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Best Web Hosting Podcasts from 2010
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Did you miss out on a podcast one week or did you want to listen to one of the best podcasts we have produced in the past year one more time? You are in luck. I just happen to have a list of the most popular Web Hosting Show podcast episodes produced this year. So sit back, turn up the speaker and enjoy the best interviews, discussions, tips and more.
When you talk about a web hosting control panel, nine times out of ten, you are talking about cPanel. This juggernaut of the web hosting world has been around longer than I can even remember – and continues to be the dominate control panel out there for web hosts to choose. So what makes it so special, and how has it lasted so long? That is what we’ll be diving into on this episode of the Web Hosting Show.
Online Stores 101 – Podcast 213
Short of sharing our opinions, sharing our goods and services (whatever they might be) is the biggest thing we do online these days. Everybody has something to sell, but how do you get started in the e-commerce world? I will be covering some of the e-commerce basic right here on this very podcast today. Hopefully it helps you learn a little more about how to get your own shopping cart set up or how to setup a store though one of the free store providers out there.
Stop Complaining – Podcast 211
We all complain day after day. We complain about little things. We complain about big things. We complain about things that do not make any sense. In web hosting, the main thing we complain about is the relationship between a web host and a customer (or vice versa depending on which side of the fence you are on). Today, we have a very special guest that will help us all curb our complaining habits.
You might know the basics, but do you know all that you need to know about search engine optimization? On today’s podcast will be discussing what is true, and what might not be so true in this shady business and also arm you with the knowledge you need to know when it comes to finding your own SEO expert. Guaranteed to rank number one for web hosting awesome, the Web Hosting Show is now on the air.
Web Hosting Power-up Ideas – Podcast 204
Are you a webmaster looking for power-up ideas to turn your mediocre web site into a powerhouse of the Web? Are you a web host looking for ideas on how you can diversify your web hosting services, to make a little more money on related services you can provide? Today’s podcast is all about web hosting power-ups. Little ideas that you can bring into your web hosting companies or your web sites to take them to the next level.
Making Money on Affiliate Hosting – Podcast 206
I might have been missing in action for a few weeks, but I have finally figure out a way to make it up to you. I’m going to share my tips with web hosts on how to get more web hosting clients and I’m going to tell the webmasters out there how to earn more money. So what is the secret? I have one word for you. Affiliate.
Web Site Performance – Podcast 202
Over the past few weeks, I have been doing a lot of looking around at web sites I run, and asking myself, “What can I do to make this web site better?”. Well, after some experiments, trial and error, I have a few solutions I want to share with you.
Free Video Tutorial Fun – Podcast 203
I have not one but two ways you can use the power of some awesome online tools to create your own video tutorials, for web hosting or anything else on your computer screen. Also I’ll explain the myth of unlimited hosting and talk a little about what the web hosting world is doing about the disaster in Haiti, all on this edition of the Web Hosting Show.
Grand Theft Website – Podcast 210
It is a big bad scary world when it comes to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and website hosting. On today’s podcast I will be discussing with you in detail what the DMCA is, what it means for web hosts out there, and what you should do if your own content has been ripped from your website. The Web Hosting Show is on the air.
Blog Hosting Bonanza – Podcast 214
Blog hosting is big business these days in the web hosting world. Everybody provides it, but do you know what exactly you should be looking for when it comes to finding the best blog host? No matter if you are shopping for a new blog host or your very first one, I have a few suggestions that will help you find the blog host you’ve always dreamed of having. Also, why pay for blog hosting – when you can get it for free?
There you have the ten most popular podcasts from the Web Hosting Show in 2010! I hope you have enjoyed the past year’s work and continue to tune in as we take the Web Hosting Show to new heights and even more listeners in 2011! Remember, you can always subscribe by email or subscribe to the RSS feed to make sure you never miss out on anything that is posted here.
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7 Most Retweeted Blog Posts of 2009
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I always love seeing people sharing the tutorials and articles we write up on a daily basis over at the Lunarpages Lunartics web hosting blog. Over the past year, we have seen a surge of popularity, and also a surge in retweeted links via Twitter for each of our posts that have been made.
Rather than just give you the most popular blog posts of 2009, I thought I would turn toward our great Twitter followers and give you seven of the most retweeted Lunartics blog posts in 2009.
40 CSS Layouts to Help with the Basics
When searching through some of my personal favorite CSS and design resources, I stumbled upon an old favorite of mine – Layout Gala. It might be a ‘bit old, but the advice and layouts here are as good now as they were then.
Make Your Pages More Tweet-ccessible
Want to make your web page a little more accessible to Twitter users? You might look to add the re-tweeter from TweetMeme to your own web site layout. You (or your fans) can promote your web site using the TweetMeme button. It is a simple and easy way to integrate Twitter onto your blog and web site.
Introduction to Mind Maps for Webmasters
When it comes to planning out a brand new web site, organizing your thoughts can be rather difficult. You might know you want to design a web site about a specific topic, but can’t decide what else you might need in that web site to help it become successful. Mind maps are one great way to get your jumbled thoughts about your site organized.
WordPress Hosting at Lunarpages
All this month, on the Lunartics blog, we will highlight some of our favorite third-party scripts. From image galleries to message boards, there will be a little something for everybody. To get things started, I thought I would discuss with you why WordPress is my absolute favorite blogging script.
I have been spending a lot of my time on Facebook here recently. I am far from being a Facebook expert, however I do have a few tips for you if you have not tried it yet, or you were scared away. Here are some of my own Facebook tips for those of you who might be new to the social networking scene.
10 Awesome Blog Clients to Help You Write
Great tools do not make you a great writer, however it can make you a more productive one. Here are ten of my favorite blog clients – in no specific order. By using a desktop client to update your blog (rather than the web site interface) you can often gain features like being able to draft a post locally, or get your hands on even more tools to edit your articles. These selections have those abilities and many more included.
Grab a Number of Cool Google Gadgets
The gadget team over at Google have made it really easy to grab any number of tools they have featured there and display them on your web site. At the time of writing this, they have over 175,000 little boxes of information to share with your own visitors.
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5 Best Web Development Extensions for Google Chrome
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When it comes to extensions, Firefox is king – with thousands upon thousands to choose from. However, Google Chrome is just now starting to gain ground with the idea of having an extendable interface, so how many good web development extensions are there for this alternative browser from Google? I did my search and found five of the best web development related extensions for the browser.
Speed Tracer is a tool to help you identify and fix performance problems in your web applications. It visualizes metrics that are taken from low level instrumentation points inside of the browser and analyzes them as your application runs.
Chrome Extension that generates random dummy text.It uses a minimalist and well looking design. Many other extensions of this type – in other browsers – simply complicate this task, using really extensive code, XHR, etc. The main purpose of this one, is to use the less amount of code (and also memory) and help the developer/user to get the job done.
This handy SEO tool shows you the Google PageRank of web pages beside the address box. If the PageRank of the page in current tab is not available, the tool shows the PageRank of the domain instead, prefixed with ‘S’.
The Google Chrome SEO extension provides easy access to Search Engine Optimization Tools that can help you with Competitive Analysis, Keyword Research, Backlink Checks and other daily SEO tasks.
Use Internet Explorer to display web pages in a Chrome tab. Some sites can only be displayed using IE, and with this extension you can now see those sites without leaving Chrome.
Know of any more that I might have missed? Be sure to drop then in via the comments, and help us all learn a little more about the web development tools the Google Chrome browser provides.
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Best of the Web Hosting Show in 2009
Posted by: | CommentsA lot has happened this year in the web hosting world, and I have thankfully been able to cover a lot of it right here. Cloud hosting is on the rise, we said goodbye to Geocities, and let’s face it, I could go on and on. Rather than rambling, I thought today would be the perfect day to share with all of you podcasts you listened to the most in 2009.
Here are the ten most popular web hosting podcasts from 2009:
Click the image for the show you want to check out, listen to and/or download. 2009 was a great year for the Web Hosting Show podcast. We not only celebrated four years of bringing podcasts about web hosting and web development issue to all of you, we also celebrated the 200th podcast posted.
Also, I’m not going crazy – I did say “we” because without your downloading, dedication and support, this podcast would not be the one and only voice of the web hosting world. Thanks to you all, have a great New Year!
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