Hotel Reservation Request Booking Paypal PHP

I'm making a website for a small hotel in php. The hotel owners want a reservation system that uses paypal. They want people to see a calendar and choose a date to make a reservation. If the day has vacancy, they want the user to request booking a room. This would then require the hotel owner to accept the purchase. I have not worked on a project that has this "request to purchase" method of buying with paypal. Is this possible? Does anyone know of an open php system that handles this?


How to backup a dev & QA folder website structure?

A site I just became in charge of uses a really simple two folder structure to host the dev site and the QA site. The sites are hosted on the company servers so I just have the sites' folders mapped on my desktop. I would like to run some kind of backup scheme, but I am finding it hard to think of a way to do this effectively. The problem is that we aren't using any revision control software, and since the servers aren't controlled by me, I don't think I will be able to implement anything like that. Or could I? The entire site is static too, so no DB's or anything besides html, images, PDFs, etc.


How can I redirect all files in a directory that doesn't conform to a certain filename structure?

I have a website where a previous developer had updated several webpages. The issue is that the developer had made each new webpage with new filenames, and deleted the old filenames. I've worked with .htaccess redirects for a few months now, and have some understanding of the usage, however, I am stumped with this task. The old pages were named like so:               www.domain.tld/subdir/file.html      The new pages are named:               www.domain.tld/subdir/file-new-name.html      The first word of all new files is the exact name of the old file, and all new files have the same last 2 words.               www.domain.tld/subdir/file1-new-name.html     www.domain.tld/subdir/file2-new-name.html     www.domain.tld/subdir/file3-new-name.html     ect.      We also need to be able to access the url:               www.domain.tld/subdir/      The new files have been indexed by google (the old urls cause 404s, and need redirected to the new so that google will be friendly), and the client wants to keep the new filenames as they are more descriptive. I've attempted to redirect it in many different ways without success, but I'll show the one that stumps me the most               RewriteBase /     RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} !^subdir/.*\-new\-name\.html     RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} !^subdir/$     RewriteRule ^subdir/(.*)\.html$ http://www.domain.tld/subdir/$1\-new\-name\.html [R=301,NC]      When visiting `www.domain.tld/subdir/file1.html` in the browser, this causes a **403 Forbidden error** with a url like so:               www.domain.tld/subdir/file1-new-name-new-name-new-name-new-name-new-name-new-name-new-name-new-name-new-name-new-name-new-name-new-name-new-name.html      _I'm certain it's probably something simple that I'm overlooking, can someone please help me get a proper redirect? **Thanks so much in advance!_** _**EDIT_** I've also got all the old filenames saved on a separate document in case I need them set up like the following example:               (file(1|2|3|4|5)|page(1|2|3|4|5)|a(l(l|lowed|ter)|ccept)


How to handle clients who want to add duplicate content to their sites

I have some clients who are requesting that I put pages on their websites that amount to duplicate content. One wants the exact same page on two of their websites. Another wants to put content from a brochure they have some right to reprint or distribute on their website. But the same brochure content is already online at the original author's website. I explain to my clients the possible consequences of publishing duplicate content to the web, such as the page will not be indexed by search engines or their web site may be penalized. But I really want to offer them alternative solutions. The obvious one is to link to the content on the original author's website if that is possible. Does anyone have any other strategies for dealing with client requests to put duplicate content on their websites?


3rd party site using our Google Analytic tracking code, show can we block it?

A 3rd party has stolen our site and is running it for there own purposes, they have also not bothered to change the Google Analytics tracking code, so there site is now skewing our data, is there a way we can block / disassociate their site from impacting on our Google Analytics data ?


Text files vs. text in database

I'm designing a new site, deciding whether to keep the bulk of the content for each page in a text file, with just the file name in a database record for that page, or to keep the entire text in the database record as a string. The text is typically a few hundred to a few thousand words, with embedded markup to include photos or whatever, to be processed in PHP before being sent out as html. I don't find enough enlightening discussion of this design choice online. What are the pros and cons of each way? The advantage of text files, I imagine, is easy access to the file by ftp or other means, making fixing typos or editing the material easy w/o having to fuss with the database at all. OTOH, keeping it directly in the db means I won't have to bother learning how to read text files in PHP 8P Seriously, what implications are there for maintaining the site, security, efficiency, and aspects I'm not thinking of?


Why is "mac" disallowed in microsoft.com/robots.txt?

At http://www.microsoft.com/robots.txt, why are there entries like:               Disallow: /*/mac/help.mspx     Disallow: /*/mac/help.mspx?     Disallow: /*/mactopia/help.mspx?     ....      Could there be a real reason to not allow spiders to index those pages or is it something nefarious?


What are the most important things I need to do to encourage Google Sitelinks?

My website used to have sitelinks and now it doesn't. It's very possible that it's due to changing the website to a sidebar design instead of having an "interstitial" type landing page which limited the number of choices, but I'm not sure. Here is how sitelinks might look for a site: ![Google Sitelinks](http://i.stack.imgur.com/sBaDc.jpg) What are some things that I can do to improve my chances of getting sitelinks?


How to best format your HTML to help Google display your websites navigation with the search result for your site in Google Search?

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  What are the most important things I need to do to encourage Google > Sitelinks? Look at the first result for "smashing magazine" in the image below. See how Google grabbed SM's site navigation and displayed it below their search result? Are there any techniques that would help Google display the navigation like this? Are there any suggestions as to how to structure your HTML to help Google create this for your website's search result? Or in general, the best way to structure? Tricks of the trade? etc.? ![Smashing Magazine's navigation added to their search result in Google Search](http://i.stack.imgur.com/CNaQC.png)


How to get grid view presence in google search of my website as shown in google search for “twitter”?

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  What are the most important things I need to do to encourage Google > Sitelinks? I have my website live and it is visible in google search but I want it to be displayed in a grid view as shown in google search of key word for example "twitter". Can someone guide me how to make this happen?


Google sitelinks

How can I get Google to display sitelinks under search results when my website shows up? When my website shows up in position 1 which it does for a couple of keywords it displays sitelinks, but whenever we show up in any other position than the first one, we don't have any sitelinks displayed at all. I know it's not a matter of just being in the top position or not because I see sites all the time that are in any number of position in the search results and occasionally I'll see a site that has sitelinks even though they're like half way down page 3 or something.. ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/UpR0H.jpg)


How to show differnt page in same serp result

![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/LZ2ty.png) How to Show Different Page heading On Same result page form one website i have seen so mant result like this like in a picture #any tutorial or resources


SEO - be first and Get my own company section in google for my company name

I want my company name to be first in Google when I search for it, since it is a unique name. I also want it to have its own "section" with sub-links of the "about page" "product page" "contact us" page like any other big companies have. For example, if I type any other big company, I get their website on the top row, but it also has sub-links of the "contact us" , "about us" and more... ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/iJQFB.png) When I search my company name in Google, I get two full search pages with my company name but all of them are from other sites that took my details from somewhere. **None of these links are my site pages!** I already read articles about "keyword significance" and "crawl errors" and most of the webmaster tools, but did I miss something else? How do I gather my site pages under my site link in Google? Is there a configuration for that?


How to customize website for Google first search Result?

I don't know what is terminology used for following examples. I want to customize my website so when user search it on internet and it will return result look like following example for first search result. ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/xzjDD.png) * * * ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/Bm96g.png)


Google Search Results: sub-page description

I have a Wordpress site that successfully has 6 sub-pages listed below the main result in Google. However a page content snippet is showing up or each instead of the sub-page meta descriptions. I have verified in the page source that the meta descriptions are being successfully inserted by my SEO plugin. How can I define the sub-page descriptions?


How to Make google Show My website pages in the way I want

Let us take an exapmle of ebay. ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/Dp5JD.png) As you can see in image when I search for ebay it also shows subpages like Deals,GlobalEasybay and etc..For my site also this happens but the problem is that I don't have any control over it.It displays random sub-pages.My First question How I can control this. Second You can see on the right column of my screenshot ,there is a nice presentation on ebay with a picture and rescent posts...How I can make something like this on my website?


How can my site show up on Google with last post date and secondary links?

How does one build a site to show up like this in the Google search results? ![A nice ](http://i.imgur.com/pGJSbiX.png)


SEO for Google: navigation, company info, video

I often stumble upon search results in Google that get a special treatment, like:   * having the site navigation (and more) being displayed on the search results page ![Navigation, Location, Review, and special search](http://i.stack.imgur.com/IKnIB.png)   * having a company's location, contact information, Google reviews and e.g. opening hours being displayed aside the search results ![location, contact information, reviews, etc.](http://i.stack.imgur.com/SMLRm.png)   * having a video thumbnail being displayed with the search result and the navigation structure being displayed instead of the blank URL (`giga.de` > Deals) ![video thumbnail and navigation instead of url](http://i.stack.imgur.com/aRJZZ.png) I'm building a website for my (nationally pretty well known) choir but have not been into search engine optimization, yet. There's many blogs and documents on that topic. But what I want is that special behavior described above. Can you tell me how I can reach that? Or are there any documents that deal with these (and more?) special Google features?


How to show my links in structured way like Amazon do

Can you please tell me how links like `Books` `EC2` appear in search results associated with Amazon.com? How can I do similar with my site's main section? ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/vwMAx.png)


How to hide pages from Google crawler?

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  What are the most important things I need to do to encourage Google > Sitelinks? I'm currently working on a website and need to keep certain pages hidden from Google crawler. How to make it so that search engines see only what I want them to see in a directory? Also, you know how Google results also give you shortcut links, Like 'Login', 'About' etc... how to put these links to search result?


Google places links and info with my search results

I had set up a google+ page a while ago and also crated a places page. I'm wondering how I can integrate this into my search results (An example shown in the attached screenshot). I'd like the additional pages, google+ links and map showing up on the side. I cannot for the life of me find how I would go about this. I assumed it was automatic, but after some time I have come to the conclusion that it must require some additional input from my end. Many thanks ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/mTqq0.jpg)


How to get Google to display navigation?

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  What are the most important things I need to do to encourage Google > Sitelinks? How do I get Google to display the navigation for my site like it does for others? For example, take the search results for **'Microsoft'** : ![](http://files.quickmediasolutions.com/google_example.png) How do I get my site to display navigation like that? It's already the first entry for certain keywords.


Can I control the Google sitelinks for my website?

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  What are the most important things I need to do to encourage Google > Sitelinks? Working on SEO for a website, and i'm wondering if there's a way to have some say in which sub-links appear under the first entry when you google the website's name. (i.e. when you google "amazon" there are 6 sub-links including "books", "music", "your account", etc. under the entry). Currently if I google my site those 6 links include a couple of random pages as well as the Privacy Policy and Terms of Service which are only linked to in the footer, but several of the main sections of the site that are linked to in the top menu are left out. (I say the pages it chooses are "random" because they don't correspond to the most-viewed based on google analytics, and I don't think special SEO-wise to make them stand out) Is there a way to choose or at least influence what these sub-links will be? Edit - What I call sub-links above are known as sitelinks (and are well documented in Google's Webmaster Tools, as Michael pointed out).


Unique search engine results

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  What are the most important things I need to do to encourage Google > Sitelinks? ![Search engine result](http://i.stack.imgur.com/Dzrur.jpg) How do i get those kind of result? With Categories below the main result. What is it called. i want to do as the picture. thanks in advance!


Display major links in Google

I am wondering how some websites get their sublinks too displayed on Google. For example when I enter "accenture" on Google apart from the main link (which is common) look at the links "Graduate Careers at accenture", "Accenture careers" etc. How can I display my other pages too on Google just like this way. Also when somebody enters my business name how can I display my map on Google just like the below screenshot. Check the screenshot here. Sorry I don't have reputation 10 to post image. :( http://i.stack.imgur.com/fZFkv.png


How to add menu on google search result?

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  What are the most important things I need to do to encourage Google > Sitelinks? I want to ask how to make menu on google search result.E.g : when you search on google with keyword : Google community and found www.stackoverflow.com, there are list of link below,those are Forums,Register Now,Members List,etc. How to make this menu in my website. For example: ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/o4wZC.png)


How do we get our sites' sections displayed under the description in a Google search?

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  What are the most important things I need to do to encourage Google > Sitelinks? For Example, if I Google "Stack Overflow" the site comes up but also links to the main sections of the site right beneath it (Login, Questions, Careers...) ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/ZEDel.png) How can I achieve this with my own site? Thanks!


Google Site Links

How can I get google sitelinks?


How does Google determine important links on a website to display in search results?

Sometimes when I search for something on Google it shows some results (website links), but it also shows some important links on that website. Is it a feature of the website or does Google use something to find those main links of the website? Is it related to search engine optimization?


Multiple Pages in Google Results

I've got what I would have thought would be a pretty widely discussed problem but I cant seem to find an answer anywhere. This is more of a SEO question, but also relates to general HTML structure. I'm trying to get all of the pages in a site to to appear under one result in Google (preferably displaying the sub-pages underneath). I realise I can use robots.txt to block the index from viewing the other pages, but am I right in thinking the keywords in those pages will no longer contribute search ranking? Edit: I should add that at the minute each page shows as a different result, which is annoying as the home page isn't first! I have in the head section of every page (minus the JS and extra style sheets):               <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">          <head>      <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=EmulateIE7">     <meta http-equiv="Content-type" content="text/html;charset=UTF-8">          <title>XXXXX</title>      <link rel="shortcut icon" href="/favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon">     <meta name="description" content="XXXXX">     <meta name="keywords" content="XXXXX">     <link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" media="all" href="style.css">     </head>       Perhaps I'm wrong in thinking I should have this on every page? If anyone could shed some light on this I'd really appreciate it!


Regarding sitelinks in google search

I would like my site to display additional site links when preforming a Google Search.. How can this be achieved?


From where does Google gets these links

I'm just about to optimize a website. Now I would like to know from where Google obtains these links: ![screenshot](http://i.stack.imgur.com/NhVTB.png) Why? I also want some links to appear on the search-result for my homepage


Why do some websites have extended search results in google?

Like this site: ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/sBaDc.jpg) What does the site do to look like that?


How to make a certain page of a website rank before others on the same website?

If I search for "cnn news" on Google, it appears as in the attached. 1) If I wanted the search term "cnn news" to make the CNN Student News appear first, would my best bet be to get anchor link text in a backlink such as `<a href="http://www.cnn.com/studentnews/">CNN News</a>` ?   2) I'm unclear as to how Google decides which page to use as the main link and then display all the sub-links under it (as in the attached pic). I hypothesized that it's the anchor link text in backlinks that makes the most difference but I'm not sure.![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/6L9Fw.png) Any tips would be appreciated.


how to display menu of site in google results

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  What are the most important things I need to do to encourage Google > Sitelinks? my site is first in google if you type ' _עו"ד מימון כהן_ ' or ' _maimon cohen lawyer_ '. I want to display menu index of the site in google, like this : ![ubuntu in google](http://i.stack.imgur.com/epRYQ.png) how to do it ?


how do we organize our site's (navigation) pages in Google search?

**Is there a HTML technique for organizing my site's main pages in Google (navigation)? Or is it made by a Google's specific tool for creating a result layout like in this picture?** ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/t9mdl.png) **Look at the difference of the results for my site:** ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/5HHU0.png)


How to organize your site on google like amazon?

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  What are the most important things I need to do to encourage Google > Sitelinks? I don't know the name of this feature neither how to search it on google.   But I would like my website to be shown like this: http://jode.com.br/Joe/amazonongoogle.png I have full access to the site and the tools of google to this site. thanks


Formatting Google Search Result

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  What are the most important things I need to do to encourage Google > Sitelinks? Hello, I am new to search engine optimization. I am working on customizing how my results appear in Google as best as possible. I have learned about the meta tags to customize the text summary. However, I have some hierarchical parts to my website. When a result appears related to the "tip-of-the-iceberg", I would like to show links related to the "child" pages. For instance, if you Google "Walmart" you will see the following links listed with the result:   * Electronics   * TV & Video   * Departments   * Furniture   * Toys   * Girls   * Living Room   * Computers Is there any way that I can help Google determine which links to show and the text to display for these child links on my site? Or is this something that Google automatically generates? thanks!


Having Google structure my search result

My question is fairly simple: How do I customize my Google Search result so when it comes up in Google, it gets this kind of fancy result that lets an user navigate my website directly from the results? This is what I'm talking about: ![Google result](http://i.stack.imgur.com/aHxPi.png) How do I make Google make my result like that?


How are Google Site links generated in search results?

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  What are the most important things I need to do to encourage Google > Sitelinks? I just met a fellow designer who runs a website with the same pagerank as mine. When googling both our names, search results will show Site links below his website, but not mine. Do you know which attributes are handled by Google to define when and how these links are shown in search results?


Choose which pages appear in Google search results snippet?

I was wondering sometimes, the first result in Google's results has a list of pages (in the website) below the title of the search result. Is this something I can force Google to do, with some sort of HTML tags? Or does Google just do it automatically, when it feels like it?


How to make Google show my site in search result like the following image?

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  What are the most important things I need to do to encourage Google > Sitelinks? Currently Google is displaying my site (http://layzend.info) like this in search result, only the link and meta description without any internal page links - ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/izyiE.jpg) But I want to be the search result like the following where the internal links are also displayed - ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/4kjr8.jpg) How is it possible? Please help me to make my site more SEO friendly.


Will using page headings (h1, h2, h3 etc) as internal links encourage Google sitelinks?

I am trying to change my site's page headings to better emphasize the structure of the page's content hierarchy. I am hoping this will encourage Google Sitelinks and list snippets. Current headings are not optimized: I would like to use the `<h2>` heading as an internal link. Will this encourage Google sitelinks and better content indexing?
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how to show my site Homepage with page link

How to show my site like below in Google search result. please help me. even my Site Homepage is not showing properly in Google search result. **1st Pic:** I want to show my site in Google like this. **2nd Pic:** Currently My site showing like this way. **Pic 1:** ![search display in Google page](http://i.stack.imgur.com/2C1gq.png) ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/4un8M.png) **Pic 2:**


Video for an ad-driven website

I have a website, which i will fill with a bunch of useful videos. I've implemented an ads rotation engine for articles and will do so for videos. The next milestone is to decide how video will be integrated. They are two ways:   1. To host videos myself. Pros: complete freedom. Cons: need tens of gigabytes of storage; support for multiple formats to be cross-browser and cross-device.   2. Use YouTube. Pros: Very simple to use; nothing to do. What are pros and cons for each way? Some questions for YouTube:   1. Will I be able to control playback of YouTube-embedded video to make post-rolls ?   2. What is ranking impact on my web-site, when most of pages will refer to YouTube ?   3. Will, say, iPad play video, embedded via YouTube's iFrame ?   4. Does relying entirely on YouTube have a long-term perspective for a web-site, that should bring money ?


issue with wordpress theme background on widescreen computers

I am using the theme "irresistible" and I wanted to a add a picture of the person for whom I am building the site. Normally the background CSS uses repeat, but I don't want their picture to repeat i just want it all the way on the left side               body.woothemes {         background: #18191b url(images/bg.jpg);         background-repeat:no-repeat;         background-position:left top;         color: #e9e9e9;         font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;         font-size: 12px;         line-height: 18px;     }      http://romesmooth1.jerseygetonline.com/ It doesn't repeat in Internet Explorer, but repeats in Firefox. In both it looks fine in a normal on a 17in LCD but not on a wide screen.


SEOquake is not recogonizng microformats

I generated Rich snippets (for organization) microcode for one of my websites, using instructions like https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/146897?hl=en http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microformat Problem I have is that Microformat is not recognized by tools like SEOquake. Can you help me how to generate microdata in proper format?


Plugin to back up a Wordpress (version 2.2.1) site?

Which Wordpress plugin would you recommend to someone with only basic PHP and MySQL skills to back up a quite large WP (engine version 2.2.1) site as safely as possible? The backup should allow redeploying the site with/to an updated, clean install of the WP engine.


Wordpress vs Clean html/css

When it comes to designing/coding presentational websites, with static content and few pages.. let's say, between 5 and 20. Would you go with wp, design a custom theme and update with content, or would you code from scratch a clean html/css eventually + some js ? For now, since I'm just stepping into web development, I see wordpress as a complex cms that loads slow in my browser.. **EDIT:** I suppose a page generated with wordpress would load slower than a page that looks the same coded from scratch. Please help me find the pros/cons of both. How about seo/indexing? Is it worth learning wp for designing presentational websites ? P.S. I'm asking this because a lot of my friends, who are a bit more experienced than me, tend to recommend using wp because clients like it and it's easy, but I'm not sure yet. When It comes to you, what would you prefer and why ?


SEO HTML for plain html css website

This isn't really a programming question, but I couldn't think of a place where people can better answer my question then here. I allways had a joomla website, for me it's good, but it's not very flexible. My question is: In joomla you have some great SEO tools, like labeling or tagging your articles. I'm planning to make my own css/html based website without a cms behind it. Does anyone knows a labeling/tagging script whichcan be used for "normal" html/css based websites without for example joomla?


Thoughts on this approach for a news post caching system?

I'm working on a website which uses /news/title-of-news-article--111.html (111 = unique ID of the news article). I was thinking it might be a good idea to have some form of a caching system for the news articles. Essentially, my idea would be to have a .html version of the news article (i.e. just the news part that's dynamically generated) be created when it was marked live (making it so visitors and search engines can see it). The .php script that displays the content would check to see if a .html file with the news id exists, and would use that instead of querying the database. Of course, if the .html file didn't exists for some reason, it would fall back to querying the database like the site currently does now. Any issues you guys see with that approach? This is meant more for when a ton of visitors view a news article, since ideally I'd assume grabbing a "static" .html file is better on the server and the database than querying.


Is there a better analytics package than Google Analytics?

I've used Google Analytics for a while now, and it's pretty good for a high level view. But when I want to dig into the numbers a bit more, everything gets kind of vague. I also don't like that it takes so long to update. Are there any better options?


Solution for tracking lead generations and share data with partners

I need to implement a lead generation feature on a website. Technically I understand how it works (e.g. `Javascript` script associated with the `onlick` event of a button which sends data about the user to a tracking system before triggering the action, such as redirecting user to another website, revealing an email address or phone number...) however what I need is a tracking system which my partners will trust and with which I can share the collected data. I know one can use `Google Analytics` to track actions (such as lead generation) but the problem is that the data sharing features of `GA` are too limited: I can only decide which profiles (i.e. websites) a user can see, but not what for that profile (so it's all or nothing). **Does anybody know about a web analytics solution which match the following criteria?**   -allows tracking click events (similar way as `GA`)   -enables me to share analytics about 1 particular tracking code only with another user   -is free (ideally)   -is used by a few big names so that my partners will trust it (ideally)


Any solutions for transferring media between Mobile Clients

Please bear with me as I am a complete beginner at this but looking to learn. I am looking for a service or any advice in a solution to transfer media from Mobile to Mobile. Say I want to send a picture from my cell phone to yours through a server, when that picture is received the data does not persist on the server. Is there any server that accomplishes this or are is there a server setup/configuration that exists to do this? Thank you so much and my apologies if this is the wrong place to post this. Between Stack Overflow, Serverfault and this site. I had no idea which one was the proper place for such a generic question.


How to solve 503 issue

I'm participating in a web project. It's a Joomla web page and it's gained a lot of visitors in the past months. Actually we are receiving donations each year to pay site's hosting and domain. The concurrence now is extremely high and we don't really want to use advertisement as business model 'cause a philosophy matter. We can not afford a dedicated server 'cause we are a non- profit community. So my question is: Is there any way to solve 503 issue because of the high concurrence without migrating to a more expensive hosting plan ? Can I place the site in different hosts or something cheaper ? Thank you very much.


Do long geographic lists "we cover these towns" work or are they penalised by Google?

Some small business type websites list their geographic areas covered, often crudely listing 30 or 40 towns, and then a big list of postcode areas. Here's an example for skip hire:   http://nottinghamskip.com/skips-delivered-nottingham-mansfield ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/KKjg9.jpg) Obviously you want to match for people searching: > "skip hire Swadlincote" Probably this practice did once work. Does it still, or does it get penalised?


Migrating Google Accounts into Google Apps

My company wants to migrate all email and cloud work to Google Apps for Business. We currently have a Google account, however, with our domain appended to the user name. It's my understanding that Google no longer allows setting up accounts like this, and forces a `*@gmail.com` address. So, in this case, we already use `webguy@example.com`. In a previous case where I have migrated to Google Apps in the past, if you set up your account with domain `example.com`, any existing Google accounts with that domain are either smitten or forced to choose new user names. We would like to continue to use `webguy@example.com`, but it's not as simple as exporting email, calendar, and docs, as we also have our AdWords, Analytics, and AdSense accounts tied to this username. So ultimately the question is if anyone knows how to migrate this one account straight into the Google Apps for Business domain either before or once it's set up?


_This is a "catch-all" question designed to serve as an answer for all questions about choosing web hosting. Pro Webmasters no longer accepts new questions about how to choose hosting. All future questions pertaining to finding web hosting should be closed as a duplicate of this question. For more information about this policy please seethis meta question._ * * * **How to find web hosting that meets my requirements?** What we're looking for in answers to this question are the basics about web hosting:   * What is web hosting?   * What is the difference between shared, VPS, and dedicated hosting?   * How does a content delivery network relate to web hosting?   * Anything else you feel is helpful in finding a web host. What we do not want is:   * Endorsements or recommendations for specific web hosts   * We do not want your experience or other subjective information (just the facts please)


VPS and hosting

NO this is no duplicate of the above. My question is very specific to VPS and is not solely related to hosting but also to virtual desktop and such. The above barely writes 2 lines about VPS and never speak of virtual desktop needs. **CASE:** I'm going to upload a (small) symfony2 website soon. I plan to create another one after and maybe a little wt app ( which forces me to have a vps ). I also would like to have a 100% uptime virtual desktop + storage available from anywhere. for symfony2, I need to be able to manage apc pecl cache extension at the very least. For wt I need root access to compile and run c/c++ code and play with apache. **Questions:**   * When it comes to VPS, price differences are huge for similar "front" characteristics. Why ?   * Given my needs ( website traffic should never exceed 100 dudes daily ). What should I look for ? ( CPU, RAM[guaranteed?], Bandwidth ) Basically I'm looking for one or two guys that have experienced professionally a few VPS and PHP-hosting solutions, and be advised about everything I ask... and did not ask !


What dedicated server is for $8 each month?

What dedicated server is for $8 or less each month and has at least 512MB ram?


What are my options for a hosted vps service with shell access?

Disclaimer (some folks marked this question as a duplicate): I DO NOT want suggestions for things like a hosted wordpress providers, nor am I asking what web hosting is. This question is not a duplicate of: How to find web hosting that meets my requirements? -- I just want suggestions from other technologists about viable alternatives. I've heard about linode which sounds promising. I'd like recommendations for specific web hosts that provide VPS hosting providing a lot of control over the machine (like linode). I want to install packages such as: tmux, python 2.7, a java runtime, node.js runtime, mysql, memcached, in-memory queuing libraries, etc. In short, I want an "always on" machine for doing personal development projects, which may lead to commercial purposes in the future. Some specifics and tools I'm looking for are:   * cheap! (personal use for now $0 - $30/mo)   * shell access (sudo access for package management on my own host VMs)   * control over dns   * ability to alter cpu/memory/disk resources as needed (depends on the project)   * Centos 6.x (or other linux OS that plays nice with AWS) Some web searching led me down a rabbit hole (and annoying sales/marketing pitch). A small list of hosting providers meeting the above criteria and some comparison of them from technologists would clarify the info I need to make an informed decision.


Need a host which supports OSQA

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  How to find web hosting that meets my requirements? Hi i'm looking to install OSQA and see how it goes I have a great niche which I think may work real well, but till I get a large enough audience I'd like to use shared hosting then move up to a dedicated or vps hosting... Almost all hosts i've looked at don't support something OSQA needs I need relatively cheap shared hosting with cpanel. Any recommendations? It needs to support:   * Django   * Python markdown   * html5lib   * Python OpenId   * South


Any suggestions on free web hosting service with your registered domain name

I have registered a domain. I am looking for a free web-hosting service where I can attach this domain name to site hosted on that service. Weebly at one point used to provide this service for free but not anymore. You can still host a site for free on weebly but if you want to use domain name then that's not possible for free ( at least to my knowledge). Can any one point me to any such free service?


Free Basic Hosting w SSL Certificate

I'm looking for a free hosting provider which provides an SSL Certificate at no additional charge. Does anyone know of a hosting provider which can provide such a service? Thanks in advance, Amani Swann


Best provider for webinar hosting

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  How to find web hosting that meets my requirements? We are looking at running some webinars soon, and I was wondering if you folks had any experience with a service you have been happy with. We are currently looking at using one of the following (but are always up to suggestions): http://www.megameeting.com/overview.html https://www.videoseminarlive.com/index.aspx http://www.webex.com/ We also looked at: http://www.gotomeeting.com But they seem to not support video at this time. Specifically, we need to be able to provide a live video feed from an instructor (as well as display slides), and accept questions/discussions from the audience via audio or chat. Of course, it is always good to have a clean interface, and if the system works without installing any software, that is a plus as well. Any thoughts?? --Edited to provide details for system requirements.


Free online PHP hosting

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  How to find web hosting that meets my requirements? I have a PHP script that can take $_GET parameters from a URL (i.e. http://www.example.com/test.php?name=george). I'd like to be able to host this script online so that others can pass parameters to it to obtain the returned data. Anyone know of a free PHP hosting site that would allow for his functionality? (PS: I can't host it myself) Thanks!


Shared vs. Dedicated Hosting

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  How to find web hosting that meets my requirements? What is the difference between shared hosting and dedicated hosting for my website?


Scalable web-hosting for a youtube-like service (no, not porn)

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  How to find web hosting that meets my requirements? My business partner and I are looking for a European web-hosting service (we are situated in Europe). That service needs to be, needs to have:   * international servers, a server for each continent at the very least.   * a high amount of bandwidth.   * highly scalable, since we are expecting to start off small, but as our user base grows so will everything else (again, no porn or phallic jokes) need to do.   * a moderate to supreme customer service.   * of course a small downtime per annum.   * affordable at first, fair as we grow. I think that is all. Any input is greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.


Which Web Hosting service should choose?

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  How to find web hosting that meets my requirements? I was using a web hosting service (no need to mention its name) that causes me a lot of trouble with my code, especially with loading videos, sounds... etc (you can follow one of my issues caused by the FTP server Here), so I decided to change the web hosting.   * So depending on what I know; what's the best?   * What would you suggest for me?   * What do you think about these: hostgator.com, godaddy.com, ipage.com?   * Is the location (Place) involved? (I am working on a website for a Middle East company)


Fast, Cheap, Dedicated Hosting

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  How to find web hosting that meets my requirements? I'm looking for dedicated hosting with at least 1GB of RAM that doesn't hurt the wallet too much. Specifically it should have goods speed around the world as well. Suggestions?


Mac Mini Colocation Usage Case

I'm looking at purchasing colocation services for a Mac Mini with A specialist colocation company - but as of yet I have no experience with OSX Server for hosting websites. I'm looking for a less involved way of hosting up to 80 small (1-20 page, <1000 daily hits) WordPress websites for my clients. All of the websites use caching aggressively. Does anyone have any experience using OSX Server for WP hosting / any ideas as to how many sites it can comfortably (ie minimal loss of speed) handle? My intention is to purchase one with an i5 processor and 16GB of RAM.


Hosting of static content without server, only through CDN

My content is fully static, using only HTML, CSS, JS. It's only one page, which needs to load really fast from any country, and should be online for only 3 months. I already have the domain name. I just need a CDN where I would keep my HTML, CSS, JS and image files, to be served really fast in Japan, China or USA. Do I still need to have a web server? Do CDN provider also offers simple hosting?


What now... Godaddy host not support charting in asp.net

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  How to find web hosting that meets my requirements? I was going to use the asp.net charting with Visual Studios 2008 but GoDaddy hosting does not support the charting cause they won't install the component. So what are my options for charting/graphs for data? Looking for free if possible. Is Telerix the best?


What are the options for hosting a small Plone site?

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  How to find web hosting that meets my requirements? I’ve developed a portfolio website for myself using Plone 4, and I’m looking for someplace to host it. Most Plone hosting services seem to focus on large, corporate deployments, but I need something that I can afford on a very limited budget and fits a small, single-admin website. My understanding is that my basic options are thus:   1. I can go with a hosting service that specifically provides Plone. I know of WebFaction, but what others exist? Also, I’d have two stipulations for a Plone hosting service: (a) It needs to use Plone 4, for which I’ve developed my site, and (b) it needs to allow me SSH access to a home directory (including the Plone configuration), so that I may use my custom development eggs and such.   2. I could use a VPS hosting service. What are my options here? Again, I need something cheap and scaled to my level.   3. I could use Amazon EC2 or a similar service (please tell me of any) and pay by the tiniest unit of data. I’m a little scared of this because I have no idea how to do a cost-benefit analysis between this and a regular VPS host. The advantage of this approach would be that I only pay for what I use, making it very scalable, but I don’t know how the overall cost would compare to any VPS host under similar circumstances. What factors enter into the cost of Amazon EC2? What can I expect to pay under either option for regular traffic for a new website? Which one is more desirable for when a rush of visitors drive up my bandwidth bill? One last note: I know Plone isn’t common for websites for individuals, but please don’t try to talk me out of it here; that’s a completely different subject. For now, assume I’m sticking with Plone for good. Also, I have seen the Plone hosting services list on Plone.org—it’s twenty pages long, and the first page was nothing but professional Plone consulting services that sometimes offer hosting for business clients. So, that wasn’t much help. Thank you!


Is there a free Django hosting service out there?

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  How to find web hosting that meets my requirements? I would like to put my Django web-site online. Is it possible to do so for free?


Recommanded cloud/cdn for my website?

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  How to find web hosting that meets my requirements? Currently we are using Cloudflare (Business) and it's great, except that our website is crushing for around 1 minute every 2 hours on average, and it seems they don't like to give us support. So, we are looking for alternative. I thought about Incapsula. Currently we have around 1mil pageviews daily. Can you guys please recommand for us what to use/do? Thanks!


MySQL server with website hosting with managed hosting

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  How to find web hosting that meets my requirements? I work for a small business, and I _am_ the "IT Department". I also happen to be a summer intern, so after I leave the number of IT staff will be 0 for an indefinite period of time. I need a place where I can reliably put up the company's website as well as the mySQL+PHP backend. Good redundancy is a plus, as well as easy administration for my IT-challenged colleagues. Managed hosting would be good, so the PHP versions can update without my company having to hire an admin. **EDIT** : The company already has a mySQL+PHP server running locally which hosts the existing website. My assignment is to find a remote server where the latest versions of mySQL+PHP will be maintained and where there is a very small chance of unintended downtime. Can you recommend anything?


I have a linux image how can I find somebody that will host it?

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  How to find web hosting that meets my requirements? The image has a site running on php 4 using some archaic CMS + some version of My Sql + etc. I need to find a host, but I am not sure if the hosting providers will host an old image I don't know who the previous host was, just being handed the image by the previous developer. PS : If there is an obvious solution that I am missing ( pardon my ignorance, I have not done this before, I am just a windows developer ).


Which Hosting Plan Should I use for this Web Application

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  How to find web hosting that meets my requirements? I am developing a Web Application [PHP & MySQL] which is basically a rating website ( a social bookmarking site ). There are many tables in the Database like: Users, Notifications, Posts, Following and more. Which Hosting Plan should I use to host it : Shared or VPS. And yes, I don't think it needs a dedicated web server. If traffic grows, I will upgrade the plan to dedicated. One more thing: I am not using any CMS or Framework. I am writing the code myself and I will also try to make the website faster ( and lighter on the server ) by hosting CSS and JS files in DropBox. I will buy the hosting plan from Hostgator (India) : is it good or should I go with another company?


Is there any recommended windows web hosting?

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  How to find web hosting that meets my requirements? My plan is to deploy a web site based on Asp.net + MS SQL server. I am not familiar with the windows web hosting market. Can anyone provide some suggestion? Thanks a lot.


Where can I host my app?

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  How to find web hosting that meets my requirements? I'm creating an web app which is PHP based. Some more info about app:   * Image processing (not heavy processing - GD extension requried / maybe ImageMagick later)    * It'll mainly display images   * MongoDB is required since app is built on top of it   * Expected tons of people after few days after launch - easy scaling   * PHP 5.3+ is required   * European hosting is PLUS I want high quality service and uptime as high as possible, but since I'm 17 yo, I cannot pay too much. I also don't want shared hosting. I've checked phpfog.com / appfog.com and It seems good but it's a bit too expensive (~29$/month app fog, later probably 79$/month and then there is mongo hosting which is 15$/month and later probably 49$+). I've heard for other hosting providers such as Linode, Amazon web services... But I don't really know which one to pick + what I'll have to know to set everything up. What are my other options? I've never had VPS (I have my own server home and all testing is done at home), and I probably wont know how to set everything up (postfix, failovers...). What can you suggest?


Difference between shared hosting and PAAS?

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  How to find web hosting that meets my requirements? They seem very similar. Are there important differences I should be aware of?


EU Python hosting

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  How to find web hosting that meets my requirements? I'm looking for Python hosting in EU. I need WSGI support (nginx+uwsgi, apache+mod_wsgi or similar). What are the options, excluding VPS/dedicated server?


Place to host picture/sound gallery

I have the following problem. I own a wallpaper/ringtone collection mobile app and I need a place to host the collection itself. So I need a hosting with following parameters:   * 1-2 GB disk space    * large/unlimited traffic (it will be media-file traffic)    * large/unlimited uniq users  Can anyone help please?


What should I use for storage for a photo-sharing website

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  How to find web hosting that meets my requirements? I'm building a photo-collection/gallery sharing web-app. I need to know what I should consider for storage. I only have a few gb on my website. And it's not possible for me to get the amount of storage I need, the same place I have my website. Would it make sense to use a cloud-service for this purpose? Is it possible to use some online storage service like hotfile or the likes? What would be best? I'm thinking at least 20-30 gb of space is needed. Thanks in advance.


Looking for recommendation for PHP app hosting with (relatively) painless scalability

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  How to find web hosting that meets my requirements? We're a pre-launch startup with a LAMP based application. We're looking for recommendations for hosting services for our upcoming beta launch. Our main requirements:   1. LAMP support   2. Ability to schedule/start daily/hourly server-initiated batch jobs against our databases.   3. Relatively painless scalability when we grow - adding servers/databases/bandwidth without having to re-architecture everything or cause major outages.   4. Support for Wordpress Pointers will be appreciated.


I need a flexible VPS like gandi.com

What are the alternative? I do not ask for which one you recommend. I am simply asking for list of similar service. That being said if there is any you've used and happy with please let me know. This is what I am considering http://en.gandi.net/ Some says it's overpriced. It's like amazon aws I think. So I need VPS hosting where I can easily change the CPU requirement, etc.


Advice scaling website

We could use advice on a scaling/ops issue. We have a simple website that runs on Rails 3.2.12 and uses MongoMapper instead of ActiveRecord. There is one database call that sporadically performs poorly, causing users to write in and complain. It isn't clear why. We can't install NewRelic because of MongoMapper, and the data returned by Mongo isn't a lot. There isn't much logic being executed in the controller, either. One potential explanation is that we use a VPS shared with 30 nodes. The hosting company, RailsPlayground, says the machine's average I/O utilization is only 12% but can't provide more extensive stats (e.g., peak I/O utilization). The question: would moving to a dedicated server help? I realize this is difficult to answer, but any general thoughts/advice would be appreciated.


Specific hosting or virtual machine?

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  How to find web hosting that meets my requirements? I'm searching for hosting for the back-end and web client of an application that uses node.js and mongodb on the back-end and PHP on the web client. There are many options for hosting node:   * Heroku   * Nodester   * Joyent For PHP nearly all hosting options are able of rendering PHP, for mongodb the node hostings allow databases as well. The project will have low usage, would it be better to use a VPS hosting where I can install all the software needed (PHP, Node and Mongo) like AmazonsEC2 micro instances? Are there any good alternatives to Amazon EC2?


Clustered Web host

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  How to find web hosting that meets my requirements? I live in Denmark in the daily and need to find a web host that can keep up at the world level.   Should there be some who is familiar with hotels that can follow the requirements below. **Overall**   * Clustered Web   * 24/7 Expert Helpdesk and Server Monitoring   * Linux Operating System   * Unlimited Subdomains   * 50 MySQL Databases   * FTP and FTPS Access   * Fast connectivity to any destination - World Wide. (Stable/Low DNS, TTFB and similar) **Management**   * Full DNS Management   * Web Mail Access   * phpMyAdmin   * Cronjobs **Mail**   * IMAP/POP3/SMTP   * Mail Auto Responders   * Catch-All Mailbox   * Microsoft Exchange Enabled **Apache**   * Python and perl CGI Support   * Secure Server (SSL)   * mod_rewrite   * Full .htaccess Support **PHP**   * PHP v 4.4 & 5.2   * ImageMagick and GD   * CURL   * RTF, POWERPOINT, EXCEL, WORD and PDF parser   * Zip Utility   * xhprof


Good service to host CPU intensive web application

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  How to find web hosting that meets my requirements? Currently, I am a happy user of google app engine. However, I am planning to host a CPU intensive web app (which is going to apply all sorts of signal processing algorithm), is there any other good service which is available? As I realize google app engine has placed restriction on per minute CPU time. http://code.google.com/appengine/docs/quotas.html#Per-minute_Quotas


Hosting plans that allow more then 1 GB for mysql and easier mod_rewrites?

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  How to find web hosting that meets my requirements? I'm using godaddy and am thinking of moving to another hosting company that allows easier mod_rewrites and a bigger limit for a mysql database. Does anyone know of a better hosting company that does this?


I need a cheap, reliable, virtual webserver service

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  How to find web hosting that meets my requirements? So, we used linode.com for a while, and that was awesome, but I need my own virtual server now, and the problem with linode is that you had to install everything from scratch. I'd like a server I can get my hands on with a default installation of everything necessary, the ability to use root and all that (that said, I'd prefer linux... though I have experience with windows server, just don't prefer it for my webhosting), and any kind of decent management tool online. I don't want to spend more than $20 or $30 a month on that, and that is super important. If I can't get a good VPS, what is a good site for hosting that isn't GoDaddy? I've only used GoDaddy, client's servers, or my current webserver on linode. Thanks everyone!


what is the best dedicated hosting provider for a file sharing site?

What is the best place to host a file sharing site? What is dedicated linux hosting and windows hosting? What do I need to start a file sharing site?


How can I choose a reliable dedicated or semi dedicated Windows hosting?

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  How to find web hosting that meets my requirements? # How to find your hosting company 101 for dummies _There's a TL;DR at the end._ ## Long version I've been asked by a friend who understands nothing about information technology to help him from being scammed. This person runs a family-size retail company through an e-commerce, developed and hosted by the same web agency. He no longer trusts this web agency, and wants to get away from them; the first step he wants to perform is to move the e-commerce from the agency's servers to an external hosting, and here is where I've been involved. I'm a web developer with some background in networking an system administration, and I understand the difference between VPSes, dedicated servers and managed/unmanaged, but I never went through the burden of choosing a (semi) dedicated hosting for a site you live off. I don't necessarily have to give him a (or more than one) name, but at least I need to give him a range of prices and kinds of services; things like maintenance of the web site or the machine is not and such are not part of the discussion, at the moment. My "analysis" should include a "minimum" and a "maximum" price, and the services these prices offers, both for VPS and dedicated server solutions. I've been searching around for a couple of time and found some hosting companies, I also tried to look around for reviews and comments about them but it's a daunting task, and I got more confused then when I started; I've found everything and its opposite, who should I trust? If it matters, his e-commerce is spec'ed like this:   * Classic ASP   * SQL Server 2000   * A couple of IIS and ASP plug-ins   * Around 250 MiB of space   * Runs on a 6 MiB line with other ~30 sites   * I do not know his average daily traffic, but definitely it's not Yahoo or Facebook ## Short version I'm here, fellow webmasters, to hear your opinion:   * Are there on the net some reliable hosting companies comparison sites? What I found so far looks quite amateurish, and doesn't provide mush info besides a ranking.   * Are there some reliable sites where I can find reliable reviews of the hosting companies? What I found so far is forums filled by differently technical flaming users and their signal-to-noise ratio is awful.   * How can I tell a good hosting company from a bad one? What should I look for? Things like "unlimited", "unmetered" and such things are the basics, what's the next step?   * Remember, this question is not about which hosting company is "right", but how can I find a reliable one (I'll evaluate which are "right" after, when comparing their offers). P.s. I deliberately omitted the link to the sites I found to avoid bias, if they should be included I'll gladly add them.


Java hosting service provider?

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  How to find web hosting that meets my requirements? I want to host a Java web application. How to decide which hosting service provider to choose from. Is there any source of info where from I can get such info. Yes most important, being from India which service provider service should I use, from those who say there servers are located in US or they who say their servers are located in India itself. Thanks in advance from any suggestion/reply to this query.


Hosting rails sites; vps or shared, and how much ram?

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  How to find web hosting that meets my requirements? I have 3 rails sites to launch, all of which are fairly small and consisting of a custom cms, one with an online store, and 2 sinatra sites which are mainly static, portfolio sites. What would be the best way to host these sites (I've deployed on dreamhost shared before and some vps's) Is it best to manage them together under one vps? e.g linode $20/m (for the cheapest option, 512mb and would that even be enough ram?) or keep each rails site separate and host each one on a small vps? e.g $4/m (there's often lots of deals like this on webhostingtalk) I'm currently hosting the sinatra sites for free on heroku but finding it a bit slow sometimes.


$5 File Hosting with API

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  How to find web hosting that meets my requirements? Could anyone suggest a reliable file hosting service for personal use with developer API that will not cost more than five dollars. Thank you


What's the most reliable FREE web hosting for WordPress blogging?

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  How to find web hosting that meets my requirements? I'd like to hear the opinion of those who have been using such a service for at least half year or more. I have my own registered .com.ar domain. It would be great if it is ad-free also. Thanks in advance for your sharing your experience.


What to look for in a free hosting plan?

I have a test website that's hosted on a free plan by Zymic. At the moment I'm typing, it and my site is down. I don't want to let my clients down in the future. It's been down for over 2 days. I thought it was a coding problem at first, and then found out I couldn't connect to my server. Zymic had very good reviews, and its downtime was OK (not high or low), but now I want to change my web host. What should I look for (besides downtime guarantee)? Also, do you have any suggestions that with all the benefits? Any feedback will be greatly appreciated.


What hoster offers automatic Wordpress upgrades (like Dreamhost) and _also_ spreads your sites over range of unique IP addresses?

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  How to find web hosting that meets my requirements? I just love the One-click-install and automatic Wordpress upgrades at Dreamhost. However, I am looking for a hoster where I can be sure that my sites end up with different IP addresses (for SEO reasons). Dreamhost does not offer that option, you have to buy unique IP-addresses for every site if you want to do so, which is expensive. I do not care that it is shared hosting, meaning that my sites share the same IP address with other sites, as long as they're not on the same IP themselves (and yes, preferable not within the same IP range). Do you know of a hoster who offers the Wordpress managing comfort of Dreamhost yet lets you spreads your sites over multiple IPs? (note: inspired by a similar discussion at this Dreamhost forum: http://discussion.dreamhost.com/thread-129719.html


Coldfusion hosting in New Zealand

I am looking for a NZ based hosing company. Can anyone advise a good hoster with Coldfusion support, SSL, based in New Zealand? Thanks!


Recommendations for small hosting solution with lots of support

I maintain a personal website though have never put much effort in building up the front-end. I really just use it as a testbed for various projects I'm working on or tinkering with. For a few years I've maintained an account with Hostgator but they've gotten to the point where I'm rather fed up. Anyone have recommendations on best alternative? I don't need a ton of space, or bandwidth, but I do need full ssh access, ftp access, php, perl, mysql, etc.. the basics.., and the ability to modify or change the php installation and install various packages (ruby, php, python is an extra plus) and I don't want to pay an arm and a leg. Doesn't exist.. yeah, I know.


Are there any Shared Web Hosts that provide access to run Windows Services?

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  How to find web hosting that meets my requirements? I'd like to be able to have a very lightweight Windows Service call some code on the Web Server at regular intervals. Do I have any options besides a Dedicated/Semi-Dedicated Server?


Free ASP.NET & MS Access support webhosting

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  How to find web hosting that meets my requirements? I'm looking for a free webhosting plan to test my website before buying someone. Sopport for : ASP.NET 3.5 & MS Access 2003. Thanks.


Free webhosting Vs Paid webhosting

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  How to find web hosting that meets my requirements? I would like to know the pros and cons of free webhosting vs paid webhosting. What are the factors due to which we should move on to paid web hosting?


linode.com/slicehost.com/vps.net what to chose?

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  How to find web hosting that meets my requirements? I am looking for a new VPS for http://hotelpublisher.com. At the moment it is either linode.com, slicehost.com or vps.net (alternatives are welcome). Since I already use Google cloud to deliver data, my priority is ram/cpu/reliability/price. Can anyone advice which of the VPS providers is the best in their opinion and why?


looking for web hosting or web dedicated servers services, not sure

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  How to find web hosting that meets my requirements? I am building a website for a church, this websites uses mysql php and for list of members and savng events, etc... The problem is that i havee no much expirience publicating sites. i need web space to publish this site. and this web space have to be php and msql compatible. please help, any info will be much appreciated. looking to spend no more than 30.00 a month thanks


Github download is deprecated

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  How to find web hosting that meets my requirements? I'm using Github for a Open Source project, we have also used their file system so that users can download our binary installers and not just the source code. But downloads are now deprecated https://github.com/blog/1302-goodbye-uploads Whats the best free service for hosting downloads? Analytic features are a plus but not a requirement. **Update:** Someone closed this question even though the linked question has nothing todo with Github. Anyway, the answer is that Github now support a feature called releases. https://github.com/blog/1547-release-your-software


is there any free java(grails)(tomcat) hosting server?

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  How to find web hosting that meets my requirements? I want to host my grails application in net for testing ... is there any free server sites? supports grails,mysql


The best web hosting option to start off on

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  How to find web hosting that meets my requirements? I'm extremely new to hosting, and i've just finished developing a site for my friend. If you were to select a web host with great support and affordable price, which one would it be?


Website Hosting/Registration

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  How to find web hosting that meets my requirements? I am planning to launch a website down soon. I wanted to know what solutions are available for hosting and registration.   * Starting with domain registration. Any site you have used/preferred ? I am considering either godaddy or 123reg. Does it even make any difference which you choose? Is there any fine print i need to worry about. I am based in UK , not sure if that helps in resolving any issues if encountered.   * Does my hosting need to be done at the site i purchased my registration? If not , will there be any transfer fees if i change my hosting? Can I just register the name now and worry about hosting later?    * At the moment, I plan to have it up and running using either some sort of a tool or a template and perhaps put the bells and whistles down the line. I understand 123 has its own builder tool available, There are a few solutions suggested like wordpress,drupal & jhoomla... I am a C++ developer , not a web programmer, but I do feel the need to open the hood up and make changes if i see fit. So I guess I am looking for a solution where I can easily drag-drop widgets I need and when the time comes customize it. Which CMS would you recommend.   * Extras: What extras do you need to get , I was suggested to get hold of whois privacy to keep the spambots away, anything else you guys would recommend I keep my eyes open before I sign the dotted line.


Hosting advice for a write-heavy dynamic website

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  How to find web hosting that meets my requirements? I have built a website using PHP and MySQL and now I am looking for a hosting service. I am expecting about a 1000 users registering and about 5-10k pageviews/day in a week's time. So which host should I opt for? It will let users submit contents of type blobs and submit around 10 pictures per users. I hope that traffic will increase so can justhost's or bluehost's shared hosting serve that purpose or should I go for more dedicated ones. Basically the site is write heavy and there are average 2-3 MySQL queries per page and it is quite dynamic. So depending on these requirements which web hosting will be optimal for me.


Dedicated Servers: Is one better then two for LAMP pseudo HA setup?

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  How to find web hosting that meets my requirements? I know there are zillions of commentary about hosting out there, but I haven't read much about this. Our current well known host is having too many problems, the hardware we are on it subpar, and I'm ready to leave. A day of downtime can cost as much as our monthly hosting bill. A month of bad performance is just killing us right now, user and google wise. I'm wondering about running two dedicated boxes for LAMP, one running as the primary Nginx/Apache (proxy pass), and the other as the MySQL box. Running a single box scares the bejesus out of me because who knows how long it will take anyone to fix a raid card or whatever. The idea is to set this up using some sort of failover system using pacemaker and heartbeat. If one server goes down the other can take over for the other running both web and db. There are some good articles over at Linode about this. I have a few DBs that are 1GB+ and would like to load them into memory. Because of this, I'm shying away from a Linode HA setup because for the price I could do it with two dedicated like I described. Am I mad or an idiot? What are people out there doing for pseodu high availability good performance setups under $400/month? I'm a webmaster; I do a lot of things none of it that well :)


Need Sql Server Hosting 50GB or More

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  How to find web hosting that meets my requirements? I am looking for a Hosting solution (Dedicated or Shared) which will allow me to host a SQL Server database service (Not SQL Express but the Web edition). The size of my database might grow to 50GB or more. The web application will offer more reads than write operations. I also need daily backups and raid 1 storage. Is there a reliable and economical hosting company that would provide this? Additional Question: If there is a easy way to host MS SQL on Amazon EC2 service, it will be preferable.


Is there a way to compare the speed of potential webhosts?

I want to get VPS hosting, but don't know according to what should I choose, especially how do I know if its speedy enough?


Visual Studio 2012 C# web application to hostgator?

I have a web application I developed in visual studio and I am looking to get it hosted on a domain I registered. The server side of the application is in C#. Is there a way I can get this application hosted on hostgator? How would I go about doing that? If not, what are some options I have?


Best Free Webhosting with MySQL & outside access?

I am looking for some free webhosting to test some programs on. Need the following: Ability to point my DNS to it PHP & MySQL Allows outside connections (ie: I can access MySQL from my own computer using Java or Python) More bandwidth the better! FTP Support Thanks for your help.


Help selecting dedicated server with good disk I/O & network

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  How to find web hosting that meets my requirements? I am looking for a cheap dedicated server. (I was earlier happy with VPS, until I realized that the disk I/O is not at all reliable and depends on what your neighbours are up to at the moment). I was browsing through http://www.lowenddedi.net/the-database I don't understand memory speed and NIC speed columns at all. What will be their affect? Do I need to worry about them? Also, can someone help suggest a provider, with following criteria: 1) Good & reliable Network 2) Price <= $60/month.


The absolutely cheapest way to host my tiny website?

What I need: a domain name, 10MB of disk space, 1GB bandwidth, php+mysql is there anyway I can get this all for under $1 a month?


What Webserver Do I Need For A Social App

I am making a social application that its base work is like twitter. When user opens app,it fetches data(texts and images) from server and listitems will be filled and users can be followed and etc. I think number of users for it is up to 500,000 and i want to use `node.js` for server side because it's faster that php. How should i find best `webserver(VPS,dedicated,...)` for this application?


HTML/CSS website hosting

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  How to find web hosting that meets my requirements? I would like to host my HTML/CSS website (actually, just one page, but it may grow). Since I don't need PHP, MySQL or such things, I don't want to spend much. Is there anything out there? Thank you.


Best .Net 4.0 web hosting

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  How to find web hosting that meets my requirements? After dealing with problematic web hosting company, I have to move to a new one. Which do you think is the best for .Net? TY


Looking for new hosting after Dreamhost

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  How to find web hosting that meets my requirements? I'm looking for new personal hosting after using Dreamhost for a while. I'm looking for hosting which has the following features:               * Shell access (obviously)     * Prebuilt LAMP stack (optional)     * Python/Ruby support     * Scalable     * Good speeds around the world (I travel a lot)     * Not too expensive?      What are you using currently for hosting and why do you like it?


how do i choose a web host with support for mysqli extension in php?

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  How to find web hosting that meets my requirements? I have designed a website running in php and mysql. And I used mysqli extension instead of the normal mysql extension in php, so all my functions are now on mysqli. After developing a major part of the website, i started looking for suitable webhosts, and found that there are few that offer support for mysqli extension. I'm not sure if I really made a mistake by preferring mysqli instead of mysql. Could you please let me know - a) whether mysqli support has to be confirmed with the host before I sign up for their web space account b) whether mysqli support will be given by default in all php 5.2+ versions c) any good (paid, but not too expensive) webhosts with reliable service offering support for mysqli extension (in shared server more, not dedicated server) NOTE - mine is a small business, and i'm looking for a shared mode web host for now. Thanks!


Looking for a CDN

Most of the CDN's that I've seen require you to upload your content in advance. I'm looking for a CDN that, upon receiving a request for a resource it hasn't seen, will contact my application server. If the application server returns something, it should be sent to the user and then cached in the CDN. If not, it should just return a 404. If the user requests an unexpired item, the CDN should just serve it without bothering my app server. Does anything like this exist? Is there a way to get Cloudfront to work like this?


One domain multiple web hosting?

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  How to find web hosting that meets my requirements? I have a website that only supports PHP. What I'm thinking is that I want to purchase another web hosting and that supports Ruby Rails and Python. Is this possible?


Hostings support SSH with price lower than 5 USD

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  How to find web hosting that meets my requirements? I am looking for some hostings support SSH with price lower than 5 USD. Thanks


Recommendations for safe and good hosting sites for a personal website?

Can someone provide some recommendations for safe and good hosting sites for a personal website? What is github that I hear about? Can I host my basic website on github?


Could you Advice me: Do I have to pick a VPS?

My plan: 1) Create Website 1 on Main Domain = www.example.com which is based on the Joomla CMS 2) Create Website 2 consisting of OpenAtrium (Drupal) on Sub-Domain = start.example.com 3) Create Website 3 consisting of Moodle (Open Source Learning Platform) on Sub-Domain 2 = learning.example.com Was looking for a cheap UK based server with a PHP 512MB limit.


Hosting a small e-commerce website from home. Recomended?

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  How to find web hosting that meets my requirements? I live in the UK and I current use JustHost to host several domains. I think they are very reasonable but recently one a the domains came under a massive SPAM attack which flooded the MySQL database and because the activity it causes went again their Terms Of Service they subsequently suspended my account. Admittedly, it is not their fault but we have struggled to contact them to get the account reactivated due to the difference in time zones, as they are based in the USA. Because I host websites for other people and I am going to be launching an e-commerce website soon, my dad is quite concerned now and is suggesting we move to a better solution. I'm hoping that such an incident wouldn't happen again, but because I'm running a business I can't really take that risk - I need to eliminate as many possibilities of the sites going down as possible. AND if there is an issue at anytime, we can't do with different time zones preventing it from being resolved as soon as possible. We already have a server and a computer that are running 24/7 anyway and we use Virgin Media with a 60Mbps connection so my dad thinks we could host the sites ourselves, especially if we buy a UPS. I must admit that the idea is attracting, but I'm just worried about the load because I have no idea how many people will be using the websites. At the minute there isn't too many visitors, but with the promotion I going to do, I'm hoping the numbers will be in the thousands at least. I'm no expert at web performance or anything so please forgive me. However, I can't see there being much more than 15GB files any time soon, and there is very little anyone can download. The main footprint is the large MySQL databases that the websites relay heavily on then. So, can anyone give me there advice/opinions on what you think I should do. If you have any experience with this sort of think I'd be interested to know also. We have already decided that at some point we would need to move to, at least, a dedicated server but I'm not sure what to do know. Obviously, I don't know much about actually running a web server but I think I am pretty literate and I could easily learn - to me it is just a case of the logistics of everything etc. Thanks in advance


Hosting solution for digital content only

I have a client that is wanting to provide free downloads for their digital content but at this time they're wanting a free solution for the startup. I have seen Amazon s3 services but its paid. I am unaware of any other solutions for hosting securely content that can be linked to a website for download. They are wanting the download to be called from an external source but processed still from their site, if that helps. I told them SourceForge may be a solution but they didn't want their viewers leaving the main site.


What is the best free hosting provider for my site?

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  How to find web hosting that meets my requirements? I have a small "hobby" site that generates almost no income for me (but still is fun to run, and that's why I keep it around). The site get's about 75 hits a day, though I could easily see that increasing to 200 or more in the future. I want to move it to a free hosting provider. The hosting provider should support the latest versions of php and mysql, should be able to run wordpress installations, and should have pdo and sendmail enabled. Does anyone have any recommendations? Thanks :)


Could you suggest me the cheapest and most "basic" hosting/server solution for my website?

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  How to find web hosting that meets my requirements? My website (a soccer portal, containing Joomla and SMF) in the last months has grown so much that the shared-hosting service I bought about three months ago has decided to rescind our contract and pay the remaining nine months (since the contract is for one-year). I already searched on the net and on stackexchange too, of course, but I didn't find a solution to this problem. The website's load is about 280'000-300'000 hits/month. That's about 10'000 hits/day. This is the main reason they rescinded the contract: we exceeded the number of processes allowed: no other reason exists. On the web, I read they all say that "if you use a lot of resources, you need a dedicated/virtual server" (something like a VPS). Ok, so I've searched for a VPS, but I've found they are all too expensive! The cheapest I've found (on this Q&A board) is Linode, that's about 20$/month. That could be a very good solution, but I've still some doubts. My question is: granted that some friends of mine are system analysts, so I wouldn't spend any money to administrate the server, can you suggest the cheapest and most basic hosting/server solution (I mean VPS, dedicated- hosting, shared-hosting, cloud...) for my problem? As I've already said, our website uses two technologies: Joomla and SMF, so we need the most basic solutions. We don't offer emails to our users, we don't need subdomains, we don't need special technologies as Zope, Tomcat and so on. The most basic: PHP/MySQL. And _if exists_ CPanel, just for ease. Linode is the best I've found, but do other solutions - according to my parameters - exist? Thank you very much.


WebHosting solutions allowing self-made Apache modules

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  How to find web hosting that meets my requirements? I am searching for a web hosting solution that would allow me to use my own Apache modules written in C. Have you any idea who would offer that ? I have dupplicated that question from ServerFault.com, maybe this question is more appropriate here.


Free java hosting?

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  How to find web hosting that meets my requirements? Anyone know url of free java hosting? Thanks!


Recommend hosting with fast MySQL database please

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  How to find web hosting that meets my requirements? I am frustrated to no end with my current hosting provider, mediaTemple. Yes, they are flashy, and have some decent degree of flexibility with their GS plan, which I have. But anytime I install a site that needs a database, it is slow. like really slow. Taking anywhere from 10 - 15 seconds just to load a page. I would host in house, but there are a lot of complications that come with a LAMP server that I don't want to deal with. Honestly, I'd rather spend the time developing. What can you recommend?


Podcast bandwidth

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  How to find web hosting that meets my requirements? **The situation** Hi folks, I host a medium sized non-commercial audio-only podcast available through the standard ways (website streaming, itunes, stitcher, zune, etc). All these ways of listening are hotlinked back to a simple ftp server running on a VPS. We've recently been asked to leave that VPS because we're averaging 50GB per day of traffic. **The problem** I'm looking for a new method of hosting these media files. Transfer speed doesn't matter much, so long as people don't get refused a connection, but overall bandwidth per month does. Also, all the actual site hosting, rss, and other podcasting stuff is already handled and we're not looking to change it. Literally all we need is a new place to store and distribute our media files with hotlinks. **The solution** So far, the best solutions I've found are an order of magnitude more expensive that what we have now. All podcast CDNs seem to charge by the GB of transfer, or GB on disk, or both. All the regular webhosting I've found turns me away when they hear that 50GB per day number. I've considered getting several VPSes and trying to balance the load, but that would be an awkward solution, and a badly coded one as well if I had to do it myself. Is there anything I'm missing? I'm willing to look into anything.


Price per hour or per month

I am trying to select a host for my Node.js applications. They are low-traffic applications - I expect an average of 1-2 hours of use per day, so I am looking for a package where I can pay per use only. But I am confused by the different pricing schemes of price per month vs. price per hour - I am not sure which price takes effect when. For example, DigitalOcean FAQ says that: _"If you use your server for less than 672 hours during the month, you will be billed for each hour that you used it. If you use your server for more than 672 hours that month, you will be billed at the monthly cost". But on the other hand, in the next question they say: "Am I charged while my Droplet is in a powered-off state? - Yes. Your diskspace, CPU, RAM, and IP address are all reserved while your Droplet is powered off"_. If I understand this correctly, this means that, even when no one enters my website, they charge me as if I do use the site. As another example, AtlanticNet says that: _"With per-second billing, you only pay for what you use" ... "Monthly pricing based on average use."_. If I understand this correctly, this means that the only effective price is price per hour, and I pay only per actual use. So, my question is: if my Node.js application is always on and waiting for users, but users use it only 1 hour per day, how much will I pay? Will I pay for an entire month, or only for 30 hours?


CodeIgniter Hosting

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  How to find web hosting that meets my requirements? Where can I find affordable web hosting for Codeigniter web application? I need hosting that supports all the PHP extensions that Codeigniter requires? Anyone recommend a dependable company?


Things to consider while choosing a web hosting service?

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  How to find web hosting that meets my requirements? Also does the country matter?


Hosting provider for both ASP.NET MVC 3 and MongoDB?

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  How to find web hosting that meets my requirements? Are there any hosting providers out there where you can host an ASP.NET MVC 3 Web application that uses MongoDB? I know about MongoHQ but I'd really prefer to host the code + the DB at the same provider.


Best and Economic Domain Purchase and hosting for asp.net app

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  How to find web hosting that meets my requirements? Hi Guys I have created an asp.net application and now i want to publish it on the internet and want to place different ads like Google Adsense etc on it. I don't have a Domain name. So please suggest me a hosting service which is technically better (Providees easy to manage control panel for your site etc) and cheap.


Hosting suggestions instead of Google App Engine

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  How to find web hosting that meets my requirements? The problem is the following: I made an EJB+JPA+GWT webpage which uses GWT for the visual layer, EJBs for the service layer and JPA for interacting with the database layer. I was wondering if there was a way to host my website in the Google App Engine (GAE) but then I learned that GAE doesn't support EJB´s, so I was wondering if anyone knew of a cheap solution for hosting a web page that uses GWT+GAE+JPA.


What's the cheapest non-shared webhost out there?

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  How to find web hosting that meets my requirements? IT has to be Linux hosting, let me set up whatever I want (node, mongo, etc)


Which is the best ASP.NET Web Hosting in France?

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  How to find web hosting that meets my requirements? Can you give me a list of the best ASP.NET Web hosting companies situated in France? Thanks in advance.


Public website to host a yellow-page like project

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  How to find web hosting that meets my requirements? I am working on a community project which is website served as a yellow page of shared artworks among students. At first, I planned to do the website myself (say, Drupal), but worried about the maintenance effort, bandwidth, security, scalability, etc. So I am looking for a public service (e.g. tumblr or wordpress.com) ... The project:   * each student post the artwork (one preview image and one attachment) somewhere on the net    * then the student loggin in the yellow page website to:      * write a title and description of the artwork     * upload the preview image     * write the link to the download artwork   * any students can download the artwork, the website records the download count   * any students can vote a 5-star rating, the website records the rating count and calculate the average   * any students can view artworks via the web, sort by newest, rating or download count Is there an existing website which can provide such a service?


Where can I get a cheap database, no web hosting needed

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  How to find web hosting that meets my requirements? I'm building an application which requires a fairly small online MySQL database. I don't need any web hosting. What are some cheap options for an online database? * ** _Edit(a bit more about what I'll be using it for)_** _The database itself is very small it contains market statistics for 5 weeks of time. Once a week the data will be updated, so that it always contains the most recent 5 weeks._ _Then I will use the data in that to create an XML file which is generated with PHP. The XML file will need to be accessed hundreds-thousands of times per month._ *


Searching a FREE WEB HOST which has a PHP MEMORY LIMIT over 196MB?

I tried to install OpenAtrium on neq3hosting,2freehosting and hostinger. They all have a 128MB PHP memory limit, which cannot be increased through htaccess/settings.php/or similar methods (also cannnot access php.ini). Do you know a free we host which has a php memory limit start from 196MB to install OpenAtrium, Drupal (and other modules)?


which vps hosting providers support custom images?

Which vps/cloud hopsting providers support custom machine images (like those offered by Bitnami and Turnkey linux)? I know amazon does, and unfortunately digitalocean doesn't. Which other large cloud providers support custom images?


Joomla hosting with PHP 5.3 +

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  How to find web hosting that meets my requirements? Need a good Joomla host with PHP 5.3 + required. Any good suggestions?


Configuration suggestions for a server hosting a general purpose website

I hope I am asking this question on correct stackexchange website. Actually I have a general purpose ASP.NET website like stackexchange.com QnA sites. It is a new website, and I don't know what amount resources it will use. We can't afford high-end server. Currently we have following server configuration:   * VPS with Windows Server   * Single Core Processor   * 1GB RAM    * 70GB HDD    * 700 GB BW What I want to know is that is this configuration good for my website type? I mean for 1 year atleast. Since we don't have much budget currently. If not then what you prefer?


Are there any webhosts that do not require an IP address for direct database access?

I am trying to create a little program with Java/JDBC and MySQL that updates a database on my website periodically. However, this is for work and I am having problems remotely connecting via JDBC to the MySQL database. I am using Bluehost right now and they require that I have to add my IP address to give it permission to access the database. Is there a webhost that doesn't require this? Thanks


SSL Hosting Support for site with existing SSL certificate

I would like to know if there are any hosts that host PHP sites with SSL support for free, if I have an existing SSL certificate for my domain. I checked out many questions here(about 10) but none of them have my specific requirement. All questions are related to whether there are hosting sites that provide free SSL, however most sites do not since they have to pay for the certificate. Here, I have a valid certificate. Heroku offers this custom certificate addon for $20, but I want to know if there are sites that offer it for free. https://addons.heroku.com/ssl [Please do not close this question since the requirement is different]


Are there any free web hosts that allow adult content?

I'm looking for a free web hosting (PHP) provider, that permits adult content. And by adult content, I don't mean videos. At most, photos. And I can keep it non-nude. I just want to display information about pr0n-stars. If I keep it non-nude, but still contain information about pr0n-stars, do you think 000webhost will allow this? Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks !


Domain registrar that will allow separate sub domain NS record

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  How to find web hosting that meets my requirements? So I recently found out to my dismay that my domain name registrar does not even support sub domains?! Hence I need to get a new one quick. I am faced with a problem where by my company has just signed up to an (legit) bulk email provider. I want to:   * have a domain abc.com which host a website and also has MX records set up to route email as well.   * I also want to set up a sub domain news.abc.com and re-point the whole name server for this sub domain to the bulk email provider. A couple of the well known domain registrars do not provide this service. Does anyone have any recommendations of flexible domain companies? Note I am not a sys-admin more a web dev so would prefer not to have to manually edit zone files! Thanks


Looking for a reliable and inexpensive dedicated server host

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  How to find web hosting that meets my requirements? I am looking to dump GoDaddy, the company I was with for the last 5 years or so. Yesterday my dedicated server went down for at least 5 hours. I was not impressed with the support I received and at the end they informed me that my hard-drive is probably about to die and that I needed to move. They want me do do it on my own or charge me for their support, even though, as I pointed out to them, that they sold me a lemon and I am only half-year half through my lease term. Instead I am looking for a new provider, that will send less promotional emails and will provide a better support. My current needs are not that great but I do need a dedicated server. Any suggestions?


How to compare Shared versus VPS hosting?

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  How to find web hosting that meets my requirements? While shopping around for a new hosting service, I have find that I have no idea how to decide between shared hosting (which I presently use for _all_ my sites) service or go towards virtual (VPS) hosting which are always much more expensive. The real question is **How to determine when shared hosting is no longer an option for a site?** PS: This question covers some similar ground but is too specific for my needs.


Good .NET4 hosting providers

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  How to find web hosting that meets my requirements? Are there any good .NET4 Hosting providers that could host an MVC.net 4.0 application. IXWebhosting which is what I'm using now, says that they have no plans to move to 4.0. Either virtualized hosting or dedicated depending on the price?


Where can i find free webhosting with pdo mysql and curl enabled?

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  What is the best free hosting provider for my site? I am looking for a free web host for a existing .com domain with **pdo mysql and curl** enabled


Question about MochaHost.com Hosting Plans

This is not an advertising, I've just found this website (MochaHost) that offers a great things just for 3$/m like :   * 2 LifeTime FREE Domains   * UNLIMITED Space and bandwidth   * SVN (subversion) support   * SSH access   * PHP 5, Perl, Python, and Rails I need to know if any of you had taken from them a hosting plans, what do you think about it?


ASP.NET, PHP, SQL Server, MySQL hosting provider for developer?

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  How to find web hosting that meets my requirements? I am looking to find a web hosting provider that provides ASP.NET and PHP hosting. The purpose is pretty much just a programming playground for me to develop in and possible show some of my work. As I use ASP.NET and PHP I am looking for a provider that provides hosting for both of these technologies as well as access to MS SQL Server and MySQL. Of course I am on a budget so I really can't afford to pay more than $20/month. I had looked at M6.net however in scanning for reviews I found a good deal of negative feedback. I currently use DownTownHost.com and have a good experience with them, however they do not support ASP.NET. I do not require email hosting though I know most packages include it anyway. Thanks for any suggestions. Some features that are important to me:               * ASP.NET 4 hosting     * ASP.NET MVC support     * PHP     * MySQL     * SQL Server     * URL Rewrite support     * multiple sites under one account


Shared Hosting Provider

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  How to find web hosting that meets my requirements? I've been with Dreamhost for 5 years but the amount of downtime I have experienced over the last 6 months has been outrageous. As of now (2012) which hosting provider would you recommend? Most of my sites are small to medium readership blogs running WordPress. I've been looking at Inmotion and Hostgator. Reliability is paramount. Thanks