Web Hosting goes the Grid way

Thanks to Developer who posted on ForumPostersUnion about this topic.

Introducing: Mediatemple.net’s Grid-Server plan

gridserver

Here’s a write-up:
(mt) Media Temple’s Grid-Server is a completely new hosting platform that replaces yesterday’s obsolete shared server technology. We’ve eliminated roadblocks and single points of failure by using hundreds of servers working in tandem for your site, applications, and email.

The Grid’s on-demand scalability means you’ll always be ready for intense bursts of traffic and the growing audience resulting from your online success. Continue reading

WordPress Ronan released

This has been an interesting week for WordPress.

In addition to announcing the release of WordPress MU (multi user) 1.0 (the software/platform that hosts numerous blogs at WordPress.com) and bbPress (the tag-based forum software), they’ve just announced the launch of WordPress 2.0.5 earlier today.

According to the post: WordPress 2.0.5 Ronan released

This latest incarnation contains about 50 bug fixes.

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Microsoft Adcenter $50 coupon from Shoemoney.com

Big time blogger/affiliate marketer/Internet empire guru Shoemoney (aka Jeremy Schoemaker) just announced a $50 Microsoft Adcenter coupon code.

If you’re savvy, you’ll be able to roll this into a couple hundred (or even a thousand) dollars worth of PPC revenue or affiliate marketing profits.

Check it out:

Adcenter $50 coupon

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Using WordPress in your domain? Some potential issues…

I was surfing the 9Rules blogging network and came across Lorelle’s post:

Using WordPress in Your Domain Name? Don’t!

I guess lots of people (myself included) take brand names, trademarks and intellectual property for granted at times.

We’re so used to ‘using’ a brandname as a verb or a noun, that we don’t realize that technically, we’re eligible to legal action if someone chooses that course of action. Continue reading

Ewen Chia and Jo Han Mok Advanced Strategies workshop

I’m spending almost all of tomorrow with two guys whom some have dubbed Internet Marketing’s ‘Sultans of Singapore’

Jo Han Mok and Ewen Chia

Master Copywriter Jo Han Mok and Ewen Chia

I’m looking forward to the session because although I’m getting decent traffic now (I hit Alexa 20,000 on a good day), I’d like to generate good ratings on a consistent basis. Continue reading