Tag: HOSTING

WordPress.com, the free blog hosting service from the creators of open source blogging software WordPress, has announced a new hosting package for high-profile, high-traffic bloggers. WordPress.com VIP Hosting "allows these folks to piggyback on our WordPress.com infrastructure, getting the benefits of what we've built without the limitations of a free WordPress.com account around theme editing ...

Wikidot is providing free webhosting to wiki sites and social networks using an AJAX interface. Wikidot launched in August when the developers were looking for a free wiki to host a software project. The service generates income by ads, premium features and partnerships. Wikidot's service is easy to set-up with some great features including: sitename.wikidot.com - nice clean domain create ...

LeeAnn Prescott from web analysis company Hitwise has an interesting article on her blog about the market shares of the web's most popular photo sharing and hosting sites. While it's true that Flickr gets most of the buzz, it turns out it's not at the top of the heap-it's at #6. Prescott isn't clear on how they measure market share (trade secret, I'm sure), but by Hitwise's count Photobucket leads ...

Google is currently testing a new version of its photo-management app Picasa in private beta that will let users post photo albums on the web via an integrated, Google-hosted service. You can learn some more about the service or put yourself on the beta waiting list at the Picasa Web site. Rafe Needleman at CNet's Web 2.0 Blog has posted a quick review of the functionality. He says at first blush ...

AllYouCanUpload is a new image hosting site from CNet's Webshots. Unlike Webshots, it's in the ImageShack/PhotoBucket camp, intended not for browsing like Flickr, but for hosting photos and images to be used on other web sites. Like ImageShack, AllYouCanUpload is a free, no-login service and the upload form is right on the front page, and the service is completely devoid of advertising. There are ...

Have a bunch of spare bandwidth and an extra computer or two? Ever think of using them to start your own web hosting company? HowtoForge has a tidy how-to on setting up shared web hosting using Ubuntu Linux. It's pretty straightforward and naturally uses only free software, but as with most Linux tutorials there's a fair amount of editing config files and typing into terminals. It will, however, ...

As for torrent hosting it doesn't get much simpler: BtGhost lets you upload a .torrent file and gives you a link you can post on forums and newsgroups. No registration, no cost, just a two-button form backed by 10 dedicated Linux servers. ...