Before this video was released I’d been saying for years that the location of the server your website is hosted on had an effect on your search rankings. This video is proof, end of discussion. So if you aren’t already then go forth and get a region specific provider or hosted exchange service.

Does Web Hosting Location Affect Rankings? is a post from: Web Hosting Blog

2 Simple Tools

These 2 services allow you to quickly see the size of specific web pages, the load time and average speed per KB.

Resource 1) iWebtool – simply enter a list of URLs and click the ‘Check!’ button.
Resource 2) Selfseo – exactly the same as above.

You will find the results vary using both tools, so I advise you to use them both.

More Extensive Tool

If you want a bit more data to peek at, then use the WebsiteOptimization report. This tells you; object size totals (such as HTML, css etc), external objects and the download times depending on connection speeds. It also tells you an analysis and gives recommendations.

How To Test Website Speed is a post from: Web Hosting Blog

In order to receive the deal all you have to do is enter the word AUTUMN when you checkout on their website. Then the reduction takes place on your bill, very easy to do and money saved!

It is available on all services included reseller hosting and also dedicated servers. So this is ideal whether you are a one man band webmaster (packages start from just $4.95 per month) or a big daddy company with big expenditure on web hosting.

So if you are looking to set-up a new website soon or move an existing site to a larger provider this is a good time to save a few dollars. Visit the HostGator site now for more info and to start using the service.

From them you can get domain names, shared hosting, reseller services, VPS and dedicated servers, so you can get a variety of services with the ease of using just one provider.

NOTE: they are a global company so although prices are in dollars they use Paypal, credit cards, and check to accept payments so no matter your location you can do business with them.

Hostgator Promo Code – Get Money Off! is a post from: Web Hosting Blog

The aim of this addition is to bring more traffic to the site for ourselves, and give you another means of marketing your own business with no cost (except a little bit of time!). Any problems with it get in touch, it has only just been installed so there may be a bug or two, but hopefully not.

Check back soon for more updates and news as we continue to improve the summerhosting brand.

New Webmaster Directory Live Online – Reciprocal Only is a post from: Web Hosting Blog

You can check out the current promotion code on THIS PAGE. Each day it is updated. As I write this the offer is a whopping 99% off 1 years web hosting, effectively giving it away!

What is the catch? There isn’t one. The company are just hoping that by becoming a customer when you come to renew your hosting/domain in 1 years time that you will stay with them and pay the normal price (which is quite cheap anyway as it happens).

So if you are after a reputable UK hosting provider visit LCN today and save lots of money.

LCN.com Promotion Code – Great Offers is a post from: Web Hosting Blog

To qualify for the offer simply enter the coupon code BEACH when you checkout. Hurry though as the offer won’t last for very long.

For more details check out HostGator.com now.

HostGator Offer – Summer Sale is a post from: Web Hosting Blog

To take advantage of the offer simply enter the coupon code HEART when you go to checkout.

HostGator provide very good value for money with large space plans available from as little as $4.95 per month, I also think the cheapest plan is the best value for money. They also have reseller plans from $24.95 per month if you want to set-up lots of websites or sell hosting to other webmasters.

Visit them now: HostGator

Special Host Gator Coupon Code To Get 20% Off – Only Until March is a post from: Web Hosting Blog

I don’t know about you but the idea to me of living a longer life is quite good! And working more (or at least continuing to work a lot) will mean more profit so more money. So if I work long and hard I will have more money and live to a greater age. What a mix!

So we may complain about working hard, but it will actually help us in more ways than 1.

Webmasters Don’t Complain About Hard Work! You Will Live Longer is a post from: Web Hosting Blog

Now HostGator has became an even more attractive host option because they now offer free premium templates for all customers! In total there are 4450 templates (at time of posting). The templates normally cost upwards of at least $60 so this is a big benefit considering the cost of hosting.

How To Get Your Free Premium Templates:

First you need a HostGator hosting account
Login to your cpanel
Click the “Website Templates” button under the “Hostgator Links” section
Navigate to the template you want
Enter your details in the “Download Form” (username, username, password)
Click “Download Now”

I am very impressed by the number of templates available and the quality of them! I have three websites hosted with Hostgator so I’m very happy these templates are available. If you are looking for a new hosting provider of just want to get more value for the money you spend on hosting then I recommend you check out HostGator as they’ve always been great for me!

HostGator Free Templates Available For All Customers! is a post from: Web Hosting Blog

A good way to do this is to change hosts. It is a bit of hassle for you but for the sake of a mornings work you could potentially save yourself hundreds of dollars per year (dependent on how big your websites are).

Top Tip To Get A Good Price
The best way I have found to get a good deal is to haggle. You won’t be able to do this with websites like Hostgator but you can with the companies who are much smaller (but still provide a great service). I haggled on my the new reseller hosting account I recently opened and got a price of just over £17, the package normally costs £29.99 – this is over 40% off!

Just contact the host telling them your requirements (make sure they differ from their packages available) and the budget you are trying to stick to. See what they come back with and if no good then just move onto the next hosting provider!

Eventually you can get yourself a great deal with a really good host and in the process lower your costs and help your business beat the credit crunch!

Cut Hosting Costs To Beat The Credit Crunch is a post from: Web Hosting Blog

At the moment everything is quiet, and with the price of oil dropping I expect it to be the same for a quite a while. So now is certainly the right time for me to move the website from its own hosting package onto my own reseller hosting. This is going to save me just £40 over the next 12 months (about $71 at time of posting).

It will probably take me around an hour to set-up the new hosting, move the files across and change nameservers. Doing it properly should also ensure very little or hopefully zero downtime. And for the sake of an hour Ive saved myself £40 in expenses over the next 12 months.

So if you run a website which is no longer hot but you want to keep the website, change the hosting package to lower costs and increase profits!

Don’t Keep A Hosting Package If You Don’t Need It is a post from: Web Hosting Blog

The Digitpedia Tech Blog has a good post on the New MSN toolbar which is worth a read.

Microsoft Releases A New Free Toolbar is a post from: Web Hosting Blog

If you have any kind of problem with your hosting or a script, or domain related questions etc etc you are best to just go straight to your hosting provider. You are paying them money for their services, part of their service is the help and support they provide – they have to help you!

In my experience just going straight to your host gets a quicker response and a better response than posting on a forum. The majority of people on a forum probably won’t know how to solve your problem, the hosting support will. The hosting providers also have access to your site so they can take a look to get a full understanding of the issue, unlike forum members.

So next time you need a question answering related to the functions of your website (not promotional questions and stuff like that!) just go straight to your host and save yourself a lot of time!

Use Your Providers Customer Service To Get Hosting Problems Solved is a post from: Web Hosting Blog

I started off by doing quite a bit of research using a checklist I put together, the provider had to be UK based and I didn’t want to be spending more than £20 ($40) per month, as well as a few other requirements. Having came down to 3 companies I then decided to use forums for opinions.

In a thread on a UK business forum I am apart of a couple of other host providers contacted me about if I would be interested in using them. I told them my requirements and asked them to give me their best price, as well as the company I am currently expecting to go with (just to get the price lower!).

A few chats later I had got myself some great reseller hosting which beat my requirements and came in well under my monthly budget – the hosting is also very fast and the support from the host so far has been brilliant.

Conclusion
To get the best price for your hosting always contact companies saying you have slightly different requirements to the packages they sell and if they could offer you a price for your needs. Get quite a few quotes and tell them what prices other companies are offering.

You can soon have yourself some great hosting at a really good price!

Haggle Hosts And Compare Prices To Get A Better Deal is a post from: Web Hosting Blog

However it can affect the success of your website. If you stuggle to manage your website then development of the actual site will be slow, costing you time and money.

It is important that you pick either cPanel or FTP and master it. Even if you are only ever intending to set-up and run one website, you want to be fully confident and sure in what you are doing. I run quite a few websites and have done for a few years now, I’ve always used cPanel and feel very comfortable using it. On the other hand I know nothing about FTP and never intend to manage any website via FTP.

Conclusion
When you are looking for a new hosting provider make sure you get hosting with your preferred choice, and stick with it throughout your online journey. Because if you chop and change between the two it could affect your success!

Learn One Way; cPanel or FTP and Master It is a post from: Web Hosting Blog

The problem with this is that in order to make money the reviewers have to make sales. If they give a bad review of a company, no one will use them and the reviewer won’t make any money. This pushes the affiliates into giving positive reviews, even if the service provider they are reviewing isn’t very good.

We’ve all read the kinds of reviews before that I’m talking about. They give the host 10/10 and say how great the customer service, how amazing the 99.9% uptime is and that you can’t beat the amazing prices! When in truth the affiliate has never used the service, hasn’t researched the service and knows very little about the service provider at all.

How To Avoid Such Reviews
You can use webmaster forums to find out if a provider is any good, forums don’t generally allow affiliate links so unless those replying work for the company (unlikely) you should get decent feedback on whether the company is any good.

You can also try and use websites like ours. In our list of hosting providers we don’t give a full review, we simply list individual companies and give hard facts about them, like how long they have been established, number of customers they have etc etc. This way you can make your own mind up.

So watch out for those hosting reviews who praise too much, they may have an ulterior motive!

Be Careful Of Hosting Reviews That Praise Too Much! is a post from: Web Hosting Blog

So in web hosting what is ‘good’ customer service?

• A quick response is vital. If your site is coming up with errors meaning the site won’t display at all you need it sorting and quickly! A company taking 24hrs to respond is going to cost you money in lost revenue, zero user satisfaction and no chance of visitors returning.
• They must be able to sort your problems properly. It may only be simple but if it takes the host a day to sort it out then what happens when you have a major problem. This often happens when you buy hosting from a ’reseller’ and the reseller doesn’t actually have any technical knowledge.
• They should be polite. Manners cost nothing and although it isn’t critical it is good to be able to build up a relationship with those who help you which will benefit you in the future. 

So when you are drawing up a shortlist remember to get some feeback on hosts and it will save you headaches in the future!

Good Customer Service Should Be High Up Your List is a post from: Web Hosting Blog

FreeStockImages.net reported on their new Free Unlimited Image Hosting service which requires no sign-up and has very few adverts to annoy you. This is a great place to store all your images and save on your precious disk space. Some image host providers all offer upgrade services which you have to pay for but you get extra services for your money.

Once you’ve uploaded your images most host providers will allow you to keep them hosted for an indefinite amount of time so you don’t need to worry about constantly returning to the hoster!

Save Bandwidth and Disk Space By Using Free Image Hosting is a post from: Web Hosting Blog

What Does A Web Hosting Company’s Data Center Look Like? is a post from: Web Hosting Blog

• Cheap hosts often have more downtime. When your website is down people can’t visit it, these visitors may have bought from you or clicked an adsense ad on your site. And by not seeing your site they are also highly unlikely to be a return visitor!
• Cheap hosts often oversell too much on servers. Overselling is what allows cheap hosts to provide hosting at such a low cost. If overselling gets out of hand the cpu and ram become overloaded and your site is down! If this happens once again you lose customers/return visitors.
• Slow performance can annoy visitors. If your website loads quite slowly (this could be down to your coding, not the server) visitors will get annoyed and probably not want to visit your site again.
• When your site expands you will then have money to move to larger/better hosting package. In the process you will need to mvoe the site to the new hosting, this can often have problems causing errors and requires the site to be offline for hours/days whilst the move is complete. Being on a quality host from the start avoids this.
• Poor customer service from the host. Cheap hosts sometimes scrimp on the support staff as well, so getting answers when you have urgent problems can take longer than on more costly hosts.
• Less customer features. Some hosts provide unique features for members, whether it is web design templates or extra cpanel features. Cheap hosts often won’t provide anything extra which may have helped your website.

In this blog post i’ve listed 6 reasons why going with a cheap host is not a good idea, Im sure those with poor experiences could list even more reasons. For the sake of an extra $4 or $5 per month I highly recommend going with a quality host! You get what you pay for!

Why Having Cheap Web Hosting Could Actually Cost You Money! is a post from: Web Hosting Blog