There are literally hundreds of websites that try to tell you which web hosting are the best, however after only a few minutes, you have probably realized that everyone has a different opinion. Fortunately, once a definition of what “popular” really means, it is much easier to see which hosting companies fit the criteria. First, we will look at the criteria must be met in order to be considered popular. Then we will look at what the 3 most popular web host companies really are.
What is Popular?
The first criteria of being a popular web host company is the ability to serve a variety of clients. In order to appeal to the masses, they must provide (at minimum) shared hosting, VPS, and dedicated hosting. Additionally, they must be able to support every type of webmaster from one domain to thousands. There are also some minimum technical requirements as well. The first, is that they must have an acceptable reported uptime of 99.90%. Second, they must offer the flexibility to upgrade and downgrade packages in order to meet any additional technical requirements that webmasters may need regarding aspects such as: bandwidth allowance, disk space, etc Of course, they must also be held in high regard via high positive ratings including review websites and customer feedback/commentary.
The 3 Most Popular Web Host Companies
(In no particular order)
1. Hostgator
Hostgator seems to be held in high regard with a majority of users across the spectrum of clients, from personal websites to Fortune 500 clients. They have excellent plans that are designed to meet everyone’s requirements In the 21st century, Hostgator has consistently been on the fastest growing private companies in the United States and is considered a global leader in shared, reseller, and dedicated hosting and currently service more than 170 countries. Considering their reputation for customer service, it is no surprise that many people consider Hostgator a benchmark in affordable hosting.
2. JustHost
When you are searching for the most popular web host companies, JustHost is always near the top of the list. Not only do they offer elite customer service, but also have a variety of flexible packages that can meet anyones needs. They have accrued a number of “top web host” awards over the years, especially since 2008. The “Just” company owns a variety of different ventures including their hosting company, and a majority of them are internet marketing and website functionality related. In order to survive servicing clients in the internet marketing industry, you must bend over backwards for clients, and that is exactly what JustHost does.
3. BlueHost
BlueHost has been well-known as a premier hosting company since 1996. They offer packages that are not only a great price, but also loaded with features and extras. With so much to offer, it is no surprise that BlueHost currently hosts nearly 1,000,000 domains regularly Only 4 months into 2010, and they have already received 4 awards for their customer service and overall value.
While there are a growing number of popular web hosting companies, Hostgator, JustHost, and BlueHost round out the top 3. As always, there is room for debate, especially with such fierce competition, but these 3 always stand out from the crowd.
10 OctThe 3 Most Popular Web Host Companies
31 AugThe Benefits Of Hiring Experienced Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers
People every day are charged with crimes that they did not commit. When it comes to choosing Texas criminal defense lawyers to represent you or a loved one accused of criminal activity you have to keep in mind that all lawyers are not the same. Not all lawyers will put in the effort and have the experience to help you keep your freedom. This is why for those being charged or being investigated for a crime need to talk to an experience lawyer such as James Alston immediately.
Your best chance at freedom is to retain a quality Houston criminal attorney that believes that you are innocent until proven guilty. In fact, if an attorney does not believe that you are innocent then why would you want to retain them anyway? You have the right to be represented by a lawyer who will work to get back your freedom. Choosing the right attorney is absolutely crucial and quite possibly the most important decision you can make. While many attorney’s go through the motions, you can be sure that James Alston will go above and beyond to defend your right to a fair and just review of your case.
James Alston is a Texas criminal lawyer who still believes that people are innocent until they are proven guilty in a court of law. He will work hard to ensure that you are not incarcerated for a crime that you did not commit. Mr. Alston defends a number of criminal charges including gun and drug crimes among several others. He knows that the criminal justice system is not perfect and that many people are investigated for criminal activities that are completely innocent. In order to retain your freedom, you need an attorney with experience in the criminal spectrum and James Alston has that experience.
Mr. Alston has experience working on both sides of criminal law. He worked for many years as an Assistant United States Attorney and an Assistant District Attorney. He uses the knowledge from those positions to ensure that you are treated fairly throughout your ordeal and that you have every chance of defending your freedom. If you want a criminal attorney who still believes that people are innocent until proven guilty then contact the law offices of James Alston today.
28 JunQR Code – How To Use QR Codes
You may have seen these recently in various places, you may have heard people talking about them in the realm of mobile and wondered what the heck they are. Quick response codes (known as “QR” codes) are a very convenient way to display a small bit of information that is easily scanned and processed typically by mobile devices. Allowing physical items to almost become interactive, by providing information that is easily scanned like a website URL.
To make a simpler analogy, most people are familiar with Universal Product codes (known as UPC codes). Everything you buy at the grocery store (and almost any store these days) has one of those that the cashier will scan. The computer then immediately knows what the product is based on the code that it picked up.
Does anyone remember the days of grocery shopping and the cashier had to punch in the prices and codes for every single item you purchased.
They had to memorize most of these in their head and if they forgot? They had to pickup the loud phone, make an announcement in the store asking for someone in that department to help them out.
Think of QR codes as UPC codes but instead they’re used in a much broader spectrum, not just to ‘identify’ products but to convey ‘information’ of some kind.
Basic QR Code Usage
The most basic (and popular use) of QR codes is to display website information (a website address). Lets say you’re at a trade show and you’re walking by my booth. You want to find out more information about my company, so you open up your phone and start fumbling away trying to type in some long URL (that is on my display) into your browser, and off you go.
The other option would be for me to display a QR code (on my display), you take your phone and scan it just like cashiers scan items at the grocery store, and your phone automatically starts loading my website, how is that for convenience?
What about billboards outside on the street, or bus shelters while waiting for public transportation.
You can place these little codes anywhere. People with free scanners on their phones (iPhones, BlackBerrys, Androids, Nokia, etc.) can quickly scan the QR code and find out more information, like opening up a website.
Whole Foods Market (popular in the US/Canada) uses these in their stores. I was recently sitting down to have a bite to eat at the one in Yorkville Toronto, and on the table where I was sitting was a table tent with two QR codes.
It was obvious where they would take me if I scanned them, one would take me to their twitter account, the other would take me to their facebook page.
If I was interested in checking out their twitter or facebook page, rather than opening up each respective app and going to the search function and typing in their name etc. (I likely wouldn’t, too much effort) I could pick up my phone, scan the QR code and automatically open each page!
You can find a lot of examples of QR codes online, here are a few more:
Airline Boarding Pass
This is an interesting one because you use your mobile to display the QR code rather than scan it.
In this case, the airline sends you a QR code that you display on the screen of your phone. This allows the airline while at the airport to scan your unique QR code which represents your passenger information (your digital boarding pass).
Wine Bottles
A lot of vineyards are placing QR codes on their bottle labels. When you’re out and try a bottle you like, you want to find out more information, or browsing in a wine shop, you may want more information. So rather than writing a long URL out (which most people aren’t going to go type in for lack of convenience), you can scan the bottle just like the cashier will. The only difference is your QR code scan is to give you more information on the wine/vineyard (sales stuff), and the UPC scan is to identify the item in stock and figure out how much of your money to take.
These QR codes are all over the place in Asia, and they’re becoming more and more common in Europe and North America. Just walk around and you’ll start noticing these things.
Just the other day while doing a keynote presentation at a local college on social media, there was a big banner up for birth control, HUGE banner. At the bottom of the banner was a ….. you guessed it, QR code:
Anyone with a QR scanner on their phone could quickly scan that QR code at the bottom and be on their website in a second or two.
What They’re NOT For
I’ve seen people put QR codes on their website and quite frankly that just defeats the purpose and nobody will ever scan it. The point is to take people from the physical world to the online world. If someone is already browsing your website, facebook page, twitter, some online ‘property’, they’re already there. If I’m on my phone, I can exactly scan my screen of my phone with my phone’s camera now can I?
QR Code Generation
Creating your own QR code could not be any easier. There are countless websites online that allow you to easily generate a QR code image. You take the image they give you and print it on whatever you want, place it wherever you want, it’s a ‘label’ so to speak. Here is one to get you started: => http://qrcode.kaywa.com/
QR Content
Though typically QR codes identify URLs you can essentially represent any piece of information you like, here are some examples:
Website URL Send a text message Send an email message Address Book record (vcard) Display some text on your screen Any bit of text you like
What determines the success of what you put there is how it’s read and consumed. So that means the scanner has to know what to do with the ‘text’ it reveals after scanning the QR code. So almost every scanner I’m aware of knows what a url is and will open it for you. Most will allow you to ‘start’ a text message (it will not create/send one for you). But when get into more complicated (not as popular) usage, they won’t always work.
I have an app on my iPhone that does not handle address book entries, while the other one does. So even though you can represent many things with a QR code, it’s ultimately up to the scanner to understand what to do with the text and that is why the URL is the most popular, as it’s the most widely used and supported by all QR code scanners.
20 AprForeclosure Defense: Do I Need to Hire an Attorney During the Foreclosure Process?
When your mortgage is severely delinquent, your bright future as a homeowner begins to darken. Eventually, the unfortunate process of foreclosure begins to take effect. Due to unemployment and excessive debt, many people fall into the foreclosure trap. The foreclosure crisis heightened in 2007, and since then, numerous homeowners have been desperately trying to save themselves from the dreadful clutch of the foreclosure fist.
Foreclosure… a frightening thing for any homeowner to have to face. You can almost feel the home that you once proudly claimed as yours being ripped away slowly by the bank. What is one to do when foreclosure enters their life and lingers like a dark cloud? Should you hire an attorney?
An experienced mortgage litigation attorney can help you defeat the qualms of foreclosure in your life. There are many benefits to hiring a mortgage litigation attorney.
Since the foreclosure process in extremely complex, it is best not to face this situation alone. The notices that are sent out by your bank are baffling and confusing. These notices are written by an attorney that represents the bank and are written in a legal formality that not everyone can clearly understand. Trying to translate these legal formalities on your own can lead to an unsettling dead end, or even worse, more legal issues if you sign something that you shouldn’t. An attorney can help translate these notices into a language that you can comprehend. They can go over them thoroughly with you and make sure no mistakes are made on your end due to any misunderstandings of the information provided.
After the process of foreclosure has begun, the bank’s attorney must proceed with the foreclosure of your home and attempt to evict you and your family. You need an attorney to set the playing field level and protect your home. This way, both sides of the spectrum have a team captain playing for them and an attorney on your side can increase your chances of winning the foreclosure battle.
An experienced mortgage litigation attorney can also file suit against your lender, using the technical violations with the original mortgage as leverage in the foreclosure law suit. There are also other leverage methods that can be used once discovery is performed on the case. Most likely, your bank will want to settle prior to an actual court date. Settlements usually mean strong loan workouts, principal loan reductions and awarded monetary damages. An experienced mortgage litigation attorney can help guide you through this process ensuring it runs smoothly for your benefit.
Hiring an attorney to assist you with going through the difficult process of foreclosure is vital. Don’t make the mistake of going through foreclosure alone. Contact an attorney and get your title of a ‘Proud Homeowner’ back!
09 JanOnline database – Lets you share your database on the web!
The growth and evolution of the internet has placed an increasing importance on user participation and interaction. Thus, all websites these days use databases to organize their content. A well-designed online database makes a website more effective. This database lets people find, browse, and modify database information using just a web browser. Products or information can be automatically generated to display on any given page. This is best demonstrated by online catalogs. A database allows the user to go in and change the necessary information in the item’s record. Every mention of the item will be automatically updated. Without a database, the process would be tedious and potentially incomplete. With a database, the user can be assured the information about the product will be correct on every page in which it appears.
The reasons why a person would need database software are many. Whether they’re keeping track of employee records, their finances or their favorite book collections, a database will make the job much easier and more efficient. A database program organizes and stores data in such a way that the tables are searchable and questions may be answered. These tools are available in a number of different configurations, scalable to use by the individual or a globally-dispersed corporation. Some are user-friendly, with visual interfaces to the database while others, at the enterprise end of the spectrum, require specialized training and tools to be useful.
A web database program lets you share your database on the web. Others can access it from anywhere in the world with an internet connection. Website databases offer many advantages to businesses that have an online presence. Making the decision to move all that information to the web can be intimidating, especially when the business has all its records neatly contained on the desktop in the home office. You can create a website database for your business to,
Conducting surveys
Collecting customer feedback
Collecting event registration information
Publishing a product catalog
Sharing work in progress with customers, as an advertising agency might
Distributing daily sales or inventory reports and more.