News
Read news, updates and blog posts from teams around the UK2 Group.
Join us for a tour of Marussia F1
16 May. 2012Hey F1 fans! We have the opportunity of a life time for you! We’re able to take a lucky 5 fans on a tour of the Marussia F1 team headquarters on May 31st 2012. Included in the tour are a … Continue reading
Find us on Facebook!
15 May. 2012That’s right, We have an all-new facebook located at www.facebook.com/resellbiz Be sure to stop by and “like” our page as we’ll be posting all kinds of great specials that will be Facebook only! Continue reading
Update on the Marussia F1 Team
15 May. 2012The F1™ season has started off with a bang. 5 races, 5 different winners and still all to play for. The event organisers have come up with some great ideas to make Formula One™ interesting, ranging from KERS (Kinetic Energy Recovery … Continue reading
All for one, and one for all!
14 May. 2012Over the last few months we have been working extremely hard at improving our current service offerings and overall experience. With that being said, I would like to let you in on a few things going on around the office here. First off, we will be launching some major updates to our website as well ... Continue reading
May Affiliate News from UK2.NET
14 May. 2012UK2.NET is sponsoring the Maurissa F1 team and to celebrate this event, they are giving away a pair of tickets to the main race day as well as another runner up pair to the qualifying day at Silverstone in July. … Continue reading
VPS.NET partners with WHMCS to offer discounted client management solution
10 May. 2012The WHMCS Partnership offers clients discounted software, and improved reseller management features. Providence, Utah – May 10th, 2012 – VPS.NET, a leading cloud hosting provider with over 13 unique locations, announced today that it has partnered with WHMCS. Through this … Continue reading
Shared Web Hosting – Pros and Cons
09 May. 2012 Shared hosting is simply when a lot of web sites get hosted on the same server space, which ultimately reduces the server cost. It’s important to understand the features and limitations of this hosting infrastructure, especially as you start to … Continue reading
How to Create Compelling Content – INFOGRAPHIC
09 May. 2012When thinking of creating content for your website, keep things simple. If you browse online often enough you’ll start to see a few trends developing and the trick is to take these things and then rehash them to suit your … Continue reading
Happy Star Wars Day
04 May. 2012 You might have guessed from our Star Wars promotion on dedicated server hosting plans that many of us at WestHost are big Star Wars fanatics. Since today is Star Wars Day we decided to take part in the celebration by creating a couple memes. Enjoy! Embed Code: Embed Code: If you haven’t checked out our ... Continue reading
Who is your favorite robot?
04 May. 2012All around the world, no matter where we go, the VPS.NET robot is always in the highest demand. It’s friendly, squeezable and cute. And luckily, we just got a box full of new ones to give away to you! We’re going to … Continue reading
Win Tickets for the British F1 GP with UK2′s Business Hosting
04 May. 2012We are currently running an offer for SME’s and Start-ups on our business web hosting and sitebuilder business packages. Aside from all the great technical specifications our business hosting packages offer, customers who purchase business hosting* will benefit from Free … Continue reading
Guest Bloggers at VPS.NET
02 May. 2012There are a lot of great, intelligent people involved in the VPS.NET community. We get the pleasure of communicating with many of them on a daily basis, but that doesn’t given them the exposure they deserve, which is why we’ve … Continue reading
5 Advantages of Shared Web Hosting
01 May. 2012A recent Intuit infographic reports that at least 15% of small businesses do not yet have a website and roughly 31% are unhappy with their current website. Both these statistics indirectly point to the difficulties a small business or SME … Continue reading
How do some hosting companies keep prices so low?
30 Apr. 2012Whenever the term cheap or affordable comes up in a conversation relating to web hosting companies there may sometimes be a natural tendency to assume that there is a consequent loss in quality, features and/or benefits. However, over the last several years a small minority of cheap hosting providers have been carefully fine-tuning their infrastructure ... Continue reading
Launch video services with the .TV domain on professional hosting platforms
30 Apr. 2012 Since Westhost not only offers professional hosting services but a straightforward domain registration service, we sometimes like to focus readers’ attention on existing and new domain extensions which may suit their online or offline business. Since YouTube and video are simultaneously consider two of the biggest marketing drivers on the web today, its worthwhile considering ... Continue reading
Four WordPress Tips To Manage Your Blogging Platform Effectively
27 Apr. 2012 As the world’s most popular blogging platform (and some might say Content Management Systems), WordPress is now loaded with useful features that help structure content (and boost SEO) on professional web hosting platforms. Here are four technical tips that you may help you in your daily blogging activities on all platforms offered by Westhost. Can ... Continue reading
Google Launches Penguin Update: Opens the Doors to Negative SEO
27 Apr. 2012At a recent conference Matt Cutts, the head of Google’s webspam team announced that Google was working on an algorithm update that would level the playing field for sites that don’t participate in “over-optimization” strategies. He later clarified that “over-optimization” wasn’t the best way of putting it because it is really about webspam. According to ... Continue reading
Tips to protect you against domain hijacking
27 Apr. 2012Over the last several years there has been a rise in domain name hijacking, a dangerous situation where hackers defraud a victim’s domain and use it launch malware or negatively soil a well-earned brand name. However, while this trend is worrisome, there are ways to mitigate and reduce this threat by using best practices put ... Continue reading
How many website owners switch hosting providers in the United States?
26 Apr. 2012A recent survey put together by Midphase Web Hosting reveals that nearly 80% of all current clients have transferred their website, blog, e-commerce site or content management system from another hosting provider to Midphase. Wow! That’s a BIG number and these statistics demonstrate four areas an affordable web-hosting provider must dominate in: Reputation Generally, the ... Continue reading
New from VPS.NET — Turnkey Hosted Applications
26 Apr. 2012We are excited to announce that starting today we are offering a new full range of semi-managed applications including favorites such as WordPress, Drupal & SugarCRM. These are all hosted on our cloud infrastructure. We look after the OS so … Continue reading