I would like to announce the launch of our sista site, Web Hosting Estate – Web Hosting Review Site.

Web Hosting Estate will focus on reviewing “secondary” web hosting providers – Those that are not as popular as the others.

Our idea in launching this semi-niche web hosting review site is due to the fact that there are so many quality and affordable web hosting providers on the Internet that, in our humble opinion, lack coverage and exposure enjoyed by those popular web hosting providers, such as Hostgator.

We use a premium WordPress theme by Theme Forest that we consider as the right theme for a web hosting review site.

If you are looking for alternative web hosting providers that offer top-notch services, please be sure to visit Web Hosting Estate for a list of our reviewed web hosting providers.

So you have decided it’s time to go the self-hosted wordpress blog installation route, congratulations! Now you need to double-check a couple of things with your current web host or the one you’ll be hosting your blog with, to make sure everything will run smoothly. Most web hosts these days support wordpress blogs with no problems, but it doesn’t hurt to double check, as the saying goes “it’s better safe then sorry”.

To run your WordPress Blog with success, your web host needs a couple of things:

• PHP version 4.3 or greater (PHP 5+ recommended)
• MySQL version 4.0 or greater (MySQL 5+ recommended)

That’s really it from a technical stand point. The team at WordPress recommends Apache or Litespeed as the most robust and feature full server for running WordPress, but any server that supports PHP and MySQL will do.

Sure, they can’t test every possible environment that exists out there, although they are getting closer. You can be assured that each of the hosts that HostingOffers.org recommends on our website supports the above and more with no problems.

Of course, there is more to running WordPress website smoothly, than just meeting the minimum technical requirements. Other important criteria that should be considered include: Customer Service, Pricing Structure, Knowledge Database, Forum Support, Extra Perks and Services, Surrounding Community, etc… so choose your next WordPress hosting provider wisely.

Ask for it!

Here’s a letter you can send to your web host; copy and paste!

What is WordPress?

A state-of-the-art publishing platform with a focus on aesthetics, web standards, and usability. WordPress has grown to become the largest and most popular self-hosted and open-source blogging software script in the world.

Everyday tens of millions of people see and interact with hundreds of thousands of websites that are powered by WordPress – from personal blogs to Fortune 500 companies.

Have you noticed? The one NEW hosting offer floating around the web. The colors are yellow, green, and white. Their ad is virtually everywhere, as has been spotted on the following online establishments. The name behind the latest marketing blitz is Codero. And you probably have seen one of their ads.

Codero on You Tube

Codero on TechCrunch

Codero on HuffingtonPost

Codero on DigitalPoint

Who is Codero?

Codero says in their own words they are “a former division of Aplus.net. Codero became a separate entity focusing on dedicated and managed hosting solutions after the acquisition of Aplus.net’s shared hosting, web design, and domain registration services by Hostopia, a division of Deluxe Corporation. For us, “Codero” stands for collaboration, engagement, focus, reliability and flexibility. It means a more secure computing experience for email, shopping or data transfer. Most importantly, we strive to focus on our customers’ needs.”

What do Codero do?

Codero is a dedicated and managed hosting company focused on the real needs of today’s small- and mid-sized businesses. They believe in supporting robust websites, storefronts and online communities that will grow and adapt with you.

So now that you know – go check them out :)

What does the future of web hosting look like? Taking a look at what’s on the public’s collective mind by viewing search trends might give you some insight.

According to Google Trends, the website that helps watch trends for search results via Google, when we looked at three popular hosting search terms we got 3 different stories.

WordPress Hosting

The search for phrase “wordpress hosting” has been steadily increasing since the inception of WordPress around 2006.

Blog Hosting Trend

The search demand for “blog hosting” has been relatively steady since 2004.

Web Hosting Trend

“web hosting” has been in decline since its peak in 2004.

What can we learn from these three graphs?

The Value of Keywords are Dynamic
Keywords are king but they are also dynamic, people don’t search for the generic “web hosting” term as much as they used to when looking for a place to start their web site. Can we thus conclude the term web hosting is not as valuable as it once used to be?

Doing a search for “blog hosting” shows it has stayed steady since 2005. People are more savvy with discerning tastes and are looking for ways to host a particular type of site, a blog, a wordpress blog, a forum, a game site, rather than a general “web site” which would lead to web hosting.

As with most every other industry, the web hosting industry is evolving into niche markets with blog hosting, forum hosting, game hosting, green hosting, managed hosting etc ….. Platform based searches are taking away the search market share too, is it a blogger blog, a typepad blog, or wordpress blog for which you require hosting?

What story do these graphs tell you? and what do you think is in the future for “web hosting”, is it a dying breed?

Is your web hosting company on Twitter yet? This is a question Richard and Mitch Keeler have asked as well. Twitter is a place not to be missed when looking for a web hosting deals, offers, or support from your web host. However, finding value on Twitter isn’t always the easiest thing; especially if you’re not following the right tweets. Because Twitter has grown so fast recently, it has transformed itself into a very fine line between signal & noise.

We have thus compiled a list of 115 Web Hosts who are on Twitter, which we recommend you follow if you’re interested in the latest the web hosting world has to offer. The list includes leading web hosting companies. Authority bloggers who publish great content related to web hosting industry, might also be sprinkled in there, so watch out.

If you’re not following these people just yet, get clicking and follow them right away…

HostingOffers.org (@_hostingoffers)

Ok so the first one is kind of obvious. Not really a web host but you wouldn’t want to leave out this gem right? A search engine for hand-picked web hosting offers, where you and other smart shoppers, affiliate marketing professionals find the latest deals on web hosting.

(mt) – MediaTemple (@mediatemple)

Media Temple from Culver City, California, hosts websites. Big and Small. Their products are designed to be powerful, affordable and relevant. Chosen by Starbucks, Sony, Volkwagen, Diesel, Adobe …. perhaps (mt) is a good choice for your next project too?
Compete: 196,000
Followers: 10,725

Hostgator (@hostgator)

HostGator.com, from Houston, Texas is a leading provider of web hosting, reseller hosting, and dedicated servers. Hostgator has over 5,539 followers
Get 20% OFF Initial Order, Coupon Code: TWITTER

Eleven2 (@eleven2)

Can you judge a web host provider by the type of website they run? Of course you can. Eleven2 runs a sleek site smoothly, and they will run one for you just as smooth. Eleven2 from Spring, Texas have over 3,000 followers

PEER1 (@PEER1)

PEER1 is a web host specializing in fully scalable hosting solutions, and can be found powering websites all over North America. Specialty: Dedicated Server, Managed Hosting, Collocation
Followers: 732

ServerBeach (@serverbeach)

ServerBeach from San Antonio, Texas Their tagline is “Hosting by Geeks, for Geeks”, also known as “Life is Better Here”.
Followers: 943

StardotHosting (@STARdotHosting)

Linux VPS, Managed Hosting and Web Hosting from Toronto, Canada

NakedHosting (@nakedhosting)

Hosting for the Adult Industry? YES Adult Web Hosting at its FINEST! NakedHosting has over 1,100 Twitter followers

Site5 (@site5)

Site5 Hosting has over 1,256 Twitter followers

GigeNet (@gigenet)

Gigenet from Chicago, Illinois. Find out why thousands of small and medium businesses call GigeNET home.

WestHost (@westhost)

Hailing from Cache Valley Utah,Since 1998, WestHost has been an affordable Web hosting provider of low cost internet services, and viewed as a leader in the Web hosting industry.

Rackspace (@rackspace)

Rackspace from San Antonio, Texas – Specializing in Managed Hosting with Fanatical Support™

GoDaddy (@godaddydeals)

Despite having a bad reputation for Hosting, you can still save money with official coupons and deals from the world’s largest domain name registrar, GoDaddy.com.

1and1 (@1and1)

1and1.com provides web hosting, domain name registrations, servers, and ecommerce plans for consumers and small businesses at the best prices.

Web.com (@webdotcom)

Create your own website with web.com’s award-winning tools and services. It’s easier than you think!

Netfirms (@netfirms)

From Markham, Ontario, Canada. With over 1.2 million customers, Netfirms is the best choice for domain names and web hosting.

LayeredTech (@layeredtech)

Enterprise-class, managed services hosting company. Specializing in grid, virtualization, disaster recovery, and of course, great dedicated hosting!

SuperbHosting (@superbinternet)

Your #1 web host since 1996 – w/ Data Centers across the US – Dedicated Servers, Managed Hosting, Shared Web Hosting, Domains!

Intermedia (@intermedia_net)

Intermedia is an Exchange and Web hosting provider

Codero (@serversolutions)

Dedicated and Managed hosting solutions. Codero means a more secure computing experience for email, shopping or data transfer.

The Planet (@theplanet)

Number 1 dedicated server hosting provider in the world

Here is the rest of the list of the web hosts who tweet.

Do you know of another web hosting company on Twitter?
Drop it in as a comment, and we’ll add them to the list.