Archive for January, 2009
Web Hosting Options for Your Website to Host on a Server
Smart people build the Internet, smarter people manage the Internet, but technically challenged people use it.
Following are the type of server that you can purchase according to your requirements:
Collocated Server - This is when you build or purchase a server then place it (aka collocate) it at a data center. The hosting company is not responsible for any aspect of the server other than to provide it with power, and Internet connectivity.
Dedicated Server - This is when you lease a server from a company and this company is responsible for the hardware of the server and you are responsible for the software.
Managed Server - A managed server is one that the hosting company retains full control over. You will simply provide the data for the server and dictate how the maintenance of this server will be handled. Typically the client has no root access and cannot add or remove programs without the authorization of the hosting company.
So what did I chose and why? Well, as much as I would have like to have gone with a dedicated server I chose the collocated server instead. The managed server for this article was kind of silly but it was a nice dream for about 3 seconds (rewrite the sentence prior to this). Another big factor in my decision was price. For me, it was also circumstance, since I have a data center just around the corner from me, so I couldn’t pass up the opportunity.
If you still have any doubts or want a consultation to select the best server to host your website, please visit www.designwebgraphic.com or contact Mitul Bhavsar on +91-9825095314 now.
Web Hosting Bandwidth and Web Host Company Bandwidth Packages
When choosing a host, the amount of bandwidth you purchase can be crucial to the success of your site. Generally speaking, the more bandwidth you have, the more traffic your site will be able to handle at one time.
To determine how much bandwidth you’ll need, you must first:
- Estimate how big each page on your site is, and
- How many people are going to view it.
To do this, add up the size of every image on the page and the size of the page’s HTML files. Then multiply this figure by the number of views you expect for that page per month.
For example, if you had three 10k images on your page and a 2k HTML file, you would have 32k of data on that page. Multiply that by your expected page views (let’s say 100,000 per month), and you get 3.2G of data to be transferred that month for that page.
How can I save bandwidth?
1. Keep your pages as small as possible.
2. Use images that aren’t stored on your site.
3. Use Cascading Style Sheets (CSS).
1. Keep your pages as small as possible:
This means tight HTML programming to reduce file size, and compacting your pictures and graphics to reduce image size. Use the JPEG image format for your photos and the GIF format for graphics – their compression abilities are second to none.
2. Use images that aren’t stored on your site:
You can do this by replacing the file name in your <IMG SRC> tag with a URL that gives the location of the image you want to use. Before doing this, however, make sure you have the permission of the site you are linking to. Otherwise, you’re stealing bandwidth, which is considered pirating and is therefore illegal .
3. Use Cascading Style Sheets (CSS):
Another effective way to save bandwidth is to use CSS. Designed to reduce HTML file size, CSS attribute values for any HTML element/command at the beginning of the document, rather than repeating them throughout.
To use another site’s images by linking to them through your <IMG SRC> tags without permission is a form of double piracy: you’re pirating both the site’s image and its bandwidth. As unethical as it may be, it’s a reality many webmasters have to deal with on a daily basis. The most basic method of preventing theft of your bandwidth is policing. Analyze search engines, logs, and other sites to find out who’s using your images without permission.
To know more about web hosting, web hosting bandwidth and web hosting company please visit www.designwebgraphic.com or contact Mitul Bhavsar on +91-9825095314.
ICANN Launched New Top Level Domain Names TLD
The International Consortium for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has once again opened up the process for issuing top level domains (TLDs), and a number of suitors have put their proposals in the ring. If approved, the new domains may spark the equivalent of an Internet “land grab” as interested parties rush to secure the premium names at launch. The proposals for new sponsored TLDs come from a variety of sources. Since the fee to apply is a whopping $45,000, the list remains short.
The new proposals include:
.asia – sponsored by Hong Kong’s DotAsia Organisation Limited. Presumably, this TLD would identify those domains representing business or personal interests that originate in Asian countries.
.cat – sponsored by Fundació puntCAT (which would be formed only in case the TLD is delegated). The sponsor’s terse and cryptic Website (www.puntcat.org) gives no clues as to the ultimate purpose for the TLD.
.jobs – sponsored by the Society for Human Resource Management in Alexandria, Virginia. The organization’s Website says that, “The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) is the world’s largest association devoted to human resource management. Representing more than 175,000 individual members, the Society’s mission is both to serve human resource management professionals and to advance the profession. Founded in 1948, SHRM currently has more than 500 affiliated chapters within the United States and members in more than 100 countries. Visit SHRM Online at www.shrm.org.” Presumably the new TLD would identify employment or human resources areas for businesses.
.mail – sponsored by the Anti-Spam Community Registry in London, England. According to the organization’s Website (www.spamhaus.org) “The Spamhaus Block List (SBL) is a realtime database of IP addresses of spam-sources, including known spammers, spam gangs, spam operations and spam support services.” Clearly the TLD is intended to be used in association with email, possibly in efforts to control rampant spam.
.mobi – sponsored by Mobi JV (working name) of Helsinki, Finland. This group of industry heavy-hitters (including HP, Microsoft, Samsung, Sun, and Nokia) issued the following description of its intended use for the TLD on the organization’s Website (www.mtldinfo.com): “If the application is successful and the Top Level Domain is granted by ICANN, 3, GSM Association, HP, Microsoft Corp., Nokia, Orange, Samsung Electronics Co, Ltd., Sun Microsystems, TIM, T-Mobile International and Vodafone have agreed to form a new joint venture, a Registry Company, to manage the mobile TLD. The companies taking part in this application see the creation of mobile TLD to be a key step in bridging the world of mobility and the Internet to the benefit of customers and the entire mobile industry. A mobile TLD on the Internet creates the opportunity to streamline the deployment of new Internet sites optimized for mobile usage. This initiative is driven with the aim of simplifying the Internet experience for mobile subscribers and increasing the ease-of-use and speed of delivery of mobile services.”
.post – sponsored by Universal Postal Union of Bern, Switzerland. According to the organization’s Website (www.upu.int), “The postal service forms part of the daily life of people all over the world. Even in the digital age, the Post remains, for millions of people, the most accessible means of communication and message delivery available. The postal services of the Universal Postal Union’s 189 member countries form the largest physical distribution network in the world. More than six million postal employees work in over 700 000 postal outlets to ensure that some 430 billion mail items are processed and delivered each year to all corners of the world. Keeping pace with the changing communications market, Posts are increasingly using new communication and information technologies to move beyond what is traditionally regarded as their core postal business They are meeting higher customer expectations with an expanded range of products and value-added services.”
.tel – two competing interests have sponsored the .tel TLD. Pulver.com of Melville, New York and Telname Limited of London, England. According to the Telname Website, “The purpose of .TEL will be to provide individuals and businesses a text-based naming and navigation structure for the Internet-Communications space: any individual or business will be able to initiate communications or access services simply by inputting AdamSmith.Tel or Hertz.Tel on their Internet-enabled communications device.”
.travel – sponsored by The Travel Partnership Corporation of New York, New York. The group was expressly to sponsor the .travel TLD. According to its Website, “Open to all bona fide travel and tourism associations, TTPC is a consortium of travel industry bodies representing a broad cross-section of the industry. The actual size of the industry, from the perspective of directory subscribers and domain name holders, is estimated to be in excess of 1,000,000 travel providers, purveyors, and associated entities—a constituency comprised of travel agents, tour operators, airlines, hotels, car rental companies, cruise lines, bus companies, ferries, rail lines, theme parks, convention bureaus, and national tourism offices.
To know more about the TLDs, please contact Mitul Bhavsar on +91-9825095314 or visit www.designwebgraphic.com now.
Technique of Identifying a Great Domain
Before you begin surveying the market for available domains, you need to identify in your own mind the reason why you’re buying a domain.
There are many legitimate reasons for buying a domain — more than I could list here. Some of the more common reasons are:
- because the name fits the business
- because you know it’s already receiving significant traffic
When you buy a domain because the name fits a business, your goal is usually to establish it as a brand. Traffic domains are self-explanatory for the most part — you want them because you immediately get the boost of attracting relevant traffic to your web site without having done anything other than build the site and buy the domain.
If you still have further queries or want to know more about this, please contact Mitul Bhavsar on +91-9825095314 or visit www.designwebgraphic.com now.
Need of a Virtual Private Server for Hosting a Website
A Virtual Private Server (VPS) is a simulation of hardware by a host operating system that allows another operating system to run on it. What that means for Web developers is that a Web hosting company can host multiple “Virtual” servers on one physical, or “host”, server.
Most VPS plans are hosted on either Linux or FreeBSD, but they do also exist in the Windows world. VPS hosting plans fill the gap between entry level Web hosting plans that offer specific services (such as PHP/MySQL, or Perl/CGI) with a limited amount of disk space on a shared server, and co-location, where you own and manage the hardware and simply rent “rack space” and an Internet connection from a data center. If you’re outgrowing a shared hosting plan, but aren’t ready for the financial commitment of co-location, a VPS hosting plan could be the ideal middle ground.
VPS hosting plans offer the following key advantages:
- root access gives you the ability to install and configure any programs you want.
- You can host an unlimited number of Websites through Apache’s Virtual Hosts.
- You can host other services, such as a mail server, an FTP server, or any type of server you want.
- You can use the server for backup, file storage, or anything you need.
A number of virtualization technologies make Virtual Private Servers possible: there are commercial companies, such as VMWare, and Microsoft’s own Virtual PC, Open Source offerings such as User Mode Linux, QEMU, and more recently XEN. This is a hot topic in the Linux world at the moment, with XEN, in particular, receiving a lot of press and support. There’s even the possibility that it may be bundled with upcoming distributions of Linux.
So what do you get with a VPS account? Well, the one thing you do get is root access to your server. As mentioned above, if you’re comfortable with administering a Linux server remotely, this is, of course, a great thing. It means you have complete control, can install any programs you want, and do anything you choose.
Prices range from $20 per month at the low end to more than $100 per month for higher end systems, but beware: price isn’t always an indication of more features or better service. If you’re still wondering whether a VPS hosting plan is right for you, it may be worth starting at the lower end (potentially a 64MB RAM with 2GB disk space VPS). You can always expand from there.
If you still have any further questions regarding VPS (Virtual Private Servers), please visit www.designwebgraphic.com or contact Mitul Bhavsar on +91-9825095314 now.