You have to like it when a website delivers what the promise in the domain name.  theDomainSearch.com offers really simple domain name searching.  All you need to do is type in the domain you want, and it will tell you if it is available and help you register it.

On that point alone, it serves as a handy way to search for domains.  You can search to see if the .com, .net, .org, .info, .biz, .us, .eu, .in, .ca, .mobi, .name, or .tv version of any keyword is available. You can then check out the domain WHOIS info if the domain is not available or register the domain name through GoDaddy if it is available.

Another nice feature is that they promise not to log searches on the site, so you don’t have to worry about them picking up quality domains you find now, but don’t want to register till later.

Unfortunately though, that is all you get with this online tool.  Is that enough to help theDomainSearch.com survive as a service?  Try it out – and let me know what you think.

On the Web Hosting Show podcast, we have done a lot of talking recently about web hosts that use Twitter, and how they use it.  Some use it for support, others use it for marketing, and the best ones use it for both.  Who are the most popular web hosts on Twitter though?

To put that question to the test, I thought I would compile a list of all the web hosts on Twitter that have over 1,000 followers.  Out of nearly 100 web hosts on the Web, here are the 25 that made the cut.

1. WestHost Web Hosting (WestHost) on Twitter = 1,804 followers
2. softlayer_news (softlayer_news) on Twitter = 2,609 followers
3. Sustainable Websites (sustainableweb) on Twitter = 2,946 followers
4. Surpass Web Hosting (surpass) on Twitter = 1,960 followers
5. Slicehost (slicehost) on Twitter = 3,500 followers
6. Six Apart (sixapart) on Twitter = 15,401 followers
7. SiteGround (SiteGround) on Twitter = 1,132 followers
8. Site5 Web Hosting (site5) on Twitter = 1,010 followers
9. PinchHost (PinchHost) on Twitter = 8,891 followers
10. mediatemple (mediatemple) on Twitter = 8,571 followers
11. GoDaddy.com Guy(GoDaddyGuy) on Twitter = 3,060 followers
12. lunarpages (lunarpages) on Twitter = 1,528 followers
13. linode (linode) on Twitter = 1,655 followers
14. LiquidWeb (LiquidWeb) on Twitter = 12,734 followers
15. Laughing Squid (ls_hosting) on Twitter = 1,079 followers
16. Joyent (joyent) on Twitter = 2,350 followers
17. JaguarPC (JaguarPC) on Twitter = 4,637 followers
18. Sunil Saxena (inmotionhosting) on Twitter = 1,259 followers
19. HostGator.com (hostgator) on Twitter = 4,668 followers
20. Hostcats.com (Hostcats) on Twitter = 1,299 followers
21. 123-Reg (123reg) on Twitter = 1,677 followers
22. Gary Jones (bluefur) on Twitter = 46,671 followers
23. dreamhost (DreamHost) on Twitter = 2,934 followers
24. FireHost Inc. (FireHost) on Twitter = 3,783 followers
25. INSANE Deals Only @ (HIVELOCITY) on Twitter = 6,508 followers

There you have it, 25 of the most popular web hosting companies that are on Twitter right now.  You can find a list of nearly 100 web hosts on Twitter on the Web Hosting Show’s web site.  Did your web host make the cut?

Here is the ad that ran durring the Super Bowl…

Which lead to this ad here (which FOX rejected because of the word “beaver”)…

Could have been better, but it did get a slight giggle out of me.

Web hosting and domain name provider Godaddy.Com is to receive domain name accounts from RegisterFly, it was announced this week. The move comes as a response to RegisterFly’s inability to maintain domain names registered by its customers and its subsequent loss of ICANN accreditation.

The company was the center of considerable controversy as its demise left thousands of domain name registrants stranded. Regsiterfly’s subscribers’ domains will automatically be moved to Go Daddy. On completion, over 850,000 domain names will have been transferred to Go Daddy.

Is this a good thing or a bad thing? Well, I can talk to you for ever on how bad GoDaddy’s Web hosting is but – as far as domains go, they are the king of the ring. So what do you think – is this fair or not?

I had been looking forward to seeing it, because the past two year’s commercials have a least gotten a chuckle out of me. This year, it was nothing. I was just left with the feeling of, “…is that it?”.

Maybe the whole GoDaddy Girl thing has run it’s course?

Personally, I was more amused by this gif ad I saw on TopHosts.com this morning.

I told them my problems with their services though and they listened. After they were done listening, they pretty much told me, “Well, this is the way things are and we like it that way” or something to that effect.

Go ahead and search Google, I know I am not alone here. I do not make fun of GoDaddy’s hosting because it is funny – I do it because I love them and I want them to get better. Just think of GoDaddy as the run away stray dog and me as the sheep herder. Not like I am going to hear from ol’ Bob on top of his golden domain palace – but I know somebody in GoDaddy headquarters will see me from way down here.

Hello Bob – are you out there? If you are, make sure you check out the Web Hosting Show on your way out. You might learn a thing or two about the Web hosting business.

Well I will give you a few quick tips, a few thoughts on the matter and my own ideas on how you should and could get to the top. Do you think there are too many Web hosts? Should we start getting rid of the small guys to make room for big business?

All that and oh so much more on this week’s episode of the Web Hosting Show.

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I can only image all of the good press that GoDaddy has gotten because of Candice’s deal with WWE. I know I have gotten dozens of hits every time I mention her in relation to the Web hosting world. Will that race car driver lady do as well? I don’t think so. I think GoDaddy has already had it and lost it.