Carbonite PC Backup for FREE
I mentioned there would be more free things coming in my last post. Well, this is just one of them. It's called Carbonite and it's an automated file backup and restoration for your PC. According to Carbonite, every year 43% of computer users lose irreplaceable emails, documents, photos and other files. By running the Carbonite backup, you'll never have to worry about your computer crashing again. Carbonite is a small application that you download onto your PC and it provides automatic backups so that if you ever lose anything, you'll be able to recover it in just a few clicks.
IPOWERWEB is including 2GB of Free backup to all our customers. If 2GB isn't enough for you, you can upgrade to unlimited for $49.95/year. Try out the 2GB for free now!
Sorry MAC users, this currently only works for PC's.
Google Adwords Credit Increase
Previously, IPOWERWEB gave a free $30 Google Adwords credit with every hosting account. Well, we just increased that amount to $50! Now you get a $50 Google Adwords credit plus a $50 Yahoo Search Credit for a total of $100 in search engine advertising credits! This will go a long way in getting your advertising campaign started. Check out everything else you get for free with your hosting account and keep an eye out for more things coming soon!
Make Sure Your Links Are Always Working
After clicking on a link no one wants to be sent to an error page. It's very important that every link on your web site always works properly. It is a good idea to go through your web site on a regular basis to make sure that every link works properly. A great way to learn about error pages on your web site is by checking your web site statistics.
Every IPOWERWEB web hosting account comes with great web site statistics tools, which will help you get an understanding of which links are not working.
When designing a web site, mistakes always happen. Luckily web design errors can be fixed easily. Do your best to go through your entire web site and make sure every link works properly.
Here is a link to our web site.
Your Health Records in the Hands of Google?
The title says it all. Yes Google is believed to be working on a project where they plan to obtain and store the health records of every person. Some people believe that this program will only be for people that decide to opt-in and if you don't want Google to store your information, they won't. The health records that Google will store will most likely include allergies, medical histories, and prescription drugs. This program will be password protected, so the only way you can login and view your health records is via your Google Account. It will be interesting to see how everything turns out...
Happy Valentine’s Day!
Happy Valentine's Day!
FCC 700MHz Auction Begins Today
According to various news sites, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will begin its 700 megahertz wireless auction today. The auction is expected to raise at least $10 billion for the U.S. government. There are many qualified bidders participating in this auction, such as Google, AT&T, Verizon, and Qualcomm.
Music Web Hosting Services
Rarely do you come across a web site that is made of just text. Most web sites have both images and text and a growing number of web sites no incorporate music download or streaming services. This means that if you have a web site and have plans to provide music via your web site, your web hosting provider should definitely be able to support the upload and download of music on their servers. If you host your web site with IPOWERWEB you don't have to worry about having music on your web site, IPOWERWEB supports music on web sites (as long as it is legal). In many cases providing music can be a great way to gain traffic to your web site and at IPOWERWEB we are all about making your web site the best it can possibly. If you want to offer music downloads via your web site, as an IPOWERWEB web hosting user you are welcome to do so. We recommend that you do your best to stay within your plans bandwidth limitations, in the case of most Business Pro users you now have 15000GB of transfer space. 15000GB should be more than enough bandwidth to play around with, therefore you won't have to worry about limitations with regards to your web hosting plan. In order to learn more about hosting your web site with IPOWERWEB or if you are already an IPOWERWEB web hosting user and wish to speak with our support department, give us a call at 888-511-HOST.
Add Your Website to Google
Many of us recognize the power of Google when it comes to the success of your web site. This is not to say you cannot become successful without having any presence on Google, but at the same time if you are ranking highly for your related keywords on Google there is a good chance your site is doing very well. In order to get listed in Google's index and make sure your site is recognized by the popular search engine you should probably start by adding your url to Google. By adding your url to Google you are not guaranteed to be listed in the search engine's index although it is a good start and a safe method. If you are considering using a search engine optimization company in order to help you rank higher on search engines like Google, you must be very careful. In some cases some search engine optimization firms can actually hurt your web site more than actually help you.
When submitting your web site url to Google via the Google web site, you do not need to submit each url of your site separately. Rather all you have to do is provide Google with your top-level page and the Google's spider, GoogleBot, will take care of the rest. If you are already listed in Google's index, adding your url to Google may not have as much value.
JaMarcus Russell and Raiders Agree to Six Year Contract
Every once in a while we like to write about things going on outside of the web hosting and Internet worlds. For example, today we would like to tell you that the Oakland Raiders (the NFL team) and its first round draft pick of the 2007 NFL draft (JaMarcus Russell have agreed in principle to a contract that will guarantee Russell nearly $31 million. This is said to be the richest rookie contract ever. The six year deal is believed to be worth about $60 million and Russell should begin training with the team shortly. Now that the Raiders have signed their rookie quarterback people will surely begin setting extremely high expectations for both Russell and the Raiders.
How To Setup a New Account via our Reseller Program
iPowerWeb has one of the Internet's most popular reseller programs. The iPowerWeb Reseller Program enables virtually anybody in the entire world to become their own web hosting provider. Dependent on the number accounts you have with iPowerWeb, you are able to purchase iPowerWeb hosting plans at a discounted rate. To learn more about the Reseller Program and other iPowerWeb Affiliate Programs - Please visit this page. http://www.ipowerweb.com/affiliates/index.html.
If you already are a member of the iPowerWeb Reseller Program, here is an explanation on how to purchase a new hosting account.
First: Log into your reseller control panel. Click on Hosting Accounts -> Overview ->( there will be a link at the top of the Overview section which reads)To Purchase a New Reseller Hosting account - please click here
Submit the domain ( you can choose a new or transfer). If you choose New we will register the domain for your client.
By choosing transfer you are indicating that your client already has a domain name which they own & which they want to use for their account. Choosing transfer does not automatically mean that we transfer the domain to us. You can leave the domain at the current registrar and have that registrar point the domain to our DNS or ask our transfer to transfer the domain to our registrar & we will have the DNS changed.
You contact our transfer department by sending an email to transfer@ipowerweb.com and the reseller generic DNS is;
NS1.SECUREHOSTSERVER.COM
NS2.SECUREHOSTSERVER.COM
Now, on page 2 of the sign up form, you will fill out your client's contact information for everything except for the billing, which is where you use your credit card information. This ensures that we charge you for purchasing it through us, then you are to mark up the rate & charge your client.
Choose a plan (3mo, 6mo, 1yr or 2yrs) & a password and then submit your order.
After the order is processed your client will receive an account setup email which will come from the email address you list in the Settings Area for Sales.
You will also receive a duplicate of the account setup email to that email you list in the settings / sales area.
If you ever have any other questions or wish to learn more about iPowerWeb hosting services and our Reseller Program, please call us at 888-511-HOST.