Never before has the mobile computer industry seen such a rising popularity in consumer Read more…

As technology continues to evolve and innovate, certain software are here to stay and evolve in some manner. ASP is no exception thus the introduction of asp help desk.

The asp help desk software actually acts as the support for different asp function in different aspects. ASP stands for application service provider, which is actually a business that provides computer-based services to customers through a network. This business has grown as shown through statistics. By 2003, the US market range for asp has grown from 1.5 billion dollars into a 4 billion dollar industry and this figure still grows up to this very date. Read more…

First of all, what you should be paying for web hosting, probably has very little to do with what you actually end up paying for web hosting.  I’ve been at this game for a while now, and have paid anywhere from zero dollars a month for web hosting, up to around $150 per month for a dedicated server.  You can certainly spend a lot more than that, as the dedicated server I was paying for was a pretty low end machine.  Generally, I end up spending around 7 to 9 dollars per month, or about $100 a year.  Now that get’s you an account that usually allows for more disk space then you’ll ever use, and the ability to host unlimited domains.  I currently have two such accounts, and have multiple domains hosted on each.  Now, their are a few pros and cons to having multiple domains on the same account.  For one, it simplifies the administration of those said domains.  As, it’s only one hosting account to deal with, one cPanel to deal with, and one set of user names and passwords.  The downside, is that if there is a problem with that server then all your websites will have a problem.  Or, if you have a non technical problem with the hosting company, then that issue will once again end up affecting all your domains.

I like to spread my domains around, and will use good free accounts if I can find them.  The problem is, finding the good ones.  Often they will expect you to do something in return for free hosting on their servers.  Such as placing ads, or participating in their forums.  Two things I really don’t have the time to mess with.  There are some free ones however, that base their business model on the hope that you will upgrade to a paid account after a period of time.  There generally is no obligation to do so.  These are the ones I like.  You do have to be careful with some of these though.  Quite often they will restrict certain things in your account.  Stuff like external services connecting to your website.  Email is a favorite one, as are some WordPress functionality things.  Some make it difficult for Askimet to function.  Which is pretty silly.  Others prevent some PHP libraries like Curl, which is sometimes used by certain WordPress plugins.

You can of course also find really cheap hosting for like $1 per month or less.  These guys are usually much better than the free hosting companies, and are pretty inexpensive.  I’ve been using a number of these lately, and they seem to work quite well.

I know, I can hear the critics talking now.  They’re going to tell me how web hosting is so much more cost effective these days then it was a few years ago, and to a certain degree their right.  I know I get a lot more bandwidth, disk space, and CPU speed for my web hosting dollars these days.  For mainly the same amount of money.  But really, do I actually need all that extra power to run my tiny little website?  I hate to admit it, but my website really is pretty tiny.  But back to my original point, why are the hosting companies forever throwing more powerful stuff at us?  I’m sure there are some websites that need it, and that’s fine.  But, why don’t they just start lowering their prices instead.  I don’t need double the bandwidth, or double the disk space, but I wouldn’t mind paying half as much for my hosting.  There are still some bargains out there though it seems.  How is it that same companies charge as much as $9 per month for space on a shared server, but I signed up with another company, that charged me that much for an entire year of web hosting.  There’s seems to be something a little fishy with that scenario to me.