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On Our Way to the Parallels Summit 2011

Written by Jared Smith • February 10, 2011

The HostDime team is sponsoring and preparing their next exhibition at the Parallels Summit 2011 which takes place from February 22nd – 24th at the Gaylord Palm’s Convention Center centrally located in Orlando, Florida. This is the premier conference for hosters, communication service providers (CSPs), web designers, value-added resellers, and anyone else interested in delivering the widest range of integrated and easy-to-use Cloud services for their small businesses.

The HostDime team is sponsoring and preparing their next exhibition at the Parallels Summit 2011 which takes place from February 22nd - 24th at the Gaylord Palm's Convention Center centrally located in Orlando, Florida. This is the premier conference for hosters, communication service providers (CSPs), web designers, value-added resellers, and anyone else interested in delivering the widest range of integrated and easy-to-use Cloud services for their small businesses.">

New Basic Managed VPS Hosting for an Unbelievable Price

Written by Jared Smith • January 20, 2011

If you, or your application/enterprise, have outgrown the capabilities of a shared hosting environment, you might be well suited for HDVPS unmanaged Linux VPS Hosting, a wholly-owned subsidiary of HostDime.com. By decreasing our product overhead from reducing the need for a team to fully manage your server 24/7, we are able to offer a top-tier product as low as $10.00/month.

HDVPS Offers Basic Managed Virtual Private Server Hosting at $10 Per Month

Written by Jared Smith • January 20, 2011

Into the crowded VPS hosting market comes HDVPS, a service provided by HostDime Web Hosting with a solid, time-tested infrastructure and an aggressive pricing model that offers unbeatable power, flexibility and support at prices comparable to a shared provider.

What is the Most Compatible Hosting Platform for You?

Written by Jared Smith • January 13, 2011

The four types of hosting platforms consist of Shared Web Hosting, Reseller Hosting, VPS Hosting Solutions and Dedicated Server Solutions. We will analyze each one of these hosting services and clarify which platform is compatible with your needs.

Choosing the best hosting platform for your website(s) can be very challenging and confusing. In order not to be mislead, you will first need to outline the future plan of your website(s) for the upcoming year. If you are planning on creating a website(s) that will grow in the future (or you plan on running a huge database with heavy web traffic), it would be wise to choose a Web Host that contains the four different hosting services in case you need to upgrade your processing power, memory capacity, disk storage or security features. The four types of hosting platforms consist of Shared Web Hosting, Reseller Hosting, VPS Hosting Solutions and Dedicated Server Solutions. We will analyze each one of these hosting services and clarify which platform is compatible with your needs.">

3 Promotion Strategies that can increase your Web Traffic

Written by Jared Smith • January 7, 2011

Web Traffic is one of the strongest indication of how successful your online business is running. Without visitors, your company has no one to sell products or services to! Companies spend thousands of dollars paying for advertising agencies, the ‘middle-man’, to cover their marketing strategies. However, today’s digital world has completely shifted the responsibilities of promoting to the business owners, and excluded the entire middle process.

Will it cost you more money?

Essential Tips to Improve Your Digital Marketing Plan

Written by Jared Smith • December 23, 2010

In today’s booming social network environment, it is necessary for businesses to be more resourceful with their time, and even more effective with what and whom they connect with. There are two specific types of “social networkers” online, the posters and the seekers. It is mandatory for your business, the poster, to post information, resources, tips and offers on a daily basis for your customers, the seekers.

Sounds pretty simple, right?

Choosing your marketing strategy online is one of the most vital elements in exposing your brand, product or even service to your target market. In fact, according to Nielsen’s, “member communities” are now used by more than 67 percent of the global online population. In today’s booming social network environment, it is necessary for businesses to be more resourceful with their time, and even more effective with what and whom they connect with. There are two specific types of “social networkers” online, the posters and the seekers. It is mandatory for your business, the poster, to post information, resources, tips and offers on a daily basis for your customers, the seekers. Sounds pretty simple, right? ">

HostDime Opens Latin America International Division

Written by Jared Smith • November 25, 2010

HostDime today announced the opening of HostDime Latin America, the company’s eighth international division and third in South America. Despite the global recession, HostDime continues to grow at its fastest pace ever.

Is it time to upgrade to a Dedicated Server?

Written by Jared Smith • November 10, 2010

Guest post by: Jonathan E.

Dedicated Server Specialist

Determining the type of hardware needed to support those requests depends on many factors, which can be analyzed by our Dedicated Server Team. Shared and Reseller accounts that are currently hosted with HostDime include cPanel, and will be migrated as a courtesy if an isolated solution is required. If a client is currently using an alternative control panel, our Transfers department will be glad to provide an ample amount of assistance to complete the move.

Guest post by: Jonathan E.

Dedicated Server Specialist

A dedicated server provides an isolated environment for hosting accounts or other services, and gives you unparalleled configuration options that cannot be found within a Shared server. The most common indicator of a necessary upgrade is the exhaustion of CPU and RAM resources, due to a large amount of web requests. Determining the type of hardware needed to support those requests depends on many factors, which can be analyzed by our Dedicated Server Team. Shared and Reseller accounts that are currently hosted with HostDime include cPanel, and will be migrated as a courtesy if an isolated solution is required. If a client is currently using an alternative control panel, our Transfers department will be glad to provide an ample amount of assistance to complete the move.

HostDime Customers Get Attracta SEO Tools At No Cost

Written by Jared Smith • November 9, 2010

HostDime, a global leader in shared hosting, dedicated hosting, reseller hosting, and cloud hosting, will give its thousands of customers Attracta’s SEO tools at no cost. Attracta’s suite of easy-to-use SEO tools and services are now integrated directly into HostDime’s cPanel interface, providing customers with the opportunity to increase their search engine rankings and site traffic.

cPanel Expands to South America Via HostDime and Fast Update Service

Written by Jared Smith • November 5, 2010

cPanel, a company that develops web hosting software and has a strong performance record in North America, will now expand its success and brand name to the South-American region via its Fast Update service with HostDime’s data center in Brazil. The recent growth in this area, backed by support from HostDime, represents one of the business decisions that will allow cPanel to support new and emerging markets.

HostDime Partners with Attracta for SEO Plugin

Written by Jared Smith • November 3, 2010

Guest post by: Dan Silber

VP of Sales

HostDime has partnered with Attracta to provide all customers on our Shared and Reseller servers a free SEO plugin for cPanel.

A few quick facts about local search and advertising:

A recent report by comScore for Yellow Pages Association shows that the number of mobile subscribers accessing business directories on a mobile phone increased 14 percent year-over-year to 17.3 million users in March 2010.

It is also estimated that 95% of Google’s Revenue comes from it’s Google AdWords service. That means in Q3 of 2010 advertisers spent roughly $3 billion on paid advertising through Google and it’s affiliated sites.

Guest post by: Dan Silber

VP of Sales

HostDime has partnered with Attracta to provide all customers on our Shared and Reseller servers a free SEO plugin for cPanel. A few quick facts about local search and advertising: A recent report by comScore for Yellow Pages Association shows that the number of mobile subscribers accessing business directories on a mobile phone increased 14 percent year-over-year to 17.3 million users in March 2010. It is also estimated that 95% of Google's Revenue comes from it's Google AdWords service. That means in Q3 of 2010 advertisers spent roughly $3 billion on paid advertising through Google and it's affiliated sites.

It’s a trap! Phishing Scams and Malware

Written by Jared Smith • November 1, 2010

Guest post by: Jonathan S.

Abuse & Security Analyst

Phishing scams and malware infected sites are some of the many problems that the Abuse & Security Department is in assigned to handle here at HostDime. It’s also one of the most common issues that we will find when clients inform us of warning labels placed on their sites.

Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome browsers are featured with “Phishing and Malware Protection” which will alert the visitor that the page they are about to view may try to steal their information. The alert message is spawned from a published list of known attack sites which is maintained by Google and StopBadware.org.

The primary reason this message will appear is either a phishing scam attempting to lure the visitor into updating their personal information on fake (but very real looking) website, or malicious scripts that have been injected into the source of the website which cause your browser to download malware.

Guest post by: Jonathan S.

Abuse & Security Analyst

Phishing scams and malware infected sites are some of the many problems that the Abuse & Security Department is in assigned to handle here at HostDime. It's also one of the most common issues that we will find when clients inform us of warning labels placed on their sites. Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome browsers are featured with “Phishing and Malware Protection” which will alert the visitor that the page they are about to view may try to steal their information. The alert message is spawned from a published list of known attack sites which is maintained by Google and StopBadware.org. The primary reason this message will appear is either a phishing scam attempting to lure the visitor into updating their personal information on fake (but very real looking) website, or malicious scripts that have been injected into the source of the website which cause your browser to download malware.