John is very happy today, for the first time in his life he has created his very own website. Now he is looking for a web host so that he can put his identity on the net. Casually he asks his friend Mac about it. Mac tells him that web-hosting directories are the best place to look for a web host. Getting curious John then asks Mac what exactly a Web Hosting Directory is. Mac responds that web hosting directories are a web hosting marketplace where prospective hosts list their products, plans, prices and other important information so that according to their requirements, customers can choose...
Written by: Priyanka Agarwal | General Hosting |  |
OverviewFrontlineMail is a network-based content filter designed to help businesses and other domain administrators deal with the growing problem of spam and viruses. FrontlineMail works by intercepting unfiltered Internet e-mail via SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol), passing the e-mail through a number of local and external tests to determine whether the message is spam or a virus, and then delivering filtered, spam-free and virus-free e-mail via SMTP to a recipient mail server. Identified spam and viruses can either be delivered to the recipient mail server for further processing or...
Written by: Ed Buck | General Hosting | |
Testing web hosting companies the final stages of your search for a good web hosting company, a very important step is to test "the finalists". Because most web hosting companies have client support email(s) listed openly on their website, testing the quality and speed of their support is quite easy. All you have to do is send an email with one or more questions. Let's take things step by step. First you have to find that email address. Usually you can find it in a "contact us" or "about us" section. Different email addresses result in different test results. What I mean by that is...
Written by: Daniel Lemnaru | General Hosting | |
If you want to sell online, you need to be able to accept credit card payments. The traditional way is to open a merchant account. However, opening a merchant account is expensive, especially for small businesses who are just starting. In the last few years, however, a number of companies have entered the market with a new concept: third party credit card processing services (for example, Paypal). This option offers small businesses a quick and easy way to accept cretit card payments. It by-passes the need to open a merchant account, plus, the sign-up process is much easier and faster:...
Written by: Mario Sanchez | General Hosting | |
So you want a domain name... You want your very own "yourcompany.com" Internet identity. You want to stamp it in your business cards, brochures, and all your marketing communication vehicles. And you want it know. Problem is: you don't know where to start. Let's start from the beginning. What is a Domain Name? A domain name is what you type in the browser's address bar to go to a specific website. For example, our domain name is: http://www.askwebhosting.com (in today's browsers, it is not necessary to type the symbols http:// any more). A domain name provides an online identity and...
Written by: Mario Sanchez | General Hosting | |
The uptime guarantee - a thing to look for?
The uptime guarantee is the second type of guarantee that is used very often by the web hosting companies (the first is the money back guarantee). Initially it sounded to me like a very good concept and I thought it was a good criterion to select between hosting companies. That however, was a very long time ago. Today I don't think an uptime guarantee is really worth much and I'll explain you why. The initial thought when you hear about a 99.9% uptime guarantee is: "My website will be up 99.9% of the time!" I'm sorry to disappoint you but...
Written by: Daniel Lemnaru | General Hosting | |
Just like all things in life, the ways to run a business are rapidly
changing and evolving. The potential involved with having a domain name/web
site is staggering to say the least. A web site gives the consumer a 'shop
front' that is not only open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, but is also
situated right on their desktop. Instead of being locked into only the
immediate area, the whole world's marketplace becomes your sphere of
interaction.
Customers can access information on all your products, no more salesperson
with limited knowledge trying to explain something they no little about....
Written by: Jesse S. Somer | General Hosting | |
What is Bandwidth ?
Bandwidth is a measure of data transfer. Computer data is fundamentally measured in bits, and bytes. Understanding the units of measure is necessary before you can do anything else. A Byte is simply 8 bits. In the world of computers measurements are conveniently represented by powers of two, while in the real world powers of ten are prevalent. This caused the confusing definition of "Kilobyte" to mean 1024 bytes instead of 1000 bytes as you might expect. Compounding the confusion, a Megabyte" is 1024 Kilobytes, or 1048576 bytes. A Gigabyte is 1024 Megabytes, or 1048576...
Written by: Peter Lee | General Hosting | |
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