The best Web hosting plan in Canada – Host Papa
Nov 15, 2009 Canada Specific, Web and Product Reviews
Recently, I’ve had to go shopping around again for a hosting company to take care of all my website-related needs. Not that the company I’ve been with for the last two years, Host Monster, has any problems. Quite the contrary. When I first signed up with Host Monster, I remember being so surprised at how much hosting plan I could get for just $7.95 per month (I had signed up for the 2-year plan). I couldn’t believe I could get unlimited bandwidth, disk space, MySQL databases, and was able to host unlimited websites for such a low cost. But that was two years ago. Could it be that there could be other choices now, and perhaps ever better host plan deals? I had to find out.
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Tags: best hosting, canadian hosting, host papa, hosting, web hosting
Getting the .ca domain name you want, and TBR unfairness
Nov 13, 2009 Canada Specific, General
So you finally thought of the perfect domain name for your business or personal website, but when you go to register it, it’s already taken. Sound familiar? Well, you might think it’s time to go back to the brainstorming session, but it might be best to check out a few things first.
One thing you should try, at first, is to type the domain name into your Web browser, and see if there is actually a website there already. If it looks like there is a real website there, you’re probably out of luck. If it seems like it’s not really being used, and you see something like an under construction, page not found, or a parked page with just a bunch of ads, then try doing a WHOIS search on the domain name to find out some information.
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Tags: .ca, domain names, domain status, dot-ca, TBR