Web hosting provider Host Papa have given our readers their own coupon code for this month which enables you to receive up to 2 months off of the cost of your web hosting. The new coupon code works for both the US (HostPapa.com) and Canadian (HostPapa.ca) Host Papa services.

When signing up for a hosting package, type in: WHSRJULY into the coupon box.

This promotion runs for the month of July, 2008. For more information about Host Papa, read our review.

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For the first time, a web hosting provider and domain registrar achieved 30 million domain names in its portfolio. This milestone happened to Go Daddy on Wednesday June 26, 2008 with the domain name RulesOfSaving.com.

In recent years Go Daddy has seen their business growth outpace their competition and this year appears to be no different. Forecasts in online spending are expected to increase by 17 percent in 2008.

For more information, check out our GoDaddy.com Hosting Review.

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For those of us who already use Google Trends to track the popularity of search keywords, they now offer another useful tool for website owners. You can now see the history of the estimated unique daily visitors for websites. You can also compare up to 5 websites together on one graph. This means Google now competes with similar services provided by these other companies:

• Alexa
• Complete
• Quantcast

The Official Google Webmaster Central Blog mentions that

the data is estimated and aggregated over a variety of sources

I would assume these sources include people's search queries on Google and from sources like Google Analytics. This probably makes Google's estimates the most accurate publicly available on the internet. The reason for this is, they have such large sources of data they can create these website estimates from.

One interesting thing to note is when I checked the web statistics for "google.com", no information was provided. Other people have reported the same for other Google owned websites include blogspot.com and YouTube.

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Here are the two new coupon codes for the shared web hosting provider Host Papa. If used, you will receive $10 off their hosting plans.

On Host Papa's Canadian site (HostPapa.ca) type in: JUNHPCA into the coupon box when signing up.

For the Host Papa United States site (HostPapa.com) just type in: JUNHP into the coupon box when signing up.

Both of these above promotional codes expire on June 30, 2008. For more information about Host Papa, read our review.

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I just got word that shared web hosting provider Omnis Network is offering a new coupon code. Enter the code savenow at Omnis Network to receive $25 off any of their hosting packages.

For more information on this web hosting service, read our Omnis Network Web Hosting Review.

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Shared web hosting provider Omnis Network has gone unlimited on over 6 features. These include:

• Unlimited Disk Storage
• Unlimited Data Transfer
• Unlimited Email Accounts
• Unlimited Hosted Domains
• Unlimited MySQL Databases

This is a great deal, especially at the $5.95 price. There is also a 30 day money back guarantee so it is risk free to try it out.

Previously (depending on which of the 2 hosting plans you choose) Data Transfer was 3,000 GB or 3,500 GB and Disk Space was from 300 GB to 600 GB. Email Accounts was at 2,500 and Domain Hosting was either 25 or 50.

At the moment our review still needs to be updated with this new information but, other than pricing it is still accurate. For more information on Omnis Network, check out our review.

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We have just added a new web hosting review for The Planet. This company offers only dedicated hosting solutions geared towards small and medium businesses. They have great options available for those who need a multiple server solution with the required network equipment like firewalls and load balancers.

For more information check out are new The Planet Web Hosting Review.

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Over on the Google Blog is a great new article called "Introduction to Google Search Quality". It was posted by Udi Manber, the VP of engineering at Google in charge of Search Quality. This is the first post in a renewed effort by Google to talk more about search quality and optimization.

While this post seems to be more about the history of search quality and about the teams who help define the Google's ranking algorithm more posts are promised that will dig further into the topic.

Go check out the full blog post.

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According to CBC News Microsoft withdrawed its bid to buy Yahoo. The reason given was the two sides couldn't agree on a sale price. Microsoft's latest offer was $33 per share, making the total $47.5 billion US. This is $2 more per share and roughly $3 billion more than Microsoft's original offer. Yahoo wanted $37 per share.

Before Microsoft original offer Yahoo's stock price was just under $20 per share, Lately it has been in the $26 to $29 range in anticipation of the potential sale.

UPDATE: Here is Yahoo's official response to Microsoft's withdrawal.

Related story: Microsoft Bids $45 Billion on Yahoo!

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Web hosting provider Lunarpages announced on Friday a new price for their basic shared hosting plan. The price went from $6.95 per month to only $4.95 per month on a 2 year plan. This is almost a 30 percent savings which translates into $48 you get to keep in your pocket. All you need to do is use the coupon code spring when you sign up for the hosting service. This promotional code is good until June 20, 2008.

With this savings your basic hosting plan still receives all the perks which includes 1,500 GB of storage, 15,000 GB per month of bandwidth and a 30-day money back guarantee.

For more information about Lunarpages and their other hosting plans, read our review.

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