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Top Free Web Hosting Catalogs with Search Engines

July 4th, 2008 by Samuel Becks

We all like searching Google, but some tasks are so specific that is devoted to the search engine performs better. Free WebHosts is a SE used forfinding the best free web hosting.
In statistics they have database of more than 350 web sites, organized jointly with the categories and search using predetermined parameters. You can search using any aspect of web hosting. Below are a few their options:
* How much space available?
* Will you get the domain subdomain, or subdirectories, as the site URL? Do not read never below subdomain.
* What kinds of ads make free host? Some hosts did not force any ads at all.
* Whether you are allowed to run their ads. Some allow you to stay free money by displaying ads on its Web site, as Google AdSense.
* Scripting languages, databases, etc. PHP-MySQL easiest to find .
* Statistics, email, FTP, Shell and some other functions.
There are many more parameters you can specify, while using the power of free search webhosts. Only if the need for an alternative to free Web pages, try absolutely free hosting and its advanced search.
Absolutely Free hosting keep a database of about 130 hosts, but they are only the quality of their hosts in the list. In addition, the interface of the site is clean, and you will never get confused between real results and ads. They maintain a list of best hosts, which is really nice. Hence, I only learned about 110mb.com, free hosting I used 2 years ago.

Some Thoughts About Web Hosting

May 31st, 2008 by Samuel Becks

Web hosting is mainly for individuals and companies for storing digital media (web sites, etc.) on the Internet to access other. This giant warehouse, usually falls on costs because of the services it provides, but in some cases (as a rule, no business or commercial), they may be offered free of charge.

People first, starting with the free hosting service should be considered if having a free package is what they need because, although these supplies almost everything needed to create and host the site, they are not suitable for a service that will be paid. For more storage space, more electronic facilities, sub-domains and the more you really have to look at the top paid hosting plans, this is especially true for business customers. Initially, most users decide to pay for their shares from the server hosting company. This will allow you to see, if you chose a very good company, and then change your company dedicated server, if you’re comfortable with their services.

Nevertheless, all this is academic, if you have not yet registered domain, which can be used in combination with Web hosting and for sending files. A good deal of having their own web hosting and domain package means that all your e-mail addresses will contain a domain name in them and not a free service provider, you might using previously. It always looks like a user more serious about their Internet presence, if they have their own email addresses and domain name, it increases credibility.

Another issue to consider is called bandwidth, which are essentially, how much digital data transmitted via your domain and will affect the value hosting package, this should be carefully considered. This issue is becoming increasingly important when you have a site that provides a great video, audio and image files for the visitors as all these measures the use of bandwidth you have been allocated as part of the package. You can have your own web hosting in your PC, but it may be too risky; best option is to settle for paid hosting services, even if you are new to the Internet.

Comparative analysis of free web hosting servers

May 27th, 2008 by Samuel Becks

As we know, there are hosting fee (from $ 85 per year), a come free. True, absolutely nothing free in this life do not exist, except in cheese in trap for mouse, and free hosting company - clear proof. The services they provide are not free, but rather on barter: first you place on a host your website and then host your site available on their (or others’) advertising. Advertising, incidentally, may be different, and so it will have to go.

Here and think afterwards: normal pay for hosting (without others’ advertisements, “but” and “if” but only “and” i “or”) .

Immediately, even before deepening into details, should notice the following things:

a) free hosting absolutely not suitable for a solid and serious projects - sites of large firms, prominent social organizations, government agencies - only a dns (ie domain address), even without the other “beauty” free host can seriously damage the image of your company and you personally - as a web designer;

b) free hosting is ideal for large-scale non-profit web projects: to find somewhere sponsor, who will pay for 100 megabytes and more highly paid host problematic, while the same space on the second-hosting and you really will cost nothing.

In addition to paid and free hosting service, there is a third option - conditionally free hosting: many providers, making Internet access (dial-up or leased line) offer its clients e-mail and absolutely free hosting (even without advertising). Tempting offer, but get to this fishing rod should not be - too great likelihood that more or less distant future you want to change provider. And - forgive-proschaj favorite site, or at least, dns, in which you plug was invested so much effort … By the way, and it was good DNS - based on domain known local provider.

So, you’ve decided - you need it FREE hosting (although the fee is usually better). What are the same requirements must be offered for free hosting, and how to determine what you need? Basic requirements are:

A. The speed server

B. The restrictions imposed on the type and size of files posted

B. Place to be allowed under your site

The availability of SSI G.

D. Ability to launch CGI and PHP scripts

E. Not too much of advertising

Web Hosting Control Panels

May 21st, 2008 by Samuel Becks

Web Hosting control panel is a web interface that provided by the hosting company. Web Hosting panel, as a rule, have the following parts:

- Controlling access to website
- Creating and configuring databases, mailboxes, subdomains, parked domains, ftp accounts, files, etc.
- Web-site visitor stats
- Time and consumed web space and transfer (bandwidth).
- Dozens of other modules depending on the control panel used

CPanel, the one of the best web hosting control panels

The most well-known control panels are:

- CPanel: Surely the most popular web hosting control panel.
- Plesk: similar to CPanel, but not so popular.
- Webmin: A free option, suitable for maintaining a server with a web hosting customer.
- DirectAdmin: Fewer opportunities as the two mentioned earlier, but also popular and may be easier to save for a newbie.

What control panel suites you?

I personally use Webmin, because I usually run servers, not web-hosting accounts. If I were to use the web-hosting account my choice would be CPanel or DirectAdmin. CPanel, because it is the most popular and there is an opportunity for almost every task. DirectAdmin because it is smaller and neater, but also very popular. I say “popular” so often, because I wanted to know, the software only if it is sure to stay around. Also, if you use a “popular” control panel, you’re sure to find another host easy with the same group, when you change hosting provider, which is something you’re going to do sooner or later. At last, the “popular” panel for the reason, many popular Web hosting customers have voted for them.

Common Problems of Virtual Hosting

April 19th, 2008 by Samuel Becks

1. Overcrowded servers

This is one of the most common problems of web hosting industry (in that it concerns a virtual hosting). Although it is not innately problem virtual hosting. This problem is usually associated with poor management of server resources, poor business planning and reactive rather than anticipatory behavior hosting company.

This is one of the first problems to which should pay attention to when choosing a host. If the buyer (and I think it is you) chooses before deciding to buy, and in doing so knows that go, and, just as importantly, knows what to guard against, all should be in order.

2. Security issues

4 In an ideal world, all you need to be done by web hosting companies - a server to connect to the Internet and to ensure that the server worked without problems. But the Internet can not be described as peaceful place. There is a wide variety of “internet terrorists.” Sometimes they are called hackers. No matter how you call them. It is important that they make the life of every decent hosting business harder than it should have been.

However, hackers and crackers - is extreme case. The network ordinary people are not like in real life. When hundreds of people had access to a computer (the server), it is likely that one of them will not entirely honest.

In addition, a virtual hosting environment can often find that you can easily get access to the accounts of other persons (collectively account when hosting - it is actually a directory (folder) on the hard disk server). Fortunately, the situation is not alarming, because, in most cases, what you save on the server, in any case, is for the public.

But there are a lot of things you have to keep secret. For example, if you sell software, you will not be able to afford such “leaks”. If you have a newsletter and you have saved email addresses of its subscribers to the server, you will likely not want to fall into the wrong hands. There are many examples, and that a few of the obvious examples.

In most cases, the security server, which hosted many websites, worse than that of a dedicated server. Usually, as in real life, there is a compromise between security and freedom.

3. Problems related to the Neighborhood.

What I call the “neighborhood problems” - a complex problem, but they all have one feature: they all relate to the fact that other people are doing on the server. These people (and their Web sites) are very close to your neighbours online and are also important as your neighbours in real life.

If one of those neighbors using an account in order to test a new script (and he is not the master of his case), then you (and all others on that server), there is a risk that one day one of those poorly written scripts may withdraw server failure.

One of your “neighbors” can belong to a curious type. Sometimes, it sometimes happens that the person has the necessary knowledge to access files in your account. As if someone completely searched your house. And although the cause can serve as a mere curiosity, unless it can be a serious excuse?

Also, there is another related to the Neighborhood thing, but for the most part, it concerns the Internet’s inner workings, but not people. This is connected with the work of search engines and Web hosts. In hosting environments used collectively IP addresses are allocated dynamically. Furthermore, the server where your hosted Web site can be hosted sites for adults and from time to time they may be attributable to the same IP address as you.

If the search engine will determine (erroneously) that the IP address associated with the site “for adults”, then your website can be considered relevant to the subject and eliminate adult filter “search engine, which can lead to a reduction in the number of visitors to your web site.

The easiest solution would be to ask your own IP address. Unfortunately, some hosts do not provide this service. Others are asked to pay extra each IP address, which usually is about $ 2 a month. Still, there are hosts that from the start will give you an IP address, although this does not mean that they do it for free. The price may be a little higher, as such a right is given to you “by default”.

The best hosted on those servers that do not have web sites for adults. Some hosts using the following technique: they host web sites for adults on some servers and websites general use - in the other. Also some hosts do not provide hosting services web sites for adults, while others host very similar websites. The