Monthly Archives: August 2008

Will Energy Prices Effect Web Hosting?

Posted on August 27, 2008 by Derek Vaughan

There has been an enormous amount of business press devoted to energy and energy-related businesses in the past few months. As oil prices and gas have risen, businesses that depend on these commodities have suffered as well. For example, the …

Posted in Articles | Tagged , , , , , | 2 Comments

Microsoft Hires Jerry Seinfeld!

Posted on August 21, 2008 by Derek Vaughan

What do you get when you combine one of the world’s most powerful technology companies with its biggest and most expensive advertising campaign ever? The answer is…Jerry Seinfeld. Various news outlets including Reuters and the Wall Street Journal are reporting …

Posted in Articles, News | Tagged , , | 2 Comments

Blog Web Hosting – Why Pay for Blog Hosting When You Can Get It For Free?

Posted on August 19, 2008 by Chris Henning

I’m pretty new to Blogs in general and really had no idea they were so popular. Even Google thinks they are important and it seems blogs tend to rank higher and be updated more often within the search index.  I …

Posted in Articles, Featured | Tagged | Leave a comment

(Case Study / Review ) SEO Improvement in 30 days or less using RankSense Software – Discover Rankings (Day 2 of 30)

Posted on August 19, 2008 by Chris Henning

(Day 2) – Discover Search Engine Rankings It only makes sense to find out where Host Discussion currently ranks on the search engines. If we do not know where we stand, how can we plan on where we wish to …

Posted in Articles, Featured | Tagged , , , , | 2 Comments

(Case Study / Review ) SEO Improvement in 30 days or less using RankSense Software – Getting Acquainted (Day 1 of 30)

Posted on August 18, 2008 by Chris Henning

Today introduces the first in a series of 30 day reviews for Host Discussion. Our new review series will take an in-depth look at various software available to webmasters. Each day we will Blog our progress on learning, using, and …

Posted in Featured | Tagged , , | 2 Comments

Rackspace Hosting Launches IPO

Posted on August 18, 2008 by Derek Vaughan

Managed hosting company, Rackspace, launched its public stock offering last week to mixed results. Despite the fact that the market has struggle of late, and that only three technology companies have gone public in 2008, Rackspace proceeded with its IPO …

Posted in Featured, News | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

HostingCon 2008 Nintendo Wii Giveaway goes to green friendly server vendor!

Posted on August 3, 2008 by Chris Henning

HostDiscussion.com and the entire FindMyHost, Inc. staff recently made the trip out to Chicago, Il to visit HostingCon 2008 held at Navy Pier. We decided it would be cool to have a sweepstakes and give away a brand new Nintendo …

Posted in Articles | Tagged , , | 1 Comment