Web Hosting Sales and Promos Roundup - Dec 18, 2009

December 18, 2009 -- As Christmas nears, there were a handful of holiday-inspired promotions announced this week, including M2M Host's 10-percent-across-the-board discount, and SiteGround's $20.10-per-year hosting plan. As well, WebNet Hosting extended its holiday promotions on its e-commerce, shared, and dedicated hosting offerings.

Web Hosting Sales and Promos Roundup - Nov 20, 2009

November 20, 2009 -- There were many web hosting sales and promos to announce this week, including a giveaway from DemoWolf, e-commerce hosting discounts from WebNet, cheaper EV SSL certificates from Go Daddy, free MySpace ad credits from SiteGround, and shared hosting discounts from DiscountDomainsUK.com.

The Planet Launches New, Three-Tiered Channel Program

September 15, 2009 -- IT hosting provider The Planet has announced its new "Partner Plus" program, offering industry-leading commission rates and access to a portal with a range of marketing and sales tools.

SiteGround Adds Custom cPanel Features

April 23, 2009 -- Guided by users' suggestions, web hosting provider SiteGround launched new features for its customized cPanel theme, "Crystal," including multiple languages and an "important notices" section, as well as full and partial backups.

Report Shows Kucinich Used Panama Host

April 15, 2009 -- Ohio congressman Dennis Kucinich, who is a strong advocate for buying American, is under fire after his latest campaign finance report revealed that he is using the services of Panama-based web host Siteground for his congressional campaign, according to report by The Plain Dealer Politics Blog.

SiteGround Redesigns cPanel Interface

February 13, 2009 -- Web hosting provider SiteGround announced on Thursday it is redesigning its hosting control panel, cPanel, in an effort to improve its customers' hosting experience.

Hosting Sales and Promos Roundup

December 12, 2008 -- From domains and shared hosting to Continuous Data Protection software, the second week of December included a wide variety of deals designed to further stretch the web hosting dollar.

SiteGround Adds Eco-Friendly Servers

November 5, 2008 -- Web hosting provider SiteGround, which joined the AlphaSSL Partner Program last week, announced on Tuesday it is offering a new "low-cost and environmentally friendly" server solution - the Intel Atom 330.

SSL Certificate Market Changes Hands

October 29, 2008 -- After holding little more than 20 percent share of the new SSL certificate market in August, Go Daddy has become the largest provider of new certificates with 65.8 percent of the market, according to Web analytics firm Netcraft.

SiteGround Resells AlphaSSL Certs.

October 29, 2008 -- SSL certificate provider AlphaSSL announced on Tuesday that Web hosting provider SiteGround has joined the AlphaSSL Partner Program, enabling SiteGround to provide SSL certificates to its customer base.

The Web Host Industry Week in Review

December 7, 2007 -- There were quite a few important announcements, in fact. But it is certainly a sign of the times that this week's news was dominated, volume-wise, by hosting providers announcing their holiday specials.

SiteGround Offers Gift Certificates

December 5, 2007 -- Web hosting provider SiteGround announced on Wednesday it is once again offering Christmas gift certificates to its customers, following the success of last year's holiday promotion.

SiteGround Offers New Technologies

October 29, 2007 -- Web hosting provider SiteGround announced on Monday it has launched two initiatives that will enable its customers to enjoy the benefits of the latest versions of its software.

SiteGround Supports Open Source

August 16, 2007 -- SiteGround announced on Thursday that it is sponsoring three different initiatives aimed at promoting open source projects, including the TextPattern templates competition, the BlogBackupOnline contest and the 2007 DrupalCon.

SiteGround Offers Holiday Deal

June 29, 2007 -- Web hosting provider SiteGround announced on Wednesday it is now offering special discounts on the .us domains in celebration of Independence Day.

SiteGround Reaches 100,000 Domains

May 25, 2007 -- Web hosting provider SiteGround announced on Thursday that it is now hosting more than 100,000 domains.

CRE Offers Free cPanel Installer

April 9, 2007 -- E-commerce hosting provider Chain Reaction Ecommerce announced on Friday that it has released a free CRE Loaded Easy Installer for cPanel.

SiteGround Upgrades Site and Plan

April 4, 2007 -- SiteGround announced it has launched a new version of the customer area with new design and added functionality, as well as increased the space and traffic quotas for its super hosting package.

SiteGround Partners with CRE Loaded

February 2, 2007 -- Chain Reaction Ecommerce, makers of the osCommerce-based web store application CRE Loaded, announced on Thursday it has partnered with Web hosting provider SiteGround.

Aplus.Net Wins Top Speed Award

December 15, 2006 -- Web hosting provider Aplus.Net announced on Thursday it has received the "#1 Shared Hosting Web Speed" award for November 2006 from Web hosting performance research firm RealMetrics.

SiteGround Wins Hosting Uptime Award

December 13, 2006 -- Internet performance research firm RealMetrics announced on Tuesday it has recognized Web hosting provider SiteGround among the November 2006 top performance award winners.

Holiday Hosting Part One: The Gift of Hosting

Posted on 2006-11-30

I'm not perfectly clear on the technical distinction, but I get the feeling that once Thanksgiving weekend has come and gone in the US (ours falls a little earlier here in Canada), it is officially considered the "holiday season," at least as far as

SiteGround Gives Gift Certificates

November 29, 2006 -- Web hosting provider SiteGround announced on Tuesday it will give away more than $3.5 million in Christmas gift certificates in light of the holiday season.

SiteGround Adds Website Promotion

October 17, 2006 -- Web hosting provider SiteGround announced on Tuesday it has launched the Website Promotion pack as a free addition to its hosting package.

SiteGround Enhances Hosting Plans

September 11, 2006 -- Web hosting provider SiteGround announced on Monday it has increased the storage space of its standard shared hosting accounts to 40GB and raised the traffic quota to 900GB.

SiteGround Offers Free Templates

July 20, 2006 -- Web hosting provider SiteGround announced on Wednesday it has launched new free Mambo and Joomla templates for IT business Web sites and has introduced a template customization service.

SiteGround Offers Ecommerce Pack

June 27, 2006 -- Web hosting provider SiteGround announced on Tuesday it is now including its Ecommerce Pack with hosting plans. The pack features tools and resources for starting and maintaining an e-commerce Web site.

SiteGround Sponsors Mambo

June 13, 2006 -- Web hosting provider SiteGround announced on Monday it has became the official host of Mambo Foundation and its related Web sites, www.mambo-foundation.org, www.source.mambo-foundation.org and www.mambolove.com.

SiteGround Releases Mambo Templates

May 5, 2006 -- Web hosting provider SiteGround recently released 15 new Mambo templates. The templates are free to download and can be used by anyone who needs an attractive theme for a Mambo or Joomla Web site.

Web Host SiteGround Offers Security

April 13, 2006 -- Web hosting provider SiteGround announced on Wednesday that it has launched its "Spring Security Initiative," which informs all its customers about the best ways of protecting themselves from scam, spam, hacking and other Internet frauds.