Archive | October, 2006

Register.com New Domain Search

Oct/19 in Online Apps, Web Hosting

Alright, I have seen my fair share of domain name searching tools. The newest animal to enter the pack is Register.com’s free advanced domain search tool. Yeah, I think they could have come up with a catchier name as well. So how does it work?

First you have to tell it what domain name you “wish” to have, and your first and last name. That seems simple enough right? Then you either go down the route of business or personal. Next you have to tell them what this Web site is going to be for. Is it going to be personal? Is it going to be for your family? Is it going to be for a celebration?

Moving on, you can enter a couple of extra keywords to be tossed in for kicks. Last but not least, you enter in your location – such as a town name or area you live in. After that is all said and done, hit “Find my Domain Name” and you are given a big long list of ones you can choose from.

All in all I think this is a pretty nice tool to help beginners walk through the process of picking the perfect domain name. The good side is it gives you a lot of results to choose from and an easy “drag and drop” so you can pick as many as you want before you buy. The bad news is that around the end of the search results, they start tossing in domain name choices that had nothing to do with your data you gave them.

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Media Temple Grid Server

Oct/18 in Web Hosting

Media Temple does a lot of popular blog Web hosting, so it is no surprise that it seems like everybody is crawling up their butts when it comes to this new announcement they made. I wouldn’t exactly say that they are “crushing” shared hosting, but it is a nice offer toss out there for the public to use.

Speaking to somebody who deals with the real world of Web hosting, $20 a package is still a little on the expensive side for most Web hosting customers.

They are offering a lot, but I doubt they expect anybody to really use it. The details include “100 GB of storage, 1 TB of bandwidth and up to 100 individual Web sites”. This is really over selling and over advertising.

Now I am not saying it isn’t smart business – because it is. These kinds of moves gain you a lot of attention, and in the Web hosting industry attention is priceless. Something tells me though to remain skeptical because when something sounds too good to be true, it usually is.

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Another Year Older

Oct/16 in Personal

Tomorrow is my 24th Birthday. :) So am I happy after 24 years? Yeah, I think I am pretty pleased with myself. I figured this would be as good of a time as any to go through some of my projects as of late.

Mitchelaneous
This blog has seen a lot of change here recently. If you haven’t visited it in a while, please do so because I spent the last few days changing the styles around a little ‘bit. I like the much “cleaner” interface much more than the old one. Give me your feedback and thoughts.

Firefox Facts
Well I am happy to say that we are less than 1,000 downloads away from the Firefox Facts eBook hitting the 20,000 downloads mark. Once again I’d like to thank Lockergnome for setting this whole project into motion for me.

I’d also like to thank each and every one of you for downloading it this many times. So tell your neighbor, tell your family, tell your dog to go download the best free eBook on Mozilla Firefox and lets get that download number even higher!

The Web Hosting Show
My podcast is going good as well, which is nothing new. I just posted my 80th official edition of the show, but I have recorded and posted more than 100 audio segments to the Web site over this “almost” two year period.

So many other podcasts have gone by the wayside, and I still claim that I am the number one Web hosting podcast out there today.

Hosting Hoopla
The Web’s only Web hosting news and link reader hasn’t seen many updates as of late, due to other projects coming first. I have had some talks about selling it to the highest bidder as well. If you are interested, shoot me over a line and we will talk.

MitchKeeler.com
OK, so there hasn’t been any real update here. Just a few weeks ago I installed WordPress here, did some editing to the template files, and now have WordPress running my static Web site. I would post how I did it, but it involved a lot of, “Does this work? No… How about this?”. I don’t think that would be traffic driving content.

Now on top of all that, I am also working as a moderator for Lunarpages and Web Hosting Chat. I also have a few contributing writer credits at both Lockergnome and the Web hosting magazine, Ping! Zine. So as you can see, I am more than able to stay busy at my new “old” age.

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Guest Blogging for Lunarpages

Oct/13 in Web Hosting

Well Amy told me I was free to post whenever I wanted or needed to, so I figure I would take her up on the offer. Go check out what I had to say about my first three weeks working for Lunarpages.com. I really like that Lunarpages is one of the few Web hosts who do blog. That was a major factor into me wanting to go there. They don’t seem so closed off to the idea of bringing in new ways to get in touch with the customer base.

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FeedBurner Networks

Oct/11 in Hot Web Topics

feedburner.jpgI saw a “My Networks” link on top of FeedBurner that I had never seen before. Silly me, I just had to click it! This was the message sent my way via the tubes.

We can’t say, but since you landed here, we applaud your curiosity! You are one of a select group of FeedBurner publishers who can now create and discover other FeedBurner Networks. Networks is our new service (still in beta) that helps subscribers, other publishers and even advertisers more easily discover your great content.

This looks like a really interesting idea. I like the idea of bringing feeds and media together in little hubs for people to subscribe to. You can go join a network that is already in place, or you can go and create your own.

So what is to be gained by joining one of these networks?

Every participating publisher has an equal opportunity to appear on a network “landing page” that is comprised of the most recent headlines from the collective group (view an sample landing page). We encourage publishers to brand their network with a descriptive and compelling name and even include a logo.

FeedBurner provides a number of promotional tools to help participants get the word out including a network badge, chicklet and FeedBurner’s popular BuzzBoost service. In addition, publishers who are invited to join a network will also have the opportunity to submit their feed to FeedBurner’s growing advertising network, FAN.

Check out more details on this at FeedBurner.com’s Web site.

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36 Questions to ask your Web Host

Oct/11 in Web Hosting

Maybe I just really enjoy seeing articles about random numbers, who knows? What I do know though is this is one excellent list of 36 questions to ask your Web host before you jump in and purchase an new Web hosting account. I don’t think enough people consider all the planning that needs to take place before you start paying that $5 a month for a virtual hosting plan. Hopefully – after reading through this, it will give you a few more things to consider.

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Ultimate Ghosts ‘n Goblins

Oct/10 in Personal

I recently had the chance to pick up Ultimate Ghosts ‘n Goblins for the PlayStation Portable last weekend, and I have been having fun ever since. The game gives me back that feeling of my childhood, sitting in front of the living room TV, playing on my old Super Nintendo.

This game matches the old things that always worked with a few new tricks that make the experience even better. The old side scrolling adventure is one that can not be beat. No matter what else the gaming world invents, nothing can beat that. As far as new things that have come into the game, I really like the new 3D backgrounds and updated graphics. It makes the experience all that much better.

Game play is as solid as always. The only problem I could find is in the difficulty. Even on the “easy” setting, it is still pretty challenging. That is OK with me though, because I am not much of a fan of games I can beat in a day and a half.

Overall, I would say if you have a PSP, then this is one game you can’t afford to pass on. It is fun, addicting and very challenging. These are the types of games the PSP should have been putting out since day one.

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PayPerPost Isn’t Evil

Oct/09 in Hot Web Topics

ppp.jpgIt sounds like I am one of the few people out there that doesn’t think PayPerPost is evil.

I think the main problem some “big names” have with PayPerPost is that it sends the perks over to somebody else. Big blogs are used to having everybody and their grandmother fawn over them, so this change might be difficult. The super successful blog will be as relevant as the blog that is getting paid an extra dollar or two for the same post.

Want to toss ethics in there? I read through the PayPerPost Web site, and not once did I see that they are holding a gun to your head and making you post about something you don’t like. For some folks, I could see PayPerPost being more of an inspiration engine. Run out of good ideas to write about? Pick something interesting from the list that you like (or would like to try) and make a little extra on the side.

I think it is about time the nobodies stood up and said they don’t want chances being taken away by massive egos in the blogging world. If anybody doesn’t like seeing posts, they can always decide not to look at them. That is the beauty of the Internet! You can read who you want to read, support who you want to support and you don’t have to listen to anybody trying to play the role of the Internet’s conscience.

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Hosting Support is a Dirty Job

Oct/08 in Web Hosting

Working any sort of customer support job is hard, but working customer support for a Web host is even harder. Oh you think sitting around and answering people’s questions is an easy job? I would beg to differ and I’ll let you know why on this edition of the Web Hosting Show.


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Where are the Street Fighters?

Oct/06 in Hot Web Topics

This has to be the best thing I have seen all day long. After I watched this, I actually had goosebumps! Haven’t you ever wondered what happened to those wonderful pixelated people? Where have all the Street Fighters gone? (Link Via College Humor) Continue Reading →

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