UK Web hosting business news and articles

June 2013

  • Premier accounts now have unlimited space and bandwidth, and we show you how to monitor your website for unauthorised file changes - you will know when/if your website gets infected by viruses or malware. Read more...

May 2013

March 2013


February 2013

  • Malware scanner now available on Starter/Small Business and Premier accounts


January 2013

  • UK Reseller/Designer accounts increase in quotas: bandwidth and webspace increased by 50%, see the new quotas on the reseller hosting page.
    This is the second increase by 50% on these accounts within 6 months (see August below for the last increase).

  • The New Year brings new challenges for WordPress as more of their websites are targeted by the distributors of malware. We are seeing a high increase in the numbers of infected WordPress websites we host. Read more on how to check your WordPress website is up-to-date in our newsletter.

 

December 2012

  • We have provided full details on how to backup any of our hosting accounts
    and the backup/view of DNS is now available for all hosted/managed domains, login: https://www.seiretto.co.uk/clientarea/
    then click on the renewals link, then click "show DNS" link next to the relevant domain. This now allows clients to backup and/or just view the DNS data for any domain hosted or managed by us.

November 2012

  • Hybrid servers now available: virtual servers with at least 1 terabyte of usable disc space (thats a 1000GB), 20GB RAM and 6 CPUs with a monthly starting price of just per month. A great powerful alternative to a dedicated server.

October 2012

  • Web programmer tools - some useful urls to bookmark, and a malware scanner to check if a website is infected or not.

September 2012

  • Payment terms: increased to 30 days when paying via bank transfer. Payment of any invoice will not be due until 30 days after the renewal date of the service being renewed when the payment is via bank transfer, full details are shown on our payment terms page.

August 2012

  • UK reseller hosting accounts now upgraded with increased web space and bandwidth.
    Increases of upto 30% on web space and upto 50% on bandwidth, and the prices remain the same, check out the full features here: Designer/reseller hosting

May 2012

  • On offer this month are our unmanaged VPS.
    An introductory OFFER for existing clients ONLY:
       Purchase an unmanaged VPS with 20% OFF the first month!
       (discount excludes VPS Additional Options)
       Offing a saving of upto £41.69 on the annual purchase price, for details on our unmanaged VPS see: unmanaged VPS.
    If you would like further details please contact us.

April 2012

  • We have added a new Domain FAQ - this provides details on .gov.uk, .ac.uk and .co.uk domains (transfer, registration and renewals).

  • VPS renewals and ordering now online
    Online ordering and renewals are now live for unmanaged VPS

Existing clients can order a new VPS from their account:
https://www.seiretto.co.uk/clientarea/
Login and select Order Dedicated or VPS server.

New clients can order a new VPS by visiting:
https://www.seiretto.co.uk/clientarea/order_now.php

 

 

March 2012

.name & .mobi domain names

Register your .mobi and .name domain names now

Feb 2012

Exchange email now available

Manage your email on the move via your mobile devices and/or laptop and desktop computer.

Jan 2012

Unmanaged VPS now available

VPS is the next move for most websites, or resellers, who have outgrown their shared hosting account.  The VPS provides a server environment much like a stand-alone dedicated server, but without the high costs.




Nov 2011

Many small businesses still need to improve online credibility

The importance of your credibility online has never been higher, especially for small businesses. Get it right and you are half way there to winning that new big contract.


Sept 2011

Local-councils and academia efficiency-drive outsource: hosting of .ac.uk and .gov.uk domains

Both local councils and academia find cost savings by outsourcing their domain name management and hosting.


Aug 2011

MySQL due for retirement - DO you replace it with MySQLi or PDO?

Time to update your PHP scripts if you use the original MySQL extension!
Don't get left behind and see "deprecated errors" all over your pages.

 

Sept 2010

EU HOSTING - what location? Europe mainland or UK?

Making the right choice on where to host your website, or your clients website, could make or break its business.

 

Aug 2010

CLOUD HOSTING

Is all the marketing spiel right about cloud hosting as good as they say it is? But what about security?

 

April 2010

PHP demand still strong - now showing sustainable linear growth

Are you a developer? Or just use PHP on your website? In either case the increase in popularity is good news for you.

 

March 2010

Internet traffic - Facebook gaining on Google - Yahoo losing

Facebook is now a major threat to Google - ad revenue could become more competitive, which is a good thing for small business.

 

Adding Twitter floating link to your website

Here we show you how to add a link from your website to your Twitter account.

 


Aug 2009

Cloud computing - advantages and disadvantages to entering the cloud

There are many pros to using cloud computing but the cons currently sway the balance; knowing the good, bad and ugly will help you decide if its right for your organisation. Read the fill story here.

Demand for PHP skills outstripping all other programming languages

PHP, along with AJAX, are the only programming skills where the demand is increasing. During the last financial year demand for PHP skills has grown by 17%. Read the fill story here.

 


June 2009

GUMBLAR malware increasing

WARNING regarding new malware - audience: all website editors, and developers.

There is a growing number of instances of the of the Gumblar malware (variant from Troj/JSRedir-R):
http://blog.scansafe.com/journal/2009/6/4/gumblar-tops-googles-malware-domain-list.html

Is it possible it could impact upon any website owner?  YES.

The end result for a compromised website is the addition of:
    This site may harm your computer
to your Google listing!

HOW WEBSITES BECOME COMPROMISED
If a compromised website is visited your computer could become infected (affects Windows machines [XP, 2k, 2003 server]:
http://www.iss.net/threats/gumblar.html ), then the FTP details stored in some FTP clients are used to infect other websites.

WHAT CAN YOU DO?
Be vigilant, use an uptodate browser such as Firefox (not Internet Explorer).

Do not store passwords within FTP clients, or web browsers (clear them now if you previously have done so).  It is safer to enter the password each time you connect to your FTP server, or web control panel. 

KEEP YOUR WEBSITES SAFE:
DO NOT STORE PASSWORDS within your browser or FTP client.

 

PHP skills: demand still rising!

Much of the demand for other programming languages are in massive decline (by as much as -66%), but PHP continues to grow and for the first quarter of 2009 it grew by 10%. Read the full article here.

 


 

Nov 2008

PHP skills: demand is increasing

There has been a massive increase in demand for PHP skills during the third quarter of 2008. If this trend continues Microsoft's products could be heading for the grave yard!

Read the full story here: PHP skills: demand is increasing

 

Company advert/slogans 

Are you thinking of creating a new slogan for your business? Or need some inspiration for a new advert campaign?

Read some compelling and successful slogans that have flashed across our screens here:
adslogans.co.uk/slogans/

 

Linux Dedicated server prices reduced 

Prices slashed by as much as £200 OFF per month.

Remember these are fully managed servers not like those you may see advertised elsewhere at lower prices. We manage all aspects of your server for you and always keep a standby machine, installed, configured and powered up, ready to hand over to you instantly in the unlikely event that your machine suffers a hardware failure. All this is included in the prices quoted (unlike the majority of our competitors) the only additional optional extra is data backup.

PREVIOUS PRICES per month
---------------------------------
Optimum linux Server £178
Optimum Enhanced linux Server £340
Platinum linux Server £498
Platinum Enhanced linux Server £898

NEW PRICES per month
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Optimum linux Server £169
Optimum Enhanced linux Server £319
Platinum linux Server £419
Platinum Enhanced linux Server £698

More details on Linux managed dedicated servers


New Photo search engine: Imense

Search for photos - classified by pattern, billions of images posted on the Internet. It is founded by two former members of the AT&T lab in Cambridge University, Imense is developing a search engine designed to classify the billions of images posted on the internet.
Due to launch next month, Imense identifies patterns such as facial features, trees, animals or cars within the photographs and adds identifying, searchable tags to their metadata.

Try it here: Imense.com

 

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