Scottsdale, Arizona - (Cheap Web Hosting Directory) - May 1, 2008 - Web hosting domain registrar, Go Daddy, has debuted the launch of a new media video blog, hosted by its Founder and CEO, Bob Parsons.

”This is not your average corporate communication, nor is it your typical message ‘canned for a Chief Executive Officer representing a world leading company - No, www.BobParsons.tv is an in-your-face, tell-it-like-it-is video blog used to speak directly to customers, employees and even the media. It’s blunt, it’s unvarnished, even irreverent and it’s out there for anyone to see,” proclaims information released by the company.

Go Daddy’s CEO and Founder recently unveiled his latest venture into new media with www.BobParsons.tv, featuring Mr. Parsons’ commentary, invites criticism and addresses topics ranging from Internet industry issues, to business decisions, company controversies or relevant subjects in the news with the help of video clips and other multimedia elements.

Mr. Parsons explained, ”Nobody can speak for me or communicate my thoughts like I do, right? It may be a little rough around the edges and it keeps our legal department on their toes, but posting a video blog, or vlog, is one of the best ways to ensure my message isn’t diluted, convoluted or.. muted.”

Few business leaders provide transparent messages or understand the importance of embracing new technology. Some critics have even questioned the wisdom of letting an executive speak off the cuff and public relation professionals might scoff at publishing an unfiltered message but Parsons sees true value in putting his views ‘on the record.’

In a recent book on blogging, Radically Transparent: Monitoring and Managing Reputations Online, authors Andy Beal and Dr. Judy Strauss write ”Bob Parsons’ blogging efforts exemplify a radically transparent CEO understands that blogging provides an open and honest connection.”

Mr. Parsons is often referred to as an Internet industry watchdog. His vlog is interactive on all topics - he not only writes it, he personally responds to the reader comments. His original blog, ”Hot Points,” repeatedly ranked as the top CEO blog in the world. The self-taught computer programmer started writing on the Web in late 2004 and used it as a venue for addressing speculation surrounding the company’s first Super Bowl commercial - an ad that eventually triggered a censorship controversy now referenced in marketing textbooks.

Mr. Parsons added, ”It’s just time to try something new. Let’s face it, Web video is already huge - and it’s only going to get bigger.”

This new version also has a new address, using the catchy .TV domain extension. .TV has emerged as a powerful marketing tool and a valuable extension for publishing and viewing video content. As online video continues its rise to Web 2.0 prominence, more and more users have come to rely on .TV domains for their ”daily fix” of web video.

Mr. Parsons concluded, ”We chose the .TV extension for the video blog because it’s the natural home for web video. Dot-TV provides the right platform for marketing, viral video, and entertainment platforms for businesses and people seeking to leverage new media.”

Go Daddy is a provider of services designed to enable individuals and businesses to establish, maintain and evolve an online presence. Go Daddy provides a variety of domain name registration plans and web site design and hosting packages, as well as a broad array of on-demand services. These include products such as SSL Certificates, Domains by Proxy private registration, ecommerce web site hosting, blog templates and blog software, podcast packages and online photo hosting. The Go Daddy Group, Inc. has more than 28 million domain names under management. Go Daddy registers, renews or transfers a domain name every second. GoDaddy.com is the world’s No. 1 domain name registrar according to Name Intelligence, Inc. GoDaddy.com is also the largest paid hosting provider in the world, according to Netcraft Ltd. During 2007, The Go Daddy Group registered more than one-third of all domain names registered in the top six generic top-level domains, or gTLDs, including .com, .net, .org, .info, .biz and .mobi.

For more information about GoDaddy, please visit: www.godaddy.com.

Scottsdale, Arizona - (Cheap Web Hosting Directory) - April 17, 2008 - A special designated day to honor Webmasters, has been declared by web hosting domain registrar, Go Daddy, to take place on April 29th as Webmasters’ Day.

Most companies now consider their web site a key aspect of their business plan and bottom line success. According to IDC, two-thirds of small to medium sized business have their Webmaster in-house. Webmasters are typically responsible for the content and stability of Web sites. Having a good Webmaster is invaluable to any company with an online presence. GoDaddy.com has decided to build momentum toward officially honoring these critical professionals.

It’s a move Webmasters organizations applaud and are helping publicize.

Bill Cullifer, Executive Director, World Organization of Webmasters noted, ”We think it’s great Webmasters are being recognized for their efforts. Webmasters are not geeks’ who sit in the server closet, they are integral parts of companies now. During the last ten years, the Internet changed the way we as a society interact. Webmasters are key to Internet development.”

Bob Parsons, CEO and Founder of GoDaddy commented, ”The Internet wouldn’t be where it is today without this underappreciated group who keep content on the net fresh. I think a day to remind everyone of how vital Webmasters are is way overdue.”

April 29, which falls on Tuesday this year, is a time to celebrate the hard work and dedication Webmasters put in each day. Bake them a cake, give them a gift or send them an e-card.

Mr. Parsons added, ”It’s just the right thing to do for our industry and for hard working Webmaster professionals.”

GoDaddy has created an opportunity to select a card to send to the person responsible for maintaining a business’ web site. Once the card is selected, it will be automatically delivered April 29. There is no cost, nor obligation.

Go Daddy is a provider of services designed to enable individuals and businesses to establish, maintain and evolve an online presence. Go Daddy provides a variety of domain name registration plans and Web site design and hosting packages, as well as a broad array of on-demand services. These include products such as SSL Certificates, Domains by Proxy private registration, ecommerce web site hosting, blog templates and blog software, podcast packages and online photo hosting. The Go Daddy Group, Inc. has more than 28 million domain names under management. Go Daddy registers, renews or transfers a domain name every second. GoDaddy.com is the world’s No. 1 domain name registrar according to Name Intelligence, Inc. GoDaddy.com is also the largest paid hosting provider in the world, according to Netcraft Ltd. During 2007, The Go Daddy Group registered more than one-third of all domain names registered in the top six generic top-level domains, or gTLDs, including .com, .net, .org, .info, .biz and .mobi.

To learn more about webmaster’s day and to select a greeting card, please visit: www.godaddy.com/webmastersday.

For more information about GoDaddy, please visit: www.godaddy.com.

Dallas, Texas - (The Hosting News) - April 15, 2008 - On-demand hosting services and virtual data center provider for the small to medium enterprise (SME), SoftLayer, was chosen to be the hosting service for MMO Guildsites, a web site design and hosting company based in Toronto.

MMO Guildsites assists the massive multiplayer online role playing game (MMORPG) guilds, to create feature-rich sites for its membership.

George Karidis, Chief Strategy Officer for SoftLayer noted, ”We’re excited to be MMO Guildsites’ solution of choice. They have an exceptional offering. And we’re proud of our role in the online gaming industry. We are an established leader in the segment, with a strong and growing customer base. Clearly, our level of performance and connectivity, as well as our interconnected facilities from coast to coast, have made us an ideal resource for the industry.”

Founded in 2006, MMO Guildsites differentiates itself from competitors with premium site-building features, including: • an easy-to-use site design tool with an advanced AJAX interface • a visual theming tool with a library of 80 professionally designed themes • innovative add-ins that integrate game activity into the guild sites The company has grown to host more than 700 sites for guilds based around the world, representing major game titles including World of Warcraft, Final Fantasy, and EverQuest.

As the company grew, MMO Guildsites struggled with finding a provider that offered the winning combination of network reliability, hardware and services to ensure positive experiences for itself - and its expanding customer base. MMO Guildsites turned to SoftLayer for the level of performance and stability necessary to accommodate its growing technology needs. They chose SoftLayer’s quad processor multi-core platform and use secure, out-of-band management through VPN for full control of their environment, enabled by SoftLayer’s industry-leading network topology. Additionally, SoftLayer’s proprietary customer portal lets the company easily track its customers’ traffic and usage.

Mr. Kardis added, ”SoftLayer’s commitment to innovation and service allows our customers to constantly evolve. We are pleased to be part of MMO Guildsites’ continuing success.”

Headquartered in Plano, Texas, SoftLayer provides next-generation web hosting and on-demand datacenter services on a global basis from facilities located in Dallas, TX and Seattle, WA. Utilizing proprietary management tools coupled with the industry’s first network-within-a-network topology, the company delivers unprecedented power and control to securely manage IT environments while providing unparalleled scalability.

To learn more about SoftLayer, please visit: www.softlayer.com.

Scottsdale, Arizona - (Cheap Web Hosting Directory) - April 11, 2008 - Web hosting domain registrar, Go Daddy, has premiered a new Internationalized Domain Name Service, to enable registration in over 100 native languages.

An IDN is a Web address expressed in a native language, and it’s helping to revolutionize the Internet. In the past, it has been difficult to translate western character domain names to other languages because popular scripts, such as Arabic, Chinese or Cyrillic, contain characters that were not previously supported by web browsers.

Bob Parsons, CEO and Founder of GoDaddy.com remarked, ”GoDaddy.com is committed to making it easier for consumers all over the world to navigate domain names. With Internationalized Domain Names, users can find what they need in their own language.”

GoDaddy.com has made Internationalized Domain Names available in more than 100 native languages for .com and .net domain names. Go Daddy also plans to make Internationalized Domain Names available in select languages for .info later this month.

Registering an Internationalized Domain Name with GoDaddy.com gives consumers the chance to build a complete Web presence in most any language. That’s because many of the GoDaddy.com products - including Go Daddy web-based Email and web hosting packages - support non-Western language-based characters.

GoDaddy.com Email offers virus protection, spam filtering, phishing fraud protection and 256-bit encryption at no additional charge. GoDaddy.com is the world’s top paid host provider - all its packages feature unparalleled 24×7 Customer Support, world-class data centers and a 99.9 percent uptime guarantee.

Go Daddy is a provider of services designed to enable individuals and businesses to establish, maintain and evolve an online presence. Go Daddy provides a variety of domain name registration plans and Web site design and hosting packages, as well as a broad array of on-demand services. These include products such as SSL Certificates, Domains by Proxy private registration, ecommerce web site hosting, blog templates and blog software, podcast packages and online photo hosting. The Go Daddy Group, Inc. has more than 28 million domain names under management. Go Daddy registers, renews or transfers a domain name every second. GoDaddy.com is the world’s No. 1 domain name registrar according to Name Intelligence, Inc. GoDaddy.com is also the largest paid hosting provider in the world, according to Netcraft Ltd. During 2007, The Go Daddy Group registered more than one-third of all domain names registered in the top six generic top-level domains, or gTLDs, including .com, .net, .org, .info, .biz and .mobi.

To learn more about the new service, please visit: www.godaddy.com/gdshop/registrar/idn.asp.

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Overland Park, Kansas - (Cheap Web Hosting Directory) - April 8, 2008 - Web host and Internet solutions provider, Aplus.Net, has debuted its launch of a new series of promotions, developed to give consumers an advantage in the competitive online marketplace.

Customers will now receive a free hard drive upgrade when ordering the 2x Xeon 2.4 Ghz or the 2x Xeon 2.8 GHz, two of the company’s most popular dedicated hosting servers. This free additional storage is designed to maximize the value of what are already among the most fully optimized, value-packed dedicated servers in the industry.

The company has also overhauled its ”Refer a Friend” program to include all Aplus.Net shared hosting plans. For each new customer referred to Aplus.Net, the referring customer is awarded a month of free hosting on his or her existing account. All shared hosting plans, from the basic Personal Plan to the state-of-the-art eCommerce Plan, are now included in the promotion.

In addition, Aplus.Net’s previous shared hosting promotions (up to a 30% discount on annual sign-ups and free set-up) are being extended due to popular appeal.

Nathan Denny, a company spokesman noted, ”We work hard to provide Aplus.Net customers with as much value as we possibly can. A free extra hard drive not only adds crucial storage to our customers’ hosting platform, it also saves them hundreds of dollars each year. Given these somewhat uncertain economic times, that’s more important than ever.”

Recently, Aplus.Net also deployed four additions to its line of dedicated servers, including two high-power dual quad servers that are among the most optimized in the industry. New additions to the company’s line of Multi-Processor Servers are the 2x Quad Core 2.0 GHz and The 2x Quad Core 2.33 GHz servers. Each has a 2x Intel Xeon Quad-Core 1333MHz CPU, two Gigabytes of DDR2-667 ECC RAM, and a 250GB SATA Hard Drive. In addition, the servers boast double the processing power over similar models.

Joining Aplus.Net’s line of Multi-Core Servers are the Quad Core 2.13 Ghz and The Quad Core 2.4 GHz servers, both with Intel Xeon Quad-Core 1066MHz CPUs, two Gigabytes of DDR2-800 ECC RAM, and a 250 GB SATA Hard Drive. The new servers are the latest in Aplus.Net’s campaign to overhaul and rebrand its entire line of dedicated hosting services to a more hardware-based naming system.

Aplus.Net has provided web services since the Internet’s commercial start in 1995. Aplus.Net is one of the top ten privately held hosting companies in the United States. Specializing in helping small businesses build a customer base via the Internet, Aplus.Net offers award-winning services that include web hosting and design, dedicated servers, online marketing, e-commerce, domain name registration, and much more. Aplus.Net has been awarded many honors for excellence, including the prestigious CNET Editors’ Choice Award, and has been featured in top U.S. business publications such as Forbes, Entrepreneur, Black Enterprise, and PC Magazine.

For more information about Aplus.Net, please visit: www.aplus.net.

San Francisco, California - (The Hosting News) - March 27, 2008 - Open source web infrastructure management systems, Hyperic Inc.’s HQ Enterprise solution, has been deployed by managed hosting provider, Contegix, across its entire infrastructure.

Contegix services a broad array of technology with rigorous service level agreements (SLAs). In the eight months since deployment, Hyperic HQ has become a strategic advantage forthe company, helping its customers go beyond keeping their systems up and running to actually improving application performance.

Matthew Porter, CEO of Contegix noted, ”We were immediately impressed with Hyperic’s Auto-Discovery feature. The product installed with the capability to immediately find and monitor more than 70 technologies, providing us with instant monitoring for the majority of our key applications - even those that spanned virtualized resources. Equally important to us was Hyperic’s high level of support. The team has been with us every step of the way- they’ve been a true partner.”

In the competitive managed hosting market, what sets Contegix apart is its customer service - the company offers all the needed equipment and infrastructure in addition to managing the data center and operating system. Customers get 24/7/365 access to Contegix’s Level Three engineers, a 30-minute hardware replacement SLA, and complete systems monitoring. Since its launch in 2003, Contegix’s reputation for excellence has helped it grow by 10 percent a month every month. Today, Contegix powers more than 37,000 managed resources.

To maintain its customer service record and meet its SLAs alongside its explosive growth, Contegix needed a solution that would give them a deeper understanding of its customers’ systems and enable them to solve problems fast. In the spring of 2007 they turned to Hyperic.

Hyperic HQ is designed to allow Contegix to manage its infrastructure from an application rather than hardware-centric view. Contegix managed applications can span a generous spectrum of technology and can include a moving set of physical and virtual components. Hyperic’s holistic perspective across technology enables the Contegix operations team to quickly identify and correctly diagnose application-level problems early, reducing the mean-time-to-recovery (MTTR) and helping them to beat their SLAs. Additionally, Contegix has given the majority of its staff access to Hyperic - from engineering and support all the way to sales.

Javier Soltero, CEO of Hyperic remarked, ”Contegix’s high customer service demands, diverse infrastructure and high growth rate, create one of the most difficult management challenges in the tech sector. Hyperic HQ was designed from the ground up to help customers like Contegix continue to meet the changing demands of their customers without wasting unnecessary resources to keep their IT infrastructure up and running.”

Hyperic’s ease-of-use, detail and historical metrics provide strategic benefits for Contegix. The company uses Hyperic HQ Enterprise to manage its internal infrastructure and using role-based access control extends visibility to its customers so that they too can use the data to improve their applications. By sharing access, Contegix proactively involves the customer to help monitor trends in their hosted applications and identify issues early. With customers for whom a minute of downtime translates into a loss of $10,000 dollars or more, this can mean significant savings.

Mr. Porter added, ”We never expected to give access to a systems monitoring tool to our sales team. But because Hyperic is so easy to use and gives sales a unique perspective into customer usage trends, it actually allows them to advise individual customers on how to modify their applications to more effectively accomplished business goals. Access to Hyperic has substantially raised an already high bar in customer satisfaction.”

Other key features of Hyperic HQ Enterprise include its task automation and sophisticated alerting capabilities, which have helped Contegix focus administrators on exceptions and solving problems by greatly streamlining management tasks. Since its deployment, these efficiencies have contributed to Contegix maintaining the same headcount of support staff despite accelerating growth. Contegix continues to expand its use of Hyperic and plans to extend its deployment to its third data center when it goes online in early 2008.

Contegix offers clients its Beyond Managed Hosting(TM) service, comprehensive management solutions on a simple, monthly fee plan. The solution includes a variety of managed services that range from setting up server hardware, installing the operating system, deploying the software in an optimal configuration to managing licensing, maintenance renewals and wide ranging support.

Hyperic provides open source web infrastructure management software that reduces the workload for operations teams at the world’s biggest web companies, including CNET Networks, hi5 Networks, Dice, Contegix, and more. Its award-winning Hyperic HQ software auto-discovers and updates asset inventory and allows operations teams to perform cross-platform monitoring, diagnostics and control from a remote, web-based console, helping them more quickly pinpoint, correct, and prevent problems at every major layer - including hardware, networks, virtualization and applications. Founded in 2004 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Hyperic is a private company funded by Accel Partners and Benchmark Capital.

To learn more about Contegix, please visit: http://contegix.com.

Hanover, Germany - (The Hosting News) - March 6, 2008 - Webhosting company, and subsidiary of United Internet, 1 and 1 Internet, has chosen to offer open source applications certified with the Application Packaging Standard (APS), to 1.7 million German-speaking hosting customers.

Andreas Gauger, Chairman of 1 and 1 Internet Inc. noted, ”Adoption of the APS standard will provide a sizeable new business opportunity for 1 and 1 and for the entire web hosting and software industries worldwide. The standard is open to everyone and will provide exciting new sales channels for hosting providers as well as other Internet service providers (ISPs). Our customers and ISVs will benefit from the expected growth of new APS-compliant applications.”

Parallels, which maintains the APS standard, made the announcement with 1 and 1 today at CeBIT in Hannover, Germany. The APS standard was developed by Parallels to simplify integration of web applications into hosting environments for delivery as software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions. The standard is a packaging format that makes it easier for service providers to deliver hosted applications developed by independent software vendors (ISVs). APS-certified applications can be easily plugged into hosting platforms that conform to the standard.

1 and 1’s new service includes open source applications, such as Joomla, PostNuke, PhpBB, SMF, Serendipity, Moodle, MediaWiki, Mantis, phpMyVisites, PHProject and WebCalendar. While these applications are free, they require significant time and skill to install and maintain. APS simplifies installation and update management of web applications, and removes the need for downloads, registrations and passwords.

1 and 1’s web hosting customers in Germany also get 1 and 1’s Click-n-Build control panel for adding and removing web applications. 1 and 1 deployed APS-certified applications to its U.S. customers in June 2007.

Serguei Beloussov, CEO of Parallels commented, ”With the Parallels Open Platform and the APS standard, we are providing a unified, open technology platform to help software vendors and service providers fully take advantage of SaaS. 1 and 1 Internet is leading the way to SaaS for millions of hosting customers and opening the channel for ISVs to reach the growing SoHo and SMB markets.”

The Parallels Open Platform enables SaaS with Parallels virtualization and automation technology through integration with a wide range of third-party applications and systems. The APS standard is a key element of the Parallels Open Platform and is used by ISVs and service providers to seamlessly integrate applications to offer to the more than 10 million businesses and individuals that use Parallels products.

ISVs and service providers interested in the APS Certification Program can register at www.apsstandard.com/certification. For more information on the APS standard, visit www.apsstandard.com.

Parallels (formerly SWsoft) provides virtualization and automation software that optimizes computing for consumers, businesses, and service providers across all major hardware, operating systems, and virtualization platforms. Founded in 1999, Parallels is a fast-growing company with 900 employees in North America, Europe, and Asia.

1 and 1 Internet’s global community includes 7.07 million users and 9 million domain names are registered. 1 and 1 features an array of services, from instant domain packages to all-inclusive shared hosting plans, dedicated servers and eShops. Combining over 47,000 fully-tuned servers with the performance of Juniper and Cisco routers, 1 and 1 utilizes products from leading technology manufacturers and service providers. 1 and 1 is a Microsoft Joint Development Partner, and works with other paramount companies such as Sedo, Google, Citysearch, Plesk, Symantec, PayPal, Parallels, CM4all, GeoTrust and HP/Compaq.

For more information about Parallels, please visit www.parallels.com.

To learn more about 1 and 1 Internet, please visit: www.1and1.com.

Sunnyvale, California - (The Hosting News) - February 1, 2008 - Global Internet company, Yahoo!’s Board of Directors, has received an unsolicited proposal from Microsoft to acquire the Company. The Company has reported that it will evaluate the proposal in the context of Yahoo!’s strategic plans and pursue the best course of action to maximize long-term value for its shareholders.

Steve Ballmer, Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft noted, ”We have great respect for Yahoo!, and together we can offer an increasingly exciting set of solutions for consumers, publishers and advertisers while becoming better positioned to compete in the online services market. We believe our combination will deliver superior value to our respective shareholders and better choice and innovation to our customers and industry partners.”

Microsoft’s offer consists of acquiring all the outstanding shares of Yahoo! common stock for per share consideration of $31 representing a total equity value of approximately $44.6 billion. Microsoft’s proposal would allow the Yahoo! shareholders to elect to receive cash or a fixed number of shares of Microsoft common stock, with the total consideration payable to Yahoo! shareholders consisting of one-half cash and one-half Microsoft common stock. The offer represents a 62 percent premium above the closing price of Yahoo! common stock on Jan. 31, 2008.

Ray Ozzie, Chief Software Architect at Microsoft remarked, ”Our lives, our businesses, and even our society have been progressively transformed by the web, and Yahoo! has played a pioneering role by building compelling, high-scale services and infrastructure. The combination of these two great teams would enable us to jointly deliver a broad range of new experiences to our customers that neither of us would have achieved on our own.”

The online advertising market is growing at a very fast pace, from over $40 billion in 2007 to nearly $80 billion by 2010. The resulting benefits of scale along with the associated capital costs for advertising platform providers make this a time of industry consolidation and convergence. Today this market is increasingly dominated by one player. Together, Microsoft and Yahoo! can offer a competitive choice while better fulfilling the needs of customers and partners.

Kevin Johnson, President of the Platforms and Services Division of Microsoft commented, ”The combined assets and strong services focus of these two companies will enable us to achieve scale economics while reaching R and D critical mass to deliver innovation breakthroughs. The industry will be well served by having more than one strong player, offering more value and real choice to advertisers, publishers and consumers.”

The combination will create a more efficient company with synergies in four areas: scale economics driven by audience critical mass and increased value for advertisers; combined engineering talent to accelerate innovation; operational efficiencies through elimination of redundant cost; and the ability to innovate in emerging user experiences such as video and mobile. Microsoft believes these four areas will generate at least $1 billion in annual synergy for the combined entity.

Microsoft has developed a plan and process that will include the employees of both companies to focus on the integration of the combined business. Microsoft intends to offer significant retention packages to Yahoo! engineers, key leaders and employees across all disciplines. Microsoft believes this proposed combination would receive all necessary regulatory approvals and expects that the proposed transaction would be completed in the second half of calendar year 2008. Microsoft is also committed to working closely with Yahoo! management and its Board of Directors as they, along with Yahoo! shareholders, evaluate this compelling proposal.

Microsoft will host an analyst/investor conference call at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time/5:30 a.m. Pacific Time to discuss the announcement. Participation is accessed by dialing (866) 610-1072 or (706) 634-9230 (toll/international); the conference ID number is 33470390. Please dial in at least 20 minutes in advance of the call. Playback of the conference call and the webcast will be available for replay through the close of business on Feb. 5, 2008. The replay can be accessed by dialing (800) 642-1687 or (706) 645-9291 (toll/international); the conference ID number is 33470390.

Founded in 1975, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is a software, services and solutions firm.

Headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. Yahoo! Inc. is a leading global Internet brand and one of the most trafficked Internet destinations worldwide.

To learn more about the conference call webcast, please visit: www.microsoft.com/presspass.

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San Jose, California - (Website Hosting Directory) - February 1, 2008 - MochaHost.com, wbhosting company, has launched a limited time offer which will include a free 128-bit private SSL for the Mocha ($10.96/mo) e-commerce hosting plan.

The new offer will allow e-commerce site owners to enjoy 128-bit encryption between their site visitors and their site – which is extremely important when taking credit cards online, and is a mandatory requirement by all major credit card processors. Besides being used to secure transactions, SSL encryption can be very important for any type of sensitive data transmission such as submission of contact forms, secure site authentication, and secure webmail access.

In addition, for limited time only 128-bit SSL will be offered on a discounted price of $59/year with all Business and Mocha shared hosting plans.

Recently, MochaHost unveiled the addition of its new shared hosting plans, including SVN (subversion) support, included automatically with the Business and Mocha plans. Starting at $5.96/month, this new offer will allow web developers to enjoy web- based SVN repository and friendly cPanel interface. In addition to the new SVN support, all clients will benefit from the support for Zend Optimizer, IonCube, PHP5, MySQL5, and Ruby on Rails; these are included with the rest of the features offered with all shared hosting plans.

MochaHost is located in the heart of Silicon Valley, in San Jose, California, specializing in providing professional hosting, web design, e-commerce, and Internet promotion services. MochaHost’s plans are designed to tailor to specific needs - from personal use/small businesses, to sophisticated E-commerce sites with higher requirements for bandwidth and disk space.

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www.mochahost.com/ssl.

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New York, New York - (Website Hosting Directory) - January 31, 2008 - SitePal speaking avatar technology platform, has been added to uplinkearth web hosting and Internet solutions provider firm’s portfolio, to offer talking avatars for its customers.

Adi Sideman, CEO of Oddcast noted, ”The data at this point is quite clear these innovative avatars dramatically increase conversion rates, and ultimately, the efficacy of web sites. Uplinkearth, with its largely small business customer base, is a company we look forward to working with for many months and years to come. As the Web continues to grow more competitive and interactivity on pages becomes even more crucial to maximize monetization, we are confident that uplinkearth’s small business customers will see the incredible value that speaking avatars bring to any web site.”

Through the partnership, uplinkearth customers can take advantage of the award-winning marketing tool at no additional charge. SitePal, which was developed by Oddcast, allows small business owners and webmasters to create speaking, animated characters - or avatars - for web sites, especially on pages where visitor conversion rates are critical. The avatars feature either text-to-speech generated audio or are linked with a voice recording, provided by the user or created by talent at Oddcast.

Uplinkearth customers will have access to SitePal’s basic avatars at no charge and with no obligation or time limit. Customers then have the option to upgrade to enhanced versions of the product at an additional charge. More information about the offering is available in uplinkearth’s customer control panel.

Michael Yablonowitz, President and CEO of uplinkearth commented, ”One of our key initiatives over the past several years has been to introduce a wider variety of distinctive member benefits for our customers, and continue to distinguish our company’s specialization in meeting the unique needs of small to medium sized businesses. Through this partnership with SitePal, we hope to offer yet another sales and marketing tool for our customers, with which they can grow their businesses,” said “In the end, when our customers succeed, we do too.”

SitePal, developed and distributed by Oddcast, allows small business owners to create speaking avatars for any web site. The tool is designed to enrich the user experience, is cost-effective and is proven to increase sales and conversion rates. Over 9,000 webmasters worldwide use SitePal.

Based in Somerset, New Jersey, uplinkearth is a commercially successful web host providing a full range of Internet solutions for businesses, including Windows Web hosting, clustered email, and data management services. Since 1997, uplinkearth has served Fortune 100 companies, government agencies and thousands of small and mid-sized businesses in more than 50 countries.

For more information about Uplinkearth, please visit: www.uplinkearth.com.

To learn more about SitePal, please visit: www.sitepal.com.

Montreal, Canada - (Website Hosting Directory) - December 18, 2007 - Top Hosting Center, (THC), which recently released its Rudolf web hosting plan, has recently implemented a content awareness program, designed as a conscious effort to become a family safe web host.

Top Hosting Center has made it clear in their TOS, in subscriber documentation and on the company blog that the company will not tolerate content that is not suitable for families and especially children. Adult content, materials promoting hatred against individuals or groups and any content deemed illegal in the subscribers designated country will never be tolerated. THC requests that all subscribers adhere to and respect the company’s rules and the rights of families.

The company also defines ”erotica” as adult content and reserves the right to scrutinize and permanently remove any inappropriate content from their servers. As a main blogger platform THC intends to closely follow and support the ideals of P.A.P.A. - the Parents Against Predators Act (www.supportpapa.com/)- and also to set the standard for family safe web hosting.

Eric Vanier, CEO of THC noted, ”Web safety is paramount for us, and for me personally. I have two beautiful children and my company will do business in a manner that honors them and sets an example for other companies to follow.”

THC offers its Unique Top Hosting plan (Top Hosting Special), designed to meet the need for high quality and affordable web hosting for bloggers, small-biz owners and private website owners. THC provides the necessary storage space, bandwidth and support to meet your demands. The plan was created to be tailored for social networking and community hosting, but it is also suited to e-commerce and personal sites. Free domain registration and a 30 day money back guarantee in addition to all the features of any professional hosting service, is included.

To learn more, please visit: www.tophostingcenter.com.

Overland Park, Kansas - (The Hosting News) - November 6, 2007 - Web host and Internet solutions provider, Aplus.Net, has completed the integration of its newly acquired WebImage brand, into its regular company operations.

Aplus.Net acquired WebImage, at the end of August, 2007, and then spent the following weeks working to integrate the two companies.

The final steps of that integration process were completed this week, according to company officials. Ryan Elledge, Chief Operations Officer at Aplus.Net remarked, ”After a brief period of transition, we’re happy to announce that WebImage services are ready for sale on the all-new Aplus.Net website.”

Although logistical issues dictated a period of transition from an operations perspective, the striking similarities between the two brands’ business plans - both focus on providing premium but competitively priced Internet presence solutions for small businesses - had ensured an instant and long-lasting compatibility. In addition, steps were taken to make certain that the WebImage brand will retain its identity within the Aplus.Net family of products, which were revised to make way for the new service.

Mr. Elledge continued, ”We were careful to ensure the preservation of WebImage’s functional capabilities during this integration process. The ability of this service to provide high-quality web design based on a streamlined, efficient process puts them - and us - miles ahead of other bulk web design firms. Therefore, we were careful to make sure to maintain the exceptional capabilities of this service.”

Thomas Theobald, Director of Web Design at Aplus.Net added, ”WebImage is an extremely robust product set offered at a surprisingly low price point. It’s a truly unique model that combines the speed, convenience, and accessibility of full-service design with the distinctive feel and eCommerce capabilities of a completely customized web design service - and at a price that’s friendly to small business budgets. It’s head and shoulders above the standard template fare. All this makes it a perfect fit with Aplus.Net’s philosophy of providing customers with a complete, self-contained, high-quality package at the best possible value.”

Aplus.Net plans to follow up this successful integration with a comprehensive advertising campaign designed to draw attention to WebImage while also associating the new service more closely with the newly redesigned Aplus.Net website and product suite.

Aplus.Net has provided web services since the Internet’s commercial start in 1995. Aplus.Net is one of the top ten privately held hosting companies in the United States. Specializing in helping small businesses build a customer base via the Internet, Aplus.Net offers award-winning services that include web hosting and design, dedicated servers, online marketing, e-commerce, domain name registration, and much more. Aplus.Net has been awarded many honors for excellence, including the prestigious CNET Editors’ Choice Award, and has been featured in top U.S. business publications such as Forbes, Entrepreneur, Black Enterprise, and PC Magazine.

For more information about Aplus,Net, please visit: www.aplus.net.