From the monthly archives:

February 2009

We spend a lot of time here at GoodHost.org thinking about hosting and all the stuff that goes along with that from applications to servers and server software. Our attention tends to be focused on maintaining webpages and domain names, but there are a lot of reasons you might be looking for a host. Maybe, [...]

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IRC stands for Internet Relay Chat and it is a protocol that facilitates multi-user communication over the Internet. It is primarily designed to enable large discussions and text conferencing, but you can also chat privately with users you meet in a host IRC channel. IRC has been around since the days before the Internet grew [...]

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We use computers for pretty much everything these days. At any given time we’ll be sending or receiving e-mail and using a browser to display a webpage, all while downloading a file using a torrent client. We might think of these kinds of tasks as being isolated and distinct, but they tend to involve many [...]

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Liability - one of those annoying words to which you have to pay proper attention or risk legal problems. A liability is, essentially, anything that puts you at risk or makes you susceptible to criticism, attack or successful legal action. Why does host liability matter to you? Well, obviously, you want to reduce your liability [...]

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If you’re looking for information on how to become a host, the first question you’ll need to ask is what kind of host you want to be. If you’re looking to start your own web hosting company, you’ll need more information that this article will be able to provide. It can be done, but it [...]

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So, you have a web host and a webpage. You’re data is stored on a secure and reliable server with little downtime. What more could you want? Well, reliability isn’t the only thing that matters; you also have to consider a hosting speed test as a measure of the quality of your service.
Truthfully, there isn’t [...]

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Lunarpages offers Virtual Private Servers for $39.95 a month for those customers who have outgrown shared hosting but are not ready to take on the cost of dedicated hosting.  VPS hosting offers improved reliability and security for your site, you also know exactly what you’re paying for in terms of storage and bandwidth.
Lunarpages’ VPS hosting plan [...]

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In any industry, there are two factors that will influence the success of an endeavor. It is important to maintain a high standard of reliability and mobilize the necessary resources to makes sure your organization is consistently accessible to, and able to properly serve, your target market. It’s also important to keep your overhead down [...]

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Find host IP addresses with sites like ipaddressreport.com
Ideally, you’d never need to know most of the jargon that describes the inner workings of the Internet. Sadly, however, we don’t live in an ideal world and the Internet is not a magical utopian realm. The fact that most people think the Internet is magical is a [...]

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Lunarpages offers a “small business” shared hosting plan that quite similar to the “personal plan“, but has a few differences.  First and foremost you will notice a significant increased price tag at $21.95/mo* versus the $4.95/mo*, in both cases you will need to opt for a 24  or 12 month plan (respectively) for this pricing.
The [...]

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