Posts Tagged With: domains
· July 25, 2008 at 8:01 am · Personal, Web Hosting
Loads of hosting fun from this week’s past show. Did you check it out?
If not here are just a few topics from this week’s episode of the Web Hosting Show.
- HostingCon Sold Off to iNet Interactive? - iNET Interactive, those darlings of the web hosting world who brought us such things as webhostingtalk.com, hostvoice.com, and hostingtech.com have acquired the HostingCon conference.
- Interesting Tool to See if Your Site is Up or Down! - Previously I told you about an awesome web site status tool that could help you tell if your web site was up or not. Down for everyone or just me looks to have become a real success. I have one better though, thanks to a suggestion from a Web Hosting Show listener named John.
- The Mess That Was .ME Domain Name Registrations? - You may have caught wind of some of the .me buzz last week, as GoDaddy started taking registrations for them for $20 a year (and you have to sign up for two years, so that should really be $40)… If eight people say they registered it, that will leave seven people really unhappy about the whole ordeal.
- The Simplest FTP Program Ever!?! - I often hear complaints from people that FTP programs are too hard to use. There are too many options, too many buttons and too many configurations you have to learn about. For those people out there looking for a simpler FTP program I offer to you DropUpLoad.
Interested? Then go download and listen to the Web Hosting Show, episode 158! Also be sure to grab the RSS feed, and pick it up on iTunes too.
· April 26, 2008 at 10:17 am · Personal, Web Hosting
I told you about my plans a project just a few days back, and now I have just finished things up. The Best of the Web Hosting Show Guides is a collection of some of the most popular guides I have posted and talked about here on the Web Hosting Show podcast.
Unlike other eBook deals, you get an extra perk with this setup. You can download both the digital eBook version, or head over the the official page for it and pick up all five chapters as audio downloads too. I wanted to give to you the best of both worlds. The topics covered in the eBook cover all aspects of the web hosting world:
- Moving from Web Host to Web Host
- Getting going with your own Ecommerce Store Online
- How to Find a Job in the Web Hosting Industry
- Best Methods and Tips for Setting up a New Blog
- The Ever Popular Handy Guide to Domain Names
Download the PDF and let me know what you think. Also as far as distribution goes, please feel free to share the link to download it to anybody and everybody you know. This is a project of mine I have been working on getting together for some time now and I want everybody to know it is free of charge.
To tune in to the Web Hosting Show, be sure to check out WebHostingShow.com, subscribe to the RSS feed or add us to your iTunes podcast subscriptions.
· January 27, 2008 at 8:41 am · Popular Posts, Web Hosting
Here are some of the best networking tools on the Web these days:
- Network-Tools.com - Ugly interface but a little something for every network tool loving freak.
- Pingdom Tools - The best looking set of network tools, ping, traceroute and page loading tools included.
- DNS Goodies - Lots of goodies here to love from whois, ip check, ping and more.
- Traceroute.org - Need to do a traceroute from more than one location? The interface is horrible but the info is handy.
- DNS Stuff - Another list of your generic domain name tools. Also has a paid service for more perks and choices.
- My Nameserver - Tons of DNS related lookup tools here. Also good to look up abuse, domain name worth and more.
- DNS Tools - Ping, traceroute, whois and more. I really like the fact you can “search for all” here too.
- DomainTools.com - Probably my all time favorite, DomainTools.com has everything you could want under the sun.
- Ajax DNS - Look up your DNS info in a crazy cool ajax powered interface. Not just eye candy here though, good all around resource.
- IP Tools - Another “we do everything” network tool web site. Dozens of search boxes with dozens of tools.
- Internet Tools - A handful of Internet query tools so you can do quick searches for things such as various whois searches.
- Ajax DNS Bench - Drop and give me 20! 6 ajax powered DNS tools here to pick from.
- My IP Neighbors - Now you can use this site to do a reverse DNS search to find out who else is on your server.
- Who is Hosting This - Find out the host or server that a domain name is using. Quick and effective (for nosey people only).
Now I wouldn’t recommend trying to use all of these, as many of them preform the same functions. Find the ones that work best for you, and next time you need to do a ping, traceroute or whois search you should be more than ready for the job.
· December 29, 2007 at 7:57 am · Resources
I’ve done weekly link lists on Firefox Facts for some time now, so I thought I’d give it a shot here as well - but with more web dev and hosting related talk.
Have an interesting link to share or pass my way? Leave a comment or drop me an e-mail at mitch@mitchkeeler.com and I’ll be more than happy to share it with the masses.
· December 17, 2007 at 6:23 am · Personal, Web Hosting
Time to add to my list of web hosting audio guides, right from the Web Hosting Show. Just uploaded my latest special edition for all to enjoy:
+ Handy Guide to Domain Names - Episode 134
Here is a little more information about this episode of the best hosting podcast out there today if I do say so myself (and I just did!):
Need help picking the best domain name? Do you want some assistance finding the domain name register that is right for you? Have you considered the privacy concerns you might be giving up by getting that .com of you very own? I want to tackle domain names from head to toe to give people a guide to the confusing world of domain name registrations.
Go check out the show notes for the visual version, and for the audio version download the mp3 from WebHostingShow.com.
Past Audio Guides to the Web Hosting World
There are many subjects that take a little longer to explain and are confusing to most inside of the web hosting industry. Here are a few of the other special “guide” episodes I have produced. Read the rest of this entry »
· November 15, 2007 at 6:45 am · Web Development
There is a reason why you don’t see many hyphenated domain names out there today. Now why is that? Well there is everything from being hard to remember to just being ugly, you could pick and choose why they are a bad idea. The key thing to remember though is to stay away from them at all costs.
Think of ten of your favorite Web sites. Do any of them have hyphenated domain names? Nope.
The first reason is, is that hyphenated domain names are really hard for folks to remember. When picking a good domain name, you want to find something short, relevant, and with a few keywords. Now many Web 2.0 startups are breaking that rule left and right - but I think it is still a good rule to have.
For the rest of us, the previously mentioned rules are good ones to follow. You want people to be able to associate your domain name with your Web site quickly. hyphenated domain names just make things too difficult.
Where does the hyphen go?
Did it have one, or were you just thinking that it did?
If they the visitor types in the domain name without the hyphen, will they be taken to a competitor’s Web site? These are all things you should keep in mind. So next time you are out domain name hunting, do yourself a favor and stay away from getting a hyphenated domain name.
