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    Uptime guarentees?

    Is there anyway of checking if a host's "uptime guarantee" is true? Many places seem to promote uptime as one of their main selling features, but is there any way of actually checking how often a server/site is down? (apart from visiting it all the time, obviously)
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    Godaddy backordering

    Has anyone used Godaddy's backordering service? There's a domain dropping in a couple of weeks time which I've got my eye on. Its quite a niche domain, but still quite a valuable one. I've never used 'backordering' services before though and am quite reluctant to pay for something that might not...
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    Adwords - useful?

    Hey all, Has anyone had any success with using Adwords to market their business? I tried out one of Google's $100 free vouchers and it delivered me moderate traffic, but not a great conversion rate and certainly not worth $100 of my money.
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    Looking to invest in VPS - what questions should I ask?

    Hi there, I've almost exclusively used shared hosting packages before. However one of my online communities (a forum) has grown substantially over the past few months and I'm now looking at investing in a VPS option. Are there any questions I should be asking potential hosts? Obviously I'll be...
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    Hello from the UK!

    Hi there! I'm Chris, a webmaster from the UK looking to learn a little more about hosting (VPS and dedicated options in particular). Hope to learn something from the discussions :-)
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