Black Friday is one of the most popular times for web hosting companies to offer deals. The weekend after Black Friday also has some deals. If you are looking to purchase a new web hosting account with a new web host and it is near Black Friday. You should wait until Black Friday to purchase […]
Should you leave your backup copies of your site with your web host?
No, you should not be making backup copies of your website’s data and storing them with your web host. The purpose of making backup copies of your site is store them on a different computer system. If your web host were to have all their hard drives blow up. You would have no access to […]
How to change web hosts without downtime
1. Find a new web host and create an account with them 2. Transfer over to you to your new web host a copy of your website and make a backup copy of your complete website (save it to your computer) 3. Make sure your account with your new web host is at least 3 […]
How long does it take to transfer a domain name out of 1&1?
1&1 has a unique system for transferring domains into and out of 1&1. Transferring a domain into your 1&1 account may take more than 7 calendar days. Transferring a domain out of 1&1 may also take more than 7 calendar days. With 1&1 if you can get the transfer completed within 72 hours then consider […]
Will Verizon let go of its web hosting business?
AT&T announced a few days ago that the company would be transitioning its managed application and managed hosting customers to IBM. Verizon is another giant telecommunications company is a lot alike AT&T. If AT&T doesn’t want to stay in the business of web hosting but only in the business of providing the network infrastructure. Verizon […]
IBM to acquire web hosting business of AT&T
IBM and AT&T has announced that IBM will take over AT&T’s managed application and managed web hosting services. IBM will be getting the equipment and access to the floor space where the servers are housed in AT&T datacenters. The terms of the transaction was not disclosed. AT&T will continue to provide some networking services but […]
Linode purchases 15,000 square foot building
Disclosure: VNKB.com is a customer of Linode at the time this article was published. VPS hosting provider Linode, has brought a 15,000 square foot historic building in Old City Philadelphia for $5 million dollars. Linode plans to use the building as a new office for Linode employees. The three story building served as the setting […]
New web hosts
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Small registrar or a large registrar?
Depending on the global top level domain extension (gTLD) that you want to register. It maybe better to choose a small domain registrar versus a large domain registrar. If you want to register a lot of the new gTLDs than you may want to go with the registrar that offers the selection of new gTLDs […]
Upgrade now or later?
Should you choose a web hosting plan that is larger than what you need? You shouldn’t really choose a web hosting plan that features more memory and disk space than what you need right now. If in the future you need more disk space or memory than you can decide to upgrade later. Starting out […]