The process of web site optimization implies many operations regarding the changing of different web objects’ properties. The main purpose of optimization action is to reduce the size of large files, such as multimedia files for example. Web page code optimization will lead to a higher rendering speed of the page by web browser. The internal links and external links validation represents also a stage in the overall optimization process.

A complete website optimization process includes various individual steps, which could take a lot of time to be executed. Their efficiency could not have the maximal value, due to the fact that optimization operations are performed manually. Fortunatelly, automatic optimization tools exist, allowing the webmaster to perform website optimization directly from computer desktop or from a web server. Read the rest of this entry »

Tips for Rapid Blog Deployment on Wordpress.com

On the Internet there are many free services that provide web hosting accounts to anyone having a valid email address. But usually these web hosting services impose some limitations that will determine certain server side applications not to work at their full parameters.

Concerning free web hosting services that provide support for deployment of PHP / MySQL applications, the most common limitations imposed are PHP in safe mode and a predefined number of MySQL database file sizes. For example, when you create a blog that runs on a WordPress platform, many errors could appear on a free web hosting account when you want to install certain plugins; even the main WordPress application works with PHP safe mode on. Read the rest of this entry »

As millions of travelers prepare to fly home for the holidays this year, a few thousand can expect to try out a new generation of onboard e-mail and text-messaging services using their own cellphones and portable devices.

Starting this week and over the next few months, several airlines in the United States and Europe are due to begin testing these new services on some of their planes, with plans to roll out the technology across most of their fleets over the next 12 to 18 months. Read the rest of this entry »

Excitement over Sedo-run auction generates record-breaking revenue, led by sale of music.mobi for $616,000 and games.mobi for $401,500

dotMobi, the company behind the .mobi Internet domain for mobile phones, closed its 2007 online auction series on December 5 with a record-breaking auction that generated approximately $2.3 million for the continued creation of mobile content tools like dotMobi’s popular http://ready.mobi and http://site.mobi tools and its forthcoming device database. Read the rest of this entry »

For the last several years, Red Hat has been pushing forward the development of real-time enhancements for Linux. Yet the company has made no formal product announcement of how it would attempt to productize its real-time Linux innovations.

That changed today, with the announcement of the Red Hat MRG (Messaging, Real Time and Grid) platform. The product is expected to be available as a public beta this month, with a generally available release set for early 2008.

The product’s real-time enhancements provide deterministic performance for the kernel that enables actions to occur within the same amount of time, every time — a feature critical for a number of industries including telecommunications, the military, healthcare and financial services.
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Dedicated Web hosting behemoth, The Planet, captures first spot on the TopHosts Top 25 List for December 2007.

Each month, TopHosts.com, the ultimate destination for the Web hosting community since 1997, reviews hundreds of Web hosts and provides a listing of the best 25 in the industry. Excellence in customer care, breadth of Web hosting services and innovation in technology and marketing strategies are the primary criteria used in the selection process.

The Planet has been selected as the Number One Web Host for December 2007 distinguishing itself among thousands that apply just for inclusion in the world-renowned Top 25 List. Read the rest of this entry »

Web hosting and domain name provider Purohits has reintroduced its .INFO promotion, the company announced recently. The promotion offers considerable discounts on .INFO domain name registrations.

The company’s promotion began December 3, 2007 at 09:30 GMT and will end December 27, 2007 at 09:00 GMT. Those purchasing .MOBI domain names receive a free .MOBI Site Builder. The company is also offering .IN, .NET, and .MOBI domain names.
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In a bid to do its part to help the environment, web hosting provider XMission (http://www.xmission.com/) has transitioned to Total Renewable Energy, it was reported today. The company, also a broadband provider, has made the upgrade to “100% renewable energy” through Rocky Mountain Power’s Blue Sky program, which the company has been involved in since 2006. According to the company, it is the first Internet service provider in the US state of Utah to “purchase green power equal to its entire electricity use”. The company has also “implemented green standards” at its own data center by upgrading equipment and increasing efficiency of power and cooling systems. Read the rest of this entry »

Registrations and renewals demonstrate strength of .eu domain Brussels, 19 November 2007 - EURid, the European registry for .eu, is pleased to announce that registrations for the .eu top-level Internet domain continued to grow during the third quarter of this year.

* New registrations stayed strong, with an average of 2760 new .eu domain names registered each business day during the month of September. * Third-quarter renewal rates stayed above 80 percent. * Actual use of .eu domains increased by 23 percent between the second and third quarters, according to DNS queries. The use of .eu domains for email and websites rose as well. * The number of registered domain names grew by 4.7 percent compared to the second quarter. Read the rest of this entry »

Tucows Inc. , a leading provider of Internet services to web hosting companies and ISPs worldwide, today officially launched its domain parking programs that will share over $1 million in revenues with Tucows resellers over the next 12 months. The two programs, Parked Pages Program and Expired Domains Program, offer additional sources of revenue to resellers, including a slice of the growing domain name re-sale market through a share of Tucows Premium Domains service sales revenues.

Tucows domain parking programs generate additional revenues through the automatic serving of targeted pay-per-click (PPC) advertising. In the case of the Parked Pages Program, ads are displayed on unused domain names, while the Expired Domains Program serves advertising on domain names that have expired. Under the terms of these programs, Tucows offers a 50-50 split of all net advertising revenue with the reseller. Read the rest of this entry »