SharkSpace has finally setup a twitter account!   Please follow us at  http://twitter.com/sharkspacehost

We will be posting some great specials for current clients and new clients.  Also we will try to keep you updated weekly about the new and exciting things happening at SharkSpace.

It is now official, SharkSpace is an official partner with Site Lock!

Who/what is SiteLock?

SiteLock was founded on the principle that Internet security should no longer be an expensive, intimidating topic, accessible only to large corporations with IT departments full of engineers. They have set out to democratize Internet security, providing an easy-to-use service focused on providing security for small businesses.

SiteLock is backed by tenured investors with a heritage in providing web and telecommunications solutions to small businesses. It is run by seasoned security veterans trained at Caltech, MIT, Wharton and Stanford.

So what does this partnership mean for you?

Well two things:

1. Our system is scanned daily by site lock to ensure that your information stored with us is 100% safe and not at risk at all!

2.  You can ensure your business with the exact same system, at discounted rate that you can only get through SharkSpace!

Why is this important?

Studies show that 90% of online users prefer to use websites that have a Security Seal

How does Site Lock work?

Step 1 - Business Verification: Verify your business credentials such as email, phone and address.

Step 2 – 360 Degree Scan Technology: Scan your website for vulnerabilities and malware and ensure that you haven’t been labeled as a spammer.

Step 3 – Trusted Reputation: Website owners display the SiteLock certificate and assure customers that their business is legitimate and their website is safe and secure.

And you get to rest easy knowing:

• That their patent-pending 360 degree scan technology is hard at work protecting your site
• Your site is malware free
• Customers know they can trust you
• Your conversion rate is where it needs to be
• Your emails reach your customers

To sign up or read more information on the special rate we have with sitelock just go to

SHARSPACE.COM/SITELOCK

But wait thats not all!  Starting today all domain transfers into the SharkSpace registry are only $1! So hop to it and transfer your domain to us today!

~~~~~~~~~UPDATE 8-25-2010~~~~~~~~~

Due to the overwhelming success of our $1 transfers we are having to limit them to 100 per month.

So now if you would like to transfer your domain for $1 you will need to use this coupon code: dollartransfer

but remember you will have to be in the first 100 to use the code each month.

Thanks!

You may notice rate point links and images across the Shark Space website, this is because we have just signed up with them so that we can start collecting your reviews and feedback on our service.  Here at Shark Space we thrive on user feedback, it is the only way we can grow our company and improve our service, we wouldn’t be where we are today if it wasn’t for the users that use our products and services.  So please leave us a review as soon as you can!

Ways to leave a review:

• Go to sharkspace.com/ratepoint
• Click on any of the banners like this-

It couldn’t be easier!  We look forward to your reviews!

The SharkSpace toll free number is: 1-888-375-1050

SharkSpace does not allow overselling on reseller packages. Overselling refers to the ability to sell more bandwidth and disk space than you have purchased.

If you require overselling your reseller package will then have account limits. The account limits per package are:
Arctic: 25 Accounts
Indian: 40 Accounts
Atlantic: 60 Accounts
Pacific: 100 Accounts

Why will overselling not work on reseller packages?


Time and time again we see hosts fail and close down because they offer overselling allowed reseller packages. There is no way to limit the server usage when overselling is allowed. Areseller could host 500 sites on 5 GB of storage space and it would consume all of the servers CPU. It is impossible for a web host to stay alive with only placing one account per server. Trust us, we use to allow overselling and we had several resellers try to put 500+ sites on a $10 package. People will always use what is available, that is why there needs to be limits. It is a key principle of economics.

How do some other hosts allow overselling?

Simple, overselling works in the short run, but in the long run it always fails. Here is an example, the host puts 70 resellers on a server and each reseller has 10 accounts to start. Overselling is enabled so there is no limit and the amount of sites on the server continues to grow until the server finally quits. Overselling always equals overloaded servers.

No overselling = reliability.

A web host that does not allow overselling will be much more reliable than a host that does offer overselling if all other
factors are the same. SharkSpace has the ability to correctly predict the amount of sites a server can handle and then assign the opporiate number of resellers. If overselling was allowed, it would be a shot in the dark. The amount of sites per server would need to double if not triple and the server load would be no where as low as it is now.

Last words on overselling.

If overselling did work, why would any host ever get a dedicated server? We could place thousands of accounts on one reseller package if overselling did work, but it doesn’t. Overselling may look like a good option, but if you are looking to succeed you will need great uptime and a overselling allowed host just cannot guarantee you that. If you want to verify this for yourself do a search on google with the term “hosting overselling” and you will see what we are talking about.

SharkSpace guarantees reliability and thus does not allow overselling with reasonable account limits.

If you thought that the recently announced Google Chrome browser was the fastest browser on earth, then it could be shortlived by Minefiled from Mozilla. Minefield is Mozilla’s code-name for the next generation of Firefox, and the code name is used for unofficial builds to avoid infringing upon the Firefox name. So it’s basically just Mozilla’s testing ground for its pre-alpha nightly builds of future browser ideas.

What makes Minefield so fast?

Minefield introduces a new Javascript engine which is super fast and has tested at speeds 10% faster than Google Chrome. After downloading it, you do have to manually enable its souped-up Javascript engine to reap the full benefits (type “about:config” into the address bar, find the “javascript.options.jit.content” line, and click it to toggle it to “true”). The general buzz around the web by alpha testers regarding the “speed” factor of Minefield has been “excellent”!

Availability?

Since Firefox 3.1 is already in its first beta, the Minefield concepts could likely branch into the second beta, though it could also be reserved for its next major version release. Firefox 3.x is currently being developed under the code name Gran Paradiso.

If you are very excited about it and want to test it and give feedback to Mozilla, you can create a QMO account with Mozilla and then download the browser from:

http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/nightly/latest-trunk/

It is currently available for Windows, Max OS X and Linux.

Being a nightly build, you will likely find that new versions are available every day (nightly rather). Mozilla makes the process of upgrading to the latest version virtually painless by using the built-in version monitoring process that Firefox uses.

If you’re interested in getting a glimpse into Mozilla’s future development and trying its latest and (theoretically) greatest stuff, it’s worth giving a go. Testers have reported many bugs and errors with Minefield, but that is normal with early alpha build versions. It doesn’t support some popular Firefox extensions (like Adblock Plus) for now, but it actually has surprisingly good support for extensions, given that it’s a fast-moving project.

Your website is ready and traffic has increased as well. Once you have a a steady amount of traffic, you can start thinking about monetizing your website. There are many revenue generating programs available and you just need to place a simple code in your website, and you can focus on building your site with good content and growing your traffic. We will review various revenue generating programs available and their pros & cons in this blog.

PPC (Pay Per Click) ads

Pay Per Clicks ads are the most preferred and popular type of ad programs. You will receive a certain amount of money for every advertisement that is clicked on. One of the most popular PPC program is Google Adsense. They serve contextual ads (image or text) based on your content, and you will get paid when someone clicks on the advertisement displayed in your website. Since Google Adsense serves contextual ads, the ads shown will be relevant to the content in your website. It is more likely for the visitor to click on the advertisement since it is related to your content. Google Adsense relies on its advertisor program called Google Adwords to server the ads. Advertisers bid on keywords, so if you happen to write about a topic that has high paying keywords, then each click will be worth a lot more than another topic with low valued keywords (keywords that has really low bids). The profitability of PPC advertising depends on the general traffic levels of the website and, most importantly, on the click-through rate (CTR) and cost per click (CPC). The CTR depends on the design of the website. CPC, on the other hand, depends on the niche of the website.

CPM ads (Cost Per Thousand)

Unlike CPC ads, CPM ads pay per impression. Visitors don’t need to do anything for you to be paid. You just need to serve the ads to them by displaying them in your website. The downside is that you are paid almost nothing for each impression. Rates can go as low as $0.10 per thousand impressions. But it is still a good option to use in conjunction with CPC based ads or as an alternative. Most ad networks that offer CPM ads have CPC ads thrown in as well. You can even set your own prices.

CPA ads (Cost Per Action)

CPA ads pay per action. You will not get paid when visitors view or click your ads. They actually have to do something, either sign up/register or make a purchase. Not surprisingly, they are the highest paying ads. So it is important that you show relevant ads in your website For example, a site about digital photography may do very well showing digital camera CPA ads. Some sites are much better suited for CPA ads.

Text Links

Text links work the same way as the above. You set aside a space on your page and text links will start showing up when they are purchased. You need to submit specific pages into the inventory, so enter your most popular pages (homepage, category pages, and very popular articles). Rates are based on your PR, which has to do with how many other sites link to your page. If you often get linked and mentioned, text links may be profitable for your site.

Direct Banner Advertising

Selling your own advertising space is one of the most lucrative monetization methods. First and foremost because it enables you to cut out the middleman commissions and to determine your own rates. The most popular banner formats on the web are the 728×90 leaderboard, the 120×600 skyscraper, the 300×250 rectangle and the 125×125 button. The downside of direct banner advertising is that you need to have a big audience to get qualified advertisers, and you will need to spend time managing the sales process, the banners and the payments.

RSS Feed Ads

With the quick adoption of the RSS technology by millions of Internet users, website owners are starting to find ways to monetize this new content distribution channel.

Here are our picks for some of the best CPC/CPM/Text based revenue generator programs:

Google AdSense
Yahoo! Publisher Network
AdForce
AdHearUs
AdKnowledge
AdSonar
Affiliate Sensor
All Clicks
AllFeeds
BannerBoxes
BClick
BidClix
Bidvertiser
CBprosense
Clicksor
ExpoActive
IndustryBrains
Mirago
Miva
Nixxie
One Monkey
Oxado
TargetPoint
Textads Dot Biz
TextWise
Text Link Ads
Vibrant Media
WebAdvertising.ca
AdBright
HyperBidder