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8 Great Green Hosting Providers

'Net Features : wm-webhosting — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 14:35:00 GMT

Selecting a Web host is a tough decision that not only affects a website’s success, but also the environment. According to HostGator (featured below), the average server produces the same emissions as a 15 mpg SUV. When you look at HostGator, the company hosts more than 4,000,000 websites on its shared and reseller Web hosting servers, which means a lot of carbon emissions. Let’s see how this company and others are making a difference in the hosting world. Host: HostGator Estimated Web Popularity*: 139 Going Green: Initially, HostGator took steps to minimize its environmental impact at the office, but the company wasn’t satisfied. HostGator expanded its eco-friendly initiatives a step further by switching to 36 percent more efficient servers, but the hosting business still wasn’t satisfied. Today, all of HostGator’s Renewable Energy Credits (RECs) have been registered, verified and retired from the market. Additionally, all of its shared and reseller servers are now 130 percent wind powered. Lastly, HostGator has purchased certified RECs representing 130 percent of the electricity used to both power and cool every one its servers. Host: iPage Estimated Web Popularity: 7,460 Going Green: iPage reduced its carbon footprint by purchasing enough RECs to offset its energy use by 200 percent. That means: Host: DreamHost Estimated Web Popularity: 8,169 Going Green: When DreamHost learned that running its company generated as much carbon dioxide as 545 average...(read more)

Mobile Web Arrives at HostGator

'Net Features : wm-webhosting — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 17:00:00 GMT

Web hosting provider HostGator will immediately begin offering a mobile website solution from dotMobi to its U.S. customer base. The gomobi solution from dotMobi offers Hostgator clients a means to quickly create a presence on the mobile Web, similar...(read more)

Google offers free hosting to SMB’s in India

Pete Prestipino — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 16:08:00 GMT

There will soon be reason to pay more attention to the Web usage of India. Google made the news this morning by offering 500,000 free websites to small and medium businesses in India.

Google partnered with web hosting powerhouse HostGator to offer free domain names and website hosting for a period of one year. After the 12 months are up, businesses will have the option to renew their services with HostGator at a discounted fee. Only organizations in India will qualify.

Google is also offering SMB’s in India a 2500 rupees (US$50) free advertising trial on Google AdWords to promote their sites.