Web Hosting Blog Posts

Will HostGator billboards drive revenue like Web affiliates or be put to sleep in the zoo? Let’s find out.

HostGator Stimulus Plan ad uses humor and current events to sell web hosting.

A light-hearted look at the 7 questions a guy might ask his potential web hosting company.

Host Monster? Did they finally make a movie about web hosting or is this another B horror flick? Okay, well, I guess words can have multiple meanings. Then again, I’ve had a few hosts that gave me same impression as “The Host” movie in this image.

Mitch Keeler of the Web Hosting Show podcast interviews yours truly!

What does this HostGator ad really trying to communicate and how does it help the company sell hosting?

4 brand new web hosting comparisons: Host vs Host.

I finally had my first in-game advertising experience and can you believe it was for web hosting?

Anyone putting together a reseller hosting site and need a template? Well, not only do I love web hosting reviews, I even enjoy web hosting templates. Now the time has come to release our first free web hosting template. Behold…

Thanks to Douglas Hanna for the HostingCon 2007 coverage… HostingCon is all over, but I still have two pictures from the Future of Web Host Marketing session:

Clickfire HostingCon 2007 coverage by Douglas Hanna A bit old, but still relevant: 11:15 AM – 12:00 PM – Session 102 – Room 327 Speaker: Derek Vaughan, Chief Marketing Officer, TechPad Agency 11:16 AM – session is full. 11:18 AM – introduction. TechPad Agency is an ad agency for web hosting companies. 11:22 – web hosting [...]

Thanks to Douglas Hanna for the HostingCon 2007 coverage. Here are some pictures from HostinCon day 2. If any of them are blurry, my apologies. It’s really tough to take good pictures when it’s dark in a big room. Some of the Web Hosting Talk water bottles.

Thanks to Douglas Hanna for the HostingCon 2007 coverage Room 327 | Session #103 | 2:00 – 2:45 PM Moderator: Isabel Wang, Principal, IsabelWang.com Panelist: Sam Fleitman, Chief Operations Officer, SoftLayer Technologies, Inc. Panelist: Doug Johnson, Director Marketing – Hosting, SWsoft Panelist: Dallas Kashuba, Head Honcho, DreamHost

Douglas Hanna covers HostingCon 2007 for Clickfire. Some pictures from this morning and the Mini Workshop: Metrics That Mean Money And How To Track Them session. This is one of the screens around HostingCon providing updates.

Hello from Chicago! As promised, over the next three days, I’ll be covering HostingCon 2007. Expect some live blogging from the sessions, pictures, and who knows what else. This is Navy Pier, where the HostingCon 2007 conference will be held. –Douglas Hanna

Not your ordinary review of Lunarpages web hosting.

Evaluating web hosts from experience.

1and1 Review now live at Clickfire.com.

I’ve been watching RealMetrics for a while and want to tell you what I’ve learned so far about this hosting metrics service. If you’re into scrutinizing web hosts like us or have done hosting research to find a home for your blog, you will have at some point read the uptime claims which are almost always reported by hosts [...]

Updated review of rising web host, BlueHost.

Douglas Hanna logs onto an Easy CGI account, pokes around the control panel, uploads scripts and even calls customer service to test the product.