Comments for David's Web Hosting blog http://www.webhostingsearch.com/blogs/david News and experiences from the Web Hosting Industry Mon, 12 May 2008 06:40:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 Comment on China to lead global Internet traffic & the prospect for the web hosting industry by M2M Cpanel Host http://www.webhostingsearch.com/blogs/david/china-to-lead-global-internet-traffic-the-prospect-for-the-web-hosting-industry#comment-84 M2M Cpanel Host Thu, 07 Feb 2008 22:23:00 +0000 http://www.webhostingsearch.com/blogs/david/china-to-lead-global-internet-traffic-the-prospect-for-the-web-hosting-industry#comment-84 Mass markets like China and India are growing because of the huge potential in volumes. I therefore agree that not only China will outgrow internet users, its the market to target now. Mass markets like China and India are growing because of the huge potential in volumes. I therefore agree that not only China will outgrow internet users, its the market to target now.

]]> Comment on What happens if Microsoft bought Yahoo? by Fred http://www.webhostingsearch.com/blogs/david/what-happens-if-microsoft-bought-yahoo#comment-75 Fred Sun, 03 Feb 2008 08:43:13 +0000 http://www.webhostingsearch.com/blogs/david/what-happens-if-microsoft-bought-yahoo#comment-75 You wrote your blog about MS buying Yahoo in mid 2007. The time is here and now! Your thoughts on search platforms and languages is interesting. My guess (it has to be a guess because only divinity knows how MS and its' leaders think) is they will first go after the search market to help bury Google. MS hates Google, and they probably have "might not win the battle but will definitely win the war" attitude about it. You wrote your blog about MS buying Yahoo in mid 2007. The time is here and now! Your thoughts on search platforms and languages is interesting.

My guess (it has to be a guess because only divinity knows how MS and its’ leaders think) is they will first go after the search market to help bury Google. MS hates Google, and they probably have “might not win the battle but will definitely win the war” attitude about it.

]]> Comment on SEO Web Hosting and how its good for you by China Web Hosting http://www.webhostingsearch.com/blogs/david/seo-web-hosting-and-how-its-good-for-you#comment-64 China Web Hosting Sat, 19 Jan 2008 14:22:22 +0000 http://www.webhostingsearch.com/blogs/david/seo-web-hosting-and-how-its-good-for-you#comment-64 Nice article. SEO web hosting is indeed very hot at the moment, that's why we have registered both www.seohosting.cn and www.seohosting.com.cn to offer a related service later on for sites targeting China... Nice article. SEO web hosting is indeed very hot at the moment, that’s why we have registered both www.seohosting.cn and www.seohosting.com.cn to offer a related service later on for sites targeting China…

]]> Comment on China to lead global Internet traffic & the prospect for the web hosting industry by China Web Hosting http://www.webhostingsearch.com/blogs/david/china-to-lead-global-internet-traffic-the-prospect-for-the-web-hosting-industry#comment-63 China Web Hosting Sat, 19 Jan 2008 14:16:26 +0000 http://www.webhostingsearch.com/blogs/david/china-to-lead-global-internet-traffic-the-prospect-for-the-web-hosting-industry#comment-63 Nice article, thanks for sharing. We are a web hosting company in Shanghai (although currently targeting primarily foreign businesses in China) and you are very right about the opportunity that is created in China in terms for web hosting companies, and the need to have a Chinese site as well. Nevertheless, there are a couple of barriers for foreign players in China: -Web hosting is still very regulated, it is difficult for a foreign-owned operator to get an official license and offer web hosting legally in China. -Sites hosted on overseas servers are very slow of access, due to what's called the "Great Firewall", so Chinese site owners still prefer to host within China if their visitors are primarily from there. -Customer support: how are you going to support the average Chinese client who can't communicate in English? -Payments: credit card penetration is still very low and Paypal non-existent. Even for those leads that want to purchase overseas hosting services, getting their payment to the service provider abroad is a problem. Nowadays there are already many Chinese who host overseas, usually with larger well-known firms, but it is still a small % of the market, which is still shared by the thousands of web hosting companies that you can already find in China. Nice article, thanks for sharing. We are a web hosting company in Shanghai (although currently targeting primarily foreign businesses in China) and you are very right about the opportunity that is created in China in terms for web hosting companies, and the need to have a Chinese site as well. Nevertheless, there are a couple of barriers for foreign players in China:
-Web hosting is still very regulated, it is difficult for a foreign-owned operator to get an official license and offer web hosting legally in China.
-Sites hosted on overseas servers are very slow of access, due to what’s called the “Great Firewall”, so Chinese site owners still prefer to host within China if their visitors are primarily from there.
-Customer support: how are you going to support the average Chinese client who can’t communicate in English?
-Payments: credit card penetration is still very low and Paypal non-existent. Even for those leads that want to purchase overseas hosting services, getting their payment to the service provider abroad is a problem.

Nowadays there are already many Chinese who host overseas, usually with larger well-known firms, but it is still a small % of the market, which is still shared by the thousands of web hosting companies that you can already find in China.

]]> Comment on China to lead global Internet traffic & the prospect for the web hosting industry by idris http://www.webhostingsearch.com/blogs/david/china-to-lead-global-internet-traffic-the-prospect-for-the-web-hosting-industry#comment-60 idris Fri, 18 Jan 2008 14:36:55 +0000 http://www.webhostingsearch.com/blogs/david/china-to-lead-global-internet-traffic-the-prospect-for-the-web-hosting-industry#comment-60 yes it is true that china and india are fasted growing countries in the world. it is also predicted that chinese language will dominate the world... SEO for chinese websites will surely be in the first place to rank better in country specific search engines... yes it is true that china and india are fasted growing countries in the world. it is also predicted that chinese language will dominate the world… SEO for chinese websites will surely be in the first place to rank better in country specific search engines…

]]> Comment on More PHP Projects to require PHP5 by Idetrorce http://www.webhostingsearch.com/blogs/david/more-php-projects-to-require-php5#comment-58 Idetrorce Sat, 15 Dec 2007 12:21:32 +0000 http://www.webhostingsearch.com/blogs/david/more-php-projects-to-require-php5#comment-58 very interesting, but I don't agree with you Idetrorce very interesting, but I don’t agree with you
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]]> Comment on Is cPanel 11 ready for use? by Rajeev Edmonds http://www.webhostingsearch.com/blogs/david/is-cpanel-11-ready-for-use#comment-50 Rajeev Edmonds Sat, 10 Nov 2007 15:28:34 +0000 http://www.webhostingsearch.com/blogs/david/is-cpanel-11-ready-for-use#comment-50 I tried the cPanel 11, the first release without any patches. It does offer some great features but I experienced some sluggishness at times though it may be hardware or network problem but comparatively the older version runs much smoother. I will follow the wait and watch policy and will let it become more refined before going for it. I tried the cPanel 11, the first release without any patches. It does offer some great features but I experienced some sluggishness at times though it may be hardware or network problem but comparatively the older version runs much smoother. I will follow the wait and watch policy and will let it become more refined before going for it.

]]> Comment on More PHP Projects to require PHP5 by David’s Web Hosting blog » Blog Archive » End of the road for PHP4 http://www.webhostingsearch.com/blogs/david/more-php-projects-to-require-php5#comment-6 David’s Web Hosting blog » Blog Archive » End of the road for PHP4 Thu, 26 Jul 2007 11:06:21 +0000 http://www.webhostingsearch.com/blogs/david/more-php-projects-to-require-php5#comment-6 [...] several web projects using PHP have announced their intention to switch to PHP5 soon. These include: The Symfony, Typo3, phpMyAdmin, Drupal, Propel, and Doctrine [...] […] several web projects using PHP have announced their intention to switch to PHP5 soon. These include: The Symfony, Typo3, phpMyAdmin, Drupal, Propel, and Doctrine […]

]]> Comment on More PHP Projects to require PHP5 by al http://www.webhostingsearch.com/blogs/david/more-php-projects-to-require-php5#comment-5 al Fri, 20 Jul 2007 14:51:36 +0000 http://www.webhostingsearch.com/blogs/david/more-php-projects-to-require-php5#comment-5 Hi, very interesting blog. cPanel 11 as well as WHM seem to be much better than the previous versions expecially WHM. Hi, very interesting blog. cPanel 11 as well as WHM seem to be much better than the previous versions expecially WHM.

]]> Comment on More PHP Projects to require PHP5 by David Carrero Fdez-Baillo http://www.webhostingsearch.com/blogs/david/more-php-projects-to-require-php5#comment-2 David Carrero Fdez-Baillo Wed, 11 Jul 2007 09:40:22 +0000 http://www.webhostingsearch.com/blogs/david/more-php-projects-to-require-php5#comment-2 GoPHP5 is a good project for update all PHP apps to the last PHP version :)) I want test the new version, PHP6. GoPHP5 is a good project for update all PHP apps to the last PHP version :))

I want test the new version, PHP6.

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