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A Comparison: Windows Vs. Linux Hosting

Linux and Windows 2000 are the types of software also known as operating systems that web servers use to perform the kind of thing that web servers perform.

The following are the guidelines to assist in the decision making as to choose which among the two:

Its not compulsory to opt for Windows web hosting if one is using a windows desktop PC and the reverse is also true. Web host choice has very less to do with the operating system one is using. The only requirement is having knowledge of using FTP or web publishing software and then anyone can opt for any of the operating system. The most important factor is one must be fully aware of the functions of his/her website and also the purpose for which it is designed. That will help in determining the type of web hosting that will be most fruitful. Usually interactive websites rely on ASP PHP or Perl type languages.

How to choose between Linux Web Hosting and Windows 2000 Web Hosting?
In Web hosting Linux was for some time been widely considered the best OS for Web servers. Due to several factors like reliability stability and efficiency it is most widely used for the demanding environment of Web and mail servers. In fact due to traditional stability most of the clients websites of aalpha NET runs on the Linux OS in particular.
However the most important question is what application one is searching for? One must consider the tools and scripting languages that he/she is planning to use i.e. if one is using PHP Perl or MySQL then Linux is the best option. But if applications are Microsoftspecific then Windows is what is needed.

If ones site is what might be termed as “brochureware” then Linux servers will serve best. Brochureware means a site that provides sort of information that in the past might have been provided on paper in the form of brochures newsletters or data sheets. Thus brochureware sites offer some interaction through enquiry forms and can certainly incorporate online purchasing and other routine ecommerce functions.

However if ones site incorporates an online searchable database or interactive chat facilities then Windows 2000 or NT is considered best in most of the cases. It is little bit expensive but in return it provides reduced development time and better functionality.
Thus compensating the extra cost.

Advantages of using Linux based web server compared to Windows based web server:
Stability: Traditionally Linux/Unix operating systems were considered to be very stable and robust. With up time as high as 99.9 a web site housed on a Linux operating system was considered best. While talking in reference to maintaining the system up time other factors like power supply network admin skills and network load etc. also matters a lot.
Reduced cost of ownership: In terms of cost the Linux OS comes absolutely free of cost or at very insignificant cost that too mainly cost of distribution. In addition it is well equipped with fullfledged server and desktop applications that are free along with the OS. The server applications like FTP Web Server and DNS Server File Server etc are free as well as very stable.
Easy to use: In case of Linux web hosting it is quite easy to host on Linux web servers. There is no major difference between uploading process and hosting in case of both Linux and Windows web servers. One must make sure that the Front Page extensions are enabled while using a Windows based tool such as Front Page for uploading a web site on to a Linux based web server. However this is only required if one is uploading using HTTP feature of Front Page. Also it is possible to upload a web site using FTP as Front Page makes it possible. Just one needs to select an address with ftp for up loading using frontpage FTP option. However one must take care that while selecting “Front Page Extensions” during web site design he/she must enable Front Page extensions on a Linux web server also. Now days all Linux web servers comes with installable Front Page extensions making hosting on a Linux platform easier. One can almost use all types of file extensions or scripts while using Linux web server. The following are some of the commonly supported extensions.cgi .html .htm .pl .php .shtml .xmletc.
That means one can host web sites with different types of server side scripts including .cgi .pl .php and .asp along with plugin.

Easy movements between hosts: Its quite easy to shift to another server in case of Linux based web server. A web site designed to be hosted on a Linux based web server can be easily hosted on a Windows web server but that facility is not available in case of Windows based web servers.

Wider Use: Linux/Unix based web hosting has wider use in comparison to Windows based web hosting.
Scalability: A web site designed is quite dynamic and needs modifications from time to time as per customers requirement. Therefore it is preferable to design a web site keeping the requirement of scalability in mind. A web site designed for compatibility with a Linux/Unix based web server fulfills this requirement easily without making any site wide design changes.
In against to that Linux based web server is not fully compatible with Microsoft technologies. So if one is using any specialized applications or VB for development of his/her web site it is preferable to host with a Windows based web server.

About the writer:  How to host with the best web host? Web hosting blog provides one cents web hosting for hostgator and cheap domain names from godaddy domain registrar. You can read more about dedicated servers

Buy Hand Picked Domain Name For Your Business

A main Domain an alternative domain or an additional domain for your online business must be a generic domain. While branding domain name for your business Professional generic domain name acts as a representative for your product or service to the entire industry. For example: Loans.com Books.com Tv.com Movies.com and Baby.com E.T.C. These are one word generics.

When you buy a generic domain to build your website you are aligning your self as business leader of your sector either product or service. Researches from 2004 onwards showed that around 20 of daily global Internet users arrive at websites through “direct navigation” by browsing. Direct navigation means typing the URL domain name into a browser address bar / use a bookmark. 20 of the traffic for life long just for a one time investment i.e Generic Domain Name that also a hand picked domain name.

Direct navigation traffic is possible if you own a Generic domain only. This type of high quality traffic is extremely valuable for the domain owner. Marketers and online businessmen have found out the value of type in traffic from direct navigation they purchase generic domains at any cost even for millions for their online presence. Direct navigation will ensure that your visitors are actively interested and looking for the product or service related to your domain name and will find your website without an agent.

More over such domains are hand picked and they are clear dictionary words. Words with numbers hyphens and typo’s are not at all considered as Generic domains It must represent a product service in a clear manner. It is a goldmine if you own a keyword domain Even if it is a three word domain it is valuable. Such domains are generally normal in length easily memorable and sexy so once a visitor visits your site the visitor may revisit with out any distraction i.e repeated high quality traffic is got without any floating expenses.

At present domain market is quite dull means sales prices are quite low and not up to our expectation But soon it boom upi feel with in two years and the prices of domains will hike up like a sky rocket it is not easy to find a Creative Generic keyword Domain name. It involves Creative thinking and a lot of worthful brain storming process to pick a Generic Keyword Domain name for your business or service related industry. Software searches wont provide worthy Domain selections Hand picking is found to be the best from our experience. But it takes several hours to find a good quality Domain name.

Already best easily known keyword generics were registered by domainers They acquired these domains few years back and renewals paid for more than five years with a knowledge in market trend. This foresight made them millionaires because the Cost of Generic top level Dot Com Domain names is millions worth.

If you have a glimpse to few of the Leading Domain Seller Market places and Auctions You may find even non Generics bids up to hundreds and thousands of Dollars Then the only way to acquire a high quality Generic Keyword Domain is to buy at after market. Learn the Market Trend and grab a Creative Generic Domain Name before any one else.

some domainers say you can acquire good names from expired domains please note it is just a bluff mostly all of them are just waste rags. if a good domain gets expired there is a bidding on that and softwares are available to find them and they are proxy bidded so the prices will hike up.It is almost worthless when it is open for public registeration. This is the situation for normal domains then how can you get a genetic key word domain. It is almost a tough game.

There is one more joke when you register domain names i.e up to 100 domains you will be just registering thats all and after you acquire some 100′s of domains and if if you look back your domains You feel that how foolish i am just registered so many worthless names. Even very good domainers feel like this. General concept is 4 out of 5 domains would worth less than the expectation even if you work hard for 1 1/2 shift per day and collide with tons of key words to get a key domain for your product or service you can find a real diamond from the junk even now real gems are available. But most of them is over As domainers scraped their heads for more than 10 years in this business.

I have collided my head with the four walls of my room my computer books ETC to build my small domain portfolio even best webmasters and SEO’s stunned when they visited my domain portfolio and mailed their congrats that ” most of your domains are very valuable and you will end up with potential end users who will be ready to pay up to six figures so you just wait for an end user to contact you keep your mail up to date and respond properly when you receive a mail” I feel very thankful to those kind hearted friend who have spent their precious time to review my site and respond for my future endeavour. I personally feel that it is purely Gods grace As almighty has his own power to activate each and every aspect of this mighty world

I place a humble request to all my friends and community members to make a review on my site and post their valuable comments to improve the site statistics. My domain URL is : www.collisiondomains.com if you are interested in the purchase of generic domains just mail me from my website.I also request to recommend my site if your friend neighbour or cousin is in want of generic domains

I whole heartedly thank the webmasters as they mailed me to edit my article and resubmit to publish

About the writer:  I am a professional domainer. I register handpicked domains for my domain business and sell a few to end users and domain speculators. Visit my domain sale site www.collisiondomains.com

Introduction To SEO For Real Estate Agents

These days most businesses understand that a website is a necessary tool for their business. The first mistake they make however is that following the initial investment in getting the website set up they fail to do what is necessary to make it a profitable addition to their marketing arsenal.

Yes they add the website address URL to their business cards and letterheads and even include it in their conventional media advertising in newspapers and magazines. But what the vast majority then fail to do is promote it through the one medium that it was originally designed to be of use in the internet.

After spending what may amount to several thousand Euros or dollars they sit and they wait. And they wait some more wondering why their investment in new technology isn’t producing any returns. At this point some will start to look into the matter many though will just avoid the issue believing that as it is not a core function of their busines it has already taken up too much time and effort to be worth pursueing and relogate the subject to an expensive ‘must have’ expense that produced no returns.

One fact is true. A website is not a one off expense. To produce a viable return it needs to have time and investment continually allocated to it. Like a child it must be nurtured until maturity at which point it will become a productive addition to the business. Even if this responsibilty is outsourced to a specialist in line with the analogy of appointing a nanny to a child a member of the business should be appointed to oversee the specialist and learn the basic principles of what is needed so that the specialist can be monitored for their success. You wouldn’t leave a child in the care of a nanny until its 18th birthday without some kind of supervisory role. In the same way do not pass off the responsibilty for your website and be surprised if at the end of the contract with the specialist it has produced no results.

The occupation of promoting a website is called Search Engine Optimization or SEO. It is a time intensive multifaceted role that is forever changing as Search Engines modify and alter the algorithms they use to decide who should appear on the pages of their search results. The simple fact that the likes of Google and Yahoo do not release the rules they apply in their decision making process means that by definition it is not an exact science. If you don’t know whether you must shoot under or over the bar to score points means that the best results are usually achieved if you have someone who has played the game for a while on your side. Their knowledge of what has worked in the past and continual emersion in the game is your best chance of predicting where the shots should be placed.

The alternative is to spend the time necessary playing the game yourself. Whilst this can be done it should be remembered that you still have a business to run and to achieve a reasonable level of success it would not be viable nor a wise allocation of resources to do this yourself.

SEO is time and knowledge intensive so appoint someone in the office who has a basic understanding of the internet and allocate them some time each week to work with and learn from the professional you appoint. Meet with them on a regularly scheduled basis so that progress can be monitored and their knowledge can be absorbed. Do not be afraid to ask the questions that your lack of knowledge may throw up. A professional SEO who doesn’t want to answer your questions is not someone you want to employ!

Finding your SEO professional can be a task in itself. How do you appoint someone to a job for which you have little or no insight yourself? The answer is to absorb some of the basics relating to SEO and then apply the general rules of success in your business to them.

The first of these seems simple enough. What is it that you want to achieve from your website? This may sound simple but is in fact the hardest question to answer. Many companies see a website as an extension of their corporate identity. These are usually larger companies with an extensive marketing budget. They are more interested in the style and design of the site than its productivity and can afford to pay the ever increasing cost of Pay per Click advertising on the Search Engines to attract visitors to their site.

If you fall into this category then you will be looking for a completely different type of help and should search for someone with skills in Search Engine Marketing or SEM. An SEO on the other hand is someone who deals with the natural search enginge results. These tend to produce more productive visitors than pay per click and once positions in the natural results are achieved the flow of visitors will not cost you a fee for each visitor to your site.

The end result for most businesses is a sale. In Real Estate this can be measured by several different things. In the US for an example there is a distinction made between the buyer agent and the sellers agent. A listing or sellers agent maybe more interested in attracting sellers than buyers to their website which may be geared more towards their marketing experience.

A buyers agent will have very different goals. And many will want to attract both buyers and sellers. Here again establishing the goals and markets you wish to attract as visitors to your website before you employ someone to achieve them is paramount. If you do not know what you wish to achieve you can hardly expect your SEO to outline a strategy to achieve it!

Once set you are ready to find your SEO. So what do you need to know about achieving your goals and how your SEO can help?

About the writer:  Neil Ebsworth is cofounder of AMLAspain.com TheSpanish property MLS. Read Real Estate articles on the AMLA Blog.