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Technical Support Wordpress Plugin

caymanhost — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 18:51:15 +0000

If you are running any kind of commercial website you might want to consider some kind of helpdesk software to manage customer enquiries, technical support, billing issues and disputes or complaints.

Helpdesk or support desk software comes in many shapes and forms and I have used osTicket for the past year and been very happy with it. The choice was a simple one because the free software is a script that is included with cpanel and Fantastico from my web host. Most users of cpanel will probably also have access to osTicket and a one click install if they also have Fatastico, along with several other help desk options.

For Wordpress users the following video explains the features of a support ticket plugin called “Technical Support For Wordpress” which might be a more attractive proposition for those who use Wordpress exclusively.

This is a promotional video for the Technical Support for WordPress plugin. You can get more information about the plugin at kovshenin.com

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GooseGrade Wordpress Plugin Review

caymanhost — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 18:54:28 +0000

Goosegrade is a Wordpress plugin that enables your visitors to notify you of mistakes in your content and make suggested edits to resolve the problems.

For those who are particular about the quality of their writing but know that mistakes still occasionally slip through the net, this could be an attractive plugin as any edits will be sent to you directly via email enabling you to approve or reject the changes suggested by your readers.

Once you approve a change it will automatically update the post in question.

So, if you want to allow your audience to become citizen editors, GooseGrade is a free service that allows your readers to post spelling, grammar, factual, and other errors straight to you. After you or any other wordpress admin approves the edit, the gooseGrade plugin will automatically fix the error. It’s like magic.

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Wordpress Plugin Review: Mingle Social Networking

caymanhost — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 18:35:48 +0000

www.jackhumphrey.com Learn how fast you can turn your Wordpress blog into a social community with the Mingle Wordpress plugin. It’s easy and adds a whole new social network-dimension to your blog. Great for local bloggers or any niche blog where you want to provide readers with more interactivity.

I have installed Mingle on one of my local sites and can confirm that it is simple to set up and use and adds a reasonable amount of interaction functionality for visitors. Recommended if you would like your user base to have a more social experience on your website or blog.

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How To Backup Your Website Using PLESK Control Panel

caymanhost — Wed, 26 May 2010 17:42:34 +0000

How To Backup With Plesk Control Panel

Plesk is a hosting control panel but less well known than cpanel, which is not to say it is inferior, just different.

Backing up your websites using Plesk is still a pretty simple process and after posting a video recently on how to back up using Cpanel, someone requested that I consider offering some advice on Plesk and another control panel, Direct Admin. So, in consideration of that request, this is the first video in a planned series of posts covering alternative hosting control panels.

Backing up your data is vitally important, even if you’ve never had a problem before, because sooner or later, if you don’t do regular backups, the time will come when you live to regret it. Bearing in mind how simple it is to do, there really is no excuse for not backing up your sites, regardless of which control panel you are using.

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Page.ly Review | Wordpress Hosting Service

caymanhost — Wed, 12 May 2010 05:32:14 +0000

Wordpress specialized hosting exists in various places nowadays but in this post I’m going to introduce you to a service that goes a little bit further than just giving you server space to host your Wordpress site or blog.

The following video shows you just how easily and quickly you can have your own Wordpress blog using your own domain name, set up and ready to start publishing literally within two minutes.

Click here to view the embedded video.

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I think you’ll agree that’s a pretty impressive and amazingly simple way to get started with Wordpress. As the company say, “Easy Like Wordpress.com with the freedom of Wordpress.org” and for those who are put off by technical issues and the entire buying a domain name, buying a hosting account, installing Wordpress on their domain and then setting up the blog and choosing the right theme and plugins this could be the ideal solution.

page.ly basically take away all that and enables you to set up your first blog with a few mouse clicks. No need for FTP, no need to learn cpanel, no need to even know anything about the beautifully simple script installer Fantastico.

If you can click a mouse and fill in a few boxes there is now no reason why you cannot have a really smart looking blog on Wordpress without knowing much about anything that goes on underneath the hood.

Purists and those with experience might sniff and turn their noses up at a service like page.ly and that’s fine because it isn’t really aimed at the techs or geeks or experienced Wordpress users. What it provides is a complete solution for anyone who has always wanted a stylish Wordpress blog without having to go through much of a learning curve and this encompasses a huge number of potential customers. So whilst experienced users may criticize the idea that knowing nothing about the mechanics does not really prepare users for striking out on their own, so what? page.ly’s demographic are likely to be quite happy to stay with the service for a long time and let’s be honest, no matter how simple Wordpress may seem to some, it’s always going to be a bigger headache for some who just want to get on with blogging and not have to worry about those aspects. Let’s be honest, making things simpler and more accessible is not a crime.

If you visit their site and have a look at exactly what’s on offer, you will see that this kind of service is going to bring the joys of Wordpress to an even greater number of users than ever before and that has to be a good thing.

As you have seen from the video, signing up and getting started is so simple that even the most technically challenged could realistically have a better looking blog than many more experienced webmasters without all the blood sweat and tears, so if you find it a bit sickening it’s probably a touch of elitism creeping into your viewpoint.

So what exactly are you getting and how much does it cost? Well, you’ll get a fully functional Wordpress blog all set up with your chosen theme and running a suite of plugins selected by page.ly to ensure that you have most important issues covered without shopping around for them yourself. You can add and delete plugins and change themes as you see fit just as you can with any Wordpress site. After set up you work through the normal wp-admin interface so familiar to WP users around the globe.

(Plugins installed with every setup are : All In One SEO, google Analyticator, Viper’s video Quicktags, Akismet, google XML Sitemaps, Twitter Tools, Statpress Reloaded, Tweetmeme, Sociable and CForms which I think is a good starting point for any new Wordpress blogger).

You can choose a new domain or use any existing one that you own. Should you choose to leave Page’ly at any time you will be able to do so and yes, you will be able to move your site and domain to a new host if you wish to. One point I could not find an answer to however was the price of the domains and the registrar used – something you may want to clarify so you know how much your yearly domain name registration is going to cost should you ever decide to move.

You are billed monthly by page.ly using either a credit card or Paypal, there is no minimum contract period.

The standard package costs a reasonable $14.98 per month – reasonable because your domain name is included in the price and you are paying for convenience and ease of use. It might seem expensive to an established blogger or webmaster getting a sub $10 per month hosting account but as we’ve seen, page.ly customers will pay for the simplicity of the service.

One thing that I could not establish at the time of writing is the storage and bandwidth available for an account. If anyone could clarify that it would be interesting to know.

There are also several additional services that the company refer to as “power ups” which include things like FTP access and POP3/IMAP email accounts for a one off $5 each. For those who want premium Wordpress themes you can access the entire collections from StudioPress or 16 Woo Themes templates for $15 per month. There is an additional one time $10 setup fee to access either option. Ultimately, for a premium themed Wordpress blog you would pay $39.98 for your first month and then $29.98 monthly thereafter.

Custom design services are also available – prices will obviously vary depending upon individual requirements.

That starts to look a little more expensive but again, for those with little or no knowledge it puts them in a position to have a blog that is up there amongst the best in terms of design and functionality.

Would I pay that? No, I have to say I wouldn’t but then again I’m not really a target customer and have years of Wordpress experience under my belt as well as the confidence to run my own VPS. I also host more than just Wordpress sites.

Do I think it’s good value? Overall, I would have to say that the basic package looks very fairly priced in view of what you are getting and whilst the premium themes options add a fair chunk of change, a lot of people are going to feel it’s worth it to have a stunning looking blog without paying designers or having to roll up their sleeves and learn about coding and such. For a non technical person, there probably isn’t an easier way to achieve that so to that person, yes, it’s probably good value for money.

Paying a one off five bucks for FTP access or email services seems a bit mean, and the one thing I would criticize, although it’s hardly a lot of money and again, it’s horses for courses. Probably a lot of their users aren’t ever going to FTP into the server if all they are running is one Wordpress blog.

If all this sounds good to you, I would suggest you head over to the site where most questions you might have will be answered.

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In conclusion, page.ly will delight those new to Wordpress but is perhaps not for the more experienced. They are actually quite candid about this on their own site. If you are considering your first Wordpress blog, or have considered it and rejected it through fear of the perceived technical aspects, they could be exactly what you need.

We’d love to hear from anyone using the service or anyone who has used it. What were your experiences? Would you recommend it to others? How you found things like support and service as a paying customer and how your site performed in terms of uptime and loading speeds etc. Any other observations, questions or comments are also welcomed.

TCH

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Best Wordpress Video Plugins

caymanhost — Mon, 10 May 2010 19:58:25 +0000

The Best Wordpress video Plugins?

Nowadays it seems that everybody is using video on their sites and whether you are just looking for a quick and simple way to embed a single video from YouTube into a page or post or are after more complex solutions for your Wordpress video adventures, there is probably a plugin that can help you achieve the desired results.

The following list will be a good start in your search for the Wordpress video plugins that best suit your needs.

TubePress.org is a great tool that enables you to add video galleries to your Wordpress site as well as individual videos. The range of options is very impressive allowing you to create and customize galleries from both YouTube and Vimeo and tailor their appearance in a variety of ways. The plugin is free but there is also a pro version available for $10 one time.

Vipers video QuickTags – This plugin is a winner. Not only does it enable users to easily embed videos from a variety of video sharing sites (around 12 at the last count) but it will also do so without breaking your XHTML validated code. It also supports most of the common video file formats if you wish to use a video that is not on one of the video sharing sites.

YouTuber - A lightweight plugin for embedding YouTube videos on your Wordpress posts and pages. Great for those seeking a simple clean solution.

Smart YouTube – one of the best known plugins and in use on this blog for some time. Another simple solution that works very well for those wishing to embed YouTube videos. Embed YouTube videos with ease , embed YouTube playlists, supports latest high quality video protocols (360p and HD quality 720p), allows full YouTube customization (colors, border, full screen…), Supports video deep linking, works on iPod and iPhone, provides a sidebar widget for videos as well, produces xHTML valid code, very fast and light, no extra scripts needed.

ZD YouTube FLV Player – Display FLV and YouTube video in your blog in a Custom Player.

video Sidebar Widgets – A video Widget written in latest Widgets API. It enables the user to embed FlashVideo from various video sharing networks into the widgetised sidebar of a WordPress powered blog. Currently supporting video embed from 15 video sharing networks. Including, Youtube, Vimeo, Veoh, Blip.tv etc.. Now including Random video Sidebar Widget to randomly display 1 out of 5 preset video.

BubbleCast video For Wordpress - lets you and your users embed video to your blog easily. When you’re editing your post you can click Bubblecast icon in Upload/Insert section, record or upload your video and have it embedded into the post immediately. Users can embed video into comments to your posts in the same way. Once you’ve published your post the video player will be shown and your visitors will play the movie. You’ve got all the power of Wordpress in terms of blogging plus video capabilities. Works with Wordpress MU and even allows you to add your own ads to your videos. A great tool for those using either their own videos or those on sharing sites.

ProPlayer video Plugin – Places online videos (YouTube, Vimeo, Veoh, Youku, Dailymotion, etc..) into your post by using JW FLV Player. 10,000 downloads in first 2 months, and still counting! Here are couple nice features: 27 different Skins, Custom Playlists, Youtube Playlists, video Ratings, Audio Visualizer, Displaying Watermarks, and much more..

Wordpress video Plugin – supports a large range of video sharing sites and is compatible up to latest WP version although the plugin homepage seems to no longer be available.

WordTube – This plugin manages the JW FLV MEDIA PLAYER 5.1 and makes it easy for you to put music, videos or flash movies onto your WordPress posts and pages. Various skins for the JW PLAYER are available via http://www.longtailvideo.com

TubePress.net – this is a comprehensive plugin offering dedicated themes for those wishing to build a video site. I’ve not tested it or used it but apparently it is compatible with the latest WP 2.9.2. Worth a look if you are thinking of designing a video based blog or website.

WP VideoTube – this is an excellent plugin that will help you to find relevant YouTube content and post it to your blog automatically based on keywords chosen by you. The free version has limitations but is still a great tool for any Wordpress blogger. There is a paid version available if you want to get really serious with it. Fantastic for generating post ideas in any niche and building posts around relevant video content.

All-In-One video Pack – This is not just another video embed tool – it includes every functionality you might need for video and rich-media, including playing, uploading and editing.

These suggestions really just scratch the surface and if none of them are what you are looking for you can try some of the alternative links below or go and have a hunt through the Wordpress plugin codex here

If there is a plugin you think should be included please let us know via the comments field along with any other feedback of your own preferred tools and experiences.

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Best Web Hosting Support – Knownhost

caymanhost — Sat, 08 May 2010 18:26:41 +0000

Having recently moved all of my sites to a KnownHost VPS it is time to expand a little on my experiences so far.

Knownhost came highly recommended and after looking at several providers and shortlisting a handful based on features, reliability reports, price and general customer feedback, the final choice came down to the support and customer service feedback.

Knownhost scored extremely highly in this area as did a couple of others, notably Liquidweb and Hostgator.

I had considered Hostgator and after receiving some very helpful advice and assistance when struggling to secure some backup data from one of their servers and they went above and beyond in their efforts to assist. However, having decided to go with a VPS, they lost out to my eventual choice based on the fact that it seemed to be the case that the support at KnownHost was likely to be a little more personal nature and whilst I could not find any really negative feedback on Knownhost, there was a little more of the big H. (I realize this is because simply due to their size and number of customers but I did also have some information from other webmasters which made me decide not to use them in the end).

I also considered Liquidweb, largely due to personal recommendations and based on their overall excellent reputation but again, most of this came from people who are running dedicated boxes, most unmanaged, and I wasn’t intending to go down that route. The price differential between them and Knownhost for a managed VPS was not great, but they were slightly more expensive.

Other players who were researched included WiredTree and Servint and again, whilst both generally seemed very highly rated in the forums they were a little more costly.

Eventually the decision swung in favor of Knownhost who were offering a very attractive offer for new customers, something which they do on a fairly regular basis and well worth looking out for.

So far they have certainly not disappointed me. Support continues to be fast, courteous and helpful. As a new VPS owner there have been several issues, all due to me learning the ropes and setting up my server the way I want it. The support folks at KnownHost have been right there every step of the way and never have I waited more than 30 minutes for a response from them – no matter what time of day or night it happened to be.

I will admit that I did send a couple of tickets early on just to see how they would be handled. They didn’t disappoint and unlike some companies who can’t do enough for you at the point of sale and then reveal their true nature after you become a paying customer, Knownhost have been consistently patient and accommodating from first contact on. Absolutely great service.

As far as reliability goes our only downtime was caused by my own incompetence and was swiftly resolved when I admitted to myself that I needed help!! Aside from that, which I cannot really blame on the service, uptime has been 100% and load times very satisfactory indeed.

So, what if you don’t want a VPS – can Knownhost help? The good news is that Knownhost do offer shared hosting plans too and whilst I have no direct experience of those plans, I would bet that their support is equally as good for all their customers and I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend the company based on my own experiences. Very reasonably priced too with plans starting at just $7 per month or $60 per year at the time of writing.

At the time of writing you can still get 75% off of your first month of KnownhostVPS service and a lifetime 10% discount simply by using the coupon code KH2010 at the time of signup. Ten bucks for your first month with a 100% money back guarantee so trying them out is a no brainer really

In closing, when researching your own hosting company, I would advise that you visit some of the web hosting forums and if you have specific needs or questions, address them to the company concerned via email or ticket system. Finding a good host that suits your requirements is often a difficult task but once you find a good one it’s a great weight off your mind.

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Wordpress Admin Recover Lost Password

caymanhost — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 03:27:49 +0000

Losing or forgetting passwords is something that most people will experience from time to time and the following video illustrates exactly how you can create a new Wordpress admin password even if you have also forgotten the email address you used when setting up your blog.

Normally you would not have to go through this process as resetting your password from the login page can be done far more easily by clicking the lost password link, entering your email address, and following the instructions in the email you receive.

If you find yourself in this position you might be the kind of person who really needs a free password manager such as Roboform which can save you a lot of aggravation when you are managing multiple logins and passwords. Just a thought.

For the hopelessly forgetful Wordpress user however, using PHPMyAdmin to reset your password is always an option and is explained clearly in the video.

Forgotten your WordPress Admin password? Forgotten your Wordpress registered email address? No problem, quickly change your Worpress password and access your site in less than a minute.

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Free Wordpress Autoresponder

caymanhost — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 21:14:53 +0000

A Free Autoresponder For Wordpress

There are numerous autoresponder solutions and email marketing services available today, some free, some that cost, third party services such as GetResponse or Aweber and several others and scripts that webmasters can install on their own servers.

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Whichever route you decide to follow there are benefits and drawbacks to each.

Third party services are most favored due to the fact that, at least with the two market leaders, deliverability is high and there is little chance of spam complaints finding their way to your door. Features are comprehensive and due to their market positions, users of both GetResponse and Aweber usually find that integration and compatibility with other programs and services is generally high. The downside of course is the expense and some people are unable to afford or justify the monthly fees associated with the services.

Scripts are numerous but often installation is a nightmare and I’ve certainly tried a few only to find that they did not work as advertised or that support was non existent. There are paid and free solutions if you want to go this route, but, in all honesty, I’ve yet to find a genuinely great autoresponder script that is easy enough to get up and running and has all the features you might require or desire.

Having recently lost the services of my autoresponder and email marketing company, due to a major failure of their server and systems, I once again found myself cast into the tedious search for an affordable alternative to what was an excellent email marketing package. I wasted a lot of time trying and rejecting a number of scripts, looked at a few commercial third party services and was beginning to think that I was simply not going to find anything as good as I’d had at anywhere near the price I have been paying.

It was then that I came across the GWA Autoresponder for Wordpress.

It was urgent that I found something as quickly as possible as all my opt-in forms were no longer functioning so it grabbed my attention because it was free, and because it was a Wordpress plugin. However, I doubted it would have the functionality I needed and decided to take a closer look to see just what it could do.

I have to say that the free version will be more than adequate for a lot of Wordpress users who just want to be able to set up an opt in form on their blogs and start building a list. It is really simple to install and set up and if you are a remotely competent Wordpress user you can literally have it up and running in a few minutes. Basically if you can install a plugin, you can install the GWA Autoresponder.

I downloaded the plugin and had it functioning very quickly but it soon became apparent that it wasn’t going to be a substitute for my previous service. Basically, it’s fantastic for those who have no need of anything more than a means of generating opt-ins on their Wordpress site with a built in autoresponder facility that can be loaded with sequential messages and used to mail out to their list manually when desired. You can build your opt-in forms and use them on any webpages you choose, not just on your Wordpress sites, which is good, but there are some limitations – hey, it’s free, so you have to expect some.

As a free user your opt-in forms will have a link back to the service which you cannot remove and your emails will all have a link appended to the footer too. If this really bugs you, you can pay a small fee of $5 to have the branding removed.

All in all it’s a great free autoresponder and I would recommend it to anyone who is not yet using any form of autoresponder or mailing software.

If you want to harness all the features and really have your own fully featured autoresponder which you can use to build an unlimited number of lists and forms, be able to redirect subscribers to any URL after opt-in, upon confirmation and on unsubscription, you will need to upgrade to the pro version.

Aha you say, here’s the catch! But really it isn’t, if you don’t need the extra functions you can use your free autoresponder forever and never worry about paying a cent. The beauty of upgrading is that it is an amazingly low one time cost of just $27.00 if you grab the one time offer that you will see when given the opportunity of taking the upgrade.

I bought a copy immediately because the value of the pro version would be very hard to beat anywhere. In terms of ease of use and customization options I’ve not seen anything better and certainly not from either free or paid scripts that I have experimented with. Also, support was very prompt and courteous and once you pay for the upgrade you will get access to some useful bonuses, and some comprehensive tutorials on how to use your new autoresponder in a variety of ways to get the best from it. It worked straight out of the box, requires no cron jobs, although you can use them if you need or want to, and there was no knowledge of script installation required whatsoever.

As a pro user you can import all existing subscribers into your lists without the need for them to opt-in again which is a bonus as anyone who has had to move a list before will confirm. The autoresponder is shared hosting friendly as it can be throtteld in a variety of ways to ensure you do not upset your hosting provider by overloading the server with your emails or falling foul of their hourly sending limits. Spam complaints are minimized by the fact that the autoresponder offfers double optin for all subscribers and records their information upon signup so their can be no doubt that they asked for your emails. Every email includes a one click unsubscribe link too of course. You would have to be an idiot to fall foul of the CanSpam Act using this software, but for those who are new to email marketing, there is plenty of advice within the interface as well as in the members area.

All in all a great solution for any Wordpress user looking for either a free or paid autoresponder service. There is a lot more to the software but I hope this has given you a good idea as to whether it might be for you or not.

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Using Headspace 2 Wordpress SEO Plugin & Onlywire

caymanhost — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 21:50:14 +0000

Headspace 2 Wordpress SEO Plugin

Wordpress plugin developers have produced some excellent plugins for improving the SEO aspects of Wordpress sites. These plugins invariably have their own band of devout followers for one reason or another and some of them are indeed extremely valuable and effective in helping webmasters simplify and improve their on page SEO.

Headspace 2 is hailed by many users as the ultimate Worpdress SEO plugin, others will tell you that All In One SEO is the best free SEO plugin – add to these popular additions a large stable of commercially available plugins that introduce even more clever tweaks if you are prepared to pay for them and you can soon accomplish some great things with your Wordpress driven sites.

Headspace is popular because in addition to improving SEO it can be used to do other things and this video gives just one example of some useful additional features available within Headspace 2.

video courtesy of incomesinternational.com Headspace2 SEO plugin for wordpress does much more than just SEO. In this video I’ll show you how to use one of the advanced features to to manage other plugins.

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KnownHost Managed VPS | Our New Web Host At TheCaymanHost

caymanhost — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 02:30:23 +0000

KnownHost VPS – A Very Impressive Beginning

web hosting is a funny animal.

Not long ago I changed my hosting provider – I consider myself a pretty loyal customer if I feel I am getting value for money and have always believed it is a mistake to go cheap for any service, hosting or otherwise, or to use price solely as the criteria that drives your purchasing decisions.

I hosted my sites with Kiosk.ws, Now GVO, for a good number of years and I documented my reasons for migrating to an alternative service elsewhere on this site. It was not a decision I took lightly for a number of reasons but I found a service that fulfilled all my needs and seemed ideal.

When I first approached MK Hosting USA they responded positively and promptly and my experience at the point of sale certainly seemed to reinforce the good things I had read about them. Their services and helpful attitude along with the responsiveness of their help desk persuaded me to make the move and for the first few months the service was very impressive – fast load times, very reliable with zero downtime and the email marketing and autoresponder services were a gem.

You could say I was patting myself on the back for making what seemed to be a pretty smart move!

Unfortunately, nothing good lasts forever, or in this case for much more than four months. Long story short, one evening a couple of weeks ago I was editing my sites and making backups of all the recent work I had been doing on this domain and suddenly, everything went a.w.o.l.

I could not access my sites or my admin areas in Wordpress or Nucleus – everything had gone down. I’m not one to panic so I logged into cpanel and checked the service status and was confronted with a lot of red x’s. Still not overly concerned I logged in and submitted a support ticket, but I received no confirmation as is the norm. I waited and waited and as my past experience of support has been so good, started to get a bit peeved after a few hours with no response.

Eventually, after 24 and then 48 hours with not even a whisper from the company despite numerous and varied attempts to contact them, I was unhappier than a very unhappy thing. I could see what was causing the problems – a full partition on the server which was bringing down all database driven sites – even their own support desk, members area and billing area. Emails sent to all their contact addresses began bouncing. It was apparent that there was nobody minding the store, nobody at the helm and little evidence that it was going to change anytime soon. I tried to raise someone’s interest through their Twitter account, obviously unmonitored, and started a thread on Web Hosting Talk – most good hosts monitor those boards for discussions pertaining to their companies – obviously not MK Hosting USA however.

Throughout this downtime I was desperately trying to secure backups because that was exactly what I had been doing before the server crashed – unfortunately, the problems were preventing me from doing so. You can read the full story over on the Web Hosting Talk thread about MK Hosting USA. After several attempts I did eventually manage to grab a working backup but it was a hugely frustrating experience and at the time of writing the issues have still not been permanently fixed and no, I have not heard a whisper from the company in any form.

So, the upshot of all this is that we have moved to Knownhost on a shiny new VPS.

I apologize to anyone who tried to visit in the past two weeks – it took that long to get a working backup and even then, it was sheer luck. I pity any customers who didn’t grab one of the two pretty short windows to secure their data.

The positive things that occurred during these two weeks – the owners of the server, Hostgator, went above and beyond the call of duty to try and provide me with backups of my database files that were not corrupt. I was very impressed with their willingness to try to help a customer, and not even one of their own, in the face of insurmountable difficulties due to the complete absence of service from another provider. This is exactly why Hostgator are at the top of the game and have a solid reputation by and large. Thanks and good karma to the techs at Hostgator who answered my call.

And so to Knownhost – I first became aware of them through a video post by Mark at 45n5.com and then subsequently through various forums where customers had little but praise for them. So far, that has been borne out entirely in my dealings with them. They answer tickets blazingly fast and are extremely tolerant of even the most basic questions – polite, helpful and very responsive.

Running my own server is a whole new kettle of fish but to be honest, I am very confident that I have chosen an excellent company to work with and the prices for their managed VPS plans are extremely good.

Now, you may still encounter a few minor problems on the sites, but that is probably due to me and the fact that some adjustments will be needed in light of a new server configuration – please let me know if you do encounter any broken bits.

For all my email subscribers – the most painful loss to me is the services I was using to manage all my autoresponders and email lists. This is going to take time to replace but I have a few options to explore and you may not hear from me for a while. However, list facilities will be restored and if you are already on one of my lists, you won’t need to resubscribe as whatever route I choose to go, it will be one where I can import all my existing list members without inconveniencing them.

I will be removing recommendations for MK Hosting USA – technical issues are one thing but total breakdown of support and evidence that the server simply ceased to be monitored is more than enough reason to stay well clear. I’m immensely relieved to have recovered my sites but it should not have taken two weeks to do so and certainly should not have been the hit and miss affair that it was due to their total failure to respond to paying customers. When a company doesn’t even attempt to offer an excuse or explanation, it’s time to take your business elsewhere.

Sorry, but I’m terribly disappointed in what looked to be such a promising service and can’t understand how they went from so good to so awful almost overnight. It’s another cautionary tale…….

I would love to hear from someone at MK Hosting USA who might be able to shed some light on how such an epic failure was allowed to occur – I mean, there might even be some incredibly valid mitigating circumstances, but until someone steps up to the plate, all I can assume is that they are in meltdown and will disappear along with all their customers’ data in the not too distant future.

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How To Use Twitter For Business

caymanhost — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 07:20:59 +0000

Using Twitter For Your Business – A Quick video Guide

Twitter has become a huge social networking phenomenon, much to the surprise of many but is it worth your time as a business and how should you go about using it for business purposes?

The following video gives a quick overview of how businesses can take advantage of Twitter and use it to communicate with their target audience and both new and existing customers.

If you don’t have a Twitter account for your business, this video shows you how to get started and briefly explains the best ways to use Twitter for commercial purposes. If you’ve been thinking about a company Twitter account or doubts about how effective a tool it can be when used correctly, this video may help in your eventual decision.

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Wordpress Plugins In The News

caymanhost — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 22:07:46 +0000

Wordpress plugins are an essential part of the Wordpress experience and if you’re like me you are forever seeking new plugins to enhance your blog, both for yourself as a publisher and for your visitors. I’m not going to disclose how many plugins I use on this blog; suffice to say it’s quite a lot!

It’s been a while since I posted about plugins so I thought it was time to take a look at what’s currently out there, including some of the latest on offer and what others are saying about them.

These cover a variety of subjects and do not constitute a “best of” list, just a collection of opinions about some of the great free and paid plugins out there that may interest you. Enjoy and if you have anything to add please leave your comments in the usual place.

Wordpress Plugins in The News – April 2010

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So, that’s it for today, enjoy the links and the plugins if you come across any that are new to you.

Whilst all these plugins may be great and add some finctionality to your site, if nobody is visiting I recommend you take a look at the forty video series entitled “Wordpress SEO Secrets Revealed” which I’ve made available at an unbelievably low price. If you would like to recommend the product as an affiliate, I’m also paying 100% commissions on the first three of every four sales, direct to your Paypal account – now that’s easy money!

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A New Look At TheCaymanHost

caymanhost — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 03:48:31 +0000

Regular visitors will have noticed a rather drastic redesign of the site which went live today. I felt it was time to overhaul my theme once again and I think the new design is a lot cleaner and less cluttered than the previous four column theme which I’ve used for the past two years.

The format of the site has reverted to a more blogging oriented style and the hosting directory page has been replaced as the home page by recent and highlighted posts. The directory is still here, and can be found in the header links, as can the customer review pages and the sitemap.

On the whole, everything that was here before is still here and I’m still working on cleaning up the categories and getting rid of some deprecated posts in certain areas. All that has really been sacrificed is a lot of the third party javascript and advertising which is probably no bad thing from a reader’s perspective. There are still a few rough temporary graphics which will also be smartened up in the days ahead. Everything seems to be working as it should but of you do notice any problems please leave a comment or use my contact form to let me know about it.

The next major change will be the importation of all the content from my marketing blog, followed by that site’s demise. I have been pondering the future of that old NucleusCMS blog for many months and have decided that running it alongside this one is just creating extra work for nothing and that the time really has come to merge the two. Moving the blog itself to Wordpress is an overly complicated and problem fraught venture that I am not prepared to take on.

What will this merger mean for visitors? Well, the content of this site will expand somewhat to take in the affiliate and internet marketing related stuff that I’ve always kept on the Nucleus site and visitors to the old blog will find themselves redirected here once I’m finished with the merger. It will also mean the loss of the comments from the old blog and some short term mess following the import of all the posts – missing images and category problems are the most likely so that will probably take a while to fix as there are a lot of posts to be checked and edited.

For me it will probably mean the loss of some RSS subscribers which is a pain but the benefits to me outweigh the disadvantages. For one thing, I will no longer need to keep abreast of two blogging platforms and for another, the SEO benefits of moving everything across to WP will hopefully soon become apparent.

Nucleus is a good platform but in terms of SEO and design, it lags far behind Wordpress and its huge user and developer community. The old blog looks just that – old, and tired and without spending a considerable amount of money on a redesign, it wasn’t about to change.

It is my hope that readers of the marketing blog will come across to this site where they will still find me blogging on the topics that interest them. For those of you already reading, thank you, and please let me know if you prefer, like or dislike the new layout – I think it is much more in keeping with 2010 than the old clothes

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Wordpress SEO Secrets

caymanhost — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 18:30:50 +0000

Wordpress SEO Secrets Revealed

Wordpress SEO Secrets revealed is a series of 40 videos that walk you through the process of optimizing any Wordpress site for the major search engines.

Whilst SEO is not complicated, in the sense that nothing is if you know what you are doing, the fact that around 90% of Wordpress users do absolutely nothing to optimize their blogs or other Wordpress sites, means that they are missing out on a huge amount of potential traffic.

This is good for various reasons – the market for the kind of helpful, easy to implement and straightforward information contained in the Wordpress SEO Secrets videos is massive. There are millions of Wordpress users all over the world and you can bet that most of them want to know how to get more traffic and increase their visibility in the SERPS. This makes the videos very popular, particularly outside the IM and SEO niches – let’s face it, most people who are active in these market segments are already reasonably well informed.

This moves us onto more good news because I’ve made the course available at an amazingly low price point, making it very easy to promote and convert.

If you don’t want the course yourself (I wouldn’t recommend it for accomplished bloggers who know their SEO already) but think your audience would benefit from the kind of information it contains, you can now promote it and earn yourself 100% commissions on every three out of four sales – commissions paid directly to your PayPal account. To elaborate, all you have to do is register for the free affiliate program at the site, and start promoting your personal referral link. Your first three sales are paid 100% directly to you. The fourth sale goes to me and then it’s back to square one. Simple.

At the amazingly low price of just $7.00 this can soon add up as the product converts very well and as a quality package, you can be comfortable promoting it, even if you’ve never used it yourself (honestly). In addition to the videos there is an accompanying ebook which supplements the tutorials nicely.

If you buy the product you will get Master Resale Rights, so you can sell it yourself if you have the know-how or you can simply promote your affiliate link and I’ll take care of the rest.

For full details on the content of the video series and what you can expect, visit the Wordpress SEO Secrets Revealed sales page. The information is going to be a boon to beginners as well as more established Wordpress users who have some knowledge of SEO but want a step by step blueprint. As I said earlier, for experienced SEO’ers, it probably won’t be as much of a benefit.

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Installing Moodle Onto A Subdomain via Fantastico and Cpanel

caymanhost — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:13:04 +0000

Moodle is a Course Management System (CMS), also known as a Learning Management System (LMS) or a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE). It is a Free web application that educators can use to create effective online learning sites.

The following video explains how to install Moodle using cpanel and Fantastico and also explains a little more about some of the scripts you can expect to find available in the majority of hosting accounts that offer both cpanel and Fantastico to their customers.

You can find out more about Moodle by visiting the website at Moodle.org

A tutorial explaining how to use the free web-based software installation tool Fantastico to install the open source learning management system Moodle onto a custom sub-domain. Our directory contains a variety of hosting companies who will provide these features and tools as part of your hosting package, and we recommend looking for a cpanel host who offers Fantastico which will normally include around 50 scripts that can be installed simply and quickly with a few clicks of your mouse.

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Install WordPress | BlueHost

caymanhost — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:57:19 +0000

Installing Wordpress On Your Bluehost Account

The following video illustrates how to install Wordpress on a BlueHost account. Bluehost are a Wordpress friendly hosting company and a large number of bloggers who use WP claim them to be a great choice for hosting your Wordpress blogs.

You can read more about Bluehost and check out the reviews or submit your own at the BlueHost customer reviews page here on the site.

Sign up for a Bluehost web hosting account and follow this video step by step to learn how to install Wordpress blog software using their hosting control panel.

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Free SEO Software Downloads

caymanhost — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:34:55 +0000

Free SEO Software Downloads – Top Choices

SEO is a vital part of driving traffic to your websites and blogs and there are plenty of resources on the internet that can help you improve your SEO knowledge and skills.

As far as websites go, no-one should be without a bookmark in their browser to Aaron Wall’s SEOBook.com. This is one of my favorites and it’s well worth subscribing for useful tips and advice on getting the best results in terms of rankings. However, even if you prefer not to add another email subscription to your inbox, an RSS subscription or at least a bookmark in your browser should be considered.

This post is about SEO software however, and you will find some great free tools at the SEOBook site but in this post I wanted to mention three software suites that have all been around for some time and offer free versions for everyone.

Over the years I have used all three but I have to confess that I don’t like SEO and find it tedious, even though I know full well that the potential increased rewards are undeniable. The following three software packages all offer a range of analytical tools and will offer suggested improvements that can be made to any site in order to achieve higher SERPS positions for given keywords. In all honesty, which you prefer will probably depend on a variety of factors but suffice to say, all are very good tools.

1) SEO Power Suite – I love the look and feel of this software and it delivers information in a clear and easy to understand manner. Of the three software suites listed here I have to say it is my favorite. The free version is fully functional but you are unable to save your projects and other data. This does not make it any less useful but if you are intending to engage in long term SEO work, the upgrade is worth it. Try the free version and I think you will be convinced if you are serious about your SEO.The company also offers a range of other SEO Tools geared towards specific tasks such as link building.

2) IBP (Internet Business Promoter) – This software has been around for many years and I have used both the free and paid versions in the past. Again. very comprehensive reporting and analysis on offer, even in the free version but naturally, paying for a licence gives you access to even greater power.

3) WebCEO - I have not used WebCEO for a number of years but you will find the free version an extremely useful and revealing piece of software that can offer analysis and suggested improvement steps for your websites and blogs.

My preference for SEO Power Suite is purely personal – my recommendation would be to download all three of these programs and have a play around with each – you will soon come to a decision regarding your own favorite.

You might also like to consider Traffic Travis whose free version offers some easy to understand and implement checks on your sites to improve your position for given keywords etc. It may not be as comprehensive as some of the other offerings, but it is pretty good and, as they say, sometimes less is more. You can grab the free or pro version by clicking the ad below.

If you are a Wordpress user and want to learn the best way to optimize your Wordpress installations our 40 video series and accompanying book Wordpress SEO Secrets will give you everything you need to know and all the free tools you will require to put yourself ahead of the vast number of Wordpress users.

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How To Install Joomla Using cPanel and Fantastico

caymanhost — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 21:24:29 +0000

Joomla has become one of the most popular content management systems on the web today and since the advent of cpanel and Fantastico with many hosting accounts, installing it onto your web server is a matter of a few mouse clicks as you can see in the following video.

Joomla can be used to build virtually any kind of dynamic website and although some claim it can be intimidating for beginners there is a huge amount of assistance both online and off for those wanting to work with this powerful platform.

Once you have installed the software the following Joomla resources will help you get the best out of the program.

Books about Joomla can be found and purchased online through Amazon

Immediate access to comprehensive online Joomla video tutorials can be found at http://www.joomla-tutorial.org

This video tutorial teaches you how to install Joomla, the most popular CMS today, using cpanel and Fantastico.

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SEO Elite Reviews – Demo Videos Of SEO Elite Features

caymanhost — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:10:40 +0000

SEO Elite – Review & videos

SEO Elite reviews can be found all over the web nowadays and this alone means that you may have considered using it yourself at some point. SEO Elite from Brad Callen has been around for several years now and in its latest incarnation, SEO Elite 4, is still performing well for many webmasters, even though it has had and continues to have its critics. All webmasters know that search engine optimization and keyword research are vitally important aspects of running a website or blog; at least if you want traffic to your sites.

Never an exact science, SEO has spawned a huge industry and not a little controversy over the years. The only thing that most people agree on is that the whole business is an ever changing sea of methodology and that what is a great SEO technique today, may be next to useless tomorrow. With search engines forever tweaking their algorithms and ranking factors, it is almost impossible for anyone other than those working on those factors, to know what exactly needs to be done to get a decent position in the search engine results pages and keep it.

Naturally, developers have come up with numerous software tools and packages to try and crack the business of achieving a top ranking, with varying degrees of success.

SEO Elite has been around for several years and has somehow continued to prove its effectiveness and worth, despite all the changes that are seemingly constantly being brought to the attention of webmasters. Whilst it is not cheap, if you have the budget and want to improve your results in the organic search listings of the major search engines, SEO Elite is one tool you should definitely consider.

Even though there are many alternatives out there, a great deal of them are not worth the purchase price and some are, sad to say, a complete waste of time and money. With SEO Elite you know that you are getting a regularly updated and powerful SEO optimization tool with reliable help and support. The features are comprehensive and we have posted three videos below so that you can see the sort of thing SEO Elite can help you with.

This only really scratches the surface but gives you a good idea of the interface and how quickly the software can help you with the detailed tasks involved in optimizing your website. To achieve manually what SEO Elite can provide in terms of research and suggested improvements would patently take a totally unrealistic amount of time.

You can find out more about SEO Elite or buy the software at the company’s website www.seoelite.com

If you are seriously considering working on your own on site optimization a tool like SEO Elite will do most of the heavy lifting for you and when used correctly will certainly see your sites improve in the SERPS.

The company also produces the excellent Keyword Elite and Affiliate Elite products and have established themselves as a trusted source of reliable and effective tools for webmasters, marketers and affiliates alike.

We hope you found the videos a useful insight into at least some of the the workings of SEO Elite.

If you prefer the idea of free SEO software there are plenty of options too and I’ve discussed several of the best collections elsewhere. For Wordpress SEO advice our Wordpress SEO Secrets videos are a very good place to start.

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How To Configure Cpanel To Use Google MX Records

caymanhost — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:25:42 +0000

With so many people relying on shared hosting for their websites, this video addresses one of the possible problems you may encounter with email delivery if one of your neighbors on the shared server has been caught sending spam or UCE.

This is something that you have no control over – if one person on a shared server is a spammer, the effects on everyone else are the same. If the IP address gets blacklisted because of one person’s activities, everyone on the box will begin to encounter email delivery problems.

Some hosting companies will offer you the option of a dedicated IP address, normally at additional cost, and this is one solution that you could opt for.

Another option might be the process outlined in the following video – changing your MX records to those of google. The sound on the video is not that great, but the methods are outlined nicely as the author walks you through the process. Once you complete the process you will be able to use google to manage all your mail and hopefully, your outgoing mail will once again start reaching its intended recipients.

This video tutorial will explain how you can change your own domain MX records to point to google mail. This will not only allow you to manage your e-mail through google apps it will also make sure that your domain name emails will not be spam filtered or black listed. Start using the google email servers with your domain for FREE! www.agc-it.com for more information.

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TCH Free Internet Marketing Article Directory Update

caymanhost — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:03:06 +0000

I recently launched a new article directory, specifically for internet marketing related content and have been making some improvements over the last few days, to ensure that signing up and posting your content is a worthwhile exercise.

So, here’s the good news.

Using a variety of plugins and tools, all articles posted on the directory will now be automatically disseminated to a variety of social networking sites on the web. This increases the exposure of your content immensely as posts will now be syndicated on places such as MSN Live Spaces, Multiply, SPNBabble, Posterous and Xanga with more to come in the future, including several micro blogging sites such as Plurk, Identica, Jaiku, YouAre and Twitter. Integration with MyBlogLog and BlogCatalog is also in hand.

Registering as an author is free and submitting a blog post/article is just the same as posting on any Wordpress blog. Once your post is approved it will be published on the site and also syndicated to all the above mentioned services. All this is done for you, all you need to do is register and submit your content.

The directory is internet marketing focused, so if you write about internet marketing, affiliate marketing, niche marketing and blogging, SEO, social networking etc. there is a place for your articles and they won’t get lost in a flood of unrelated posts about fishing, cooking, golf, mortgages etc. etc.

A further benefit is that the site feed is syndicated on our marketing toolbar so all users will have access to your articles right from their browser if they have the bar installed. The toolbar itself provides some great functionality, and even if you are using Firefox with a selection of add ons you will still probably find some useful features in the bar – Internet Explorer users will probably benefit even more from the webmaster tools I’ve included.

You can even be notified direct to your desktop when new content is added to any of our sites, including the article directory. Just download our instant desktop notifier application and every time there is new content an alert will pop up to let you know.

I am open to suggestions for additions to the bar, whether it be blog feeds, products or services, or links to specific sites, either yours or others – if they are relevant to our theme and you think it would be a worthwhile addition, use the contact form to let me know about it.

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Marketing Toolbar Updates

caymanhost — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 07:25:27 +0000

Some time ago I created a marketing toolbar and have to admit that I let it slide a little during the course of the past twelve months.

I’ve finally got around to revamping the toolbar and it now includes a bunch of new features and is packed with free and low cost tools, tips and resources for anyone involved in online marketing. These latest updates have improved the original incarnation considerably and future updates will ensure it stays current and relevant.

Once installed you will find things like free SEO tools, Wordpress plugins, marketing scripts, free autoresponders, free software, advertising resources, blogging tools, free website content, article marketing tools, Twitter tools and social bookmarking and networking features, affiliate data feed tools, file sharing tools, web hosting forums, articles, reviews and more.

The toolbar is available for both IE and Firefox and it installs in seconds – there is an uninstaller and it’s certified free of any spyware/malware/parasite software so you can install it with complete confidence.

If try it and don’t like it, you can uninstall it with a mouse click, but I think you’ll find plenty of useful things that can help you with your online ventures. Trying it costs you nothing and if there are other things you would like to see incorporated you only have to let me know.

Download The Free Toolbar Here

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Hosting Companies and Spam

caymanhost — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 04:52:51 +0000

I normally write about comment spam over on my marketing blog but in recent times I seem to be getting more and more that emanates from web hosting companies on this site so I thought I would make a quick educational post for these SEO lost causes and free ad seekers.

1) This site may well still be listed as a “dofollow” blog, but, alas, the spammers caused that to change some months ago now and our decision was posted here at Goodbye To DoFollow

Now, my reason for restating this is that it is blatantly obvious that some of the comments are being posted by services who advertise their comment spam as SEO and link building services on the sites they link back to. These are smart people without a doubt.

Most of these comments are flagged by Akismet as spam already, so, they are charging people for something they cannot hope to deliver, having secured themselves a warm seat in the spammer hall of shame. The point is, if you see someone advertising a service to post links for you, for a fee, on dofollow blogs, don’t be a sucker. You are wasting your money. This is not SEO or legitimate link building and in my experience, the comments are usually so poorly written &/or completely generic or irrelevant that even if the perpetrators haven’t yet been flagged it sure won’t be long until they are.

2) Hosting providers – I think it is fairly obvious what kind of website this is. It is also fairly obvious that an area entitled “Customer Reviews” exists for customers to post their feedback. Somehow, more and more hosting sites seem to interpret this forum as “place your free ads here” or similar.

I’m not going to name any names, but invariably these companies are operating out of the Indian sub-continent or the far east. So, let’s help clear things up for you – the area of the site you are looking for is titled “Advertisers” and can be found easily in the top menu bar of every page. Yes, this site owner has bills to pay too and the rates are extremely fair as some of my existing customers will tell you.

Again, a great deal of these kinds of free ad seeking comments are finding their way into Akismet’s sin bin too and if they haven’t, you can be sure I’ll be one more webmaster/blogger doing my bit to help Akismet’s filters for the future.

To make things even easier and more convenient, if all you really want is a link, once again, it’s right there at the top of the page. I realize that reciprocal linking has lost a lot of juice in recent times but if you have a related site, I have made exchanging links as painless as possible.

3) On the subject of advertising and spam – unsolicited emails are not the way to do business online, however, I recognize that sometimes, an email to a webmaster with some kind of proposal is not always a bad thing.

Having said that, I would like to make it very clear that you cannot buy a listing at this site, nor can you buy a favorable review or similar shenanigans. I am well aware that this is common practice in the industry and is also why hosting review sites often have little credibility – see the article and video on Honest Hosting Reviews for more.

Again, I am not going to name names, but there have been several occasions where an unsolicited mail has arrived, offering me what I consider pretty substantial consideration in return for a “top listing and review”. To my mind, if you have to buy good feedback for your service, whatever industry you are in, you have some serious problems, both business and ethical.

Whilst it hurts to turn down such offers (at least in the pocket) there is little hope for any kind of impartial hosting information should every site owner be lured by the promise of easy (dirty) money.

If you want to pay for advertising on these pages there are convenient an easy channels for doing so, but bent reviews are not part of the service provided and, I’ll say it yet again, there is no such thing as a “Top Ten” or “Top Twenty” list of hosting providers unless the criteria are very strictly defined, and, even then, it’s hardly objective.

4) Affiliate programs – the majority of web hosts here on TCH run affiliate programs (it’s all in the disclaimer) and therefore I am paid a commission should I send customers their way. I hope that if my visitors find the reviews and articles helpful, they consider this fair exchange for the site’s features and any assistance it provides for them.

Such affiliation does not guarantee either party any favors or special treatment. Well, aside from a couple of cases where affiliate status has been withdrawn because of a refusal to remove/edit negative but fair feedback. (yes, sadly it has happened). Reasonable criticism and complaint is part and parcel of a place on our real estate.

5) To those who would genuinely like to be featured on TCH, please feel free to use my contact form and submit your proposals or requests. Whilst I can’t and don’t guarantee anything, I will always consider them. Lack of an affiliate program does not exclude you either. As I’ve always stated on these pages, I try to offer a site where visitors can give and get some honest information and also to feature hosts who have a proven track record for reliability and fair practices. That’s not to say I never get it wrong, but if serious problems with a company are becoming the norm, I try to keep people informed and do remove companies who perform really badly, regardless of my personal affiliate status.

I hope this clears things up for everyone. To those who have been guilty of comment spam I urge you to rethink your tactics because it really does you nothing but harm. To those who have ever considered paying for any kind of “blog commenting” service, please save your money and put it towards some legitimate marketing and advertising. Comments are about interaction and sharing, not a shortcut to high SERPS rankings.

TCH

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