With 2007 “the company’s most successful year ever” and a “record year for donations and incentives”, Web hosting provider Go Daddy (http://www.godaddy.com) has given millions of dollars to charities and employees, it was reported recently.
Go Daddy’s philanthropic works during 2007 totaled $1.4 million in donations.
Go Daddy’s employees have also received awards of more than $1 million in 2007, with employee prizes including cash, cars, a year’s mortgage paid, a four-year college scholarship and a trip around the world that included 20-paid vacation days and $10,000 spending money. “We learned a long time ago, happy employees are productive employees,” add Mr. Parsons. “We hold fun contests all throughout the whole year
Friday, December 28, 2007
Saturday, December 22, 2007
Web Host HostICan Upgrades VPS Plans
Web hosting provider HostICan (hostican.com) announced on Thursday it is increasing the memory of its VPS plans by 50 percent.
The Web host's VPS-Rage hosting plan, which runs cPanel/WHM, will expand from 30GB of hard disk space to 45GB.
Meanwhile, the VPS-Extreme plan will increase from 60GB to 90GB, which HostICan says will make it one of the largest VPS plans on the market.
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Friday, December 21, 2007
BidPay Abruptly Closes Online-Payment Service
BidPay.com sent an email to users on Wednesday informing them it was discontinuing operations effective December 31, 2007, but gave no reason. It was 2 years ago this month that First Data Corporation abruptly closed BidPay before selling it to CyberSource Corporation.
A disappointed eBay seller wrote to AuctionBytes, "It's sad to see Bidpay leaving us out in the cold once again. We have used Bidpay on a daily basis for our international buyers and I am currently wondering what we will replace Bidpay with, and on top of that make sure that they new payment service should be a payment service that is not against eBay's policy."
BidPay President David Hansen told AuctionBytes it was a corporate decision to close the online payment service, and a major league disappointment. Hansen had also been President of BidPay under First Data Corporation's ownership.
How well BidPay was able to compete on eBay against the online auction site's own PayPal payment service is questionable. eBay heavily promotes PayPal to its buyers and sellers and offers protection to buyers only for PayPal-funded transactions. According to SEC documents, CyberSource reported that BidPay.com's third-quarter revenue in 2007 was approximately $120,000 and generated losses.
This year, BidPay expanded its service beyond eBay into ecommerce storefronts, and just twelve weeks ago, it launched an API that allowed developers to integrate BidPay into their shopping carts and ecommerce platforms. But in November, CyberSource acquired a service called Authorize.net that already addressed the needs of small merchants, making BidPay's off-eBay service redundant and, likely, inconsequential.
BidPay was one of the few online payment services eBay allowed sellers to accept aside from its own PayPal service. For eBay sellers who don't want to accept PayPal and may be too small to get their own credit-card merchant account, this may be a major setback. Off-eBay merchants do have the choice of using services like Google Checkout, and, as of this month, Amazon Payments.
Effective 5:00 P.M. PST, December 25, 2007, BidPay will cease accepting payments. From January 1, 2008 through 11:59 P.M. PST, January 31, 2008, registered users will have read-only access to their BidPay account information, and customer support services will be available through January 31, 2008 by contacting support@bidbay.com.
A disappointed eBay seller wrote to AuctionBytes, "It's sad to see Bidpay leaving us out in the cold once again. We have used Bidpay on a daily basis for our international buyers and I am currently wondering what we will replace Bidpay with, and on top of that make sure that they new payment service should be a payment service that is not against eBay's policy."
BidPay President David Hansen told AuctionBytes it was a corporate decision to close the online payment service, and a major league disappointment. Hansen had also been President of BidPay under First Data Corporation's ownership.
How well BidPay was able to compete on eBay against the online auction site's own PayPal payment service is questionable. eBay heavily promotes PayPal to its buyers and sellers and offers protection to buyers only for PayPal-funded transactions. According to SEC documents, CyberSource reported that BidPay.com's third-quarter revenue in 2007 was approximately $120,000 and generated losses.
This year, BidPay expanded its service beyond eBay into ecommerce storefronts, and just twelve weeks ago, it launched an API that allowed developers to integrate BidPay into their shopping carts and ecommerce platforms. But in November, CyberSource acquired a service called Authorize.net that already addressed the needs of small merchants, making BidPay's off-eBay service redundant and, likely, inconsequential.
BidPay was one of the few online payment services eBay allowed sellers to accept aside from its own PayPal service. For eBay sellers who don't want to accept PayPal and may be too small to get their own credit-card merchant account, this may be a major setback. Off-eBay merchants do have the choice of using services like Google Checkout, and, as of this month, Amazon Payments.
Effective 5:00 P.M. PST, December 25, 2007, BidPay will cease accepting payments. From January 1, 2008 through 11:59 P.M. PST, January 31, 2008, registered users will have read-only access to their BidPay account information, and customer support services will be available through January 31, 2008 by contacting support@bidbay.com.
Sunday, December 16, 2007
AMD Releases Data Center Study
According to a data center report released this week by computer manufacturer AMD (amd.com), if data center energy use trends continue for three years, the IT industry could necessitate the creation of 10 new 1000-megawatt power plants.
The report, entitled "Estimating Regional Power Consumption by Servers," which was created along with Lawrence Berkeley National Labs scientist Jonathan Koomey, examines energy trends in five geographic regions: the US, Western Europe, Japan, Asia/Pacific and the rest of the world.
According to the trends identified by the study, the US share of overall worldwide energy use will decline as the Asia/Pacific region gains a greater share of the total. If trends continue through 2010, says Koomey, the world will need 10 more 1000-megawatt power plants to accommodate new servers coming online.
AMD says certain key changes to data center design strategy could enable the IT industry to cut that growth in consumption in half.
The report, entitled "Estimating Regional Power Consumption by Servers," which was created along with Lawrence Berkeley National Labs scientist Jonathan Koomey, examines energy trends in five geographic regions: the US, Western Europe, Japan, Asia/Pacific and the rest of the world.
According to the trends identified by the study, the US share of overall worldwide energy use will decline as the Asia/Pacific region gains a greater share of the total. If trends continue through 2010, says Koomey, the world will need 10 more 1000-megawatt power plants to accommodate new servers coming online.
AMD says certain key changes to data center design strategy could enable the IT industry to cut that growth in consumption in half.
Saturday, December 8, 2007
Web Hosting Provider DiscountASP.NET Integrates Microsoft CardSpace with ASP.NET Control Panel
December 8, 2007 – Web hosting provider DiscountASP.NET has integrated Microsoft CardSpace with their ASP.NET control panel, it was announced recently. The beta launch of Microsoft CardSpace integration enables customers with Internet Explorer 7 and CardSpace on their local computer to use personal Information Cards for password-free login to their hosting control panel. The move replaces traditional username and password authentication and helps users better manage their digital identities while shielding them “from various forms of identity attacks, such as phishing or brute force password attacks”. To access the function, DiscountASP.NET’s customers log into their hosting control panel and “bind” their InfoCard to their account using an Information Card Binding feature.
“The Control Panel CardSpace integration serves two main purposes. First, especially with the recent introduction of .NET 3.5 hosting, we wanted to demonstrate the use of new .NET 3.x technology,” explained DiscountASP.NET’s VP Marketing, Mr. Takeshi Eto. “Second, we wanted to give our customers the opportunity to provide feedback on CardSpace during this early stage as Microsoft works toward delivering on their vision for an Identity Metasystem.”
DiscountASP.NET is a Microsoft Windows-based shared hosting provider offering ASP.NET hosting and SQL database hosting. The company is a Microsoft Gold Certified partner, and was one of the first hosts to launch ASP.NET 3.5 hosting, IIS7 beta hosting, and ASP.NET AJAX hosting.
“The Control Panel CardSpace integration serves two main purposes. First, especially with the recent introduction of .NET 3.5 hosting, we wanted to demonstrate the use of new .NET 3.x technology,” explained DiscountASP.NET’s VP Marketing, Mr. Takeshi Eto. “Second, we wanted to give our customers the opportunity to provide feedback on CardSpace during this early stage as Microsoft works toward delivering on their vision for an Identity Metasystem.”
DiscountASP.NET is a Microsoft Windows-based shared hosting provider offering ASP.NET hosting and SQL database hosting. The company is a Microsoft Gold Certified partner, and was one of the first hosts to launch ASP.NET 3.5 hosting, IIS7 beta hosting, and ASP.NET AJAX hosting.
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
Website Pros Partners with Deluxe
Website building tools provider Website Pros (websitepros.com) announced on Wednesday that it has partnered with small business solution provider Deluxe (deluxe.com) to offer website design, online marketing, local search marketing, lead generation and e-commerce technology to small businesses looking to grow.
Website Pros says that this strategic partnership taps into its leadership as well as Deluxe's small business relationships to offer customer value in an increasingly important and lucractive marketing space.
"Website Pros is proud to partner with Deluxe to offer their small business customers our portfolio of Web services to strengthen their online presence and improve their overall business," says David Brown, chairman and CEO of Website Pros. "Deluxe is one of the most reputable companies in the industry with a proven tradition of successfully addressing and serving small business customers' needs."
Website Pros and Internet solutions provider Web.com recently announced that shareholders in both companies have approved the adoption of a merger agreement.
Website Pros says that this strategic partnership taps into its leadership as well as Deluxe's small business relationships to offer customer value in an increasingly important and lucractive marketing space.
"Website Pros is proud to partner with Deluxe to offer their small business customers our portfolio of Web services to strengthen their online presence and improve their overall business," says David Brown, chairman and CEO of Website Pros. "Deluxe is one of the most reputable companies in the industry with a proven tradition of successfully addressing and serving small business customers' needs."
Website Pros and Internet solutions provider Web.com recently announced that shareholders in both companies have approved the adoption of a merger agreement.
Monday, December 3, 2007
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Sunday, December 2, 2007
Cirtex Hosting review
With all the choices avaliable for web hosting Cirtex looks like a good choice with their cheap prices and 24 hour live chat so I tried them out.I signed up for the advanced plan with:
Disk Space 15000 MB
Monthly Bandwidth 500 GB
This plan includes cpanel with Fantastico and unlimited domain hosting for only $7.99 a month! Sounds like a great deal. I started with one domain to host and then added my second domain and set up a forum for that website. Thats when I started having problems. I had two websites that were both forum sites and the second site kept getting messed up and the name kept changing to the first sites name and ruining my forum that I spent hours setting up. So I contacted the live chat and explained to them what was happening. They took a long time to answer my questions and they would disconnect the chat window with a message saying submit a support ticket. No have a good day,anything else I can do for you,we don't have a solution so please submit a ticket...nothing. Just cut off. Very rude. I tried calling the phone number on the website during business hours and I got an answering machine.
They do offer a 30 day money back gaurantee wich is good so I canceled my service and requested a refund and they gave it to me.
I also signed up for their affliate program and when I went to log into my account it kept saying wrong password and to reset it. I reset it and it was emailed to me and I tried logging in again only for the same thing to happen over and over. I contacted the owner through a PM on webhostingtalk.com and he told me he would fix the problem. He seems like a nice guy and he's a good salesman but the problem never got fixed so he told me to submit a support ticket and they never replied. I just decided to forget about the affliate program and removed their banner off of my website.
Cirtex also offer a sign up bonus for their affliate program and I never recieved that either.
Cirtex offers very cheap prices and you can host as many sites as you want for a cheap price but you get what you pay for.
Disk Space 15000 MB
Monthly Bandwidth 500 GB
This plan includes cpanel with Fantastico and unlimited domain hosting for only $7.99 a month! Sounds like a great deal. I started with one domain to host and then added my second domain and set up a forum for that website. Thats when I started having problems. I had two websites that were both forum sites and the second site kept getting messed up and the name kept changing to the first sites name and ruining my forum that I spent hours setting up. So I contacted the live chat and explained to them what was happening. They took a long time to answer my questions and they would disconnect the chat window with a message saying submit a support ticket. No have a good day,anything else I can do for you,we don't have a solution so please submit a ticket...nothing. Just cut off. Very rude. I tried calling the phone number on the website during business hours and I got an answering machine.
They do offer a 30 day money back gaurantee wich is good so I canceled my service and requested a refund and they gave it to me.
I also signed up for their affliate program and when I went to log into my account it kept saying wrong password and to reset it. I reset it and it was emailed to me and I tried logging in again only for the same thing to happen over and over. I contacted the owner through a PM on webhostingtalk.com and he told me he would fix the problem. He seems like a nice guy and he's a good salesman but the problem never got fixed so he told me to submit a support ticket and they never replied. I just decided to forget about the affliate program and removed their banner off of my website.
Cirtex also offer a sign up bonus for their affliate program and I never recieved that either.
Cirtex offers very cheap prices and you can host as many sites as you want for a cheap price but you get what you pay for.
Search Engine Strategies
San Jose, Lists Record Numbers Search Engine Strategies (SES) San Jose, the Premier Silicon Valley Event, On Roster in 2008 for 10th YearPopular Marketing Event Has Already Broken Record for Attendee and Sponsor/Exhibitor Registration Numbers.
San Jose, CA - Savvy search engine marketers are awaiting the return of Search Engine Strategies (SES) San Jose, the interactive search marketing event of the year where delegates learn first hand the strategies and tactics available to them to grow their business online. The event, to be held at the San Jose Convention Center, August 18-21, 2008, is already drawing unprecedented interest from attendees and exhibitors alike.
SES San Jose marks its 10th anniversary this year with highly anticipated keynotes, seminars, Orion panels and intimate classroom-style training sessions. Each year, search newcomers and seasoned practitioners alike attend SES San Jose to hear from industry visionaries regarding the state of their industry and to network with their peers. This year's event will provide invaluable insights into topics ranging from local search and social media to search privacy and click fraud. Attendees get practical, real-world knowledge they can apply to grow revenues and profits for their businesses.
The major search engines - Google, Yahoo!, Microsoft (Live.com) and Ask.com - will all be in attendance in addition to other industry leaders such as Bruce Clay, LookSmart, Atlas, Commission Junction, Omniture, ClickPath, Findology, ABCSearch, Acronym Media, Did-It, Efficient Frontier, Advertising.com, Business.com, iCrossing, iProspect, The Karcher Group, Digital Grit, Keyword Max, Optimost, Life Tips, Orange Soda, Acquisio, CPA Empire, SEO Inc., Click Forensics, Mountain Media, Market Motive, Trellian, Outrider, Goecart, Sage Rock, Unica, 7Search, SearchRev, iClimber, Ingenio, MarchEx, Impaqt, Tyloon Inc., Visual Sciences, Adapt, The Search Agency, Acxiom Digital, TMP, Ezanga, Offshoring.com, Moniker, Joe Bucks, and many more.
"With dozens of popular sessions and more than 70 sessions for every skill level, SES San Jose is the place to be for any marketer looking to hone skills and get a leg up on the competition," said Kevin Ryan, VP Global Content for SES and Search Engine Watch, Incisive Media properties. "We're proud to note that, as we mark this important ten-year milestone, SES San Jose has remained a highly respected venue for those looking to sharpen their skills in the evolving search space.
"An SES San Jose highlight each year is the Google Dance and 2008 will follow that tradition. SES attendees can flash their badges to gain entry to the event - an invitation-only party held on the Google campus.
Also slated for the 2008 event are a special awards program as well as a full day of training sessions offering additional growth and learning opportunities.
For more information, visit www.SearchEngineStrategies.com
San Jose, CA - Savvy search engine marketers are awaiting the return of Search Engine Strategies (SES) San Jose, the interactive search marketing event of the year where delegates learn first hand the strategies and tactics available to them to grow their business online. The event, to be held at the San Jose Convention Center, August 18-21, 2008, is already drawing unprecedented interest from attendees and exhibitors alike.
SES San Jose marks its 10th anniversary this year with highly anticipated keynotes, seminars, Orion panels and intimate classroom-style training sessions. Each year, search newcomers and seasoned practitioners alike attend SES San Jose to hear from industry visionaries regarding the state of their industry and to network with their peers. This year's event will provide invaluable insights into topics ranging from local search and social media to search privacy and click fraud. Attendees get practical, real-world knowledge they can apply to grow revenues and profits for their businesses.
The major search engines - Google, Yahoo!, Microsoft (Live.com) and Ask.com - will all be in attendance in addition to other industry leaders such as Bruce Clay, LookSmart, Atlas, Commission Junction, Omniture, ClickPath, Findology, ABCSearch, Acronym Media, Did-It, Efficient Frontier, Advertising.com, Business.com, iCrossing, iProspect, The Karcher Group, Digital Grit, Keyword Max, Optimost, Life Tips, Orange Soda, Acquisio, CPA Empire, SEO Inc., Click Forensics, Mountain Media, Market Motive, Trellian, Outrider, Goecart, Sage Rock, Unica, 7Search, SearchRev, iClimber, Ingenio, MarchEx, Impaqt, Tyloon Inc., Visual Sciences, Adapt, The Search Agency, Acxiom Digital, TMP, Ezanga, Offshoring.com, Moniker, Joe Bucks, and many more.
"With dozens of popular sessions and more than 70 sessions for every skill level, SES San Jose is the place to be for any marketer looking to hone skills and get a leg up on the competition," said Kevin Ryan, VP Global Content for SES and Search Engine Watch, Incisive Media properties. "We're proud to note that, as we mark this important ten-year milestone, SES San Jose has remained a highly respected venue for those looking to sharpen their skills in the evolving search space.
"An SES San Jose highlight each year is the Google Dance and 2008 will follow that tradition. SES attendees can flash their badges to gain entry to the event - an invitation-only party held on the Google campus.
Also slated for the 2008 event are a special awards program as well as a full day of training sessions offering additional growth and learning opportunities.
For more information, visit www.SearchEngineStrategies.com
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