27. August 2008

How to choose a Web Hosting company

One of the most crucial decisions that most online businesses have to make is choosing the best web hosting service. With a popular or well known and reliable Internet Service Provider (ISP) you won’t face many problems, however with a poor web hosting service provider it can be a nightmare.

Choosing the right kind of web hosting service can be a very daunting task at times as there are some very important features that you need to make sure of. Here you can find below what exactly to look for when choosing the best web hosting service.

Amount of web space: A web hosting service provider would usually assign you a certain amount of space on their server. You need to ensure that does it have the right amount of space for your website and your business requirements. You might want to expand your online business tomorrow and would require much more space. So it’s imperative for you that the web hosting company should be able to provide you with ample of space especially if your website is rich in graphics or has video clips.

FTP access: FTP access is very crucial since it provides the ability to upload new pages. Some web hosting service providers allow you to just design your web pages with their own personal web builder. This may be useful for beginners however you need to ensure if they provide you the facility to expand later when you enhance your online business capabilities.

Degree of reliability, security and speed of access: Speed, security and reliability are extremely important for the success of any online business. While choosing a reliable web hosting service you need to ensure that this is taken care of. A site that is not available, not updated on time or is down, will lose many online visitors. If an online visitor finds your site listed on a search engine, and he tries to access it but finds it down, he is sure to move on to the next link and you lose an important customer or visitor. Even slow working websites are very frustrating. So how do you know if a hosting company is reliable or not? By word of mouth or feedback from others! If that’s not possible then you can yourself try accessing your site during peak hours and non-peak hours too. Your site has to be secure of intruders at the same time, especially if it’s an ecommerce website.

Dependence and support: Does the web hosting service provide 24×7 supports? Do they respond rapidly to your issue? Can you depend on them? If you need 24-hour technical support that larger companies need then expect to pay substantially more. In fact, people are much more expensive than machines.

Pricing plans : Price is also one factor that you should look out for when choosing the best web hosting service. It’s not necessarily true that the most expensive hosts are the best. Simply compare prices and services before you finalize one.

Data transfer (Bandwidth): You also need to see if the hosting company provides you with sufficient bandwidth for efficient data transfer. After all it’s your website and you need to ensure that you are getting the best services for the money you invest.

03. August 2008

New Search Engine - Cuil.com ( meaning Knowledge)

Whew…

Wow. That was intense. Looking back at the first 48 hours since launch, it was quite an experience. After a lot of hard work, we were thrilled to begin offering our new approach to search. We were even more thrilled with the interest, and traffic, we received.

 

In fact, it was overwhelming—literally. While we had planned for a large number of searches on our first day, we hadn’t planned on more than 50 million. After all, that’s in the same ballpark as Microsoft’s Live Search and approaching Yahoo!. And they have a bit more infrastructure than our small start-up.

 

So for a good part of the first day, the traffic volume simply outstripped our ability to respond. Some machines failed. Some bugs were found. Some of our redundancies…weren’t so redundant. This meant some searches didn’t get the best results. Some didn’t get any.

 

And yet, for a lot of searches, Cuil did provide users with new results, different from the ones folks have gotten in the past, according to the reports we’ve received. This is one of our goals—to give people an alternative to existing approaches.

Above is from Cuil’s Announcement page.

There is already a lot of fuss about new search engine Cuil but my personal experience is not that positive. Though i like Cuil’s philosophy and overall look and feel . I am not happy with the search results which is what cuil is primarily focussed . A search for Hem Acharya in cuil returns no result of my page www.hem.com.np the first result is a proxy site what that hell. I wish cuil will present better results in coming days . I wish Cuil good luck.

29. July 2008

Has Google Certificate expired?

Google Mail certificate

I today noticed that the certificate google uses for Smtp servers for Gmail has expired. Is it un noticed by google or they dont have money to renew the certificate ;-)

22. June 2008

Damn ! more than 100 thousand Spams in my blog

This blog Started since April 07 . Though in the archives it says that it started from December 06 . It was on different domain and Different platform other than WordPress . I moved the blog to WordPress and this domain www.hem.com.np . I later added Akismet to block spam comments to this blog after some months may be around june 07 and in the one year’s period the total spam counts just above one hundred thousand . Thanks to Akismet for blocking so many spam comments and counting .

I had Spam comments flooded to my blog when i followed No-Follow movement and now its been some months i have removed no-follow from my blog comments to reduce spam comments filling the blog comment section .

The Spam Count by Akismet can be seen at the sidebar in my blog at the bottom of first sidebar. The count at the time i wrote was 100128

15. June 2008

The Hotmail Loooooooop !

22. May 2008

The Car i like - Toyota Corolla

The automotive world has been buzzing with rumors and activities. It is just because most of the auto makers are coming out with newest models for their customers. Based on that fact, several companies usually will make some improvements for their products and its features to attract their customers to keep using their products and services.

Toyota, one of the most leading car making company of the world has its headquarter in Japan. There are various sub centers of this world class company all around the globe. A specific car of this company, Toyota-corolla, has always fascinated customers with its elegant look and unmatched performance. Hence if you are thinking of to buy this ultimate Toyota corolla then you must consult the largest Toyota corolla dealer in Virginia. No matter what model of Toyota corolla you want, Toyota corolla Virginia will surely provide you with the same model you wish.

Toyota Motor Corporation is also one of the leading companies who have come out with very popular and best selling Toyota Corolla. Toyota Corolla is able to match head to head with one of the strongest cars of auto world. For all the latest models of Toyota you can visit Toyota Corolla Virginia, which i came across while in search of such sites.  Almost 16 percent of the US market share is in hold of Toyota, hence its vastness can easily be felt. The quality and the brand which it offers is incomparable. Toyota brand sales has rise up to 9.2 percent specifically on demand of corolla and corolla sedans. Toyota has spread its feet to almost all the major states of US and Europe. It has now became a multinational company from where it started. It was announced as the largest seller of cars in 2007 beginning.

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