Hosting can be a complicated issue. There are a plethora of different hosting platforms, and within these platforms even more sub-divisions. Once you manage to decide on the correct hosting solution for your needs, you then have the drama of selecting one hosting company from an army of able competitors. What you need is some friendly, impartial advice from people in the same boat. A place where fellow webmasters can hang out and discuss what’s happening in hosting. What you need is webhostingtalk.com.
What Is Webhostingtalk.com?
Webhostingtalk.com is a hosting-based community board that attracts both average website owners and industry experts. It is a site that provides a soap box for people to ask for hosting help, and for others to provide answers to questions posed. There are no hidden agendas because the site is unaffiliated.
It may be true that some members may favor different hosting solutions, and some may be directly associated with certain hosting services, but if you ask a question you will receive a wealth of impartial, reliable advice.
You can view most forums without registering, but to post you will need to sign up. This is a simple, unobtrusive process that involves no more than providing a username, password, and date of birth.
What’s Being Discussed?
The web hosting main forums (at time of writing) include the following categories:
- Web Hosting (general)
- Dedicated Servers
- Colocation and Data Centers
- Cloud Hosting
- Speciality Hosting and Markets
- VPS Hosting
- Reseller Hosting
- Managed Hosting and Services
- Hosting Security and Technology
- Programming Discussion
- Hosting Software and Control Panels
- Running a Web Hosting Business
- Ecommerce Hosting and Discussion
- Domain Names
- Web Design and Content
- SEO/SEM Discussions
As you can see, webhostingtalk.com covers all the hosting bases and then diversifies into other aspects of website design, implementation, and management. It is a multi-faceted community of highly active users. Posts are regular and topically relevant. Search for related subjects and you won’t be left with a series of results from 2008, this is a current forum with committed participants.
Using Webhostingtalk.com to Find Truthful Hosting Reviews
Webhostingtalk.com makes an excellent research tool for locating a quality web host service. There are a multitude of hosting reviews, including popular large-scale providers and smaller companies, to select from. The site moderators ensure that all reviewer’s domain Whois data is validated, so no fake reviews are posted.
As a tip, it is best to use a Google operator-based search rather than rely on the actual webhostingtalk.com search facility. So to search for a specific host review on the site you would type the following into your Google search box:
site:webhostingtalk.com webhost review
(Note: Replace webhost with the name of the actual host you are searching for)
A search, for say, MDDHosting hosting reviews on webhostingtalk.com via Google would look like this:
Another tip would be to make use of Google’s date range feature when searching for larger hosting companies, such as Hostgator. There will be hundreds of reviews for a company like Hostgator, so search for results from the past year, or use the custom date range feature and input your own date fields. Like this:
Remember to search through the entire search results, not just the top results. Your ideal solution may be hidden on the second page. The same goes for the actual threads. As more people reply and post, the answer you’re looking for may appear a few days after the original question/query was posted. So read the entire thread, not just the first few replies.
One final tip when it comes to reading hosting reviews on webhostingtalk.com. You can get some insight into a posters reputation and reliability by looking at the total number of posts they have amassed and the quality of said posts. You will soon develop your own trusted circle of favorite posters.
Remember It’s Not Just About Hosting Reviews…
Webhostingtalk.com provides in-depth general hosting advice. So if you have a question about Cloud hosting or server security, for example, you can find numerous posts on these subjects.
Webhostingtalk.com even provides job seekers with an ideal place to boast of their talents and search out that perfect career.
Webhostingtalk.com provides webmasters, interested in hosting solutions and other aspects of website management, with a community-focused platform to ask questions, research topical subjects, and offer helpful, impartial advice. Why not go see what all the fuss is about?
Webhostingtalk.com – Your one stop place for hosting!
This article is written by Borko Simms who is always glad to help fellow webmasters with choosing reliable web hosting services.
Cloud hosting is becoming more popular by the day. At the moment we are looking to move Crenk and our other network sites over to the Rackspace Cloud. I had a little bit of trouble moving over WordPress to the Rackspace Cloud Sites, so I went looking to help. Here is a great tutorial on how to install WordPress on the Rackspace Cloud Sites, which really helped!
Click here for the full video tutorial.
Cloud hosting is becoming more popular by the day. At the moment we are looking to move Crenk and our other network sites over to the Rackspace Cloud. I had a little bit of trouble moving over WordPress to the Rackspace Cloud Sites, so I went looking to help. Here is a great tutorial on how to install WordPress on the Rackspace Cloud Sites, which really helped!
MirrorCreator provides a simple way to upload the same file you would like to share to 30 different hosting sites: RapidShare, Megaupload, Hotfile, DepositFiles, EasyShare, etc.
If you usually share files in the web, then there’s no way you’ve never used some of the most popular sites: RapidShare, Megaupload, Hotfile, DepositFiles, EasyShare, etc. But you should know also that sometimes the availability and speed of those hosting sites do not offer any guarantees; so why not upload the file to all hosting sites in one step and receive all the possibilities?
MirrorCreator simplifies the task and provides with one step to upload the file to all the hosting sites you would like. The site also gives us the limit upload on each site, so we can avoid any problem within the process.
After selecting the hosting sites and uploading your file, you’ll receive an e-mail (previously set) with all the proper links.
Have you ever been curious about your hosting service? Have you ever wondered “what kind of machine is holding up my website”? Well, you are going to love this one: phpSysInfo retrieves an incredible amount of information from the hosting server.
And when I say incredible, I mean INCREDIBLE. Running this PHP it will automatically bring the following information from the server:
- Processor model, type and speed.
- RAM and the amount currently used.
- Operating system.
- Number of hard drives and present RAID configurations.
- Partitions and mounted filesystem free space.
- Number of process running and their status.
- Hardware temperature and voltage.
- Network usage.
- And even more!
This script runs on any site where PHP is enable, it only requires PHP 5.2 version or higher. And the output options are: static content, XML or update it dynamically. Plus, you can get different themes to use it.
The phpSysInfo site have ready a demonstration of their script running on their server. Check it out here.
Did I mention it’s completely free to download?
Enjoy!
So you want to upload a file. For that, you can either head over to a file host like rapidshare, megaupload, mediafire, zshare OR head over to Gazup.com to upload the file to ALL of them at once!
Gazup is a file mirroring site that uploads your file to multiple hosts. Once you upload a file to Gazup, it quickly mirrors that file to multiple hosts, namely 9 of them: Rapidshare, Megaupload, Netload, zShare, FileFactory, HidMyAss, Badongo, MediaFire and Upload Box.
Once the file is mirrored, which does’t take long, you get a download page where all the mirror links are given. This download page is a permanent one so you can share its link with others. You can upload files of any format and max file size is 400Mb (Depends on the hosts you select). You can also upload files by URL, 5 at a time.
There are no daily limits or restrictions. Their service is free but registering gives you certain benefits such as a private control panel, management of uploaded files etc.
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(By) An avid freelance writer and technology enthusiast, Keshav Khera is a young geek from India. Fanatic about the web, he also writes a blog and makes unsuccessful efforts to avoid twitter.
Cloud computing has been a buzzword tossed around within the last year, but in the plans for much longer. The idea of cloud computing basically takes files and applications typically native to your hard drive and placing them in the Internet “ether” for users to retrieve on a need basis.
Google has taken great steps to place files in the cloud with apps such as Google Calendar and Google Documents. Amazon has taken strides to offer cloud services and currently leads the market in the cloud-computing sector. While critics will debate the pros and cons of cloud computing, suffice to say that companies are making the move, and just recently Microsoft has taken that step with Azure, which will be discussed in another post.
Two weeks ago, Rackspace managed to host a major event in Austin, TX to announce their movement to the cloud. Rackspace is already a leader in the hosting industry, and now with the cloud computing additions, looks to tackle the market that Amazon has held for a number of years.
The announcement was kicked off by sharing the two companies that Rackspace had acquired to move them closer to full coverage in the cloud, Jungledisk and Slicehost. These two acquisitions fulfill the comprehensive portfolio of services that Rackspace offers to coincide with their hosting services.
According to the Rackspace blog, “Rackspace’s cloud strategy is supported by three core offerings…” These three core areas are:
- Clouds Sites: This is Rackspace’s flagship offering, which offers customers the ability to handle huge spikes in traffic with an easy to use and follow pay-as-you-go strategy. Currently there is support for both Windows and Linux.
- Cloud Files: The idea behind this initiative is to offer developers unlimited storage possibilities with a full scalable service to fit all of their needs. No longer will data need to be stored locally cutting costs for companies by avoiding the high cost of computer hardware.
- Cloud Servers: This new service option for offer on demand hosting services for businesses of all sizes. Using Slicehost as the company’s developer brand, Rackspace will utilize the Xen virtualization software to create innovative new features that will merge Slicehost intellectual property with Rackspace’s development initiatives. The goal is to offer low prices to keep the concept as an attractive and affordable option.
The services will be handled by a subsidiary of Rackspace called Mosso, which is their software development arm. You can catch the rebroadcast this major announcement at RackspaceCloudEvent.com
