How much data are you using?
How much data are you using for common tasks? We have done some averages and estimates and this is what we came up with for the average internet usage session.
ACTIVITY *
ESTIMATED SIZE - EACH ACTIVITY **
*Email (1 page without attachments)
**30 KB
*Web Page Look-up
**200 KB
*Web Browsing/Viewing Video Clips
**3 MB
*Download music
**5 MB
*1 Full-length (2 hours) movie download
**1.5 GB
Email port 25 26 587
Email port 25 - This is the standard outgoing email port. 99% of the time it will be fine and set in your email program by default.
Email port 26 - This is simply a alternative to port 25 and works the same. It exists because some ISP's do not allow outgoing email which we believe unless advertised bluntly is bad business conduct. So we have set up a second port for people to get around their misleading ISP's.
Email port 587 - Is yet another attempt to block email from users. Like most spam blocking attempts blocking all ports for email other then port 587 really does nothing other then create confusion for regular users of the internet. But if you need port 587 then DWHS can open this by request.
Using Google Public DNS
Google now offers free DNS resolves, they claim this will speed up the entire internet. These new DNS servers will replace your ISP's domain name servers. You can also simply use them as addiotnal resolvers and keep your current DNS as the primary. DNS basically stores what every domain name's IP is. Here is the full page: Google DNS
Adding them is easy and we recommend giving it a try:
Microsoft Windows
DNS settings are specified in the TCP/IP Properties window for the selected network connection.
Example: Changing DNS server settings on Microsoft Windows Vista
1. Go the Control Panel.
2. Click Network and Internet, then Network and Sharing Center, then Manage network connections.
3. Select the connection for which you want to configure Google Public DNS. For example:
* To change the settings for an Ethernet connection, right-click Local Area Connection, and click Properties.
* To change the settings for a wireless connection, right-click Wireless Network Connection, and click Properties.
If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.
4. Select the Networking tab. Under This connection uses the following items, click Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4), and then click Properties.
5. Click Advanced and select the DNS tab. If there are any DNS server IP addresses listed there, write them down for future reference, and remove them from this window.
6. Click OK.
7. Select Use the following DNS server addresses. If there are any IP addresses listed in the Preferred DNS server or Alternate DNS server, write them down for future reference.
8. Replace those addresses with the IP addresses of the Google DNS servers: 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4.
9. Restart the connection you selected in step 3.
10. Test that your setup is working correctly; see Testing your new settings below.
11. Repeat the procedure for additional network connections you want to change.
Mac OS X
DNS settings are specified in the Network window.
Example: Changing DNS server settings on Mac OS 10.5
1. From the Apple menu, click System Preferences, then click Network. If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.
2. Select the connection for which you want to configure Google Public DNS. For example:
* To change the settings for an Ethernet connection, select Built-In Ethernet, and click Advanced.
* To change the settings for a wireless connection, select Airport, and click Advanced.
3. Select the DNS tab.
4. Click + to replace any listed addresses with, or add, the Google IP addresses at the top of the list: 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4.
5. Click Apply and OK.
6. Test that your setup is working correctly; see Testing your new settings below.
7. Repeat the procedure for additional network connections you want to change.
Linux
DNS settings are specified in /etc/resolv.conf in most distributions.
Example: Changing DNS server settings on Ubuntu
1. Edit /etc/resolv.conf:
sudo vi /etc/resolv.conf
2. If any nameserver lines appear, write down the IP addresses for future reference.
3. Replace the nameserver lines with, or add, the following lines:
nameserver 8.8.8.8
nameserver 8.8.4.4
4. Save and exit.
5. Restart any Internet clients you are using.
6. Test that your setup is working correctly; see Testing your new settings below.
If you are using DHCP client software that overwrites the settings in /etc/resolv.conf, you will need to set up the client accordingly by editing the client's configuration file.
Example: Configuring DHCP client sofware on Ubuntu
1. Back up /etc/resolv.conf:
sudo cp /etc/resolv.conf /etc/resolv.conf.auto
2. Edit /etc/dhcp3/dhcpclient.conf:
sudo vi /etc/dhcp3/dhcpclient.conf
3. If there is a line containing domain-name-servers, write down the IP addresses for future reference.
4. Replace that line with, or add, the following line:
prepend domain-name-servers 8.8.8.8, 8.8.4.4;
5. Save and exit.
6. Restart any Internet clients you are using.
7. Test that your setup is working correctly; see Testing your new settings below.
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To test that the Google DNS resolver is working:
1. From your browser, type in a hostname, such as http://www.google.com. If it resolves correctly, bookmark the page, and try accessing the page from the bookmark. If both of these tests work, everything is working correctly. If not, go to step 2.
2. From your browser, type in a fixed IP address. You can use http://18.62.1.6/ (which points to the website http://eecs.mit.edu/) as the URL*. If this works correctly, bookmark the page, and try accessing the page from the bookmark. If these tests work (but step 1 fails), then there is a problem with your DNS configuration; check the steps above to make sure you have configured everything correctly. If these tests do not work, go to step 3.
3. Roll back the DNS changes you made and run the tests again. If the tests still do not work, then there is a problem with your network settings; contact your ISP or network administrator for assistance.
DWHS is now on Facebook
Check out our business page on facebook here: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Marina-Del-Rey-CA/DWHS-Web-Hosting/155346548931
After you have added us a fan please recommend us to your other friends like this:
Below the dwhs.net logo in the left hand column, click on More to expand the menu.
When the menu expands, click on the sixth option down: Suggest to Friends
Up pops a window with a display of all of your Facebook friends. Either type in a particular friend’s name to find them one by one, or scroll through all of your friends’ profile photos and choose those that you would like to suggest the dwhs.net page to by clicking on their profile photo. A check mark appears in the lower left corner of those friends you click on. Photos of friends that are already fans of lynda.com will be faded.
When you are done selecting the friends you’d like to send the suggestion to, click on Send Invitations.
Each of your chosen friends will receive a suggestion to become a fan, with a link to the dwhs.net fan page.
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Who are people using for advertisers on their blogs?
Blogging is big business these days, and most (79%) of the Top 100 blogs had some form of advertising. A mere 21% had no explicit advertising at all.
he most popular form of monetization is the ubiquitous Google Adsense, appearing on 24% of the Top 100. Easy to set up, and with a large catalog of advertisers, it's a common choice.
BlogAds and DoubleClick constituted a relatively significant portion of ads, with Federated Media et al lagging behind.
Validate your website
Hello,
HTML can be tricky, there is lots of little bugs and unexplained errors that can come up for most web designers. But for a website to run smooth and fast validating the website is essential. To do this you need it to be checked by a credited validation service. The best one currently is: W3.org the url is: http://validator.w3.org/
Some programs have basic version built in like the Dream Weaver HTML Check Up but nothing will work (to be honest) even close to W3.
Another trick is to try to stay away from tables, they might seem easy to work with but they will make the page load slower and in some browsers shape differently. Scripts like Wordpress and Drupal can help keep the code clean for you too!
Good luck with your code and remember to have fun with web design, it shows in your work.
Blog stats summer 2009
The blog stats for the summer of 2009 are pretty consistent with the same as the last couple years. There was a little spike in Gossip which we believe will increase more.
Latest trend data for 2009 2nd quarter
These numbers are based on the changes in search engines/queries from June 09 to July 09. In terms of overall usage of the Top 3 search engines, things were steady. Google lost 0.3%, Yahoo posted the same, and Microsoft saw an increase of 0.5%.
The data really starts turning an eyebrow when looking at the expanded list, and the volume of search queries. Here's a list of the largest gaining sites for search queries:
Facebook.com - 35% Increase
craigslist - 8% Increase
Bing - 5% Increase
eBay - 5% Increase
then of course we have the largest decreases
Microsoft (Other): -11% Decrease
MySpace: -10% Decrease
Mapquest: -8% Decrease
Ask.com: -7% Decrease
Yahoo closing free web hosting service
Yahoo has announced it is closing down its free web hosting service later this year.
The firm is shutting its GeoCities free service from October 26th and putting its entire range of options for consumers out of service.
Launched in 1994, GeoCities was the one of the first places many website creators went for their pages to be hosted.
It was designed to be a place where amateur web designers could have their sites hosted so long as adverts were displayed on the pages.
The company has now warned that existing users will no longer be able to access their accounts of files after the date it is shutting down the free hosting site.
"If you would like to move your web site, or save the images and other files you have uploaded online, then please act now by downloading your files," said Yahoo. There is hosts is paid hosts like DWHS Website Hosting that can run your website.
Rogers shuts down free personal webhosting services
Just two weeks after Rogers began forcing its Flickr users to pay U.S. $25 a year to keep using their Flickr Pro account, Rogers is telling its subscribers that it will no longer offer free personal web hosting.
In an email sent to its High Speed Internet (HSI) customers this week, the company said that effective October 26th, GeoCities, Rogers Yahoo! free web site building service and community would close.
Similar to users of Flickr, subscribers are given the option of move their websites to DWHS Website Hosting paid web hosting option for U.S. $3.00 per month.
Related: Rogers HSI customers will now pay extra for Flickr
Rogers Yahoo! GeoCities customers must remove their files from their servers by October 26th after which their files will be deleted and will not be recoverable.