Sep 23
We have been processing all COM and NET domain names using our application cluster and based on our tests we have compiled the following:
.NET TLD statistics on September 22, 2007
Registered domains: 10278275
Domains not resolving: 1212471
.COM TLD statistics on September 22, 2007
Registered domains: 73383356
Domains not resolving: 8847418
Here is the chart for your convenience.

Sep 16
We all know that a video basically is the process of electronically capturing and processing it digitally so that it can be viewed later as it is the direct recording of continuous and sequential processes. The logic is simple. It morphs the stills continually on a well-defined basis which gives the form of video telecast.
Streaming of video is nothing but another type of video recording and broadcasting especially found useful in internet and networks. In streaming, what exactly happens is the moving images in a sequential order are sent through the network in a very compressed mode so that it can transfer faster and the receiving station doesn’t face much problem in obtaining the final result, hence compression is necessary. With the facility of streaming, there is no real need of downloading the entire content or anything as such.
It’s often seen that many websites broadcast some live or video streams on their websites to give the reader some visual pleasure and give real recording of the events that the viewer is interested in. The data comes through the network, gets buffered and played right after. The viewer must have an uncompressing program which does its action and makes the data or media ready for viewing and all.
In today’s world of fast paced life, none has time to wait for the processes occurring in. So there have been ample competitions in some software providers to provide faster streaming to the viewers and gain popularity. First one needs to choose the video file format and then proceed accordingly. There are several formats like Windows media, real media, quick time, MPEG-4, and lots of other methodologies. One such wonderful and faster method of proper streaming is attained through Flash Streaming. Here we underline some of its use and benefits, which it accompanies with itself.
This method is typically known as Flash Video (FLV) and it is the product of Adobe Corporation, if we are concerned with the registered trademark name and related company. Flash videos are especially hit in websites and internet because of the reason that they come up with browser plug-in facilities, which supports and embeds flash video on the webpage in a favorable way. They contain bit streams and provide higher quality of vision. The embedding for audios take place in .mp3 formats, which is widely accepted and well received. The best part of the flash video streaming are pointed out below.
- The video streaming in this FLV format enables the viewer view of the video right when play button is clicked.
- The network is very efficient and high on performance and customer satisfaction because it doesn’t jam up the data transfer occurring through internet.
- There is inbuilt load balancing capacity embedded in flash video streaming, which can smoothly transfer video data to destination eradicating busier traffic.
- The bandwidth limit is optimal for the work and it caters to the needs of the clients rather successfully than other video streaming software.
Sep 14
It’s no secret that Cpanel servers are load-hungry when you move quite a large site on the server. There are quite a few things to do:
- server optimization
- daemon optimization
- disabling built-in stats processing software
- updating logfile processing
and much more. I suggest disabling built in automatic stats processing - awstats, analog and webalizer. You can quickly script to logrotate logs and do own stats processing. For folks who prefer awstats there is only ONE OPTION if you have a bandwidth and load hungry site - use -staticlinks option and generate static files with Awstats. This is the only solution.
If you have any other guys or friends on the server - disable web update for Awstats statistics option in the Cpanel admin control panel. If you have problems with optimization and high load, crashes for your Cpanel box - there are quite a few companies out there willing to help.
Sep 12
Nowadays there are many providers offering unmanaged dedicated servers with 1000’s GBs of data transfer, but not many say what bandwidth measurement system they have in place.
Over 80% providers use 95% industry burstable bandwidth method that usually not work for all web sites. 95% method is where top 5% burst rate bandwidth are cut off from your monthly bandwidth (usually MRTG) bill. This may sound fine at the beginning but if your web site bursts for more than 36 hours then you will pay for the bandwidth you actually didn’t use. However, 95% method is good when you have a short burst of bandwidth, for example, 25 hours of using full 100Mbps assuming top 5% is removed from the port readings and not counted towards your monthly bandwidth usage. 95% method also counts the highest traffic in or out, but doesn’t not sum it up.
Actual bandwidth method counts all bytes coming in and going out to the switch port your server is connected. Works very well - you pay for the bandwidth you actually use. No more, no less.
So always remember to ask your dedicated server provider what bandwidth method they are using to monitor your bandwidth usage and how much additional transfer will cost.
Sep 11
Lately, I have seen quite a few offers in shared hosting field named seo hosting. I was wondering what is all about and quickly learned the following:
Seo web hosting is a hosting service that is created for search engine optimization hosting (SEO). It is usually a standard shared account with ability to select different C address block IP addresses so that you can do some Grey-hat interlinking between your own sites, for example. It’s been known that if you are linking multiple sites on the same C address block (255 IPs, for example 10.10.10.*) there is not a big link weight passed to the site you are linking. That is why many companies offer shared hosting with different C address blocks.
Not all SEO hosting companies offer different dedicated IPs from multiple C-blocks, some just offer dedicated IP addresses for your own sites as well as different DNS servers you can mix and match. This niche is very specified and only experienced hosts are doing it.
Sep 09
What is Streaming media?
A series of moving images that needs to be casted on a web page in the internet which is decompressed (file size is reduced) for accommodating it in the web page. This is known as Streaming media (video). When an internet user opens that particular page he gets to see that streaming video scene after scene.
Streaming flash video
When a streaming video is in form of a flash video it is called Streaming flash. A flash video has always an .flv extension just like the well known .mpeg extension of windows media. These videos are generally entrenched in an SWF file. Naturally to play that video the user needs some compatible players (flash video playing software). These video players are available for free from Adobe Corp. or Macromedia website. A user without having this software’s installed in their PC’s will not be able to view the videos of a webpage.
Standard hosting
When we say the word Hosting we generally mean one which hosts some occasion or event or anything. Just as we need a host to present an event similarly we also require a host to present these streaming flash media on the respective web pages.
These are some of the standard host websites that charges fees for hosting these streaming flash videos.
Nowadays every thing has gone digital. Everyone desires to appear at the foremost position. Many people who have opened their personal web pages on the net may need to put on some of his personal videos. Many companies desiring to make the people aware of their promotions, meetings, tie-ups, product launches also opt for this streaming flash hosting. This is because the costs of hosting these videos are very cheap. They ultimately help them to save on their advertising and marketing campaigns.
Today this type of standard hosting is employed by various television, news channel (like BBC) and entertainment websites (like YouTube). Many users log on to the net for watching news, TV serials or programs missed by them or even trailers of forthcoming movies. This means it helps these companies to earn good revenue each and every time the users log on to the web sites.
That is it can be said that streaming Flash contents using a standard host can add to a good amount of publicity for a company in a very cost effective approach.
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