Those of you planning to set up an online enterprise or already have one, know that there are different types of web hosting plans out there. Out of these two of the most widely used web hosting types are Shared web hosting and VPS hosting. These web hosting services are targeted at different segments of customers designed to meet the needs and requirements of the web masters. Shared hosting service is popular with the small scale businesses looking for an cheap web hosting. Shared hosting is characterized by less data storage space, low bandwidth and affordable price. On the other hand VPS hosting is the perfect solution for companies that have outgrown the limits of shared web hosting. VPS web hosting. This hosting solution is designed with web businesses that rely on Heavy Traffic online business, websites presence and daily emails. VPS is a more compact web hosting service with a solid base and high level web hosting solution for mid-sized business and websites. Both the web hosting solutions have their own set of advantages and disadvantages. We decided to draw a comparison between the Shared and VPS hosting services.

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Free web hosting services are gaining wider popularity with  individuals and small scale businesses looking to introduce their services on web. For those looking to establish their identity on the internet, it's a great way to start with free web hosting. The hosting services provide all the essential tools for designing and creating the web pages. From design and layout options to page counters you can easily add a professional page in no time. The free web hosts offer a sub domain(sitename.example.com) or a directory (www.sitename.com). The free sites are largely used for pay per click campaign, services are ad supported and include ads to the free sites. Out of the scores of authentic free web host.

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Rackspace, one of the MAJOR dedicated server hosting providers of the world, went down severely for more than an hour yesterday, resulting in with many popular websites going down like eventbrite.com, Timberlake's blog, Malkin's blog and etc. As Rackspace was found quoting,

We are having an issue that is affecting part of our DFW data center. No details yet. Will update as we get more information.

But even with that, people are asking why was there a single point failure (SPF) for something as big as Rackspace. Apparently one out of Rackspace's nine global datacenters went down, which still consists of a scary number of websites having suffered the unexpected breakdown from a sevice that promises 100% uptime. The outages also affected the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) cluster hosted by Rackspace, apparently making e-commerce and other functions that depend on SSL inoperable for Rackspace-hosted sites Full article (405 words) »

URL redirection service is not new. Recently it has become extremely popular thanks to Twitter and its draconian 140 character limit on messages. Let's find out what URL redirection really is and what you can get out of it; advantages, disadvantages and finally some popular URL redirection services.

URL Redirection Service

URL redirection service fundamentally forwards one URL to another, normally in a different domain. For example if you want to tweet about 10 cheapest digital cameras below 100$ then the url itself will consume 63 characters, leaving only 77 characters for your tweet. Now that's bad. This is where a URL shortening & redirection service like bit.ly helps you. It will not only shorten the URL to a meager 21 characters - http://bit.ly/digicam but also gives it a meaningful name for your end users. When you click on the new URL (give it a try - http://bit.ly/digicam ) or type it in the browser, you are redirected to the original web page.

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Subversion is a highly popular version control system used worldwide. It succeeds CVS and aims to rectify its shortcomings. Subversion, like any other version control system, is used to maintain current and historical revisions of files such as source code, web pages, and documentation.

Hosted Subversion Service allows you to host your subversion server and data on a remote server which you can access securely (must-have feature) over the internet. Most hosted subversion service has a minimal free plan followed by a paid subscription.

We have previously posted comprehensive review of hosted subversion services. Today we will talk about the advantages and disadvantages of hosted subversion services in details.

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There are so many web hosting providers these days, all claiming to be the top of the line and with lucrative packages, you are bound to get confused. So we have started this series where we will review a web hosting provider a month based on our personal experiences. We have written about LFCHosting Web hosting Provider last month. Today its about WestHost. They offer Virtual Private Server (VPS) hosting starting out as low as $3.95 per month.

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Web hosting companies are the first visitors you will have when you intend to make a website of your own. There are so many of them in the internet that its pretty normal to get confused with too many options available. Also, it depends upon the kind of site you want to host. A personal website may normally take only a starter's plan to start with, whereas corporate and enterprise setups need their namesakes. So we are starting a series of reviewing web hosting companies individually and then we will make a comparison of all that. For now, let's focus on LFChosting i.e. Loose Foot Computing.

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Setting up a DNS server (with software like Bind) has two major components, the first being setting up the server itself and adding all the records. I will not delve into it as it has been discussed ad-nauseum on the net. After you have setup your DNS servers (say ns1.example.com and ns2.example.com), there remains the task of appointing your DNS server as the the DNS server for your domains. Sounds confusing? Well it is, so read on for details.

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I was amazed to find this GoDaddy coupon which allowed me to save over 42% for a .net domain registration for 2 years. It works for .net and .org domain registrations and for any number of years.

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China is always trying to replace what US did and revolutionized. The newest one is Tudou that has grown considerably to challenge the likes of Youtube.com. We are eager to see the battle. What is Youtube thinking? And more importantly, since the olympics, don’t you think the whole process of China-US cold war have come forward with an alarming rate?

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