Category: Technology

Free Web Hosting Services Analysed

Hosting space has become the most important thing for publishing a website or a blog. This is the first thing we use before even making the site because everything depends on “WHAT WEBHOST YOU USE?”

Most web hosts provide a free plan along with the premium version also but there is an overflow of hosts that provide you free webhosting space and advertise so brilliantly that you forget the basic rule of human society that “NOTHING IS FREE.”

Free web host, being free, are those services that a newbie will need to develop his/her skills for web designing and gain a little experience before coming into the open field of professionally used websites.

Companies provide free web hosts

Few companies provide free web hosting for a limited time so as to gain popularity and customers. Free web hosting is not necessarily bad, but it is not good either, because you are restricted by many boundary conditions, just like a tiger in a cage.

The best part of free hosting is that you don’t have to pay but just spend complete time on your website designing and publishing it. Many web hosting companies require you to upload files using their uploader, which is generally not that efficient, but others allow you to use FTP software, which not only is efficient but also fast. But the best solution they offer you is to switch to their commercially used premium plans, which means paying them for use.

There are many things that you can’t perform, and they are less efficient when you are using them, like storage space and bandwidth usage. They either won’t give you sufficient storage space or will put restrictions on it. The worst part is that the bandwidth usage is so restricted that if you host a site that has 10 visitors daily, then your website will be down for a few hours every day.

The reason will be high resource usage, as told by the web hosting service. These are a few tactics that these web hosting services use to encourage people to their premium plans. The other major restrictions are the use of the Domain name and the Database {SQL}. You are not allowed to use a domain name in many cases, and what you get is a sub-domain of that web hosting site only {customer@site.freewebhostingsite.com}. There is a limit on the creation of databases as they are generally restricted to 1 in most cases.

If you want to use an AAA sub-domain of your site, for example, hosting a mobile site on your site will require a sub-domain name of your site with mobile or mobi or m or any such demarcation to indicate that you are using a sub-domain site.

Another major disadvantage is that you don’t get to make FTP account users more than 2 {in nearly all cases}, as well as there is a restriction on the E-mail account that you can create using your site to 1{nearly in all cases}. You will lack the professional look when it comes to using the email for marketing and other purposes, as your email will be like an email ID or your sub-domain site.

Another disadvantage of using free web hosting is that you are not given any extra support like backup or customer service, so if anything goes wrong, you have to figure it out on your own, including security, script installation, and redirecting URLs. Checking stats or encryption is not given as well, and many hosting sites paste their ads when they are providing free services to you. In short, you can’t control your website like you should.

But still many won’t allow you to add Meta tags to your site, and everyone knows that without Meta tags our search engine rack goes down. Many won’t allow you to change the filenames or tags on images.
A few web hosting companies have started providing extra features to gain a lead in this competitive world.

A few free web hosting

Few free web hosting services are very good, like Google’s Blogspot,s it allows you to host as many blogs as you can and even allows you to monetize them to generate revenue for the site, but you won’t be as satisfied as you should be if owning everything. Another good example, or should I say the currently hot, is WordPress, which also allows unlimited website hosting, but they have a storage limit.

The latest trend that became popular was posting on that company’s forum rather than paying them, but still, they won’t give you everything as they should have if you were a premium member.

S,, friend,s if you are planning to start a site or blog just for f, un then use free hosting, and if you are serious about I,t go for the commercial pl,ans as that is the only thing that would make the hosting sites provide you with every tool you’ll need.

Effectively Communicate MDM Policies

As more companies transition to an environment where employees are permitted to use their mobile devices, maintaining the security of company networks has become more challenging than ever. While BYOD offers several benefits, including reduced costs and increased productivity, it still creates some risks.

Unfortunately, though, many businesses are not adequately educating their employees about the dangers of the BYOD environment, creating situations in which employees may inadvertently put their employer’s network and data at risk. Most employees do not want to be the cause of a serious security breach, so IT security departments need to communicate the company’s mobile device management policy to prevent future problems.

And while many IT professionals are exceptionally skilled at their jobs, and do an excellent job managing their firms’ internet and network security operations, they may struggle when it comes to explaining how technical concepts and security measures work to those who do not share their background. Important information has the potential to get lost in translation, and employees who may not completely understand their employers’ policies, prohibitions, and expectations could make mistakes.

For that reason, it’s important for IT professionals to follow some important principles of effective communication when they present BYOD and mobile security policies to employees. Taking the time to ensure that everyone understands their role in keeping the company network safe will save everyone time and money in the future – and prevent the potentially serious consequences of a data breach.

1. Provide a Means for Feedback – and a Person to Talk to.

A recent survey of more than 400 North American workers indicated some startling facts about BYOD policies and what employees know about them. Almost half of the respondents noted that their company’s IT department has not spoken with them about MDM, and 56 percent of the respondents indicated that they did not know who to talk to if a mobile device they use for work is lost or stolen. Other studies indicate that many workers are hesitant to contact their IT department, for a range of reasons including everything from feeling intimidated by their lack of technical knowledge to simple embarrassment or fear.

Organizations with successful BYOD policies make it a priority to include employees in conversations about the policies and open the lines of communication between employees and IT departments. When employees know who they can call if they have a question or a problem, and have been involved with the development of the policy from the start, the level of understanding increases.

2. Clearly Outline What is Expected of Employees – and the Level of IT Involvement.

In the same study mentioned previously, while 28 percent of the participants knew that their employer could remotely wipe their devices – in other words, remove all of the data contained on the device in the event of a security breach – more than half of the respondents didn’t know, or didn’t understand, that this was possible.
When you’re communicating your BYOD policy, you must explain, in non-technical terms, exactly how employees can use their devices, what type of activities (such as downloading apps from unknown sources) are prohibited, and what IT can and will do to keep the organization’s networks safe. If you are using an outside vendor, explain how the solution works in easily understood terms, taking care to clarify exactly what employees can expect. It’s important to also specify exactly what IT will and will not handle when it comes to problems with the device; employees should understand when to contact IT and when they need to contact their carriers.

3. Inform Employees that They Still Have Some Freedom – to a Point.

One of the problems that often arises in a BYOD environment is a lack of understanding among employees about the level of control they still have over their devices and how much IT will have access to their data. When communicating the BYOD policy, it’s important to stress that trust goes both ways and clearly outline how much access the organization will have to private files and under what circumstances they will be accessed. Doing so gives employees peace of mind, while also warning them of the consequences of not complying with company policy.

When it comes to BYOD and mobile device security, communication can go a long way to preventing serious security breaches as well as misunderstandings. IT departments need to take the time to create clear messages and answer questions – as well as keep the lines of communication open – to allow the company to reap the full benefits of employees using personal mobile devices.

FACEBOOK FACING YOUR PRIVACY FOR PUBLICITY

The superpower in the social networking world is undoubtedly the “FACEBOOK, as it is not only the most popular site but also the most efficient one. The basic rule for publicity is that everyone should know you if not have seen you, as is the case with Facebook. It has overflowed the marketing or the publicity area with its advertisements.

Facebook is so concerned for your privacy that it has barricaded the privacy settings, which on one end is there to protect you as a China wall, but on the other end also denies you to add your best buddy. Not only does this do it on one stone to tell you should protect your privacy, but on the other itself reveals you.

Shocking!!!, It was also for me when I saw a profile as a Facebook advertisement. I then dug a little and came to know that Facebook itself makes you agree with its privacy policy.

Most of the Facebook users or should I say almost all don’t read the privacy policy and terms and conditions clause and don’t know how Facebook is messing with their profile.

One way Facebook is compromising your privacy is that once you are a Facebook user then Facebook will start using your photos in Facebook’s social ads that will appear on the profile page of your contacts. It’s legal and it is mentioned in their Privacy Policy when you create an account with Facebook.

Most of us are so ignorant that we never notice this mishap taking place with us. But there is a solution also that you can use if you feel that you want to have full privacy and don’t wish to allow Facebook to use your profile or photos in promoting their services in any way. Check out how you can stop Facebook From Using Your Name and Profile Photo In Facebook Ads. Just follow a few instructions and feel safe while using Facebook.

Instructions

• Go to your Account Settings > Facebook Ads
• From the menu option “Allow ads on platform pages to show my information,” Select “No one”.
• You may also scroll down to further select “No one” from the “Show my social actions in Facebook Ads” option as well.

Although there is seemingly no harm in allowing Facebook to use your account in their ads, privacy is still a must. This would help those people who wish to maintain their privacy all the time.

And there is no harm in getting the publicity and that too for free!!