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Protect your brand online with a domain name

December 15th, 2009

With the rise of vanity (personalised) URLs from Facebook, MySpace and Twitter there has never been a more important time to secure your brand online.

Your brand is an increasingly key part of your commercial success, setting you apart from your competition in the marketplace. To invest in, and protect your brand you should register domain names for the demographics you wish to target.

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Extended Validation (EV) SSL Certificates

November 25th, 2009

In this series of blog posts we will explore the options available to websites and e-commerce stores for SSL certificates. Part one of this series explores the purpose and use of Extended Validation (EV) SSL Certificates and why your business should invest in one.
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One-Click Installs

November 9th, 2009

One-Click installs make it easy to use the applications you want or need with your web hosting account. With our one-click install programs you can install the whole application without any fiddly configuration settings and database setup – easy!

Our one-click install applications are available on all Windows and Linux hosting packages. You can install as many applications as you want – provided you have the space available. Have a look at some of the applications we have available and how they can benefit your website.

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100% uptime for October!

November 1st, 2009

We are pleased to announce that in October we provided all of our web hosting and reseller customers with 100% uptime and availability throughout the month – across all servers!

Sign up for a web hosting or reseller package today and benefit from our 99.9% uptime guarantee,  free continuous data protection service and a 30 day money back guarantee for added peace of mind. Prices start from as little as £1.67/month. Sign up now!

What is uptime?

Uptime is the availability of a service and in terms of web hosting this involves many factors to ensure availability of the websites hosted from the server. The network, operating system, web server and the physical hardware running your website all play a vital role in ensuring availability of your site.

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Free Website Transfer

October 26th, 2009

Freewind Hosting now provides all new customers with a free website transfer option. To take advantage of this free service simply fill out the free website transfer form after you have signed up to one of our website hosting packages.

See our range of hosting packages and take advantage of our 15% discount - set to end soon!

We will copy your website’s file and databases to your new hosting account to get you up and running again as quickly as possible without the hassle of having to move everything yourself. This saves you time and also ensures that all of the necessary files have been copied to your new web hosting account at Freewind Hosting.

For more information on this service get in touch and we will be happy to discuss your requirements.