I came across a limited time offer by HostUpon for a special 50% discount on their web hosting packages and decided to check it out. The company is privately owned and managed, based out of Toronto, Ontario Canada. Just look them up on the Net, they’re highly ranked among web hosting companies together with other names like BlueHost and HostGator.

Hosting Packages

There are two packages that you can choose from: The starter unlimited package and the business unlimited package. The starter unlimited package is now on offer at $4.95 from the original price of $7.95 while the business unlimited package is at a discounted price of $9.95 compared to the original price of $12.95. But, if you sign up within 30 days from now (until end of November 2011), you can use the special coupon code “100WEB” to get 50% off!

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The packages feature unlimited hosting space for your website, unlimited monthly bandwidth for all your uploading needs, unlimited add ondomains and a free domain for life. At the price they are offering for the packages, the offer is really too good to pass up, so I decided to give them a try and signed up for the starter unlimited package.

I was really surprised with the service I’ve been given by HostUpon. I have to say, they are one of the best web hosting company I’ve signed up with and believe me, I have hosted with several companies before, being a blogger. HostUpon provides a free transfer service for customers like me who want to switch web hosts; I found this service really helpful and of course, I like it all the better since it’s free. Moving some of my blogs to HostUpon was as easy as ABC as the friendly staff assisted me with the transferring of my files and databases.

If you are new to web hosting, you don’t have to worry about setting up as the packages also include a free site builder with templates to assist you in building your sites.

There are no setup fees required. So you only have to pay the sign up price with no other additional costs to get your website up and running with HostUpon.

There are many web hosting companies out there offering competitive prices for their web hosting plans. So how do you choose one that fits all your web-hosting needs but at the same time does not make you grunt with dissatisfaction each time you pay the monthly fees?

HostUpon is well-known for their web hosting solutions and with the current 50% off promotion, there’s no reason why you should think twice about making HostUpon your web host. Extremely cheap plans, no additional fees required, unlimited hosting space and unlimited monthly bandwidth – that’s all you’ll probably need to know for the website. On top of that, HostUpon offers a 30-day money back guarantee with no questions asked, so you can request for a refund if you decide that HostUpon packages do not meet your hosting needs.

HostUpon also lived up to their claim of providing 24/7 support and real customer service 365 days a year. After having hosted with a few other web host providers before, I can vouch for HostUpon. Moving my blog to HostUpon was a breeze as I was assisted by their friendly staff in each step of transferring my files and databases. They provide live chat services that I used whenever I had any questions, so there is no need for me to wait for them to reply my emails to get my questions answered and my problems resolved. Even when I did email them once in a while, my tickets were answered pretty quickly and most importantly, by someone who knew what he was talking about.

One of HostUpon’s best features is their solid 24-hours 7-days a week 365-days a year support and real customer service. Having dealt with the customer service team myself, I can vouch that the support team is helpful, knowledgeable and are easy to reach too, as compared to the other hosts that I had previously hosted with before.

I can also stand by their claim for 99.9% uptime guarantee. When I was moving my blog to HostUpon, they helpfully made sure that my blog did not suffer from downtime during the transfer. They have fast and reliable servers, a feature promised by most providers yet never truly delivered, thanks to the five Tier IV data centres used by the HostUpon. The five data centres is located in Dallas, Seattle and Washington in the USA and in uptown and downtown Toronto, Canada ensure that their shared hosting server is not overloaded as in the case of other web hosting companies. You can also choose which data centre you wish to be hosted by for optimal response time, simply select the one that is closest to your location.

So yes, HostUpon is definitely a web hosting company which I can highly recommend. If you are looking for a web hosting provider, please make sure you sign up with them quickly before the current 30-day 50% discount offer ends (use coupon code 100WEB)! Great plans at a great price, no additional charges, near-perfect uptime, fast and reliable servers and best of all, excellent customer service, so much that you will not find a service better than HostUpon. Besides, there is no risk at all for you to sign up and try out their services because if you find their services unsatisfactory in any way, you can always request for a refund under their 30-day money back guarantee policy.

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HostUpon Web Hosting Maximum Discount is a post from: Technshare

When looking at web hosting packages, the features that hosting companies talk about the most are disk space and bandwidth. In years past, these were very important numbers to consider. However, web hosting has evolved to the point where most hosting packages have more than enough disk space and bandwidth for the typical small website.

Why most small websites don’t need to worry about disk space and bandwidth

For the sake of calculation, I measured a randomly selected static five-page website – it was 350K, including HTML, CSS, and images. If this entire website was viewed 1,000 times in a month, the hosting account would need less than 1MB of disk space and only about 350MB of bandwidth. Most hosting accounts offer far more than those numbers – in fact, many hosting accounts now offer unlimited bandwidth and disk space.

What are the features and numbers that really matter?

Language support

If your website uses any server-side scripting languages or databases, such as PHP, ASP, MySQL, etc. it is essential that you select a hosting account with the correct support. In addition to ensuring the server supports the correct language, ensure it has the correct version and libraries installed. For example, your website might require PHP5 with the ImageMagick library installed. You should also check to see if there are additional technical features your website needs, such as root access or the ability to edit your PHP settings.

Uptime

Having your website go down due to server issues can be very stressful, and can result in lost business, aggravated customers, and a host of other problems. However, even the most carefully engineered and maintained servers will occasionally experience downtime. You should look for a web host that has a history of keeping any downtime to an absolute minimum. With a good web host, you can expect 99.9% or greater uptime. Many web hosts offer an uptime guarantee, typically stipulating that if your website is down for more than the allowable amount, you don’t pay for that month of web hosting.

Support

Most hosting companies offer 24/7 e-mail support, but that isn’t necessarily enough. There are several additional factors you should look at:

• Average response time – what is the average amount of time it takes the support staff to reply to an e-mail ticket?
• Expertise – are the support staff able to understand, diagnose, and fix any issue that is brought to them?
• Phone or chat support – in some cases, e-mail support is simply too tedious or slow. In these cases, it is very helpful to have a web host that offers technical support by chat and/or phone.

Most web hosting packages offer more than enough disk space and bandwidth for the average small website. If you select a hosting package that offers the correct technical specs, excellent uptime percentage, and top-notch support, you will have a web host that serves you very well.

Web Hosting: The Features That Really Matter For Small Websites is a post from: Technshare

Blogging, like just about anything else, can be done with varying levels of success. If you want to have the sort of large following that will rival the most popular news websites, then it is important to implement some best practices, adopted from successful bloggers. Here are the top ten:

1. Get Your Own URL:

When you started your blog you likely began with a web address that was a sub domain of your blogging service’s domain. To become an influential blogger you must first be easy for your new and returning readers to find on the web. Reserve your own web address that ends in .com. Make sure it is easy to spell and is as few words as possible. Look for free domain hosting so that you are only paying the registration fee (usually under $20 a year).

2. Generate Great Content:

The part that many new bloggers miss, to their detriment, is that in order to be an influential and successful blogger, you must first generate high quality content that will influence your readers. The more content you generate, the more likely you are to be found through search engines.

3. Keep Out The Spam:

While it is true that the most successful bloggers are able to reap financial rewards from using affiliate programs wherein they recommend products or services to their readers and are paid a percentage of sales that are generated from those recommendations, this can be a double edged sword. If your blog appears to be a giant advertisement, then your word will be suspect and your readership will not grow. In fact, it may even dwindle down to nothing! Look for a balance, and make sure that you make it clear that any opinions are your own.

4. Get Social:

Social media is the current buzzword for popular services like Facebook and Twitter that let your readers share content that they like with each other. Put buttons for these services on every blog post so your readers are able to access them easily. Some blog hosting services offer built in sharing which will make it even easier.

5. Submit Your Best Posts:

Join news aggregating site, Blokube.com, Digg.com, and submit your best posts. The better your content the more Diggs, or votes, it will get, and the more people will see your content when they log onto Digg or Blokube.

6. Keep It Clean:

Take a critical look at your blog’s layout to make sure that it is easy to read for your readers. Avoid light colored text on a white background and dark colored text on a black background. Consider the different options that various blog hosts offer.

7. Be Consistent:

When someone reads a great post they will come back for more of the same. Write consistently about your niche, whether it is children or botany, so your readers can look to you as an expert in your area.

8. Use Your RSS:

Many blog readers today prefer to have new blog posts sent to them through e-mail, or to access them through a reader, like Google Reader. Use Google’s Feedburner to make it easy for them.

9. Lose The Pop Up Ads:

While monetizing your blog‘s sidebar with static ads generally does not detract from your blog, having pop up ads that keep your readers from being able to read your blog will do just that: keep them from reading your blog.

10. Find Your Tribe:

Whether you are a 20 something blogger or a stay at home mom, there is an online community of other bloggers that you can learn from, and jumpstart your readership with.

10 Ways to be on the “Influential Bloggers” List is a post from: Technshare

Netfirms giving domain name for 1$ . To use this coupon code you need to have Paypal also will ask for credit card authorization. So you would better pay by credit card.

The domain cost 1$ . Though Personally I like such kind of offer and I believe those who are looking to buy domain, will love this offer.

Coupon Code: DOLLARDOMAIN

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Grab Domain for 1$ from Netfirms is a post from: Technshare

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Your domain name is what portrays who you are on the web, your domain name is your brand and it can have a positive or negative effect on you now or in the nearest future. Choosing a good domain name is a must for anybody who wants to have long term success on the internet.

Here are some tips for choosing a good domain name.

1. Let it be the same as your website name: Don’t get confused yet; your domain name is yourdomain.com while website name is the website title, a good match of a domain name and title with domain name as “yourdomainname.com” will be “Your Domain”. This helps you in the form that it makes your domain name easy to remember and it also helps you easily rank for your keyword because if people want to link to you, they will most likely use your keyword which probably will be your anchor text.
2. Let it be your brand name: A good example of a brand name will be Toyota.com for the vehicle TOYOTA. This helps you easily build and spread your  brand within a short period of time, it also makes your name popular e.g. Ben Lang is very popular due to him using the domain name ben-lang.com
3. Keep it short: Try as much as possible to keep your domain name as short as possible, the 3 letters domain names have gone and for your to build your brand and get a short domain name, try to make sure your domain name is no longer than 12 characters.
4. Avoid hyphens: When choosing a domain name, it is very important to avoid the use of hyphens in the domain name, a domain name which is lawyer.com will be more easy to remember than law-yer.com
5. Try .com: The .com domain name is the most popular type of domain, most of your users will mistakenly type .com which will in turn lead them to competitors. Try to choose a .com domain only and if you already have a domain name, try to check if the .com is still available, buy it and redirect it to the other extension type.
6. Trademark infringement: Try to make sure your domain name does not infringe other people trade mark, this isn’t good, avoid it as possible so that you won’t face any legal problems in the future. If you are not sure whether your domain name is infringing a trademark, try to research the domain name to know if the name is associated with any company before making a purchase.

All the above tips should be able to help you choose a better domain name.

How to choose a better domain name is a post from: Technshare

When it comes  to domain registration, many people complaint that good domains are already taken and so in ordered to take a good domain they buy domain with high price.

Today I am telling about how to take a good domain for seo using Stop-words and for less cost, just$7.49

As you know google ignore common words such as ‘a’ or ‘by’ so if you register a domain ‘techandshare.com’ it will treated by google same as ‘technshare.com’ Or ‘techshare.com’. This is a good mehtod when you want to buy a keyword reich domain name but it has already been taken.

Or, A, For, The, With, And, Bay, store, guide, box, digital, bb  –  These are stop-words are free to use when creating or buying a domain name. Try to play with these stop-words and create some thing decent. For instance ‘Techshare.com’ is definitely taken but you can always go for something like this ‘techandshare.com’, ‘techforshare.com’ , ‘itechshare.com’ , ‘thetechshare.com’ and so on.

So, if the profitable keywords which you choosed was taken, just try the stop-words for good domain name registration

Use Stopwords For Domain Registration is a post from: Technshare