators. Online web hosting for Joomla websites must allow for adequate server response and burstability for sudden spikes in user interest and site visits. Joomla is known as a feature-rich CMS application for intermediate users to yield full benefit.

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Understanding Web Hosting Basics

2009-09-28T10:22:00.000-07:00

It is very common to see various types of people having their own website, based on their type of profession. Looking at others, you too may get inspired to own a website. So, you get a suitable domain name registered for yourself. But you must also be well prepared to decide on a suitable web hosting plan too. This post will provide you with the required information with regard to understanding web hosting. Before you even decide to register your domain name, you must also decide who your web hosting provider is going to be. It is easy to register a domain name but when it comes to understanding and selecting your web hosting provider, you need to think in the right direction before taking the final step.

You will need a server to host your website so that your website is viewed by many people, over the internet. It is the web hosting service provider who takes the responsibility of putting your website on a computer (server) which is connected to the internet. It is up to you to decide whether you want to host your website by using your own server or you can use an internet service provider to host. Mostly, it is advisable to take help of an internet service provider because they can facilitate benefits such as powerful server hardware, high speed connections and reliable server support.

There are basically two main types of web hosting concepts.

The first one is “shared hosting” and the second is “dedicated hosting”. If you choose shared hosting type of service provider for hosting your website, then the hosting package becomes affordable. This is because you will have to pay only a portion of the server fee, instead of paying for the entire server. Mostly, people host their websites by using shared hosting (virtual hosting)

If you choose a dedicated server, you then have to choose to rent the entire server for your own use. You can also choose to buy a server instead of renting it. But it is you who have to decide to take the right step towards your web hosting plan, depending upon your actual web hosting requirement.

The Top Practices in Corporate Blogging

2009-09-26T16:51:00.001-07:00

Today’s internet society, blogs are a staple in hot tools of web communication. Blogs give people the chance to produce their free personal website, where they can share opinions and communicate with others. Such blogs have also made it into the government and corporate sections of the world today. What was once just a form of grassroots journalism and teenage expression has transformed into a real tool of communication for businesses, whether large or small.

Corporate blogging deals with companies who make or support certain blogs, which they then use to achieve their business goals. As with everything else in this world, there are several practices that can be considered the top-notch ones in letting the company get the most benefits. Here is how to turn your blog into a huge success.

1. Always know what it is that you are doing.

The legal and corporate communications department should thoroughly teach senior management what these blogs are and how they can truly affect the business in the long run. By doing this, those in senior management can even start contributing to the blog, enhancing employee relations in the process. The participation and support of such members usually makes blogs much more effective.

2. Make policies for your blog.

No matter what medium is used to share information with an employee, there is always that chance that financial information or trade secrets will leak. Blogging may also end up becoming too personal. Because of these reasons, companies should make policies for their blogs to make sure that everything is kept secret and that personal lives will not get in the way. Such policies could include a sanction of severe consequences if financial information leaks.

3. Keep your blog fresh at all times.

Blogs are only interesting if they are constantly updated with new content. Fortunately, blogs are easy to use, so they can be updated all the time. In order to keep readers interested enough to keep coming back, the content must always be new and relevant. Remember that content can be about anything, from job openings to product releases to recent news. It is pretty much impossible not to have anything to post about.

Keep in mind that your blog is there to show what your company is thinking, as well as to share your company’s goals, missions, and views of life. Blogs are there to be used to communicate with employees and customers alike, and it is also a factor in brand experience. Keep it consistent to save your company’s impression the way you want it to be saved.

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An online store in 12 steps

2009-09-26T16:50:00.000-07:00

Entrepreneurs and managers, who are considering starting an e-commerce should not overlook any of these aspects of the process.

Some readers have asked us to address the basics to establish an electronic business and although the issue is much more extensive that we cover here, we present the following scheme which is valid only for cases of virtual shops (library, supermarket, pharmacy, Sales of cars, etc).

However, we do two caveats: First, we are aware that every business has its specific characteristics and requirements, and this super-synthesis we refer only to the common features in all. And second, we try to give an overview of all major aspects to launch an e-commerce, not assuming that "e-commerce" are all doomed to success, thanks to the millions of Internet users ..." who do not get in the process after the start of the store.

1. Clarify the situation of the project:

Looking for "internet" a business that already exists? You need to add value to a web business that is already running, or is considering setting up a new one based on an outside Internet? Perhaps you are thinking of a completely new business including, but none of this is obvious and not well defined is one of the reasons for the failure of many projects.

2. Define your business goals:

Away from the opportunities of electronic commerce to provide services to other companies or to supply goods and digital services, installation of a virtual retail sale of goods or services may be aimed at reducing business costs of intermediation, extending the scope of the current market and substantial improvement of customer service.

3. Specify the scope of transactions:

If you have a business whose products are delivered to a website with full online sale will require a comprehensive and integrated e-commerce. Moreover, you may need to provide for insurance and after-sales services. But it could be an Internet business that generates traffic "walk" to the real business, or could only aspire to provide the services charged in a separate instance of the web.

4. Have ready the domain (www.elnombredesunegocio.com):

Not only is the brand name but also the store is the location of your business on the Internet as a globally recognized identification card. Even though short-term is raised to install an e-business, it is recommended to check the availability of names which you might use in the future and that the records of a good time, before another forward are ...

5. Register as a cyber-trader:

To charge by credit card and local currency, you must obtain a digital certificate that accredits to sell products online because it complies with strict safety standards. This certification provides the technological companies that specialize in designing electronic systems for buying and selling which in turn are supported financially in the company behind the credit cards.

6. Financial Support:

Similarly, to collect on-line via credit card, you must have the backing of a bank support, financial and information technology. Furthermore, it must take into account that each bank has its own computer systems to which your e-business must adapt and have different costs and fees for the various aspects involved in the service.

7. Specialized hosting services:

A website that has electronic purchase payment required to operate a dedicated server other than requiring by the other websites. The company providing the service for this type of server, you also need to comply with international standards and safety requirements. It is common that comprehensive offers and integrated e-commerce partner financial companies, programming and web page hosting (hosting).

8. Store in terms of website:

The user of the website and retail store functions as an electronic catalog of products with the greatest amount of digitized information helps to make a purchase decision, and as an ordering system and pay online. On the other hand, for the trader, the website is related and is supported by an administrative system that links the inventory and orders on one hand, and the collection system on line with the actual release of the products on the other.

9. Design and operation of the store:

What types of products will be sold? Do they require service guarantees or after sales? How many are now and how many could be in the medium and long term? How much information is digitized on the products and how much is required for users to make a purchase decision? Where did optiene and how should this information be processed? How should one look store graphically with such products and which system to update the contents of it? Additionally, we plan to use the information in databases and apply standard graphics that facilitate the navigation of users.

10. The programming system of payment:

The system of payment, usually we see symbolized in a supermarket trolley (shopping cart) is a program developed to suit the specific requirements of the store, which relates what we call the product catalog, with the purchase the same specific administrative and business systems, which allow you to receive a purchase order, make a charge on a credit card and dispatch a product. This system should make synergy with financial services and accommodation above, and trading with functionality to the store as a catalog.

11. The release of the actual products:

With the situation of most state systems of mail in Latin America and the high cost of private services, this is one of the main obstacles to not detonate the supply of electronic commerce on the Internet. Nothing bearing systems and more sophisticated designed stores if the release of products is a Carm. Be clear that the size and weight of the products have a direct impact on the cost of the entire operation and requirements of transport.

12. Advertising business:

Nobody will come to a virtual store by chance. You have so much responsibility for promoting the business as it has with the points we mentioned earlier. Many e-commerce projects have failed because they did not anticipate to outset the resources and publicity plan for them. An online store needs to be promoted within and outside the Internet as other mass media. This is critical to the success of the store and a strategic way of thinking complement is an early in the establishment of a database of customers with whom they interact as an ongoing promotion.

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Decide What You Want

2009-09-26T16:48:00.000-07:00

Find out what your own purpose and goal is with what you want to do. Are you just looking to make tons of money very fast? Or do you want to build a
healthy business online, based form your own home?

If you are looking for the quick buck, I would encourage you to think again and evaluate if you think that is a realistic long term option for
supporting yourself financially. If you really, really want to get rich quick, I suggest you look for information somewhere else because you will not
find what you are looking for here.

If you are looking for the option of building a home based internet business step by step to supplement your income, and maybe even with the aim that
in the future it will provide you with a full income, I suggest you keep reading.

Being clear about your motivation also involves thinking about what you would like to achieve both in personal and financial terms. Is the motivation
that you would like to come free of your job? To be able to spend more time with your kids, have financial freedom, or are you checking out if a
online home based business is something for you?

No matter what your motivation is, it is important to be clear with it because you can then set realistic goals for what you are going to achieve. It
also helps you set time frames for how much time you are going to spend with your new endeavor. If you are aiming to high, you will most probably get
disappointed. Keep your goals achievable, and you will feel like a success when you get your first pay check.

If you state a monthly goal that you would like to achieve, then do not include the time that you are spending building your site. And yes, if you
want to do internet marketing you will need your own website. There are people who are making a living from promoting other peoples products via ads
and via email, but this is not the method recommended here. You can read more about different affiliate marketing strategies in the part on affiliate
marketing.

Depending on how much time you can spend, it will take you a while before your site is up and running and receiving traffic. If you on your first
site are managing 100 unique visitors a month after three months, you are doing well.

Do not expect to see a great monthly income in the first months. My SBI site which is a hobby site is making between 300$ to 600$ a month in
advertising and affiliate income. The site is one year old, and has for periods been without any maintenance at all. I would say that is pretty good.
I did not start to see real income before after 3 -4 months.

SIDE NOTE:

Do not quit your job before you have more then sufficient income to pay all your monthly

expenses and have set aside enough money to cover a few months of expenses if your income

Generosity as a basis of e-business

2009-09-25T15:42:00.001-07:00

The more developed technology is cheaper, at some point becomes free? The response also helps to understand why the traffic from users on the Internet is determined by the generosity of the content.

In the industrial economy there is a proportional relationship between the performance of the technology and its cost. The best thing is worth. But the advent of microprocessors accelerated process of technology upgrading and making them faster cycles of reproduction of the value of products at lower costs.

More or less in 1988, a cell phone cost $ 1500, but in 1998 (only 10 years later) it cost only $ 200. At present the telecommunications companies give more aggressive in marketing the device for the purchase of a new customer. This enables us to understand where the greatest generosity may become the detonator of the key core business of an enterprise.

What is most evident in telecommunications and other information technology is the same for other industries. Away from the effects of inflation are no better and cheaper cars, medicines, appliances, transportation and services?

Generosity is a key business strategy in the emerging economy. Cheaper products are what critical mass in the growing market is for them. If at the beginning it was a privilege that cheaper telecommunications make more than one line in the house, each family member has a cell phone and that there are dramatic improvements as the identification of who is calling, call waiting or teleconferencing among others.

The demand is changing:

In classical economics the supply of goods grows only if demand increases, but under the principle of constant improvement and cheapening of technology are constantly creating new opportunities for demand (i.e. business). If there is more supply of resources then there is more demand for them.

In this respect, generosity in the new businesses is a key to its expansion in the same way as they are satisfied customers. In other words, generosity is equal to more supply and this in turn becomes more customer satisfaction resulting in more demand.

When information is organized on the Internet, Yahoo is a paradigm of generosity by this. It has been organized more broadly and free information on Yahoo, the more ubiquitous then it becomes recognized.

There are the cases of Microsoft and Netscape which established new businesses based on their generous free navigation of the Web, Sun Microsystems or "gift" the Java code to create a community of programmers in this new language, or QUALCOM "giving "The basic version of the program for managing electronic mail (Eudora) as a function of selling upgrades.

The value of generosity:

Goods and services with more value in a network economy that is emerging as the most shared (ubiquitous), and the most cost effective way to maximize the ubiquity of the gratuity.

I am not suggesting that the new economy is based on the gift of things. No, I'm proposing that generosity is a key strategy for the establishment, expansion or consolidation of business in a networked economy as it has been emerging around the Internet.

Naturally, one might almost say the essence of strategic planning in the web economy, is to determine how to compete and win in a market so generously, which is not only a strategy of marketing business but also it makes sense if generosity is a function of detonation products and services in return.

E-Commerce – 8 Tips You Can Make It Better

2009-09-25T15:41:00.002-07:00

By Kabir Bedi

E-commerce is becoming increasingly popular as more and more companies decide to take their businesses online. Not only can it act as a efficient revenue channel for businesses, it can also boost their existent sales figures by increasingly accessibility to the audiences.

Here are 8 tips that will help you make your e-commerce website better and more effective.

1. Make your website Interactive!

Your e-commerce website may have a great visual appeal but what customers really look forward to is the usability. Include tools and features that would help your customers interact with your website and understand your products better. Remember, the more they know about your products and their benefits, more are the chances that they'll buy them. So, include product reviews, interactive images, demo videos and even chat app where visitors can talk to an online customer care person.

2. Track Shopping Cart Abandoner

An abandoned shopping cart is not always a lost sale. Rather, you can use it as an opportunity to turn freebie hunting customers into actual revenue generating ones. If your customers are looking for some free stuff, tempt them with the same. Use the 'Get it for Free' model and make them buy products in order to receive free goodies.

3. Target your Email Campaigns

Different people have different interests and shopping patterns. This is why you need to segment your customers and divide them into groups based on their behavior or demographics and then send targeted email campaigns. The more targeted your audiences are, the more effective will the message of your newsletters be.

4. Use Google Alerts

Google Alerts will let you stay up to date with what is happening in your industry. Just include keywords pertaining to your line of business and industry along with your company name. You will get regular alerts about all the relevant news items and happenings.

5. Establish good Inbound Links

Inbound links determine the online popularity of your website. They not only attract traffic but also play a crucial role in determining the search engine ranking of your website. In fact, effective link building is one of the most important processes of SEO.

6. Think about Interactive Presentation

One factor that contributes to the uncertainty of online shopping from physical shopping is that customers cannot touch or feel a product as they can do in real life. You need to bridge this gap by providing big and neat interactive images so that they can experience the product just like they do in a retail store. Make sure all your products are presented in a organized manner accompanied with vibrant images and accurate descriptions.

7. Include Client6 Testimonials

Reviews and testimonials by clients go a long way in making new customers feel more confident about their purchase from your website. They increase the credibility of your business leading to lower shopping cart abandonment and higher overall revenue.

8. Do some Intensive SEO

Search engine optimization is important for all the website, especially so e-commerce website. This is what enhances the visibility of the website on the web and attracts more traffic. With intensive SEO procedures, you can be sure that you get relevant shoppers on your website and not just window shoppers. Hire professional SEO services to make this happen.

Kabir Bedi works as a senior web consultant with LeXolution IT Services, a professional web designing company that offers a range of web services including website maintenance and website design & development services. He helps the company deliver all these services efficiently and effectively.

How To Submit Your Website On DMOZ Successfully!

2009-09-25T15:41:00.001-07:00

By Kabir Bedi

Dmoz id the largest directory system on the internet listing over 4 million websites. Maintained and managed by human editors, this directory has increased credibility in the world wide web because it doesn't rely on automated robot based crawlers. That is why if you get your website listed on Dmoz, it can also play an important part in determining your ranking in Google search results. In fact, Google uses Dmoz results in its own directory. And this is why submission on Dmoz is a daunting task. Your website needs to be highly credible if it needs to be accepted by Dmoz.

Here are some tips that you should follow in order to make your submission on Dmoz a successful one.

Include detailed Contact Information

Make sure that you have your full and detailed contact information listed on your website including your postal address, addresses of all your branches, telephone numbers, email addresses etc. Physical addresses enhance the credibility of the business as people get to know the existence (and location) of the company. Dmoz straight away rejects websites that carry no postal address.

Don't Spam the Directory

Submit your website only once and wait. Even if it is not accepted readily, don't submit it again and again. This would be considered spamming and your website would get blacklisted altogether. Instead, submit your website once and forget about it for three to four months. Also, make sure you submit your website under one category only, the one that is most relevant to your business. Often it happens that big websites have more than one realm of business, and so they get confused about what category to submit in. There can be exceptions in such cases however otherwise it is highly recommended that you make your submission under one highly relevant category.

Include Quality Content

The Dmoz editors prefer websites that are rich in information and contain original and unique content. Therefore, before you submit your website on Dmoz, make sure you have some good quality content on your website. Search engines place increased value on Dmoz because it only lists quality websites and if your website lacks quality content, there is no way it could get listed there.

Submit under the most Relevant Category

Make sure that you submit your website under the most appropriate category. Search engines prefer Dmoz because it arranges the websites according to the links and the keywords thus making their job easier. Moreover, when you place your website under the right category your relevance is highly increased and there are better chances of your website getting accepted by the Dmoz editors.

List the Information Carefully

When you are submitting your website on Dmoz, make sure you furnish all the details very carefully. The information should be highly accurate. Read all the editorial guidelines and make sure you follow them through all the steps of submission. Without this, you wouldn't get your website submission to be accepted by Dmoz. Also, after you have submitted, store the URL of the category that you have submitted your website into so that you can make regular checks if your submission has been accepted or not.

Getting listed on the Dmoz directory is tough but not impossible. With the right techniques and guidelines you can get your website listed there and enjoy enhanced credibility on the Internet.

Kabir Bedi works as a senior web consultant at LeXolution IT Services, a professional website development company based in India. He has been associated with the outsource web design services industry for more than 10 years and has completed many successful web design projects.

The Advantages of a VPN

2009-09-25T15:40:00.000-07:00

By theWHIR

There are a number of reasons to set up a VPN for remote access, but the biggest selling point by far is the potential cost savings.

Using the Internet to distribute network services over long distances means companies no longer have to purchase expensive leased lines to branch or partners' offices as a VPN connection needs only to use a relatively short dedicated connection. In an organization experiencing rapid growth, this can make a enormous difference in costs. As an organization adds companies to its network, the number of leased lines required climbs with it exponentially. In a traditional WAN, this can limit the flexibility for growth, whereas VPNs avoid this problem by tapping into an almost universally available network.

VPNs can further reduce costs by lessening the need for long-distance telephone charges, as clients can gain access by dialing into the nearest service provider's access point. While in some cases this may entail making a long-distance call or using an 800 service, a local call is usually sufficient. This can dramatically cut telecommunications costs for enterprises with many international sites, sometimes in the range of thousands of dollars per person, each month.

A third, more subtle way that VPNs may result in lower expenditures, is through reducing the company's support burden. With a VPN, the service provider must support dial-up access, instead of the organization using it. Theoretically, a public service provider can charge much less for support, because its cost is shared among a wider customer base.

Finally, VPNs save a company on operational costs for equipment previously used to support remote users. A company using a VPN can get rid of its modem pools, remote-access servers, and other WAN equipment and simply use its existing Internet installation. Many companies employ several links with different functions prior to setting up a VPN.

Companies enjoy the flexibility that comes with VPNs, since they typically do not require long-term contracts, as is the case with most data services. This allows companies to easily switch over to a lower-priced service if they so desire. Companies can usually get a high-speed Internet connection established and configured in a much shorter time than it takes to get a similar data service. In some foreign countries, it can take as long as a year to get a leased line installed. For some industries, such as construction or insurance, this can make a crucial difference in a company's operations and financial health.

VPN technologies are also considered remarkably secure. Since the introduction of IPSec, VPN data protection has become more standardized among service providers. Data that is sent over VPNs is confidential, requiring authorization to be received or replayed. Users can authenticate packets to establish the validity of the information, and the integrity of the data is usually guaranteed.

Companies may also choose to build an extranet application on a VPN, in order to use its access controls and authentication services to deny or grant access to specific information for customers, trading partners or business associates. This can help build customer loyalty, as clients who are given higher levels of access would be less likely to switch to another business partner. The same technology can also be used internally to assign worker populations to segmented groups with different access levels. This solution is simpler and more economical than traditional methods used by IT managers.

A VPN-based extranet may replace a more expensive system, such as an electronic data interchange (EDI), which typically necessitate custom software and the use of a value-added network (VAN) provider. Some VANs charge upwards of $6 to $12 (US) per hour of connectivity, much more than ordinary service providers.

Web Hosting: Selecting The Right Host!

2009-09-25T15:39:00.000-07:00

By Joelene Orlando

Choosing a web hosting company is a very personal decision based on your own unique needs. Web hosting is what places your website into the World Wide Web, where anyone can access to it 24 hours a day. In other words, without placing your site onto a web hosting service, you won’t get the visibility you want. Most small business owners will most likely go through a web hosting company rather than invest in acquiring their own servers, which is very expensive and difficult. On top of the expense that is involved with having your own server, you need to have a strong educational background to be able to deal with the technical aspects of implementing your own server, or having your own technical computer staff on hand to deal with the process. (And those programmers don’t come cheap either!) If you’re a new online business or looking for ways to expand your market reach, web hosting is definitely the way to go.

Which web hosting service do you select? There are two key things to keep in mind when you begin your search for an appropriate web hosting service: (1) Find a web hosting company that meets your needs for today, (2) Make sure that this web hosting company you choose can grow with you as your business expands. Another important factor you want to know up front about hosting services, is that once you choose one, and decide it doesn’t pan out for you, to switch to another service will be a very painful and a lengthy process. It’s just not worth the mistake to make!

Check out these tips in how you can select a web hosting service that has the most qualities such as flexibility, service, and growth capabilities along with a strong background in technical abilities that you’re seeking, at a price you can afford.

How To Host Several Websites Under One Account

2009-09-24T11:43:00.000-07:00

By Mario Sanchez

Reseller Accounts

If you operate several websites, each with its own domain name, signing up of separate hosting accounts can be an expensive proposition. Even if your hosting company offers the add-on domain feature (which will allow you to add different domains to the same hosting account) you will be charged a monthly fee for each domain you add, sometimes costing almost the same as your full hosting fee.

The solution is to open a reseller account. Reseller accounts were created to allow web designers to offer hosting services to their customers, to create a one-stop-shop for all their web design and hosting needs. However, you don't need to be a reseller to buy a reseller hosting plan.

Reseller accounts are usually slightly more expensive than regular hosting accounts, but they will allow you to host different domain names without incurring in the add-on domain fees, making more efficient use of your space and bandwidth.

Why A Web Site, And Why Web Hosting?

2009-09-24T11:42:00.000-07:00

By Alec Ellis

Imagine having a filing system that could withstand a nuclear war. Hmm, I wouldn't like to prove it, but in theory that is what the Internet could resist with its virtual existence. If you transfer files of information around the Internet, operating in virtual space, it would be difficult to lose that information if you had a mind not to.

Possessing a website has advantages for many varieties of users; serving a range of different purposes. For example, Net presence is of enormous benefit to businesses of all shapes and sizes. Conventional filing systems, where everything is stored as a hard copy, are cumbersome, and space consuming. With a website, all existing documents can be transferred one way or another, to the Internet and neatly organized using 'hyperlinks' (virtual pathways) for quick, easy reference. You no longer need to waste your time digging through a mile high pile of paper to find what your looking for, with your own website all it takes is the click of a 'mouse'.

A website wouldn't only save you space and time, but cost too. The Internet is worldwide and a website can be used as a powerful promotional and marketing tool, viewed by prospective clients around the world. One can see what you offer in Hong Kong and Madrid at the same time.

Imagine the money you'd save on promotional printing costs. Your website could reach the four corners of the globe and be available 24 hours a day. There is no longer a need to allocate high budgets to printing promotional material for prospective clients, they are able to access the information instantaneously, and download what they need.

Imagine, neatly organized links that move you, quickly to your destination. A website is your identity on the Internet, kind of like an interactive 'business card'. It can be the prospective client's first point of contact, presented by a knockout, easily updated, design, your site can sell you, your products and your services.

Once you have organised your web site and patted yourself on the back, that you have made your first flight into 'cyberspace', your next step is to have somewhere to 'dock' it, a place to put your website. A place such as M6.net - http://www.m6.net a 'web host' a place to 'host' your web site. A web hosting company provides a space for you to put your web page documents (FrontPage, Dreamweaver files), images (gifs, jpgs), and more advanced pages such as ASP's, those pages that have intelligence behind them creating such items as forms, news, bbs, chat; interaction. If the Host is clever enough, friendly, supportful; it will offer a whole range of facilities, that you or your webmaster can take advantage of, to create an interactive, humanised, mechanised and automated business presence, on the Internet.

For businesses in the new millennium there is no future without an Internet presence. Trade costs will lower; communication will get smarter and faster. Reliability will be greater. Thus there will be a vast gap between businesses with Net presence and those without. Every one will have a presence on the Internet some day, wether it is a corporate business, Aunty Flo's bric-a-brac stall, or the family's photo library.