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IPv6 Update from Adhost CTO
Posted in Company News, IndustryAs of January 30th, Adhost is Time Warner Telecom’s first IPv6 customer. Adhost has been at the forefront of the IPv6 rollout and has been committed to convincing our providers to adopt IPv6 across their networks. We currently have multi-homed IPv6 connectivity through Time Warner and NTT/Verio, and we’re working to get additional IPv6 connectivity through AboveNet and Level 3.
The latest estimates indicate that the last available IPv4 space will be allocated and used by 2011. After that point, no additional IPv4 addresses will be available for use on the Internet. Adhost has been actively using IPv6 space since 2005, so we are well positioned to transition seamlessly to an IPv4/IPv6 “dual-stack” Internet and then to an IPv6-only Internet.
If you have any questions about IPv6, visit our IPv6 support page or send email to mksmith <at> adhost.com. I’m always more than happy to answer questions.
posted by Mike Smith 12:03 pm February 3, 2009permalink | digg this | technorati
Google SEO Starter Guide
Posted in IndustryGoogle recently released an SEO Starter Guide for novice and experienced Webmasters to follow to help improve their Web site’s crawlability and indexing by the search engines. Topics include title and meta tags, URL structure, site navigation and much more. Check it out.
posted by Amy R 3:37 pm December 22, 2008permalink | digg this | technorati
Spam Levels Decrease Across the Internet
Posted in IndustrySpam email across the Internet dropped dramatically on November 11 when an email and hosting provider in San Jose, CA was cut off from Internet connectivity by its upstream providers. This has had a positive impact on the amount of spam Adhost and other Internet companies have to process.
Starting on November 11, the overall number of emails coming into our email system dropped by 60%. We are still getting the same amount of valid emails, but the totals have dropped from 15 million per day to 5-6 million per day. 10 million less spam email per day is a GOOD thing. Read more.
posted by Richard Stockton 12:19 pm November 20, 2008permalink | digg this | technorati
2008 Holiday Email Marketing Tips
Posted in IndustryOur email marketing partner Whatcounts has put together a great list of email marketing tips for the 2008 holiday season. With tighter holiday budgets and fewer shopping days between Thanksgiving and Christmas this year, every tip is worth trying out. Check out Tips #1-3 and Tips #4-7.
posted by Amy R 4:36 pm November 10, 2008permalink | digg this | technorati
Microsoft Windows 2008 Launch Event in Seattle
Posted in IndustryAdhost invites you to join us at the Microsoft Server & Tools 2008 Launch “Heroes Happen Here” event on April 1 in Seattle. Microsoft is launching three powerful new products to make it even easier for you to be an IT hero at your company. Attend the Seattle event to learn how—then leave with a launch giveaway kit that includes versions of the Windows Server® 2008 operating system, Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008, and Microsoft Visual Studio® 2008. And be sure to stop by our booth in the exhibitor expo.
The event is sold out to the public but they have saved some spots for customers of their partners. Space is limited - register today at http://www.clicktoattend.com/invitation.aspx?code=126636
posted by Amy R 2:44 pm March 12, 2008permalink | digg this | technorati
Windows Server 2008 Hosting Launch
Posted in Company News, IndustryToday is the official launch of Windows Server 2008. According to our sources at Microsoft, Steve Ballmer is using a quote from Adhost’s very own Mike Graves during his keynote speech at the Los Angeles Convention Center today. The quote is from a case study interview we did about our experience as a beta hoster for Windows Server 2008. Learn more about our Windows Server 2008 dedicated servers and Windows Server 2008 hosting packages.
posted by Amy R 1:08 pm February 27, 2008permalink | digg this | technorati
Search Marketing Expo West
Posted in IndustryThe first ever Search Marketing Expo West will be held in
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Spammers using Google to hotlink to phishing sites
Posted in IndustryThe Internet Storm Center recently reported on how spammers are now using Google’s “I’m Feeling Lucky” feature to redirect phishing links, in an effort to mask their trails.
Systems administrators at Adhost actually reported the first uses of this technique nearly two months before ISC’s report, which was reported to them through their submission forms and also was passed around to other administrators.
This might be interesting - we’ve gotten spam that is using Google’s “I’m Getting Lucky” feature to essentially do a referral bounce using Google!
Here’s the link from the spam, a typical “mortgage refinancing” spam otherwise:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=earthmortgage123+As+
direct+lender+Earth+Mortgage+eliminated+high-commissioned+
Employment+Opportunities&btnI=gndo1The key is the “&btnI=gndo1″ at the end - what this does is trigger the “I’m Getting Lucky” button from their front page, which automatically sends you to the first hit on the search. Therefore, if you go to that link, you go to Google, which does the search that only gets one hit - the spammer’s page - and then via I’m Getting Lucky, you unluckily get sent right to their site.
This is just one example of how Adhost systems administrators and engineers are constantly working to detect, diagnose and protect systems against several attack vectors online, from phishing attacks, to spam, to denial of service attacks, and more!
posted by Mike Sweetser 2:34 pm September 21, 2007permalink | digg this | technorati