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Reseller Central v3 – Screen Shots #1

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

With version 3 of Reseller Central near completion we decided to start releasing some screen shots of our new and improved product. With Version 3 our clients can not only expect a full rewrite of the client-side code but they will find dozens and dozens of new features making life easier then ever! In my upcoming posts you will get a chance to see our new product and hear about the all-new features in store!

Below you will find the new header / quick search bar allowing you to easily search through available functions, domains, packages, feature lists, etc
Reseller Central v3

Below you will find the new list accounts page where you will find a few new features making it easier then ever to manage your accounts.
Reseller Central V3
*Note: The links seen such as Modify, Suspend etc appear when you mouseover a domain in your list accounts page.

Want to discuss Reseller Central v3? Feel free to do so at the following location: http://www.hostnine.com/hosting-forums/version-3-feedback/
Stay tuned! More to come!

Affiliate Program Re-Launch & $5,000 Cash Contest

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

We are excited to announce the re-launch of our affiliate program! We have increased payouts, provided additional high conversion creatives and dedicated affiliate support.  You can earn up to $100/Sale! We have affiliates making thousands of dollars per month simply referring friends, family and website visitors to HostNine!

WIN $5,000 CASH!

Win $5,000 referring clients to HostNine! Beginning February 1st, 2010 the affiliate with the most sales between February 1st, 2010 and April 30, 2010 at 11:59 PM EST will win a $5,000 cash bonus (in addition to the amount already earned through standard referral commissions). 2nd place will be awarded $1,000 and 3rd place will receive a bonus of $500.

The winner will be announced July 1st, 2010 once all sales have finalized.
Place banners on your site, let friends know about our great hosting services, post about HostNine hosting on your blog and do everything you can to refer sales to us and win $5,000!

If you haven’t done so yet, please simply visit http://www.hostnine.com/affiliate-program/ and sign up today as an affiliate for FREE! It costs nothing to join our affiliate program and you can begin earning immediately!

Simply refer 2 people to HostNine and you’ll earn more than enough to pay for an entire year of web hosting and still pocket cash yourself as well!

We’re here to help you. If you have any questions about signing up, how to refer users to HostNine or ways you can increase your earnings simply submit a ticket or email affiliates@hostnine.com for assistance.

Thank you for your continued business and referrals. We look forward to working with you as an affiliate!

Regards,
HostNine Affiliate Team
Taylor Hawes
HostNine Affiliate Manager
affiliates@hostnine.com

Compare Web Hosts

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009

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How Web Hosting Aids In SEO

Wednesday, November 11th, 2009

Web hosting is in fact one of the most popular services that nearly millions of people use for creating some of their best web sites. Most of the people use these services for creating anything starting from blogs, community sites, personal sites or even e-commerce sites. But most of the people simply don’t know the importance of this web hosting especially when it comes to SEO. One can literally benefit from most of the search engine traffic by simply devising a unique SEO strategy.

Even before getting a hosting plan you may simply be interested in getting a domain. If you already have a domain name you may be considering of registering it with some of the other host. You can even try registering with one of the host by paying $10 for around a year’s time although some may even be much cheaper. When speaking of SEO we all know that URL and domains are very much important because when these spiders simply come crawling they would in fact index your pages.

So if you are in fact having one of the most unique domain name that matches your URL which is simply designed best, then you start being visible in the eyes of most of these SEOs. Some of the features of the web hosting also does benefit the SEOs efforts to a much greater extent. Optimization for some of the most targeted search is certainly very much effective as most of the host present today simply offer a number of tools that may in fact help with the research in choosing some of the best key words for your site.

Most of these also provide with a handy web application features. These keywords also give you with the graphical statistic about the type of traffic your website may be getting. It in fact provides the complete details like when visitors come and also from where these visitors come. It also shows the spider that visited your site. A number of companies do offer a free service for SEO along with free marketing and tools. Most of the web packages are simply loaded with most unique tools.

Web hosting simply plays a very major role in SEO as most of the results simply depend upon the hosting company. It certainly plays a crucial part as it emphasizes more on the quality work than quantity work. Here cost of the service certainly does not make any difference. You may even find a number of hosting services that are in fact cheap and better. So before looking for any services you need to keep in mind that it is actually the fate of your rankings what you are talk about.  You fate simply lies in the hands of some other company that is watching you.

This is the relation where only trust counts. So perform your research and rush to the services which may not harm your page rankings and make your visibility much better is what you need.

Importance of Social Networking

Monday, November 2nd, 2009

You may be having a number of friends and your friends may be having their friends who in turn may be having friends! It can in fact be so on and so forth. This pattern of friendship can thus be called as a network and in more specific terms social network. But the important thing is that this pattern of acquaintances and friends are simply not with you as they just happen to be with you. Most of them are in deed a part of your life as you may be sharing many things in common with them or you may be having the same common interests.

This same concept can also be applied in this virtual world of what we call as internet. In fact there are a number of communities that are present all over the information superhighway which were certainly build with an aim of the interest that are usually shared by each and every member of this network. In earlier days when internet was not so common, these type of social networking may certainly have been a way to meet a number of people who simply share some of the common interests. But with the development of internet this pattern has certainly become one of the most powerful tools for your business.

Ever since man had learned to communicate with each other he has been socializing in his community. Till date all of us are simply bound by this system as all of us do have fiends. So your group of friends can be called as your social network. And when you meet certain new people you make new friends and you develop a network of friends that share same interest. So most of the people who understand the importance of this can certainly consider this as an opportunity and take advantage of this. You can in fact develop a world of trade and business. Most of the companies and firms who simply share the same interests tend to forge tie with each other with an aim to strengthen and develop their business.

So if this concept works offline then it is sure that it will also work online. Internet is a global business center. All the citizens of internet and entrepreneurs have in fact seen the power of this social networking tool. Most of them have also mastered methods to utilize this concept to most of their advantages. This in simple terms can also be called as business book marking which in fact is the variation of social book marking. It simply utilizes all the power of social networking online and applies to their business. It has in fact proved to be very effective for a number of big and small businesses alike as businesses can be conducted on a global platform.

With the help of such social networks your business gets the strength to reach millions of other people online. But just like the networking in the real world the basic principles does in fact apply here also. People should have the same interests because this interest is what actually connects you with others and them with you. So if all simply goes on well then a giant partnership can be established.

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Windows 7 Review

Wednesday, October 28th, 2009

October 22nd marked the launch of what many critics will agree is a breath of fresh air for many Windows OS users worldwide. Hurray for all the fans who cowered under the scorn of Mac X users who never stopped short of laughing off any Windows product launch; including this one. Windows 7 is unlike its predecessor Vista and XP. In fact, these guys look like they sat down and listed down the weaknesses of both OS and threw in a few additional features and came up with a masterpiece; well almost.

And no, this new release does not beg for drivers, they are already available even for the mostly unavailable video drivers. Windows 7 even works on a normal processor that previously ran Windows XP! Of course it does look like Vista but is lighter, installs faster and is much more vivid and awesome to any user, what with all the appearance options that befall him. It shies away from the annoying UAC (user access control) horrors that plagued the Vista OS. It allows better control and more options for every user and allows multiple access, easier share and one click access.

The beauty is in the advanced easy-to access menu’s transparent UIs (user interfaces) and auto-install lovelies that ensure that all devices detected are immediately available for use. How’s that for glory? Of course, the OS will get the usual bashing in the next few months that plagues every Windows release; but this one will be different as it promises to have less complaints, better compatibility, and ease of use.

Windows 7 comes with the usual versions that have become tradition with Windows; Home Premium, Basic Starter, Professional, Ultimate. This is good news for Netbook users who had nightmares with Vista where drivers were concerned. Windows 7 not only is lighter on the processor, but it proves to be a better and more versatile OS compared to its ancestors and it has the power and looks that they never had. Available in 64-bit and 32-bit versions, the OS has truly delivered as promised.

Upgrading from Windows XP and Vista is easy at lower prices compared to how much the Goldmaster version, that proves to be what every high end PC user must have. The features are standard on most versions, like aero peek, a marvel that allows you to quickly navigate through the many open windows by allowing a sneak preview of them, a taskbar that is a lot less cluttered, a redefined start menu, quick display switching among others.

What is notably absent though; Windows Mail, Live Photo gallery and Movie Maker, is available from the official site. The media player has been revamped and is more better looking, has more tweaks and easily puts iTunes to shame with its device and codec compatibility options. The security features are more precise, though you may still prefer the use of your antivirus. Homegroup option in networking will have you easily share and secure files, printers and any other devices with so much ease, you will love Windows 7 for this fact only. Okay, and its awe inspiring looks too.

Benefits of reseller hosting

Monday, October 26th, 2009

If you are ever thinking of getting some cheap virtual host for hosting your website, than it is certain that you might in fact receive a number of long term benefits. A number of cheap web hosting is available on the internet today as a lot of competition exists in the business of web site hosting services. You can be sure of getting a number of domains hosting for only little money what most of the companies had to pay earlier. You can find a number of domain reseller services for only a fraction of amount. Apart form their low cost a number of other benefits are there if you plan to choose one of those right virtual hosts.

You can in fact save money for now and also in future when you certainly do compare most of their plans for hosting web sites. Considering the cost of your virtual hosting is very much important when you are in the initial stages of launching your online business. In case you have planned to build a very strong online business then it is certain that you may have to pay for hosting for a number of months or even years. So a very dependable and affordable host is what you may be requiring.

The benefit of most of these resellers cheap virtual hosting is that you may in fact save every month and every year for a number of years. So even if you manage to actually save around $ 4 per month by choosing one of the cheap resellers web hosting service then you can manage to save around $ 48 per year and $ 240 in another five years. The amount may not seem to be much big but when looking from the business point of view we can certainly say that any savings is worth the effort. You can in fact save much more amount if you may be looking for more services than just a basic web hosting page.

You can also get a minimal overhead cost with some of the cheapest resellers on the internet. More over where else can you ever afford to open up a store for only a few dollars a month? Just think about opening a good store in the main street in your area or your town. You may simply have to incur nearly thousands of dollars monthly for all the rent, water, repairs and electricity. There may be other charges also that you may have to pay. But with cheap resellers you can simply afford to open up a good store only for few dollars monthly.

These resellers are in fact the lowest over heads that you can ever get. More over the potential of the profits is simply tremendous. You may use a number of features like PHP or even the MySQL or any other as you require. It would only cost you a little bit of extra amount monthly. No matter what business you have you may in fact benefit by using the reseller services. If you are using the reseller hosting facilities then you certainly can sell some of the cheaper web hosting to your customers. You can in fact sell any type of hosting and also narrow all of your ads to reach some of your targeted audiences.

So if you even own a wholesale store you can use it to advertise to your customers. So simply get started with your business by choosing some of the cheapest web reseller services and run quickly.

Follow HostNine on Twitter!

Monday, August 31st, 2009

That’s right, HostNine is now on Twitter!

Please follow us at: http://www.twitter.com/hostnine

You will always find important updates, network notifications, and much more on our twitter. The main thing being network notifications as it’s not hosted on any of the HostNine networks so in case of emergency you can always check twitter.

HostNine Announces New Customer Service Manager

Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009

JUPITER, Fla. (June 2, 2009) – HostNine (http://www.hostnine.com), a leader in Shared Hosting, Reseller Hosting and Dedicated Servers, announced today it has hired Geoff Crump to lead the company’s customer service department. With more than 16 years of customer service experience, Crump is a tested expert with empathy, vision, and commitment.

As customer service manager (CSM), Crump’s professional responsibilities will include managing employee-customer interactions (through helpdesk, live chat, and telephone), introducing techniques to gauge customer satisfaction and garner qualitative feedback, and developing and implementing strategic change. HostNine will use Crump’s expertise to adhere to more rigid quality control standards, including limits on hold times, ticket response times, and depth-of-response.

“HostNine is in a period of organizational improvement. We have recognized that while we are good at what we do, and our customers are satisfied, we must actively seek to operate more efficiently, effectively, and with a stronger spirit of innovation. Geoff Crump shares our vision and will serve as a catalyst to effect positive strategic and tactical change in the months and years to come,” said Ben Gabler, operations manager, HostNine.

“I look at customer service as a balanced, symbiotic relationship between the customer and the business. No one part can fully survive without the other, and the best results come from a working relationship built on communication and understanding. That’s why we’re here,” said Crump.

Crump previously served as director of customer relations at FastServers.net, and studied Theater at Nazareth College in Rochester, N.Y.

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About HostNine

HostNine, LLC is an industry leader in web hosting, reseller hosting and dedicated servers. Running all Dell PowerEdge servers located throughout ten different data centers around the world, HostNine provides a 99.9 percent network uptime guarantee to its customers.