After unending woes from DreamHost, I have recently moved some of my websites to Hostgator and let me tell you I was never that happy with a web hosting provider. Hostgator has exceed all expectations. I “ll keep my detailed review of Hostagtor for a later post. As of now I just want to inform you about an email I have received from Hostgator informing about 50% discount on the occasion of Cyber Monday ie Nov 29th, 2010. 

If you sign up for Hostgator web hosting anytime between Monday November 29th from 12:00AM – 11:59PM CST (-6 GMT) you will be eligible to get 50% discount on all packages offered by Hostgator.

Hostgator offer 3 plans under shared webhosting -  hatchling, baby and business plan. If you are a blog owner who run a number of blogs or planning to open more blogs I would suggest you to go for baby plan. Once you have chosen a plan, you now need to decide the duration for which you wish to buy hosting. You can buy webhosting under monthly, 1 year , 2 year or 3 year package. If you want to get the maximum benefit out of Hostgator’s discount offer, I would suggest you to buy 3 years package since 50% discount offer is only applicable for the first bill. (Hostgator offers 45 days money back guarantee in case you feel Hostgator is not for you)
Here is step-by-step how you can avail the 50% discount offer by Hostgator –

1. Go to Hostgator by clicking here.
2. Click View WebHosting Plans
3. On the next page, scroll down a bit and select 3 Years – $3.98/mo from drop down. Click Order Now button.
4. On this page you can either purchase a new domain name or use an existing domain name. This domain will be your primary domain name for your account. Now enter the code CYBERMONDAY2010 under coupon code edit box as shown below.
5. Enter your credit card/PayPal details on the next page and you’re done. Enjoy!

I wish this deal was there when I purchased hosting from them 2 months back but anyways I would be happy if any of ReviewOfWeb.com readers can take advantage of this offer.

Hostgator Offering 50% Discount On All Packages Today is a post from ReviewOfWeb

If you are on a shared web hosting server, check this out and you may be in for an awful surprise.

Go to YouGetSignal and enter your domain name. You will get all domains that are sharing your web server or in other words sharing your IP. So in case someone from your IP tend to send out spam or tend to host explicit content, you fear the risk of getting blocked by web servers. This may BADLY affect your SEO.

Here is an example of how Ravi’s  (creator of our favorite wordpress membership software DigitalAccessPass ) websites have got submerged  between websites with explicit content.

Why shared webhosting is sometimes a bad idea… Must Read is a post from ReviewOfWeb

On the Occasion of 4th/July, the independence day of US, our web host – Dreamhost – is offering one year hosting plan for $9.24 only which otherwise sells for ~$120.

To avail this offer go to Dreamhost Sign Up Page , enter your domain/personal details and enter 777 as the promotion code in Step#7.

Act fast as this offer is valid till 6th/July/2009 only!

DreamHost webhosting independence day discount offer. Offer valid till 6/July only is a post from ReviewOfWeb

A free web based service that offers one of the easiest ways to host and broadcast your personal video and audio clips. You can upload your audio/video clips through the web, email or even your mobile phone. It also provides you with the ability to post audio/video clips on your blogs hosted on Typepad, Blogger, MovableType or Friendster CMS.

Some important features:

• You can publish your own podcasts using itunes.
• You have the option to create and share your own video profile.
• Current service is in alpha phase which is ad supported.
• It provides unlimited bandwidth and 100 MB of storage.

Service is currently in alpha. You may have to wait for some time to get your free account.

CastPost: Host and BroadCast your personal video and audio clips is a post from ReviewOfWeb

Want to embed flash file in blogger? Here is a simple work-around. We assume you don’t have any hosting account to host your files.

• If you are on blogger that means you have a Google Account which enables you to access Googlepages. This is the place where you need to upload your swf files (flash files). Googlepages allow space upto 100MB, this much space should be sufficient for your flash files hosting needs.
• Now copy the code given below in your favorite text editor.

   1: <object> 

   2:  

   3: <param value="http://abc.googlepages.com/file.swf?clickTAG=http://www.xyz.com/lp/row.asp" rel="nofollow" name="movie"/> 

   4:  

   5: <embed 

   6: width="160" src="http://abc.googlepages.com/file.swf?clickTAG=http://www.xyz.com/lp/row.asp" rel="nofollow" height="600" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"> 

   7: </embed> 

   8:  

   9: </object>

• Replace http://abc.googlepages.com/file.swf? with the full path of your googlepages A/C. So if your Google A/C email is steve@gmail.com and file name is apple.swf then this part of the URL should become http://steve.googlepages.com/apple.swf?
• If you just want to serve the flash file on your blog this will be enough and you can skip the next 2 steps. 
• But, if you are serving flash file as an advertisement on your blogger blog then you will need a clickTag. The swf files use the clickTag method to get the landing page URL. Replace clickTAG=http://www.xyz.com/lp/row.asp with the landing page of your advertiser.
• So the value of src should become http://abc.googlepages.com/file.swf?clickTAG=http://www.xyz.com/lp/row.asp , if you are serving this as an advertisement and should become http://abc.googlepages.com/file.swf? if you are just showing this on your blog with no landing page.
• Last but the most important part is that you should never forget to use type="application/x-shockwave-flash" while embedding any flash file. If you remove "type", though firefox will show up correctly but IE6 will not render anything.
• Now place this code in "Configure HTML/Javascript" widget of blogger.
• All Done!

How to embed flash files in blogger? is a post from ReviewOfWeb