Web HOSTING Watching Blog

StopBadware.org reported web hosting companies with the largest number of infected sites

2007-06-17T18:48:00.000-07:00

StopBadware.org analyzed 49,296 sites - sites submitted by trusted third parties to the StopBadware.org Badware Website Clearinghouse - and identified the following web hosting companies with the largest number of infected sites residing on their servers:

iPowerWeb, Inc., (10,834)
Layered Technologies, (2,513)
ThePlanet.com Internet Services, Inc, (2,056)
Internap Network Services, (1,437)
CHINANET Guangdong province network, (786)

Examples of attacks that can render a seemingly harmless website into a badware distributor include:

Exploiting a known vulnerability in an older version of cpanel software to gain administrative access to sites hosted on servers managed with cpanel.
Exploiting a known vulnerability in an unpatched content management system to inject lines of code via sql queries that load exploits in otherwise legitimate websites.
Guessing weak passwords to inject lines of code that load exploits in otherwise legitimate websites.

Hosting providers have a powerful platform to educate their customers about best security practices; for instance, they can encourage customers to use complex passwords to guard access to the administration of a website. StopBadware.org cautions Internet users to take extra care when conducting business online and when researching hosting providers and to take note of hosting providers that host a high number of infected sites.

More and more Chinese people turn to use web hosting on abroad

2007-01-14T21:40:00.000-08:00

Cause Chinese government started to implement a stronger policy on internet monitoring, anyone is avoided to open a forum/BBS under none-authorization, many personal websites are closed by government, that forced many Chinese webmaster have to find web hostings outside the country. Maybe this is a good news for outside web hosting company. China century is coming soon. We can see more activities of Chinese on internet.

How to find a Reliable and Affordable web hosting

2006-11-21T21:54:00.000-08:00

First, not all the web hosting company called themselves reliable are just like what they said. You can check them out through main search engines (Yahoo, Google, MSN, Alexa, Ask). Such as a web hosting company named www.thisisatestwebhosting.com, you can search its domain as a key words, if you can't find it in the search result list. At least this company is not reliable. The more search engines list a web hosting company, the more reliable it is.

Second, check out their all contact informations and service claims. A reliable web hosting company should have real contact phone call, real address and real contact person. Better have a great customer list. They should have 7x24 customer service, instant reply and data backup service. To find more reliable information about this web hosting company, you can login some webhosting forums (such as: http://www.webmasterworld.com/) to ask others give you opinions about that company.

Third, don't drop too much on a new web hosting company, try it for 6 months to a year, when they are really stable and reliable, then just roll out all your plans.

Last, to be affordable, most of reliable web hosting companies have all most the same price on the same type of web hosting. You should always notice the company coupon news, decrease the size of your website, because the main expense of your site is bandwidth. The less bandwidth is meaning less money. I mean relatively you can optimize your website with the least disk to run your website for gain the same or even more revenue. So if you wanna to be affordable, there are two things you should to do: control your bandwidth and gain more revenues.

Web Hosting and Google

2006-10-12T22:15:00.000-07:00

Google doesn't even offer Web hosting formally, even they have already launched Page Creator.
BUt here have some evidences show that Google' next big step is aiming to web hosting.

1. Google has become an accredited domain name registrar (ICANN-approved).
2. Web hosting requires tons of servers, data centers, and skilled technical support staff. All these Google already have.
3. A trusted brand which that the consumers will only do business with.

Python and Ruby Hosting

2006-09-27T03:42:00.000-07:00

Do you hear about Python, Ruby? Wanna to find a web hosting which supports those new hot language? Check out this.

Ruby on Rails Hosting

http://www.webfaction.com/

* offer Ruby on Rails hosting and have great support for it.
* setup Rails with Mongrel for maximum speed.
* have tons of Ruby gems installed.
* Rails hosting is available on our Shared 2 plan and above.
* Rails can be installed from one-click installer. Whenever a new Rails release comes out they add it to our installer in a matter of hours.

Python Hosting

http://www.webfaction.com/

Python-2.5 was released less than 24 hours ago and they've already installed it on all of our servers. Now you can just type "python2.5" and start playing with the new with statement, the built-in sqlite3 database module or the new ElementTree module.

More

http://www.westhost.com/value-personal-hosting.html
Personal Value Plan: both Ruby and Python, $9.95

Free Ruby on Rails Hosting
http://www.hostingrails.com/
currently offering a deal that gets you a free 1-yr domain name registration and web hosting plan (500MB Space, 20.0 GB Monthly Bandwidth).

http://www.railsplayground.com/
Our basic plan offer everything you need to get your Rails, PHP, Perl, or HTML website online quickly. $5 / Month

http://railsmachine.com/hosting
Optimized with the Rails Machine stack ¨C Apache 2.2, Mongrel (with mongrel_cluster), Rails 1.1.6, Ruby 1.8.4, and MySQL

Best web analytics package for web hosting

2006-09-11T09:19:00.000-07:00

Current web analytics tools in your web hosting can be satisfied with the new internet marketing needs. Google Analytics is the award-winning, FREE web analytic service that has revolutionized the way companies leverage their website! Google Analytics offers the complete package that anyone who wants to know more about their website or web hosting could want.

* It offers executive summaries that quickly sum up key points at a glance.
* Google Analytics is integrated with Adwords to easily report to you what search terms are pulling their weight and earning you money!
* It has e-commerce reporting and campaign tracking so you never have to guess how your campaigns, keywords, or ads are doing again. You’ll know which ads are working, and which ones aren’t – saving money and earning more by only running those that work!
* The Goals and Sales Funnel Visualization reports effortlessly show you how your non ecommerce goals, such as lead generation, are converting and where you are losing people in your processes, whether it is a shopping cart, a lead capture form, or a donation pledge.

Free, easy to use, and powerful! Google Analytics offers the tools of powerful reports that are generated in real time in easy-to-understand graphs and charts. Armed with this web analytics package, you’ll be equipped to save money, increase your ROI, boost your profit margin, and optimize your site. It's the best friend for your web hosting.

Free Image or File Hostings

2006-08-16T22:25:00.000-07:00

Here's some free image or file hosting list, share your images or files, enjoy it!

Image hosting list

http://www.theletterq.net/upload
http://www.zodm.com
http://www.imagecabin.com/
http://imageheap.com
http://www.imagerage.com
http://www.watotron.com/watupload/
http://filehost.to
http://www.imagexoom.com
http://www.photoserver.us
http://www.xtra-image.com
http://www.imageshack.us
http://www.uploads.biz
http://www.freeimagelibrary.com
http://myphotohost.com
http://www.thefreeimagehosting.com
http://www.upload4free.com
http://xs.to
http://picsplace.to
http://www.simpload.com
http://www.myimagedepot.com
http://www.myimagehosting.com
http://www.imgsharing.com
http://www.imageshack.us
http://www.uploadimages.net
http://www.picvault.info/
http://www.thepicturebin.com
http://www.iuploads.com/free_image_hosting/
http://www.imagesubmit.com
http://www.sighost.us
http://www.realimagehost.com
http://www.photobucket.com
http://www.imagedropbox.com
http://tinypic.com
http://www.freefotofile.com
http://www.imgzone.info
http://www.solisstyle.com/ims/
http://fotopic.net/
http://www.imagethrust.com
www.demonserver.co.uk
http://www.zupload.com/
http://www.spread-it.com/
http://www.walagata.com/
http://www.x10hosting.com/
http://www.2and2.net/

File hosting list

http://www.refrozen.net
http://fileupyours.com
http://datapickup.com
http://freespace.filefront.com
http://www.yousendit.com
http://www.transferbigfiles.com
http://www.spread-it.com
http://ftpz.us
http://www.thefilehut.com
http://www.megaupload.com
http://www.updownloadserver.com
http://www.sharebigfile.com
http://www.filecache.de
http://www.pushfile.net
http://www.dropload.com
http://www.turboupload.com
http://www.picapic.net
http://www.nexmicrosystems.com
http://www.savefile.com
http://www.psychohost.com
http://www.freeuploader.com
http://www.ushareit.com
http://sharefiles.ru
http://www.wirefiles.com
http://www.xshare.us
http://app02.bonpoo.com/file.htm
http://rapidshare.de
http://qfile.de
http://www.uploadhut.com
http://www.gigashare.com
http://illhostit.com
http://www.filebuffer.net
http://www.35mb.com
http://up.li.ru
http://sendmefile.com
http://www.swiftdesk.com
http://www.ultrashare.net
http://falcon.o-wh.com
http://www.ripway.com
http://www.mytempdir.com
http://www.myfilestash.com
http://www.myfileshack.com
http://11mbit.de
http://www.webfile.ru
http://www.yourfilehost.com
http://www.da_insane.boo.pl/d/upload/
http://www.filesupload.com
http://www.4shared.com
http://come2store.com
http://webfilehost.com
http://www.filecabi.net/free-video-hosting.html
http://www.putfile.com
http://uppit.com
http://www.zippyvideos.com
http://www.desearch.net
http://www.uploadx.net
http://www.filepost.us
http://www.thefilebucket.com
http://storagefun.com
http://www.flypicture.com
http://www.bestupload.com
http://www.fdrop.com
http://www.exbyte.net
http://www.host-a.net
http://www.zupload.com
http://www.geocities.com
http://www.spread-it.com/
http://www.walagata.com/
http://www.x10hosting.com/
http://www.2and2.net/

vHost - Make Your Own Virtual Hosting Easily

2006-08-09T22:40:00.000-07:00

vHost is a one-step solution for all virtual hosting needs. It's easy to install for anyone.

Currently vHost has been tested on several major Linux distributions and FreeBSD/NetBSD. Minimum system requirements are perl and gcc in order to get vHost installed.

It enables a Linux/BSD server with single or multiple IP addresses to function as unlimited virtual hosts with HTTP, FTP, SMTP, POP3, IMAP, and other virtual services extentable via modules.

It comes with both a command-line interface and a web-based GUI (control panel), which give maximum control to a domain's owner, while relieving the system administrator of most routine administration tasks.

Other major features include four levels of login, comprehensive quota control, and built-in clustering capability. Check more.

Top 20 hosts in the World

2006-08-09T21:56:00.000-07:00

Find the best hosting for youself, here's a list of top 20 web hosting companies all over the World, enjoy it!

Rank Name
1 YAHOO.COM
2 1AND1.COM
3 MY-NAME-SERVER.COM
4 1UND1.DE
5 1AND1.CO.UK
6 KTDOM.COM
7 PUREDNS.COM
8 SMARTBUY.NET
9 DREAMHOST.COM
10 ABAC.COM
11 LOLIPOP.JP
12 123-REG.CO.UK
13 HOSTWAY.NET
14 INTERQ.OR.JP
15 RACKSPACE.COM
16 EARTHLINK.NET
17 HOSTNAME.NET
18 Q40HFS.COM
19 UK2.NET
20 SCHLUNDTECH.DE

Difference between Windows and Unix Hosting

2006-08-01T08:53:00.000-07:00

Microsoft Windows and NT Web Hosting provides you such applications as MS Access, Active Server Pages, ODBC database connectivity. Unix Hosting gives you powerful features such as FTP, MySQL, Perl, ColdFusion, SSH and the like.

If you need to support Microsoft products such as ASP, VBScript or MS Access, or if you already understand IIS and don't have time to learn UNIX, Windows hosting would be a well-suited choice. Keep in mind that Windows is a Microsoft proprietary so users are dependent on Microsoft to release updates and individuals cannot modify the code.

Unix is known to be more common with web hosts due to its stability. Linux, a flavour of Unix, is cheaper than Windows and usually free. Linux and the other UNIX varieties are open-source software, which means anyone can alter the source code and make improvements, updates, and additions.

Unix Hosting is more safer?

Attackers are no longer bothering to attack average Unix systems, because there's so much more money to be made from invading Windows, according to security researchers. Windows systems is so widespread that it presents an irresistible target. Most of viruses in the world is targeting to Windows system. And Unix have more powerful safety tools, such as SSH. SSH protects a network from attacks such as IP spoofing, IP source routing, and DNS spoofing. When using SSH login (instead of rlogin) the entire login session, including transmission of password, is encrypted; therefore it is almost impossible for an outsider to collect passwords. Now, Unix servers have over 85% to 90% of the web hosting market share, especially in a shared-server, or multi-user environment.

Best CMS for Your Hosting

2006-07-22T07:37:00.000-07:00

After buy a hosting and a domain, the left is building your own website. You can make it by your self, or use some website building softwares. CMS, that means Content Management System. A browser based interface which allows the owner to update the content of their web site whenever they want. It's the best solution to maintain your website in your hosting. Let's check out the most famous CMS softwares.

xoops
XOOPS is an extensible, OO (Object Oriented), easy to use dynamic web content management system written in PHP. XOOPS is the ideal tool for developing small to large dynamic community websites, intra company portals, corporate portals, weblogs and much more. Read the All about XOOPS page for more details.

drupal
Drupal.org is the official website of Drupal, an open source content management platform. Equipped with a powerful blend of features, Drupal can support a variety of websites ranging from personal weblogs to large community-driven websites.

TYPO3
TYPO3 is a free Open Source content management system for enterprise purposes on the web and in intranets. It offers full flexibility and extendability while featuring an accomplished set of ready-made interfaces, functions and modules.

e107
e107 is a content management system written in php and using the popular open source mySQL database system for content storage. It's completely free and totally customisable, and in constant development.

joomla
Joomla! is one of the most powerful Open Source Content Management Systems on the planet. It is used all over the world for everything from simple websites to complex corporate applications. Joomla! is easy to install, simple to manage, and reliable.

pMachine
At pMachine we develop a feature-rich web publishing system called ExpressionEngine that empowers thousands of individuals, organizations, and companies around the world to easily manage their website.

Mambo
The Mambo project team is made up of members of the community and the Mambo Foundation, an independent non-profit association created to grow, support and promote this multi award-winning content management system to its growing open source community.

Dedicated Server or Shared Hosting?

2006-07-15T03:11:00.000-07:00

Dedicated server is the most expensive hosting. The solution is best suited for webmaster with higher skills, everything is under your control,you can own the whole bandwidth, unlimited multiple domain names, powerful email solutions, powerful database support and strong website software support. If you have enough budget, dedicated server is your dream solution.

Shared hosting is very common, and very cost effective. With shared hosting, your web site is hosted on a powerful server along with maybe 100 other web sites. On a shared host it is common that each web site have their own domain name. Shared solutions often offer multiple software solutions like email, database, and many different editing options. Technical support tends to be good. Because your website shares the server with others. This would reduce security due to many sites on one server. It's good for small business and average traffic. But restrictions on traffic volume, software options and database support.

Now we see the dedicated server means you want a big business, shared hosting is for small business, you can make a choice according to your business aim to gain your maximized profit.

Web Hosting Domain

2006-07-13T07:16:00.000-07:00

A Domain Name is a unique name for your web site. Domain names must be registered. When domain names are registered they are added to a large domain name register, and information about your site - including your internet IP address - is stored on a DNS server. DNS stands for Domain Name System. A DNS server is responsible for informing all other computers on the Internet about your domain name and your site address. A short, meaningful and easy to remembered domain is a good domain. Generally people buy a hosting with a domain, it's easy to manage, hosting has an internet IP address, and point to the doamin you registered. Then your website is now accessible on the internet.

A good domain has more value than its own, as an investment, you should know the following points:

1) TLD .com version of the domains names are highly priced compared to the other version of tld's for the same domain.

2) Keywords usd for the domain name itself are very helpful to establish a brand and market it easily.

3) A basic idea that what kind of traffic to be expected if we build a site on this kind of domain name. After launching your site your site must also be well structured and should have better content then your competitors to get a better placement in search engines.

4) Length Of Domain The length also plays a major role in valuation of the domain name. Shorter the better. If the domain is short say 3 or 4 letters then it can fetch high prices.

5) Dictionary If it is a dictionary word then it is good. And it can get better prices.

6) Pronounceable If the domain is pronounceable then it will be easy for the users to memorize it and so more and more users can return to your site without going and searching it every time. This also helps establishing a brand name in the market.

8) Singular or Plural Now if the domain name is a singular one then it will get more price then the plural version of that particular domain name.

Best Free Blog Hosting

2006-07-11T21:39:00.000-07:00

I have used over 20 free blog hosting since 2001, here is a list taht I prefered:

Weblogs.us - helping people blog freely since 2003
free blog hosting for non-commercial bloggers, No ads, fast servers, ftp access, that's really cool!

WordPress
Good anti-spam Tool: Akismet, a great number of excellent themes and plugins to choose, great interface.

Blogger
Simple and easy, offering a downloadable tool to allow you to publish your thoughts instantly, fast and most popular.

LiveJournal
the original, first-ever blogging service for real people, with the ability to post entries and gave it public, friends only or private viewing, and easy customized.

MSN Spaces
With the ability to publish a weblog via cellphone, linking with MSN messager, easy to share your story, music and photo.

blogeasy
the most opinionated blogs for political conservatives and has the funniest pictures I've ever seen.

Choose data transfer quota for your new hosting

2006-07-09T21:40:00.000-07:00

When you plan to run your online business, do you hesitate to choose data transfer quota in budget hosting account? What do you know its meaning? The data transfer quotas are major selling points for many web hosting customers. The available data transfer in web hosting plans is constantly increasing and it's hard to find 100 gigabytes monthly data transfer (one megabyte is 1024 kilobytes and one gigabyte is 1024 megabytes). But how do you find your new site would use how many bytes monthly data transfer? The 100 gigabytes monthly is enough?

So we need to calculate your website's size. First, let's suppose the size of every single page in your site is less 10 kbs, every single page will include web media (such as: images, css files, javascript files) less than 100 kbs. Cause the browser will cache the most of web media, so these are only transferred on the first page view. So the first page view from a visitor uses 110 kbs data transfer and the following page views takes another 10 kbs. If your site (total 50 pages) has 5000 page views a day, and 80% of them is new, the page impression is 10%, then we can calculate the average data transfer monthly:

transfer/day = (100 visits x 110 kbs) + 50 pages x 10% page impression x 10 kbs x 5000 pvs
= 11000 kbs + 25000kbs
= 36000 kbs

transfer/month = 35 mbs x 30 days = 1050 mbs = 1 gbs

With 5 000 monthly page views you will use 1 000 000 kbs. In the more relevant gb unit those numbers are 0.15 and 1.5. Add some heavy spider traffic and a light, popular website needs 2 gb monthly data transfer.

While the above estimates are partly based on real numbers, your reality can be different so keep your eyes open.
Your can enter your control panel to check your data transfer usage. A log analyzer like Awstats can also give valuable data about how the data tranfer is distributed between pages/file types/user agents etc. Then adjust your data transfer quota by real numbers.

Unlimited Web Hosting Plan

2006-07-09T01:28:00.000-07:00

An unlimited hosting package from webhost4life. This package is priced at US$4.95 per year and offers Unlimited Transfer / Hits, Unlimited Domain to your site, Unlimited Sub Domain, Static IP Address. That's wonderful, but it's a ASP Web Hosting, what a pity! I still prefer a linux based hosting. I believe it's more secure. And ASP also is not my forte.

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