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Posted by advertolog at Monday ~ January 01, 2007 to Uncategorized, Web Hosting
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I am starting to see more web hosts advertising services as “environmentally friendly.” I am not sure whether this type of thing comes from west coast environmental consciousness or company marketing departments. Perhaps some of both.

aiso.gifLast year we reported on a solar-powered web hosting company, AISO.Net, has chosen data storage and virtualization software firm, Sirius Computer Solutions, to enhance its data center and reduce electricity usage by providing a high end, scalable infrastructure solution for its dedicated and shared web hosting clients. AISO.Net says that they are:

a reliable and responsible green web hosting company. We have made a strong commitment to help fight pollution and preserving our natural resources. Solar panels run our data center and office, not energy credits.

There is also wind powered hosting from sustainable.

Green Hosting claims they are Canada’s “first Internet hosting service powered 100% by green energy.”

When I was growing up in a small, rural, american farm town, we were just thankful to have electricity because it wasn’t all that long ago that folks were using candles. We didn’t obsess over the actual electrons consumed to power our electrical devices which were usually black and white televisions, radios that would pick up one station and shop tools out back. Not that I miss the cliches of “affordable” and “dependable,” but all this has me wondering if we are getting a little overfocused on the minutiae, major on the minors, you know. Do you think environmental web hosting is a waste of time or does it make sense?

Talk to the Submit Button

Posted by advertolog at Friday ~ January 01, 2007 to Uncategorized, Web Hosting
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Submit News or Directory ListingWe’ve found that lots of web hosts, small and large, are eager to get the word out whenever they have news. A while back, I did some reorganizing and created a special page for those who want to tell the world about their new web hosting feature, product or what their company has been up to lately. The new Web Hosting Finds Submit area also lets you submit to our directory of web hosting resources. Check out the rules before submitting (don’t worry, they are not burdensome) and remember to be sure and submit something that you think all your friends and fellow readers here at the orange dog will be interested to hear about!

Google Love

Posted by advertolog at Monday ~ January 01, 2007 to Uncategorized, Web Hosting
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super-bowl-commercial-contest.gifDoes Google Love the Orange Dog? The Super Bowl Ad Contest page for Web Hosting Finds showed up at number 2 in Google search results for the phrase “super bowl commercial contest.” The 2 minutes of ranking fame has descended below the fold now, but I loved coming up higher than Yahoo!, Search Engine Watch and Digg! for something, even if it’s not web hosting related.

Tags: Google Rankings, NFL Superbowl Ad Contest, Superbowl Ad Contest, Google Rank, Web Host Rankings, Google Love

No Uptime Hosting - Guaranteed Server Downtime!

Posted by advertolog at Tuesday ~ January 01, 2007 to Uncategorized, Web Hosting
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no uptime Uptime is one of the most important considerations in deciding upon one of the many hosts hawking themselves out there. But what about downtime? No Uptime web hosting loves to brag about their consistent downtime performance. Among other notable features they provide are “deleting files since 1994″ as the tagline states. Don’t you wish all hosts were that honest :)

Tags: Hosting Humor, Host Humor, Web Hosting, No Uptime, Nouptime.com, Hosting, Hilarious, Funny, Hosting

1 and 1 Google Search

Posted by advertolog at Friday ~ January 01, 2007 to Uncategorized, Web Hosting
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1-and-1-google Want to find a good web hosting company using Google search technology or do you need an answer to an age old mathematical question? I get bored sometimes and just instinctively type words into Google search (c’mon, I know you do to). I was hoping to see the Web Hosting Finds site come up on the first page for the phrase “1 and 1.” To my suprise, Google gave me the literal answer to my query: “2.” I had read about this function in Google search a long time ago but had never actually seen it appear naturally. Math was not my shining subject in school, but I do know that 1 and 1 = 2! I guess it all depends on how you spell 1 & 1.

Tags: 1and1 Internet, 1and1, 1 and 1, 1and1 Hosting, 1 and 1 hosting, google, google search

January 4 2007: Six Month Anniversary of Web Hosting Finds

Posted by advertolog at Thursday ~ January 01, 2007 to Uncategorized, Web Hosting
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Good morning everyone! No worries, I’m not really up this early in the morning. I have figured out how to set the time stamp in WordPress to schedule a story for publication–a sweet feature!

Today is January 4, Web Hosting Finds’ 6 month anniversary! Back when our Independance Day was declared, I never dreamed that we’d go this far so fast. I just checked the stats and there are 990 news stories published by various sources. I have been involved in lots of web site projects and this one has been one of the most fulfilling, rewarding and just plain fun. I have met several fellow web hosting nuts, discovered some good and bad hosts, and learned a bit about designing and marketing a new site in a ferociously competitive industry. This year, I plan to have lots of fun with the site and include you as well. Thanks for being a Web Hosting Finds’ visitor!