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Domain names (tld). domain name servers: the basics

January 21st, 2012 Seo blog in Seattle 1 comment

Technically, Domain names aren’t necessary to access a website. This is because with or without them, all websites can be accessed by their corresponding IP address. What is an IP address? It is a 32-bit numerical identifier that indicates what machine a website is on. The only problem is that for a human these numbers, (which come in a series of 4 octets), can be extremely hard to remember. This is why Domain names were created. With a name a person can access a website through a word or phrase, which offers much more convenience than decimated octets.

In order for Domain names to work, they must use name servers, (also known as DNS). These are special computers that store data pertaining to Domain names and the IP addresses they point to. It does this through a process known as reverse mapping. What happens is after a name is entered, the name server will look up its corresponding IP address in a directory service. It will also correspond with other name services to see if they have ‘knowledge’ of the IP address. This process is known as a distributed database, since no ‘official’ entity is responsible for updating information on other name servers.

How can a computer be turned into a name server? It has to run DNS software. The most common DNS software is BIND, (which stands for Berkeley Internet Name Domain). This, (along with other types of DNS software), works in a hierarchal fashion. The beginning of the hierarchy contains the character ”. It is called the system’s root. Underneath the root there are the extension such as .com, .org, .net or .biz.

A name server must also have client computers to help conduct its operation. These client computers are called nameservers and resolvers. Nameservers are responsible for locating a name’s IP address. The resolvers, on the

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Linux Unix options for Small Businesses. Hosting and Host.

January 19th, 2012 Seo blog in Seattle Comments off
Linux Unix options for Small Businesses. Hosting and Host.


Linux/Unix is an alternate type of system that provides hosting for small businesses and companies that run Linux/Unix applications on their personal computers and laptops. The Linux/Unix-based platform is stable platform in the industry.

The Linux operating system was developed by Linus Torvalds as an alternative to other operating systems. Most of its versions are free of costs. The most popular Linux software is Red Hat and Mandrake.

Linux/Unix was only for professionals until a few years ago but the situation has changed. Many ‘small businesses have switched to the Linux/Unix platform because of its open source architecture, meaning that users can structure the system to do what they want it to do.

Web host providers are specializing in Linux/Unix servers and the demand for this type of interface has grown by 40% over the last three years. A Unix-based platform is one of the most reliable operating system that you can ever have. It has a better up time than Microsoft Operating Systems and hosting programs in Linux/Unix are more flexible. You actually can get ore from a Linux/Unix based server than other servers on the market.

Linux/Unix supports a wide variety of application languages, more than any other operating system. The most common applications of such kind include C, C++, Shell, Perl, Tcl, Python, Java and PHP. Databases available for Unix are mSQL and mySQL. The one you choose would depend on what you plan to do on the web and the host that you choose to park your web .

The Linux/Unix based system comes with its won web development module in some versions of Red Hat Linux that make web creation easy as 1-2-3. FTP modules are built into the operating system to provide you with an alternative way to load the web to the Linux/Unix host.

Linux/Unix will become a major force in the future as more small to medium businesses turn towards its hosting platform.

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Choosing Windows Web Hosting. Hosting and Host.

January 18th, 2012 Seo blog in Seattle Comments off
Choosing Windows Web Hosting. Hosting and Host.


Windows/ XP Web hosting provides web hosting on Windows operating system, A software heart of the computer. It is a set of programs that manage the hardware resources of a computer, provide the environment for application programs to run and provide the user interface. Most known operating systems are: different flavors of Unix (SunOs, HP-UX, Irix, FreeBSD, Linux,…), MacOS and Windows. platform. Microsoft Corporation provides host, A networked computer dedicated to providing a certain kind of service. Usually refers to a computer that stores the website files and has a web server running on it. based software operating system for servers, A networked computer that handles client requests for Web pages.. Windows XP web hosting programs are considered to be easy to cope with, reliable and inexpensive.

The simplicity of the Windows XP operating system is what stands out with these applications. Windows provides its users with friendly, familiar environment that is easy to work with. Today as so much work has been done by developers it’s very easy to administrate your with using Windows/ Server, A server is an application or device that performs services for connected clients as part of a client-server architecture. Server computers are devices designed to run such an application or applications, often for extended periods of time with minimal human direction. Side operating system. The Windows/NT platform is also reliable. You also should know that reliability of any platform, same as Windows/NT platform, depends mainly on maintenance and technical knowledge.

Windows/XP platform is scalable and very cost-effective because at a relatively low price you can set up a fully functional Internet, Not to be confused with internet (with lowercase i). The word Internet refers to all the computer networks worldwide that are connected together. TCP/IP is the de facto standard protocol set for Internet. server with Windows XP in a matter of hours.

The big question is what do you want your web- to do? Interactive websites usually rely on ASP, Active Server Pages. ASP is Microsoft's server-side scripting technology. An Active Server Page has an .asp extension and it mixes HTML and scripting code that can be written in VBScript or JScript. ASP is distributed with Microsoft's IIS web server, so most host using IIS will also offer ASP for dynamic web programming. ASP.NET is the next version of ASP. Other popular server-side scripting languages are Perl, PHP, ColdFusion, TCL, Python, and JSP. (Active Server Pages which allow scripts on a web page, A Web page is a resource of information that is suitable for the World Wide Web and can be accessed through a web browser. This information is usually in HTML or XHTML format, and may provide navigation to other web pages via hypertext links. to be run on the server before the files are transmitted to the client, A computer program that requests a service from the server program, usually over the network.), PHP, or Perl (Practical Extraction and Reporting Language which is a scripting language, A programming language in which programs are the series of commands that are interpreted and then executed one by one. Doesn't require the compilation phase, for the price of lower performance. used for receive and process data stored on web page forms).

And if you prefer ASP most of all Windows/ XP - based web hosting is the perfect choice for you. There are also some more only Windows available applications such as Access, MS SQL, MS SQL (Microsoft SQL Server) is a relational database management system (RDBMS) produced by Microsoft. Its primary query language is Transact-SQL, an implementation of the ANSI/ISO standard Structured Query Language (SQL) used by both Microsoft and Sybase., Windows Media and Virtual Basic scripts. Windows XP offers benefits over other operating systems. Using these benefits gives you an opportunity to be productive and publish your information on the Internet rapidly developing your website or web application.

Windows XP server packages have great programs for individuals who are familiar with MS Windows XP software. The server package for hosting even allows for optimization of hard disk space and RAM which eliminates computer lock-ups, Uninterruptible Power Supply. UPS keeps the server running on a battery for several minutes after a power outage, allowing for a clean shutdown without loss of data. UPS can also shield the server from line voltage spikes and drops. while loading web applications.

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