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Best Value – VPS or Dedicated Hosting?
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If you need high performance web hosting, the choice you have these days is between dedicated hosting and VPS hosting. So, which one is a better value? Which hosting plan type with give you the most bang for your buck? Well, for the most part – it will come down to your basic hosting needs. More and more people are turning to these two hosting plan types as their own website grow in popularity so let me break down the basics of why one of these hosting plan types might be better than the other.
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So which one of these two web hosting plans gives you the best value?
VPS Hosting Value
VPS is an acronym for virtual private server. I won’t go too deep into the dictionary definition, but in a nutshell this type of hosting plan is a virtual machine setup on a server. A web host can run a series of VPS accounts all from the same server (as they do with shared hosting) however, VPS hosting gives you more server resources to work with (such as RAM and CPU power). If you are just running a series of websites and have no idea how to be a server administrator – VPS is the best upgrade you can make. You can get the power of a dedicated server environment at a significantly cheaper price. The drawback with VPS hosting is that you might not be able to do some advanced server side configurations.
Dedicated Hosting Value
A dedicated server or dedicated hosting plan would be you renting an entire server to do the work you need to have done. Unless you get it fully managed (which will be costly) you will be responsible for keeping all the server side things like the control panel, PHP, MySQL and other things of that nature all updated yourself. If you know how to do all that, this isn’t a problem. Your average guy on the street might have no clue how to do this so this is already the first drawback for the service. The advantage to dedicated hosting is that you get to set things up however you see fit. The window of customization is fully open for you to tweak and configure things to fit your needs.
Overall, I think most people will find that VPS hosting offers more value than a dedicated server hosting package. The one thing it comes down to for me is that you can get the best of both shared hosting and dedicated hosting all wrapped into one package. You can get the server side things totally managed by the web host, as you would with shared hosting. VPS hosting also offers you more RAM and CPU usage, which is necessary for any popular website of any type. If you have another opinion though, feel free to share them in the comments. Would love to hear a viewpoint from the other side of the fence.
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YouTube Clone Hosting – Podcast 217
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Welcome to the first Web Hosting Show for 2011. So what is the first thing we have to talk about in the sixth year of this broadcast? I want to touch on the topic of getting your own YouTube clone set up. We will tear apart the basic necessity you need (FFMPEG hosting) and give you a few good scripts to try out so you too can get on the social video sharing bandwagon.
Running Time: 7 minutes | File Size: 3.14 MB
You can make a clone of about any popular website service out there, and YouTube is no exception. You basically need the FFMPEG tools to help convert the video or audio into a digestible web format and a script to organize it all. Sounds pretty simple, right?
Here is what we have in store for you on today’s show:
Time to take a look at another hosting term you might have heard of but didn’t really know what it means. FFMPEG hosting is the word up for review today. This is a term that is used to refer to any time of hosting that provides an assortment of of recording, converting and streaming tools for audio and video on the server side.
So, you want to start your own website where people can upload videos of dogs of skateboards? A few years back, this would be nearly impossible. These days though, finding a script that will clone many of the best features a video sharing service like YouTube has is pretty easy. There are a lot of duds out there though in the world of YouTube clone scripts so I have gone through the trenches to find you the three best scripts for the job.
That is it for today’s show. Hope you enjoy – and if you have any feedback be sure to use the contact link above or leave a comment and share with me your own thoughts on FFMPEG hosting.
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Online Stores 101 – Podcast 213
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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.
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Running Time: 8 minutes | File Size: 3.36 MB
You want to sell something online? Then you have picked the right podcast to listen to. I might not cover every little thing, but I will give you the information you need to get started in web hosting e-commerce.
Here is a summary of the topics we will cover this week:
There is a lot more to consider when it comes to setting up your own online store on your website. If you are serious though about becoming an e-commerce entrepreneur though, I will give you the basic things you need to have before you get started building your own online storefront.
3 Great Free E-Commerce Storefronts
If you want to start your own virtual store out there on the Web, you don’t have to go through all the hard work of setting up a shopping cart, lining up shippers, processing credit cards and all those other headaches that are often involved with e-commerce. You could sign up with one of these free online storefronts instead. While they might take a cut of the profits, in the long term – they might also save you money too.
Hope you enjoy this week’s podcast – and if you have your own e-commerce tips or shopping cart reviews to share, feel free to do it in the comments.
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The cPanel Show – Podcast 212
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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.
Download the Web Hosting Show, Episode 212!
Running Time: 6 minutes | File Size: 2.54 MB
For many people out there, cPanel has been the best control panel for a number of reasons. The question I have for you is what are those reasons?
Here is a summary of the topics we will be discussing this week:
cPanel – Fresh, Bold and Fun Control Panel
If you ask just about anybody what control panel their web hosting account is using, nine times out of ten you are going to get cPanel as the response. While cPanel has always seemed to be the proverbial, “big daddy” when it comes to controlling hosting accounts – I do have to say the company has done a great job at sort of remaking its image to seem more up to date and awesome.
Now, cPanel is by far the most popular control panel option out there these days. Do you really know what makes it stand out from the rest of the crowd though? Here are the top 5 reasons why cPanel really rocks.
Feel free to leave your own thoughts, suggestions and feedback on or about cPanel in the comments. I would love to hear them. Hope you enjoy the show, and if you do – consider sharing it on Twitter, Facebook or even subscribe to the RSS feed so you never miss another episode!
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Stop Complaining – Podcast 211
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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.
Download the Web Hosting Show, Episode 211!
Running Time: 7 minutes | File Size: 3.14 MB
Meilena Hauslendale personal development author, and has been providing life guidance and insight for over 11 years. She has published six books and in those books, her style of writing really gives the reader a step by step guide to achieving success.
Her most recent book, Stop Complaining: Your Guide to Living Life Instead of Complaining About It, really brings home the idea that you can live a much happier life if you curb your unproductive complaining and how to really redirect your energy towards bettering your life, rather than depleting it.
On today’s podcast I talked with Meilena one-on-one about not only her projects but the frustration we sometimes have when it comes to web hosting and customer relationships, or the other way around.
You can check out more of Meilena’s work on iMotivate.org and also you can pick up her book Stop Complaining: Your Guide to Living Life Instead of Complaining About It at Amazon.com.
Hope you enjoy this special edition of today’s show. I hope it serves as a reminder that we don’t need to get all stressed out and worried about silly situations in the web hosting world. There is always a better solution, you just have to go out there and grab it.
What things do you complain about when it comes to web hosting or web development these days?
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Grand Theft Website – Podcast 210
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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.
Download the Web Hosting Show, Episode 210!
Running Time: 8 minutes | File Size: 3.50 MB
So how does web hosting, the DMCA and copyright protection all mash up and what do you need to know? I am glad you asked.
Here is a summary of the topics we are covering this week:
What is the DMCA and how does it pertain to web hosts? I will go into detail about how parts of this law do have to do with web hosting, and how that might effect us all. Also, learn what each web hosts needs to ask for before a DMCA claim will even be looked into.
How to Handle Website Content Theft
So, you have somebody stealing your articles, photos, artwork or something else. How can you use the DMCA and the US copyright laws to your advantage? I will let you know. Also, learn how and what you should do when your confronting those who have stolen your content for the best results.
Hope this week’s podcast comes in handy in your own copyright battles, or to help you better understand how the DMCA, copyright theft and website hosting all meshes together.
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Feel free to leave your comments, thoughts and suggestions for future show topics or your own feelings about the DMCA and copyright theft in the comments. This podcast is here to help anybody, from big web hosts to small web developers – so I want to hear back from each and every one of you.
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