About 4 years ago, we talked about hosting niche. I think it’s time to take a look again at this. Niche can be defined as a segment of the market that has a unique and exclusive demand. Attract a niche means delivering products that meet a need for which there is not much supply.

Types Of Niche

The market is quite large and seems to get bigger every year. Let’s name a few that are currently in high demand:

Hosting Blog – Blogs are still high. The ease of installation, availability of themes and customization and ease of use always attract different types of customers. Most companies that provide this service tend to focus exclusively on WordPress as a platform.

Web Hosting CMS – CMS is an acronym that means content management system. This is another dynamic system that has facilitated the creation of websites quickly replacing html editors. The plans are usually aimed at Joomla and Drupal.

Mail Services – An email hosting service has generally targets people who want to use another mail server other than the hosting. The most popular segment is hosting with the Microsoft Exchange platform. Email marketing is also a service that can be seen in this niche.

Other:

Hosting Virtual Stores – With the increase of online shopping every year, more and more companies look forward to host service stores. It involves many aspects as means of payment, certificates, configuration management. It is a niche with several possibilities for exploration.

Hosting images / videos – This type of service has become quite popular over the years. It is intended for users who need space to show and share files. You might consider creating a CDN (content delivery network – more on that soon).

To offer or focus on any of the services mentioned above, I recommend that you go deeper in the area, check which are the optimized settings for each server type of application and be ready to answer questions from customers about trivial matters.

ASP.NET is an enterprise-class scripting framework that can be used for the development of highly scalable and functional web applications that can be hosted on Windows dedicated servers. As ASP.NET is a proprietary technology that has been developed by Microsoft, it is only available with the Windows operating system, although this does provide an array of advantages in terms of performance and features; as there is a close tie between the operating system and the framework, you can be assured more open access to core Windows features that can be used to improve how your web application handles specific tasks and the load that it places on system resources. A dedicated server can handle web applications that are used by thousands of visitors at the same time so combining this with a scripting framework that has been designed to make efficient use of system resources, your web applications won’t be prone to failure because of heavy usage and you should never see any high loads occurring on your dedicated server. Within the dedicated server hosting environment you can always take advantage of other tools such as Microsoft SQL Server that will give you a database backend that you can use with your ASP.NET web applications – this will be inherently important if you are going to be developing scalable and dynamic websites.

Versions of ASP.NET

There are several different versions of ASP.NET that have been released over the years and if you are looking to host an older website on a dedicated server then you will probably need to install an older version of ASP.NET so that your web application functions correctly. Luckily all versions of ASP.NET that have been released are able to work side-by-side on a dedicated server so that Windows web applications of all ages are able to share the same hosting environment. The current version of ASP.NET is 4.5 and this is the recommended framework for you to use if development new ASP.NET applications; older versions include 1.1, 2.0, 3.0 and 4.0 – you should look out for these when choosing any third-party ASP.NET application packages.

IIS Web Hosting

ASP.NET hosting services on a Windows dedicated server are provided by IIS as this is the web server application provided with the operating system and is therefore the only one of its kind capable of serving ASP.NET web pages to visitors. As IIS is also a proprietary application and the only web server with native ASP.NET support, you can be assured of complete compatibility between all of these technologies so that your Windows web applications will function to the best of their ability; furthermore, you can also make your own modifications to improve the efficiency of your website and IIS.

A dedicated server from Host.co.in can provide the perfect breeding ground for any new website because the resources provided will allow you to expand without any limitations. You can also develop your web applications using a number of other technologies and components that won’t be available in the Windows shared hosting environment because you can install any extra features that aren’t offered by default; this means that a Windows dedicated server will represent excellent value for money for all ASP.NET developers.

Microsoft SQL Server Databases

Developing a dynamic website can improve access speeds for your visitors and the way in which you manage your website because all content and configuration information can be stored in one central location that can be accessed from every page and script that is part of your application, as long as there is a connection to the database active. Microsoft SQL Server is a scalable database server solution that can be used for the hosting of databases that have thousands of queries to deal with every minute and underpins some of the busiest websites on the internet; when used in combination with ASP.NET, you can be assured that your web applications have the infrastructure in place that will be able to cope with increases in demand as the number of visitors that you receive improves. MSSQL will perform best when used in a dedicated server environment as you will be able to make a number of different modifications so that the database server functions with your applications in the way that you would like it to.

Linux is an open source platform and has always proven to be the most popular choice in web hosting, simply because it allows web hosting companies to offer competitively priced web hosting plans. Host.co.in offers a full range of Linux Web Hosting plans, ranging from shared web hosting to dedicated server hosting; this puts us in a position that means we can meet the needs of any prospective customers, with our 24×7 support team on hand to offer any assistance necessary. The open source nature of the Linux platform also enables a wider variety of customization, which has led to a number of third-party modifications and applications being available that are also open source; this means that the overall cost of running a Linux server is going to be far less than that of a comparable Windows server.

It is important to consider that the operating system that you choose to use as the platform for your web hosting plan will serve as a guide as to which technologies you can use to develop your website as well as the features that you can expect from a web hosting plan. In the case of the Linux operating system, Host.co.in recommends that you use this platform if you wish to utilize the following technologies as part of your web applications:

• If developing scalable web applications, the PHP scripting language is one of the best choices available in terms of scripting frameworks because it can offer you a wide variety of features and modules that can be used to create feature-rich web applications
• If a database backend is needed for your website then we recommend using MySQL databases on a Linux platform because advanced support is offered for these with the control panel that we use for a majority of our Linux hosting services, cPanel
• Support for advanced CGI scripts that can be used for more complex purposes such as email piping to databases are also supported with our Linux web hosting plans.

Linux can offer variety when you come to consider dedicated hosting, whether this be a VPS server or a dedicated server; there are many different Linux distributions to choose from and with each distribution having been designed for a different purpose, this represents another opportunity to develop a highly customized hosting environment. If there is a distribution that you would like to use, but sure unsure if Host.co.in offers it, please contact our support team as they will be able to arrange a solution that falls in line with your requirements.

Windows Web Hosting Services

As is the case with our Linux web hosting plans, Host.co.in also offers a number of different Windows web hosting services at different pricing points that are aimed at different target audiences. Windows is a commercial operating system and for this reason you should expect Windows web hosting services to be slightly more expensive than Linux hosting services of a similar specification; however the target audience for Windows hosting is often different to that of Linux. With Linux hosting often targeted at beginners and enthusiasts, Windows hosting is offered by Host.co.in with a target audience of businesses of all sizes in mind.

Windows is a closed operating system with many of the technologies and applications supported by the operating system being commercial in their licensing nature as well, therefore meaning that they will only function on Windows and no other OS. Examples of such applications can include:

• Microsoft SQL Server is an enterprise-class database server that is used extensively to power web applications and the internal applications used by large corporations; the fact that it only works with the Windows OS guarantees full compatibility and integration with the platform
• If you are going to be developing web applications for the Windows platform then you will be wanting to use ASP.NET 4.0 so that you can access the full power of the Windows OS
• As a Windows dedicated hosting customer, Host.co.in can provide installation of Microsoft Exchange Server if you are looking for a highly scalable email and collaboration system that your employees can use to communicate with one another.

For beginners that haven’t used the Windows platform before we recommend that you begin with one of our feature-rich Window shared hosting plans; this will put you in a good position to learn what the Plesk control panel and the other features of our Windows services can offer you. Host.co.in can also offer fully managed Windows VPS servers and Windows dedicated servers for businesses in need of a highly reliable web hosting service with a dedicated environment.

Windows vs. Linux

The choice between Windows and Linux is one that you will need to make based on your own or your businesses aspirations. Every business looking to establish a web presence will have different requirements and although both platforms can offer the same in terms of hosting your website, it’s the finer details that help to differentiate the two platforms. Host.co.in offers both Windows hosting and Linux hosting so that there is something available for anyone wanting to consider us for their hosting needs; regardless of the platform package that you choose, you will be entitled to receive our full 24×7 support.

FileZilla is one of the most efficient and reliable platform for cross platform FTP, FTPS and SFTP and is powered with a lot of attractive features with a graphical user interface. Very useful in regards to your web hosting account.

Some of the key features for FileZilla are mentioned below :

• User Friendly interface making it easy to use
• Compatibility with Linux, Windows, Mac and other Operating systems
• Supports Ipv6
• Available in multiple languages
• Large files can be transfered easily with resume and transfer options
• User interface is tabbed for better use and performance
• Effective transfer queue geared up with a efficient site manager
• Drag and drop options available
• Transfer speed limit can be configured suiting your requirement
• Filtration according to file name is possible
• Comparison by Directory
• File editing and searching can be done remotely

You can transfer your osCommerce application from one web hosting service provider to another, by copying your application files and database’s and modifying the two configure.php files located at includes/ and admin/includes/ folder to ensure smooth functioning with the new server settings.

The settings that need to be modified in includes/configure.php are mentioned below:

HTTP_SERVER : You need to set this up to your domain name

define (‘HHTP_SERVER’, ‘http://mydomainname.com’);

DIR_FS_CATLOG : Then you need to define the absolute path to your shop

define (‘DIR_FS_CATLOG’, ‘/home/user/public_html/shop’);

DB_SERVER : You need to set this to the localhost

define (‘DB_SERVER’, ‘localhost’);

DB_SERVER_USERNAME : Assign the username with permissions and privalages to access the shop database

define (‘DB_SERVER_USERNAME’, ‘user_osc’);

DB_SERVER_PASSWORD : Assign the password to access the database

define (‘DB_SERVER_PASSWORD’, ‘password’)

DB_DATABASE : Define the the shop database

define (‘DB_DATABASE’, ‘user_osc’)

The settings that need to be modified in admin/includes/configure.php are mentioned below:

DIR_FS_DOCUMENT_ROOT – Then you need to define the absolute path to your shop

define(‘DIR_FS_DOCUMENT_ROOT’, ‘/home/user/public_html/shop/’);

DIR_FS_ADMIN – Then you need to define the absolute path to the admin folder

define(‘DIR_FS_ADMIN’, ‘/home/user/public_html/shop/admin/’);

Some of the older versions of osCommerce need register_globals to be enables for the shop to function.

These days lot of discussions are going on superiority of ‘Softaculous over Fantastico. As Softaculous covers more recent updates it is more favorite of not only the webmasters as a consumers but also of many web hosting companies as providers. As Softaculous has 150 scripts which are dehighlighting the Fantastico which has near about 50 only.

I would like to share some important features of ‘Softaculous’ which keeps it much ahead in the race with ‘Fantastico’

• Has much more scripts than Fantastico
• More User friendly than Fantastico
• Less time consuming Installation
• Ability to Import scripts which are already manually installed
• Ability to install Javascript Libraries
• Ratings from the users who already have used by others are viewable.
• Ability to take backup of applications
• Overwrite option for already existing files.

As a statement from Softaculous, they will keep on adding more software applications into their catalog. Currently shared hosting owners are redirecting to Softaculous on a very large scale.

Managed Web hosting is one of the fastest growing and one of the most preferred web hosting solution. Companies and enterprises looking to outsource the IT hosting requirements or businesses that already have a dedicated web server can consider co-location web hosting services.

Whereas, if you have a business and now you wish to make an online presence and have mission critical business data,managed Dedicated Server Hosting is the most suitable solution for you.
Managing the server is a complex and 24×7 task and requires experienced,dedicated technical staff who monitor the servers round the clock.

There exists a huge difference between standard dedicated hosting also known as Self Managed Hosting and managed Dedicated Server hosting.Managed hosting is the involvement of the host to provide the end-customer or business with the support for website/s. Most managed hosting solutions encompass the entire hardware situation which includes connectivity,maintenance of the   equipment and continuous server monitoring. Web hosting companies offer some softwares and applications along with the server as default,but if you wish to have additional softwares,an additional charge needs to be paid.An alternative can be to purchase the software on your own and install it on the server by your own or seek help from the host.Mind that most of the web hosts do not offer support for any third party softwares installed on the server.You must check the terms of service of the hosting company before signing up for the plans.

Companies providing managed dedicated server hosting solutions, offer various hosting-related products such as server security products, private networking, and database administration. In other words, managed hosting takes a more holistic view towards server needs and attempts to provide everything that a company would need to be successful over the World Wide Web.

Companies that choose Managed Dedicated Server Hosting solutions gain several advantages. First,you are not required to invest in costly server hardware.Each time your website falls short of resources available with the current server,you are not required to keep paying extra for upgrading the server. Secondly, you need not worry about monitoring the server functionality,since the company will monitor your server and provide extensive technical support access to ensure maximum server uptime. Thirdly,with a dedicated server you gain additional flexibility.Fourth, as many managed plans include server administration and extensive technical support, businesses and enterprises can save on in-house technical support staff. Web Hosting companies offer flexible  upgrade options,which means,if the allocated web server resources reach their limit at the mid  of the month, you may contact the host and upgrade to a higher package within least waste of time.Usually,every professional web hosting company would alert you when you reach 80% of the allocated server resources,this proves to be a helpful and you can either cut down the resource hungry applications or upgrade the server and avoid the additional charges or account suspension.

As most are aware SEO is an abbreviation of Search Engine Optimization.It is important for getting organic search traffic to the website.Whereas,hosting is all about placing your website on the server owned by either you or by the Web Hosting provider.Here is some information about the relation between web hosting and SEO.

With the changing visitor choices and search methods,search engines have started to monitor almost every information which is related to the domain.This is something more than just the content on your website.

According to the search engine liking, backlinks or link building is considered to be the most essential aspect of SEO.Each backlink added to the list,acts as a bonus point in view of the search engine.Though,link building is not a laymans task.It is important for any website’s success to get backlinks from websites/domains that are hosted on different web host servers and with different IP addresses.The main intention should be,that the entire linkbuilding process must look natural.Incase most of the backlinks to your website comes from the same websites/domains,search engines may either think that you either own that domain/s or you maybe have purchased links from them.Here in both the cases, may create a negative impact in terms of seach engine rankings of your website.Therefore,it is necessary that the backlinks you get to your domain,comes from websites hosted on different servers from various locations that has different IP addresses to increase your authority in the search engines.

A straight forward approach to get online success is to adopt natural ways or pretend to be natural in the view of the search engines.The search engines bots determine the authenticity by validating the volume of backlinks coming from various authoritative websites hosted on different servers of different web hosting providers.

Therefore,if you are looking forward for a successful website, and with that intention,if you are setting up number of domains,it is advised to host it on different web servers offered by different web hosting providers.This move in SEO can help you achieve better results in the search engine result pages.Most of the web hosting service providers offer free dedicated IP addresses with their web hosting packages.You may contact your web hosts for inquiring about IP’s from different servers.Installing your website on such IP’s can prove to be fruitful and can save some extra bucks that you would have to pay to the other hosts for signing up for new web hosting packages.

There are various benefits of having a dedicated IP assigned to your website, one of the benefit from SEO point of view is that you are prevented from falling prey to the common IP assigned to the shared web hosting server that may be blacklisted by the search engines.If you are working on optimizing your website for particular geographic location,IP’s from servers from that region is the most effective way of geo targeting SEO.

Inaddition to this,it is required that you get your website optimized from a third party SEO firm or you may even use the freely available softwares that are already optimized.You may may even use such softwares on your server leased from the web hosting provider.Ofcourse not all web hosting packages offer you the privileges to install third party softwares onto the server. Usually, the web host offer such privileges with the Dedicated Server Hosting and VPS or Virtual Private/Dedicated Server Hosting packages,where you get the root or admin access to the server,with these packages you can install almost every third party softwares (ofcourse you need to check the terms of service of the host).

Most of the users are unaware of the actual of a Web Host.It is a common understanding that a Web Hosting service provider is the one who offers their servers or space of the server to host your websites.But,as a matter of fact,there are many more responsibilities that they need to play.

Basically it is the responsibility of the web host to keep your website up and running smoothly over the World Wide Web.There are various factors that a hosting provider is responsible of to keep the site function smoothly.

To name a few, below are few basic responsibilities that a Web Hosting provider should keep in mind when offering services to customers.

A) Server Monitoring service: Usually, server monitoring service is offered by web hosts with Managed Web Hosting packages.It is the responsibility of the host to monitor the servers on which your website is hosted.With managed web hosting packages you are freed from the time consuming server monitoring tasks, hence you can concentrate on the other aspects of your business.The staff of the web hosting provider takes care of various tasks such as scanning event logs, tracing the problems and rectifying them if any.Server monitoring is a service that needs to be done round the clock,hence it is suggested to host your website/s with a web host that is operational 24×7.

B) Installation of Software/s: It is the responsibility of the web host to provide the software platform or applications that are required by your website.Inaddition to that, they are responsible for the messy task of its installation,its testing and deployment of the software for you.

C) Software Upgradations: A Managed Web Hosting service provider takes care of upgrading the softwares with latest patches and updates. A professional web hosting provider would not wait for their clients to ask for upgrading the softwares used on the servers.

D) Hardware Upgrades: The Web Host should be capable of providing flexible upgrades or downgrades to your existing web hosting packages.It may happen that you start getting loads of sudden traffic to your website/s and your server starts falling short of resources,then it is necessary to  upgrade to a higher server. Upgrading the plan should be fairly simple, you can contact your web host and ask them to upgrade to a higher package.

F) Hardware Maintenance: Unless you have signed up for unmanaged colocation services with the hosting provider, you are not required to bother about the maintenance of the server hardware.The managed web hosting provider is solely responsible of fixing or replacing the faulty server hardware.

G) Data Back-ups: The provider should automatically take back ups of the website data stored on their server or alternatively should offer Back up plans.You can choose any of the suitable back up plans for your back ups.When choosing a web hosting service provider, make sure that the backup servers are located at a different DC than the one where your website is hosted.

H) Hardware Security: It is the sole responsibility of the web hosting provider to make sure that the hardware equipments have adequate protection.

We at Host.co.in strive hard to serve our customers, keeping our responsibilities in mind.We are well aware of the responsibilities as Web Hosting service providers, hence we have a good reason for our customers to choose our services.

India has always been a hub of Information Technology in the East.Now, its making its way to be the future preferred location of the Web Hosting Industry. Hence, one can expect that more datacenters and webhosting companies to setup here in India. Host.co.in is such a Web Hosting company that was established in the year 2005.It has undergone constant technological advancements since then and have managed to prove itself as one of the highly preferred and recommended Web Hosting company for hosting your website/s.Host.co.in has earned the reputation of providing customers with excellent uninterrupted hosting environment.
Host.co.in is a Web Hosting company that is one of the highly rated dedicated Server Hosting in India.They strive to offer 24x7x365 Customer Support, High End Hardware and highly integrated technologies. Host.co.in has been successful in developing a reputation for honesty and brilliant technical service in Indian Web Hosting Industry.
With Host.co.in, you can find a wide range of fully Managed Dedicated Servers in India.They have also been reputed for offering custom dedicated server hosting plans.

Managed Server Hosting is type of hosting service offered by the company to make sure that the client websites functions smoothly all the time over the World Wide Web.They offer Clustering or Mirroring service with their servers,hence the ability to offer 100% uptime with high quality, reliable and affordable web hosting.
Webmasters and geeks have always been suggesting to opt for Managed web hosting solutions for your large and mission-critical websites.Hence,Host.co.in has been offering such services to their customers on the purchase of their affordable web hosting plans.
Managed Dedicated Server Hosting in India can be further classified between two types,namely Managed Windows Hosting and Managed Linux Hosting.With  this type of services, clients can concentrate completely on the other aspects of business.The server management and maintenance is  taken care by the team of experienced and highly professional administrators of Host.co.in.Their staff is dedicated to offer good quality support 24×7 at really reach prices.Technologies such as the Failover Clustering too is offered by them,which most of the web hosting providers fail to provide in India.
The servers offered to the customers are equiped with latest back-end processors and technology .Servers are setup on  100Mbps Dedicated Network with 5 x 10 Gbps uplinks to the Data Center. Each server has a 100 Mbps Nic card and are connected to 1 Gbps switch. Every server is fully managed with current PHP / MySQL versions, control panels, Operating systems with latest software updates and firewall protections from any external infiltration with complete backup restoration facilities.

Alongwith, Managed Dedicated Server Hosting plans,you can find various other plans such as Shared Web Hosting,Reseller Hosting and VPS Hosting are cheap prices.Inorder to get an indepth understanding of the various plans,you can access the Live Chat service at any point of time.Host.co.in staff have a friendly approach and strive to offer the best customer service to customers.