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GVO Offer Three levels of shared hosting starting at $18.95 per month. As specialists in the marketing industry they are a good choice for business users offering reliable service, good support & far less restrictive limits than many shared servers. Full service comparison details on site including the industry leading affiliate plan. All shared plans include cpanel and Fantastico with over 50 of the top scripts available for simple installation.

In addition to shared hosting GVO can also provide dedicated fully managed servers tailored to your needs and full details can be found at the company’s website. GVO bill themselves as the host for internet marketers and they are attuned to the needs of that market sector, but whatever your online business they offer reliable service and excellent tech and customer support.

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With the first stable release of Wordpress 2.7 or, wordpress 2.7 Coltrane to give it its correct title, there has been a flurry of posting around the blogosphere and the usual avalanche of questions and answers. If you are a blogger and you’ve managed to miss out on the fact that Wordpress 2.7 represents some significant changes over all previous versions you might want to check your pulse, but then read on to find out what all the buzz is about.

I normally proceed with caution each time a new WP version hits the streets to let them iron out the inevitable bugs and to give the plugin authors time to catch up, but this time I decided to forge ahead, upgrading another blog before this one just to see how it went.

The good news is that it went pretty smoothly so I moved on to The CaymanHost without too much trepidation and set the Wordpress Automatic Upgrade plugin in motion. I’m pleased to say that aside from a few minor glitches and irritations the upgrade went well here too, but there are one or two plugins that don’t want to play with 2.7 and have thrown their rattles out of their prams. More of that in a bit.

Rather than regurgitate all the details of the changes in the look and feel of Wordpress 2.7 from an admin point of view I will refer you to K-InTheHouse’s excellent and comprehensive post entitled “Top Wordpress 2.7 Tips, Hacks, Plugins & Resources” where you will find plenty of very useful links and information.

For a quick peek at the new backend admin interface and some of the new features I’ve included a pretty detailed video below to demonstrate how it all works. Personally I’m finding it does take a little while to find your way around after having got so used to the Wordpress backend of old.

So, as you can see, there have been a lot of changes compared to the normally slow development of Wordpress, this latest incarnation represents some major differences from the Wordpress you know and love.

As far as plugins go, you might want to heed the advice given in the above video regarding a test installation on a subdomain and check the list of compatible plugins listed in K-InTheHouse’s aforementioned post.  I forged ahead and I’m pleased to say that the majority of my plugins worked fine although I did have to deactivate and reactivate a couple of them to get them functioning.

Notable exceptions, at least for me are a couple of RSS plugins, including the excellent MultiFeedSnap so you will probably notice a couple of feeds missing from my sidebars for a while. The other plugin that refuses to work is Max Banner Ads from MaxBlogPress, but I’m sure they will soon fix those issues. Until then I shall have to do without it.

The following plugins are all in use and working fine although at least one will effectively be made redundant due the new capabilities of 2.7 Coltrane.

Akismet | aLinks (site down/ no longer being developed?) |AllInOne SEO Pack | Blog Mechanics Keyword Link | CoComment Enhancer | DoFollow | FeedBurner Feedsmith | Feed Footer | Google XML Sitemaps | Got Banners | Insights | KB Advanced RSS Widget | Maintenance Mode | MaxBlogPress Favicon | MaxBlogPress Stripe Ad | My Ad Manager | My Page Order | No Self Pings | Peter’s Custom Anti Spam | Psychic Search | Redirection | Share This | Simple Tags | Simple Trackback Validation | Smart Youtube | StatPress Reloaded | Subscribe Me | Subscribe To Comments | Twit This | What Would Seth Godin Do | WP Automatic Upgrade | Wordpress Link Directory | WP-Affiliate

Sez Who and Bumpzee have both been kicked into touch as a result of two much conflict with other plugins or slow load times. This was done prior to the upgrade. SezWho are working on my issues so it may make a return at some point in the future.

Once I get used to the navigation I’m sure I’ll be a happy bunny, but until then it has slowed me down a little As Wordpress 2.7 Coltrane includes an automatic upgrade feature, tedious WP updates will hopefully be a thing of the past. The king is dead, long live the king.

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Having recently launched a widgetized RSS Feed for webmasters and bloggers wanting to syndicate TheCaymanHost easily on their own pages, I am pleased to announce the launch of a brand new toolbar.

The toolbar focuses primarily on web hosting and domains (news articles, feeds, offers and coupons) and internet/affiliate marketing (free tools and software, ebooks, tips articles and blogs). However, there is a whole lot more to it and we will be constantly updating it with new and interesting features.

Below is a screenshot giving you an idea of what the bar looks like installed on Firefox. It is also available for IE. see the video for more detail.

As you can see the toolbar is pretty unobtrusive sitting just above the tabs in Firefox and is very customizable to suit your needs and tastes. It can be shrunk so as not to cover the entire width of the browser and you are free to add your preferred components and delete or hide the things you do not use or need.

The toolbar will be undergoing continuing development so features will be changing quite frequently. If you are involved in hosting or looking for information on the subject our free toolbar will be a helpful addition to your browser.

It is guaranteed virus and spyware free and you can Download Your Free Toolbar Here and get access to some cool free stuff right away. I am giving away software that I normally offer in exchange for an opt-in, but if you give this new toolbar a try, you will get direct download links Once installed the bar will not require any updating on your part as all updates will automatically feed through to your toolbar in real time.

So….if you want to keep up with hosting news, reviews, forums, and tips or you are interested in affiliate marketing, internet marketing, making money online etc. join my toolbar community. Aside from the core subject matter you will also find news, search, chat, games and gadgets, free offers of all kinds, streaming radio, your local weather, an email notifier etc etc. There is a lot of stuff in this bar so give google the boot and lose the spyware most of the big name toolbars infest you with Enjoy.

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3Essentials Hosting offer both Linux and Windows shared hosting starting at a very low $4 per month for the budget conscious. Both this and the cheapest personal plan, which costs only $1.50, may be a little restrictive for anyone with anything more than a small personal site to host.With a good range of shared hosting options though, there is something for every need, including reseller plans from $17.95 per month.

3Essentials can also provide you with VPS and dedicated server options. VPS, dependent on features range in price from $50 to $160 and dedicated servers  from $149 to $475 monthly. Full details can be found at the company’s site and they also offer custom servers so if they don’t have the features that suit you you can have one built.

3Essentials also provide managed servers and with their complete server management plans 3Essentials Systems Administrators will install, administer and support your hardware, Windows OS, and hosting server software such as Email , DNS , Database, IIS Webserver and PLESK Control Panel. Access your hosting through a control panel, just like shared web hosting. Now you can focus on your business and developing your website. Designed for Small Business Owners, Web Designers, Developers and Resellers

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JustHost offer shared hosting plans from as little as $4.95 with their current limited time offer. For this you will get a free domain, unlimited storage, CGI, Ruby (RoR), Perl, PHP, MySQL (unlimited databases), cpanel, 24/7 support and a 99.9% uptime guarantee.

There is one other shared plan with more features at $8.95 per month and the company can also help with dedicated servers starting at $129.99 per month for those needing a lot more hosting power and freedom. The server includes: Intel ATOM 330 Dual-Core Processor, Best Support in the industry, 320GB SATA Drive, 2GB RAM, 3,000 GB of Bandwidth, 75% more efficient than Pentium 4 and Celeron, 100% Network uptime guarantee, 1 hour hardware replacement guarantee.

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ThinkHost bill themselves as a “green web host” or environmentally friendly company and whether you are a believer in humankind’s contribution to Global Warming or not, the fact is, this will doubtless appeal to a great number of people around the world. The company promise to plant a tree for every single customer they sign up and run their business on renewable energy resources. (wind and solar generated power)

They have been in the hosting business since 1999. ThinkHost shared hosting packages come in at a very reasonable $7.95 monthly for which you will get, among other things, unlimited domains, unlimited databases and email accounts, 100Gb of storage and 1000 Gb of transfer. The features of the plan are comprehensive and they give a 100% uptime guarantee. Full details can be found at the website.

Thinkhost coupon codes are available when you get to the homepage, and are not published elsewhere. BUT, I have a special for you – order through us and you can get $25 off of any plan by using the coupon code “THINK25BUCKS”.

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SiteGround web hosting are running a special Holiday promotion that gives unmatched discounts to all its existing customers and their friends and family.

All SiteGround clients have the opportunity to buy an unlimited number of hosting accounts with a $20 discount. The company also grants each customer $100 in the form of gift certificates that they can allocate to 5 other people.

The company says: “As every year, between Thanksgiving and Christmas Holiday, SiteGround Web Hosting likes to do something special for its customers and their close ones to wish them happy holidays. Now SiteGround customers can get as many new accounts as they like at a really low price and get started for the new year with a stronger presence on the web. They can also help their friends, community members and website visitors get affordable hosting to create their first website or transfer their existing one to a trusted host by giving them gift certificates for a $20 discount each”.

“This holiday season is the best moment to show our customers how much we value them by giving them something special!” says Silvia Nikolova, Marketing Specialist at SiteGround.com. “This year, we decided to put emphasis on affordability. We all know that there is a global crisis and most people try to cut costs as much as possible. So, we decided that what our customers will appreciate most is to get a big reduction in the prices so that they get the chance to realize their online projects at a really low cost. In the same time, we give the same opportunity to their close ones and we believe that this will make them really happy.”

Reviews SiteGround Web Hosting

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Honest hosting reviews: is there any such thing? There are plenty of people who will have you believe that there is not and some will go as far as discrediting virtually any hosting review website. As a site that obviously falls under that banner I thought I should address the issue here on these pages.

Before I go any further, check out this video. For some this will be an eye opener whilst for others it is probably old news. However, before refuting any claims or arguing the case for web hosting review sites I think it highlights some very important facts.

Interesting huh? But hang on you’re saying to yourself, why would a web hosting directory site want to highlight such alleged rottenness in the hosting review game? Well, I think it is important for people to understand the pitfalls, misdirection and even dishonesty that is sometimes associated with review sites of all kinds. Review is often synonymous with “selling” on the internet and the way some sites go about this, unfortunately reflects badly on some of the decent operators out there.

The video illustrates quite clearly that some sites sell rankings to hosting companies, at at quite a considerable premium. The examples given are quite staggering to a small website owner like myself. $2000 per month for a top spot is a pretty lucrative slice of real estate and proves just how much money and competition exists in the hosting sector. Make no mistake, it is very big business. Is it wrong for the review sites to operate in this way? Some would say emphatically “YES”, others would agree that it is certainly misleading and some would perhaps shrug and say, “that’s business”.

Personally I think that if you profess to be a review site, you should endeavor to provide impartial comments and critiques from people who have had first hand experience as a customer.

The other aspect the video focuses on is affiliate links, and this is where I often find myself taking issue with the anti advertising brigade. If you read my disclosure policy, it is made perfectly clear where I stand on this point. My website is commercial in nature and I see no reason to be ashamed of trying to earn a living. This site is designed to earn affiliate commissions, and it is done openly and honestly but it is also designed to give people a forum for discussing and rating the companies we feature. Comments, both negative and positive are given an airing on this site and it is my hope that these will help others when they are trying to make a purchase decision. Hopefully the service provided will encourage them to buy through one of my links, but that is entirely their choice.

Interestingly, reviews are very thin on the ground to date. We are not one of the big boys with huge budgets to spend on advertising and design, but I do hope that the site provides a platform for people to have their say. I have only ever declined one comment regarding a hosting company as it had obviously been written by a very angry customer and publishing it could have been damaging to all concerned. It is only on occasions such as that when I consider editing or removing feedback.

The producer of the video alleges cases where any positive reviews of competing companies (i.e. those competing with their paying advertisers) were being deleted. This sort of practice is really a thorn in the side of sites that try to offer genuine customer feedback and is sad that it goes on, but I have no doubt that it does, just as I have no doubt that some reviews are posted by representatives of hosting companies as a form of shady marketing.

I suppose I have made this post in defence of my own humble site. I do not have the clout to pull in huge advertising checks from anyone and am like many small time affiliates attempting to make money by providing a useful service and platform for webmasters, bloggers and hosting customers. To this end, there is no table of top hosting companies. I do not believe any hosting company can be in “the top ten” or twenty or whatever, because every person buying hosting has uniquely individual needs.

There are no fake reviews or comments posted here and I am often surprised by the large number of reviews some sites manage to pull in. I’m sure that in some cases the ability to leave a review on a high ranking site is abused by those with an interest in tooting their own horn but then again maybe I’m just a tad too cynical! I myself have only written one review from first hand experience of my own hosting company who, I am pleased to say, have always performed admirably and never given me cause to shop elsewhere.

My recommendation for anyone shopping for hosting is to do your homework. We have links to many of the top forums as well, so you can ask your questions about particular companies and other people’s experiences. Be warned though -- like all forums they can be populated by trolls, snake oil salesmen and cheerleaders and you shouldn’t assume that all advice received in forums is either impartial or sometimes even very accurate.

If you have found this post useful, please leave us your own thoughts and comments, and if you have something to say about any of the companies promoted on our pages, we’d love to hear from you.

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UPDATE January 2010 – It appears that Hostazar has major issues with failing servers, poor or non existent support and broken links and bouncing email accounts and we cannot in good conscience recommend them at this time. If a Hostazar representative would like to add anything or offer some explanations we welcome a response.

Links to the site have been removed from this page as of  January 18 2010. Customer complaints below suggest that Hostazar has, to all intents and purposes closed its doors and left its customers hanging.  It seems likely that the website will eventually disappear altogether! (See links and comments below).

After discovering the connections to a man named Rob Benwell we did a quick check online and the following sites may be helpful to visitors although not good news at all if you have paid money for hosting services.

Rob Benwell – scammer or entrepreneur?

Rob Benwell – scamming to the bank at Scam.com

Rob Benwell – RipOffReport.com

Hostazar is part of the R5 Ltd group of websites based in the Digital Media Centre in South Yorkshire, UK, although it has servers based in data-centres around the world.

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