It’s been on the To-Do list for a few months and today we can announce we’ve completed the transition to the software installation software Softaculous, from Fantastico. All servers across the Web3k network are now live with Softaculous. We believe that Softaculous offers a superior experience to our customers, keeping in-line with our aim to offer our customers the best hosting experience possible. Not only…

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We came across this interesting post from Pingdom who have put together some high level statistics around the internet in 2012 – some of the numbers are mind blowing! We’ve brought together a few highlights of the list. In some cases, we’ve also put in comments for some of the highlights for comparison. A few highlights; There are 2.2 billion email users (31% of the…

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Web3k are excited to announce its partnership with CloudFlare, a leading Content Delivery Network based performance and security service. CloudFlare is designed to speed up website response times by storing a copy of static website files on servers located around the globe, meaning websites and files are closer to their visitors. The CloudFlare service also provides an extra security layer, blocking threats and limiting abusive…

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When choosing a web hosting package or provider, you should consider where it will be hosted, geographically. Depending on the content of your website, who you’re visitors or customers are likely to be and how quick you want your website to respond, you may wish to consider where it in the world your website is hosted. For example, if the visitors of your website or…

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Nominet, the registry responsible for .UK domain names, has celebrated reaching a milestone of 10 million active domain names. The ten millionth domain to be registered was swarvemagazine.co.uk. In the country code top level domain stakes, .UK is still roughly 4.5 million domains behind Germany and the .de domain name space. In the context, .org domains total about 9.9 million and .net with 14.5 million,…

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Domain tracking website, Registrar Stats, reported at the end of January that .com domain registrations had surpassed the 100 Million mark, making it by far the popular domain extension. Its nearest rival, .net at 14 million domain registrations is sufficiently dwarfed, showing the preference for .com domain’s and making it the default in domain names across the globe. Have you registered a .com.au, .co.uk or…

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If you’re looking for a new web hosting plan or looking to transfer from your current host, why not take advantage of a free $75 Google Adwords voucher by signing up to any of Web3k’s hosting plans! For customers who sign-up in January to any of our Web Hosting plans, each will get one $75 Google Adwords voucher to help kick start their online advertising….

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There is a lot of confusion for individuals looking for web hosting services. Is Linux or Windows better? Which will better suit your needs? We try and explain the differences to help you choose which is the right hosting technology for you – Linux web hosting or Windows web hosting. Linux is an open source and largely free operating system and competitor to Microsoft Windows….

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It can be pretty tough working out what the best web hosting plan for your website will be with some many offers in the market. Today we focus on two of the most important factors in a web hosting plan, Disk Space and Bandwidth allocation. Disk Space is akin to your hard disk in your computer. There is fixed allocation which you can used, taken…

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From today customers can now register .co domains through Web3k. .co Domain names are the country code top-level domain name for Colombia, though have also become a very attractive alternative to .com domains given their similarity (.co vs .com), which is great for those that have wanted a specific .com domain, however find that their first (and sometimes their second and third) choices are already…

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