A friend of mine in the web hosting industry has recently completed his stay at drug rehab, and let me tell you it has CHANGED his life. Picture someone you know that started working for themselves at a very young age, worked and worked to build a web “empire”… we are talking about some serious money! This person was a straight shooter, hard wooker and now a big money maker. Fast forward a couple years and you will now see this same person doing almost EVERY drug on the planet, cocaine, meth, etc. Sometimes money is NOT the best thing for people because it leads them into trouble and down paths they shouldn’t have started on.
Anyway, enough rambling.. What I am trying to say is that drugs know no names, color, or job type! Drugs are in every industry, color, race, etc on the planet! Don’t think just because you work online you may not be affected it’s NOT true. If you know anyone with a drug problem you should try your hardest to get them into drug rehab.
February 15th, 2007
For those of you who want to protect their local windows computer or even their windows server online there’s nothing better than Windows Defender.
Windows Defender is a program that runs as a background process and actively prevents you from installing or running spy-ware or malware. Windows Defender can also remove or aid in the removal of already installed Spy-ware or MalWare. Windows Defender is an actual product that is FREE from Microsoft if you have a licensed version of their operating system!
Use Windows Defender to protect against pop-ups, computer slow down, and other misc. security threats that are found on the internet.
Download Windows Defender
February 12th, 2007
If you are thinking about running your own web hosting company you probably wonder what exactly you have to do. I’ll briefly go over a few things which I think are VERY important any new web hosting provider should know. (The advice given is based on a linux dedicatd server and a cPanel control panel. However, the principals can be applied to Windows web hosting providers as well.)
- You should have your own dedicated server and know how to manage it and fix problems yourself. You can of course hire a management team/company but you should know the basic linux commands.
- You need to know the ins and outs of cPanel and WHM. If you haven’t heard of WHM yet it’s time to start reading the docs and looking at the demos.
- You need to know how to setup your own name servers in cpanel and with your registrar.
- You should have some idea of who your target market is. Thinking anyone online who needs a web hosting provider is your target market is a poor way to start the business. You need to target a small niche first and then another and another, and this will be in another article
- Your dedicated server provider should be there 24/7/365. You should be able to reach them by phone as well as online support ticket.
- For web hosting providers I suggest TIER1 bandwidth not COGENT or the like. (There’s a time and a place for this.)
- Having contacts in the industry is a great thing as they can provide you support and guidence.
February 9th, 2007