Last Updated: April 1, 2008

News

When choosing a web host, reading reviews is crucial. It's also important to know what's going on in the industry. In this section, we provide you with web hosting industry news relevant to your host search.

• October 27, 2007 -- Web Apps won't Kill the Desktop
  It's called SAAS, and it's coming to a web hosting provider near you, if it hasn't already. Free online office suites have existed online for a while, but have hardly been suitable to replace their desktop cousins, or are they?



• October 15, 2007 -- Web domains get language lesson
  An interesting article discussing the possibility of introducing additional "non-english" script types for top-level domain names. It could open the world wide web up into other countries and languages, but it could also spark controversy.



• October 13, 2007 -- GoDaddy increases .COM prices 12%
  GoDaddy isn't the only one raising domain name prices, 1&1 and Yahoo have both followed suite of the world's largest domain registrar.



• July 30, 2007 -- ICANN Seeks Better Protection for Domain-Name Registrants
  When registering domain names, make sure the information that you provide your ICANN-accredited registrar is accurate. It's getting increasingly important to keep your administrative information up to date, especially if you have to enter into an ownership dispute.



• July 23, 2007 -- Hot property - Web domain names
  It's big business these days, enterprising companies sought to turn a profit by registering domains that may one day show interest from independent companies. Keep in mind that it's never a bad idea to register all your trademarks, brand names, and variants and mispellings of these simultaneously.