http://blog.nairahost.com Nairahost Official Blog Tue, 07 Jul 2009 08:53:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Running a web hosting business is unlike running any conventional service related business as every second of the lifetime of the business counts. This is a business that is strung on a lifeline "drip" with inexcusable lapses in expected deliverables. It can be quite challenging especially when you run a ... http://blog.nairahost.com/2009/07/06/the-flawless-web-hosting-facto/ Registering a Nigerian tld was quite cumbersome in the past, but it seems the end to the cumbersome and daunting process is coming with the certification and automated system, NIRA has in place, or would have in place. The system uses an Extensible Provisioning Protocol , which enables certified merchants ... http://blog.nairahost.com/2009/01/15/nigeria-internet-registration-association/ I got about 4 emails asking that same question and its quiet troubling how people can just decide from one letter, that I have cashed out from a company. I might have, for half a million dollars only (it is a small company, big enough to be no 1 in ... http://blog.nairahost.com/2009/01/14/so-you-finally-sold-nairahost/ Dear Customers, I am using this opportunity to address the issue regarding our windows mail server. I intend to explain what has happened, what would happen, and measures we have taken for it not to repeat itself. On Saturday the 16th of August, we upgraded our smartermail software ... http://blog.nairahost.com/2008/08/19/windows-mailserver-solution/ Having a blog for your business is as important to your business as any other functions. If you still have a doubt as to the reasons why you should have a blog, you may need to read my previous post on this issue. Blogging should be seen as part of ... http://blog.nairahost.com/2008/04/12/update-business-blog/ A large number of new blogs go online everyday. This explosive growth raises the question: Should you start a blog for your business? I believe you should as this becomes an effective marketing tool. Like any other marketing tool, blogs are most effective when used properly. What you are reading ... http://blog.nairahost.com/2008/04/01/3-reasons-why-you-should-have-a-business-blog/ Wordpress after six months of hard-work by the WordPress community, has finally released the Wordpress version 2.5 stable edition. In a post by Matt titled 2.5 Sneak Peek, Matt says... The improvements in 2.5 are numerous, and almost entirely a result of your feedback: multi-file uploading, one-click plugin upgrades, built-in ... http://blog.nairahost.com/2008/03/30/wordpress-25-released/ Michael Jensen in his post "Google Indexing Sites in 1 Day Again" explained how he successfully listed his site in Google within 24 hours. 1) I created 5 pages of content (Home, FAQ, About Us, etc.). 2) I put them in a simple template with site-wide links. I also linked to it ... http://blog.nairahost.com/2008/03/26/google-website-listing-in-1-day/ Over our three years in the web hosting and domain registration industry in Nigeria, we have been asked then and again with questions like this, "Why are you not giving out free domain names with your hosting packages?", or "Why do you charge [x]Naira for a domain name when ... http://blog.nairahost.com/2008/03/23/the-free-domain-price/ Google does not run a web hosting business, but according to Lew Moornan at Racklabs in his blog entry, Google’s Dangerous Trade, Google actually makes more profit on your hosting product through their Adwords business. In his post, he asserts that Google has the ultimate model, which I agree too. ... http://blog.nairahost.com/2008/03/22/googles-web-hosting-profit/