• 27Feb

    There are many times when one needs to transfer a domain name. There may be many reasons for the transferring the domain to another registrar, hence it becomes necessary to know the procedure of transferring it.

    domain-names-270x300 Understanding the process of Domain Name TransferBasically, a domain name transfer is the process of transition of the name one has registered with one registrar to another registrar. In short, it is a transition from one domain name service provider to other.

    The process of domain name transfer is simple. The new registrar needs  to take the first move of transferring. One needs to get an account set-up with a new registrar and the WHOIS database for the domain. After the account has been set-up, one can see a “Transfer Domain” option. Once the option is selected as a background process an E-mail exchange takes place between the new registrar and the WHOIS database regarding the domain name. The process of domain name transfer cannot be possible unless a WHOIS administrator accepts it. Once the transfer is approved, the new registrar sends a notification to the Top Level Domain Registry (TLDR) for further approval.

    It is necessary that the domain is active inorder to work. The domain 1-300x225 Understanding the process of Domain Name Transfertransfer fails if its locked, inactive or pending. Therefore it is recommended  to transfer the domain before the date of expiry. The TLD registry reports the new registrar for the continuation of transfer only if the domain is active and is registered for more the sixty days. Now, the registry makes the old registrar aware of the transfer request been filed. Generally, within five days the registrar needs to respond to the TLD registry. If the old registrar fails to respond, then the registry by default assumes an approval. This also calls in the chances of domain name thefts, hence it is always recommended to sign-up with a registrar which offers domain locking features along with other feature of protecting the domain name. The registrar needs to inform the TLD registry about the approval of the transfer. The TLD registry takes the name of the old registrar then informs the new registrar and adds to their account.

    With this the Domain Name transfer gets completed.

    There are many web hosting service providers that offer domain name registration under their registry. They have people to walk you through the process. This helps in avoiding any kind of mess up during the transfer process.

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  • 20Feb

    Microsoft’s Hyper V has been introduced to change the way, virtual machines interact with the physical hardware. This new technology has enabled the manufacturer to compete with other different server virtualization products and services available in the market. It has provided additional capabilities to the IT sector. Hyper V has the ability to offer better support to the host functionality, support for the guest sessions, administration support and improvements in the reliability of the server.

    Microsoft has managed to make major improvements to the virtual host capabilities of Hyper V are the core functional additions to Windows Server 2008. These improvements relate to security, reliability and performance. The most significant addition to Hyper V is the new virtual switch that provides greater flexibility for managing the network communication among guest images and internetworking infrastructure of an organization.

    ws08hypev_logo_2501 Microsoft Hyper V Technology OverviewHyper V and Windows Server 2008 influence the in-built capabilities of Windows 2008 along with specific Hyper V components for the purpose of improvingsupport, operation, administration and management of a Hyper V host server. Alike any other application server in the Active Directory environment, server can be managed and administered when Hyper V host server is joined to a Microsoft Active Directory. Centralized security management is possible through use of Active Directory units, user admins. and groups. Same tools organizations used for management and monitoring of existing Windows server systems can be used to monitor Hyper V host server. Security policies, back-up procedures, patch management and corresponding tools and utilities that are used to support Windows Server systems can be used to support Hyper V host server system. In short the Hyper V host server transforms into another managed Windows server overall on the network.

    It important to run a Hyper V host server on 64 bit system. This is for providing more memory in the host server to distribute among guest sessions. Previously, a 32 bit host server was limited to approximately 4 Gb RAM memory and the ways to divide the memory into different guest sessions were limited, but with 64 bit host servers supporting 8Gb, 16 Gb or more, guest sessions can easily consume 4Gb or 8Gb memory, yet leave ample room for other guest sessions and functions. All the guest sessions on a Hyper V administration host resides within a single server. Hence, the virtual switch capability built in to thw Hyper V Administration tool enables the Hyper V administrator to create special network segments to ensure the virtual guest sessions to specific network adapters in host servers to ensure that the virtual guests can be connected to network segments to meet the needs of the organization.

    Today, many web hosting companies provide Hyper V technology with their VPS packages.

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  • 19Feb

    The LiteSpeed Web Server has earned a reputation of high performance and scalability web server. One of its major feature is, it can be completely interchanged with Apache Web Server. Other features include and easy usability of web administration console, it effectively delivers web serving architecture.

    lswslogo3 Characteristic Features Of LiteSpeed Web Server

    features_light-speed Characteristic Features Of LiteSpeed Web ServerLiteSpeed has the ability to offer double speed in the mean time reduce the load on the server by half. This Web Server is the product introduced by LiteSpeed Technologies Inc. They offer a trial version of the server, it can be downloaded free.

    Many Web hosting companies offer LiteSpeed web server, after the demand from clients.

    FEATURES Of LiteSpeed Web Server :

    a) It is interchangeable with Apache and can be operated from Apache httpd.conf

    b) It is compatible with most of the Web Hosting control panels such as Plesk, cPanel, DirectAdmin. Etc.

    c) It is quick and easy to migrate from other web servers

    d) There is no necessity to buy additional hardware to cope up with current server’s low performance.

    e) It provides high scalability,

    f) It leaves little memory footprint

    g) It increases the scalability of external web applications

    h) Its feature also includes Watch Dog monitoring

    i) It has the capability of instantly recovering from service failures

    j) It can be easily installed

    k) PHP can be automatically set-up

    l) With the use of Admin GUI the server can be easily managed

    m) It has an automatic update agent

    n) It comes with a Virtual host template configuration

    o) Its security feature involves strict HTTP request validation

    p) It denies any attempts of buffer overrun

    q) It has a feature of preventing the system overloading

    r) Chroot support

    s) Chroot and suexec CGI script

    t) SSL Hardware acceleration

    u) Supports Ruby On Rails

    v) IT offers Apache compatible .htaccess support

    w) MS Frontpage Server Extension

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  • 18Feb

    Many are unaware of the concept of a burstable RAM. So, here is a short description of Burstable RAM. Burstable RAM is the memory that is available beyond the guaranteed RAM. If a VPS hosting plan offers a guaranteed RAM of 256 Mb and 1024 Mb Burstable RAM, then it means if a client uses all of the 200 Mb RAM which is the guaranteed ram, s/he is still left with 824 Mb burstable RAM for the burst usage, with a condition that the host server has enough free memory.

    vps Understand the Concept Of Burstable RAM

    Generally, a reliable and professional web host leaves some extra memory available on every host server as burstable RAM. Burstable RAM is provided to the users of Virtual Private Servers (VPS). Every VPS is assigned a guaranteed amount of RAM that is available all time. Burstable RAM proves to be really useful when there is a sudden high usage or high traffic. Burstable RAM is not in use by any VPS server so it can be allocated to any VPS which may need it till it is available. Users can use this resource as long as it is available.

    One should not misunderstand that burstable RAM is always available. None of the Web Hosting companies can give such guarantee. If an account regularly uses this burstable RAM, it is recommended to upgrade to a higher web hosting package for additional guaranteed resources.

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  • 17Feb

    Usually when someone starts a hosting business, one starts with a reseller hosting package. As the web hosting business starts maturing and the amount of traffic grows, the server needs to be updraded to VPS hosting server. Ultimately, when the resources of a VPS starts falling short of the requirements one is left with the option of upgrading the VPS hosting plan to a Dedicated Server web hosting plan.

    World Wide WebBut, when do you actually need to upgrade to a dedicated server? As a well known fact that dedicated servers are expensive than a shared hosting or reseller and even VPS hosting, one must understand if they really need to upgrade to a Dedicated server hosting plan.

    Dedicated server means that the entire server is leased by you. The resources are not shared with anyone. With a dedicated server one can enjoy dedicated guaranteed bandwidth and disk storage space. The hardware and the software can be customized according to the needs and requirements. Apart from this, choosing the right dedicated server plan is equally important.

    dell-server-300x180 Criteria’s For Choosing A Dedicated Server Plan.The main reason for upgrading to a dedicated server is because of the high volume of web traffic and critical operations. The dedicated servers are designed for the businesses which require the support for high volumes of web traffic. If one or more web-sites are large and play a major role in the profits and has the capability to bear the expenses of dedicated hosting then opting to upgrade to a dedicated server can prove to be a profitable move.

    An ideal host can be the one that offers comprehensive tools which allows you to perform tasks on the backend as well as on the front end of the server. To manage the activities of the server, web hosting firm’s offer advanced control panels such as cPanel, WHM, Plesk etc.

    Generally depending on the web hosting provider, one can choose between the operating systems to run on the servers. Most of the web hosts provide pre-installed applications and software’s on the servers. Windows and Linux operating systems are available in the market as the OS for servers. Linux being an open source OS is cheaper and is preferred by the people who have an inclination towards flexibility, whereas Windows is usually expensive due to the licensing fees but due to its familiarity its easy to use. Both the platforms perform well on the dedicated server. It is important for you to choose a system that offers the highest level of comfort.

    smallglobe-web-hosting-300x275 Criteria’s For Choosing A Dedicated Server Plan.After the decision of platform is finalized, one needs to decide between the option of choosing a managed service or an unmanaged service. A typical dedicated server comes with the hardware, a web server software and an operating system, commonly known as an unmanaged hosting, apart from the disk space, physical security and bandwidth everything can be customized. By opting for a managed hosting the provider takes the responsibility of all the maintenance with an additional cost to pay.

    A dedicated server provides a fast performance which isn’t possible on a shared server plan. When choosing a dedicated server one needs to check for a package that offers RAM, processor speed and bandwidth for optimal performance.

    Before finalizing a dedicated web hosting package one must make sure that the hosting provider has a good reputation. There are various ways of judging the capability and service of a web hosting service provider.

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  • 16Feb

    There are various merits and de-merits of a Colocation Center.

    MERITS

    colocation-noc-244x300 Merits and De-Merits of ColocationA] Bandwidth and Associated Costs: The collocation data centers usually have surplus and very high speed connections to many Internet networks. It enables abundant potential of bandwidth. Yet the users are charged for the bandwidth that is actually utilized.

    B] Protection Against Outage: The data centers have redundant power lines, its also backed up by generators and multi homed Internet connections. All these facilities offer uptime guarantees of upto 99.99%. The biggest advantage of collocation centers is that it has spares of the inventories along with a team of experts to replace the hardware whenever required.

    C] Ownership of Hardware in a Colocation Center: In any collocation center the hardware is owned by you. It is the owner’s responsibility to maintain, upgrade or de-grade the hardware. One does not need to wait for the web host to get new servers as per the clients requirement.

    D] In the collocation center the software too is owned by the owner of the server.

    E] Hardware need not be moved in case the business moves to a different location : One need not move the IT hardware and then re-install it at the business center. The hardware can be kept at the collocation center and can be operated remotely.

    colocation_security-212x300 Merits and De-Merits of ColocationF] Security : A collocation center is anytime much more secure than a typical office environment. The center is under constant surveillance, it is cannot be forcibly breached, it is also secured against fire and other natural disasters upto a large extent. Individual hardware is caged in once owned cages.

    G] Management of Hardware and Software’s : The service of managing the hardware and software can taken up by the collocation center at an additional cost. This service can be opted if a company does not have enough in-house IT staff or the distance between the company and the collocation center is geographically far away.


    De-Merits Of Colocation

    A] The geographical locations are of the data centers can only be found near major network hubs in major cities.

    B] Managed Web Hosting is much cheaper than Colocation : One needs to lease or purchase the equipment and software and can either provide staff for running it or pay the collocation center for its handling and maintaining.

    C] Just incase on moves the business then you might have to face additional travel time and unnecessary efforts of relocation the entire hardware to the new collocation center. The best alternative is to pay the colocation center to maintain the systems.

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  • 14Feb

    Trust Rank is one of the major factors to determine the actual ranking of any website. Trust Rank is the level of trust awarded to a website on the Internet. It is because of the Trust Rank that websites score high in the search engine results.

    Web-sites Trust Rank

    There are many hidden factors that affect the Trust Rank on the websites.

    1. Duration Of the Website on the Internet : Everything can be changed in SEO except the duration of the web-site has spent over the Internet. Hence, this factor is taken into consideration by the search engines. This enhances the Trust status of the search engines. The age is also important for increasing the page rank of a particular website. It has been seen that the old domains have higher rankings as compared to any other domain. The websites history is checked by the search engines for SPAM’s.

    2. Website Content: As we all agree that the website must have good quality content on the web pages. Alongwith the content it is also important that it is coded in a search engine friendly manner. Duplicate content isn’t appreciated by any of the search engines. There are multiple web-sites that have suffered the consequences of duplicate data in the websites. The web-sites which were ranked high suddenly showed a decline in the amount of traffic, after analysis the SEO experts realized that those websites had duplicate content on the websites for which it had to pay the penalty.

    If the web-site owner shows respect to the search engines and focuses on producing high quality genuine content then its sure that the site too would get respect and would be ranked well in the search engine result pages (SERP). It’s a logical thing that if the website has information and is helping the visitor then he would surely start linking to the website.

    3. Back linking to the Web-site: It’s a misconception among most of the  Importance Of Trust Rank In Every Search Engineweb marketers that quality backlinks means the back linking from the websites having higher page ranks. There might be occasions where a website with a Page Rank 3 proves to be more beneficial than having a backlink from a similar kind of web site that has Page Rank 5. The search engines are good at identifying any unnatural pattern in the back links of the website. One should bear in mind that Page Rank is no where related to Trust Rank (according to me).

    history-logo-150x150 Importance Of Trust Rank In Every Search Engine4. Optimization of the History Of the Domain: Not completely sure but I believe that the search engines stores the optimization history of every domain for the purpose of deciding the Trust Rank of a website.

    There are many SEO activities that can lower the Trust Rank of a website. It is recommended that one should follow a natural pattern of optimization in the search engines.

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  • 13Feb

    The difference starts from the names itself, SEM is an abbreviation for Search Engine Marketing whereas SEO is Search Engine Optimization.

    It’s a very common misconception among the web marketers that SEO and SEM are same.

    seo-white1-1024x521 Understand The Difference Between SEM and SEO

    Basically SEO is a small part of SEM. SEO focuses majorly on the on-site and off-site changes and adjustments for producing higher rankings in the search engine results. SEO and SEM goes hand-in-hand, rather if used in combination can generate incredible results in the search engine result pages.

    SEO concentrates on meta tags, titles, keyword density, effective and clean html coding whereas SEM looks into the search engine submission, paid inclusion, directories submission, traditional adds, PPC (Pay Per Click), PPS (Pay Per Sale) and press release. Press release is a clever way of informing people on the Network about your existence.

    seo-sem-difference Understand The Difference Between SEM and SEO

    SEO has several file types, one common type is using HTML or XHTML sitemap. XML sitemap is another common type of plain text file minimally containing the URL names.

    SEM requires payments at most places whereas SEO can be a way to make sure that the website gets its share of the free advertising that the search results can provide.

    There are many Web Hosting companies that provide SEO and SEM for your websites.Also, there are some firms that are dedicated in providing dedicated SEO and SEM services.

    search_engines-300x293 Understand The Difference Between SEM and SEOThe fact is that unless you have plenty of time to spend in research and keeping yourself up to date with the latest trends, you will have to spend a bit of money with either strategy. Even if you get an expert to handle this for you, it will still take a bit of research and trial before you can decide which way to go with your business and whether to combine the two strategies.

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  • 07Feb

    cloud-question-mark-cloud-computing-189x300 Understand Cloud ComputingThe basic description of Cloud Computing is the use of computer data storage, web or software applications, central processing units via the Internet alongwith software development tools and associated software architecture components. It is another way of computing in which typically scalable resources are provided as a service on the Internet. This technology integrates Software As A Service (SaaS), Web 2.0 and other recent well known trends of technology which targets a common theme of reliance on the Internet for satisfying the computing needs of the users.

    cloud-computing Understand Cloud ComputingCloud computing is a computing model in which tasks are assigned to a combination of connections, softwares and services accessed over the network. This network of servers and connections collectively called as a “Cloud”. Computing at the scale of the cloud allows users to access power equivalent to that of a supercomputer. Cloud computing can be contrasted with the traditional desktop computing model where the resources of a single desktop computer are used to complete tasks and an expansion of the client/server model. Cloud computing can be used to sort through vast amount of data. Like grid computing, cloud computing requires the use of software that can divide and distribute components of a program to thousands of computers. New and advanced processors, virtualization technology, inexpensive and fast servers, disk storage, broadband internet access all have combined to make Cloud computing a compelling model.

    what-is-cloud-computing-1024x695 Understand Cloud Computing

    A major advantage of Cloud computing is that it allows users and companies to pay based on the server utilization, used processing power or the for the actual consumed bandwidth.

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  • 06Feb

    safe-wh1-300x70 Important Criteria’s To Check When Choosing The Perfect Web Hosting Provider.

    First of all I feel that Price is not everything. It does not matter if you have fraud-webhosting Important Criteria’s To Check When Choosing The Perfect Web Hosting Provider.chosen cheap web hosting package. Ideally one gets attracted towards such offers, but are not aware or do not think that how web hosting companies offer packages at so competitive rates. One should not forget that its not a charity work, it BUSINESS. So some way or the other the company is going to compensate it.

    Let me take you through the aspects one should look for while choosing a web hosting company.

    A] Don’t just go for size but also look for stability. One should not get tempted just because a web hosting company is offering unlimited space with unmetered bandwidth. Check your websites requirements and accordingly decide the resources to be opted. Later one may find that there is a lot of server downtime that you need to face or the server gets overloaded. One should do a fair amount of research when choosing the web hosting service provider.

    B] The chosen web hosting company must have professional technical staff, customer service should be their major focus. Check for the availability of their administrators. Check what support options are available such as unmetered, Support tickets, Phone support (Toll Free I prefer :-p) etc. Also don’t forget to check the response time.

    C] The web host must be flexible, I mean they must have the provision of upgrading or downgrading the package according to the customer needs.

    D] Understand the different types of services offered by web hosts such as Managed/Unmanaged Dedicated/Semi-Dedicated/Shared/VPS/Colocated/Reseller Windows/Linux. A new website usually does not need higher packages, one can start with cheaper packages and later upgrade as per requirements.

    E] Check if the servers are placed at fully redundant data centers. Even if the hosting firm is small, then check if they have ample power and connectivity.

    F] One way of knowing more about a firm is checking the customer reviews on forums and testimonials .

    G] The most important aspect that must not be neglected is that the web hosting firm should not have blacklisted IP’s. The web hosting firm should not be promoting illegal sites, other security issues or spammers. Get a confirmation of the server that your account would be placed on.

    Following these simple but vital steps can add substantial benefits to one’s business.

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