Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Webhostinggeeks: Place to go to search opinions about web hosting

Where do you go when you need about web hosting for your business? You may need offering about cheap budget, large space, large bandwidth / traffic, or reliability of web hosting. There is portal that discuss about web hosting rank, like web hosting awards, web hosting reviews, web master resources, and web hosting rating (including Top 10 Web Hosting, Multiple Domain Hosting, etc). You can watch for example of Yahoo Customer critics as follow:

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YAHOO! IS THE BIGGEST BUSINESS MISTAKE I'VE MADE!
"Yahoo! is a huge mistake. They're much too expensive. Their customer service is incompetent. The email account is impossible. They have been a hastle from the start, and I really just want to get out."
Reviewer: David from Miami Jul 24, 2008

Changing my web host
" I'm a soon-to-be-former Yahoo web hosting customer with 2 websites. There are constant problems with accessing databases, and their tech support is nonexistent. I'm really disappointed with the lost time to my business monkeying around with these idiots. I chose Yahoo because I figured on their blue chip name and solid reputation and their management of Yahoo.com I couldn't go wrong. But I did. Stay away!"
Reviewer: Anonymous from Woodstock, IL Jul 22, 2008

2 HOUR HOLD for CSR!!!!
"I decided I wanted to buy a new domain name and direct hits from the old- all with yahoo small business. I called customer service and my estimated wait time was "more than 30 minutes" 2 hours later someone finally came on the line and basically told me I could downgrade one service plan and upgrade the other, but I'd still have to pay AGAIN for the exact same plan I just purchased the day before. NO REFUNDS! NO 30 DAY MONEY BACK AT ALL. That was a $50+ lesson learned. The service is easy to use but expensive compared to others. Just be sure to NEVER need customer service. "
Reviewer: Yahoo Hater from North Carolina Jul 14, 2008

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Or, you can find response like this :

@Yess - In reponse to 'Unlimited' features, July 23, 2008

This perhaps is a misunderstanding. The reason we offer unlimited disk space and bandwidth is because we want you to focus on our features and support, not on how much disk space and bw you get. Most people don't realize how much disk space they actually need. We decided to offer unlimt. disk space and bw in order to remove those factors from your decision, because customer support and reliability make a good host, not a few extra gigs of space. We would never make a customer upgrade because they are using too much disk space or bandwidth. Generally when we contact customers for VPS upgrades it is because their sites are higher in CPU and memory usage, as some sites are just not suitable for a shared hosting environment. This would be true with almost host that runs shared hosting services -- if one site on a server is 'hogging' system resources, it affects performance for everyone else. This is basically the only situation in which we would request a customer to move to a VPS.

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I’ve found these reviews from http://webhostinggeeks.com that I think pure response from the customer about their experience related to web hosting. So, if you need some review for your decision you’ll make, you better go to there.

Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Perfume for Men and Women

The word perfume used today derives from the Latin "per fumum", meaning through smoke. France quickly became the European center of perfume and cosmetic manufacture. Cultivation of flowers for their perfume essence, which had begun in the 14th century, grew into a major industry in the south of France. By the 18th century, aromatic plants were being grown in the Grasse region of France to provide the growing perfume industry with raw materials. Even today, France remains the centre of the European perfume design and trade. Perfume types reflect the concentration of aromatic compounds in a solvent, which in fine fragrance is typically ethanol or a mix of water and ethanol. Various sources differ considerably in the definitions of perfume types. The concentration by percent/volume of perfume oil is as follows:

  • Perfume extract (Extrait): 15-30% (IFRA: typical 20%) aromatic compounds
  • Eau de Parfum (EdP): 10-15% (typical ~15%) aromatic compounds. Sometimes listed as "eau de perfume".
  • Eau de Toilette (EdT): 5-20% (typical ~10%) aromatic compounds
  • Eau de Cologne (EdC): 2-5% aromatic compounds
  • Splash and aftershaves: 0.5-2% aromatic compounds

Since 1945, due to great advances in the technology of perfume creation (i.e., compound design and synthesis) as well as the natural development of styles and tastes; new categories have emerged to describe modern scents:

  • Bright Floral: combining the traditional Single Floral & Floral Bouquet categories.
  • Green: a lighter and more modern interpretation of the Chypre type.
  • Oceanic/Ozone: the newest category in perfume history, appearing in 1991 with Christian Dior's Dune. A very clean, modern smell leading to many of the modern androgynous perfumes.
  • Citrus or Fruity: An old fragrance family that until recently consisted mainly of "freshening" eau de colognes due to the low tenacity of citrus scents. Development of newer fragrance compounds has allowed for the creation of primarily citrus fragrances.
  • Gourmand: scents with "edible" or "dessert"-like qualities. These often contain notes like vanilla and tonka bean, as well as synthetic components designed to resemble food flavors. An example is Thierry Mugler's Angel.

I’ll give you example of perfume for Men in this time. Prada Eu De Toilette - introduces an ambery fougere for man. A contemporary with highly natural scent would give captivating impact. Imaging about Freshness versus Sensuality, and Cleanliness versus Leathery. There are four olfactory dimensions. Amber blends labdanum, patchouli, vanilla and tonka bean. Fougere marries geranium, vetiver, orange blossom, myrrh and perfumerers Givaudans exclusive musk called Nirvanolide. Cologne is composed of Italian bergamot and mandarin along with neroli and cardamom. Suede softens leather with balsamic saffron. You can read more detail about Prada from lovesanta.co.uk. Estee Lauder for Men is also available for you. A refreshing, spicy, lavender, amber fragrance. This masculine scent possesses a blend of nectarine, greens, fresh air, ginger and woody notes. It is recommended for daytime wear. If you interest to shopping for these perfume, I’ll suggest you simply searching online store from Internet to compare price among stores. If you need perfume for your lady, it will be more available range of perfume product for women. In my opinion, lady need more perfume in their activites.