http://www.ananova.com/ghost-a-new-open-source-blog-host/
A new startup called Ghost is aiming to change the face of blogging. Ghost is an open-source blogging platform that solely focuses on blogging – nothing else. It is a platform that has been developed strictly for journalists and writers, and it has a ton of user-friendly appeal.
Ten Alternate Free Blog Hosting Sites
We talk a lot about WordPress on this blog because it is the most popular free hosting platform available. But, it’s not the only one. As streamlined as WordPress is, some people might prefer to go with another free hosting company. Here’s a look at ten free blog hosts that may provide you with something WordPress can’t.
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Adult Hosting Sites
Ever wonder which country hosts the most porn? How about which state in the US features the most adult hosting sites? In case you did, a company has compiled this data just for you!
And it’s kind of ironic: the company that compiled this data, MetaCert, offers Internet users various tools to keep children from viewing inappropriate content while online. So, who made the list? Let’s take a look.
When it comes to countries, America is by far the winner: 60% of the world’s porn is hosted in the good old USA. That’s 428 million adult hosting pages! The Netherlands comes in at number two (26%, 187 million pages), with the UK at number three with 7%, 52 million pages.
How about the bottom of the list? Poland hosts a mere 505,000 pages. Wondering how other countries stack up? Here’s a breakdown of the top 20:
So, of those 428 million US adult hosting sites, what states host the most? The clear winner: California, hosting 66% of all adult sites in the US, followed nowhere near closely by New York and Texas, 8%, Arizona and Illinois with 2% each, and New Jersey, Florida, and Washington with 1% each.
The least likely place to see adult hosting sites is Alaska. Only 10,363 pages of pornographic content are hosted there.
Again, it’s not surprising that .com is the most popular TLD for porn, accounting for 82.46% of all adult hosting sites. .net is second with 7.76%, and .nl with 2.35.%.
So why does America love porn so much anyway? It’s not a love of porn this study demonstrates. Remember, it’s the top countries featuring adult hosting sites. One reason is likely because the US, along with the Netherlands, is one of the most common countries for a website to be hosted. Let’s not forget most of these hosting providers aren’t very restrictive regarding what kind of content they’ll host. The Netherlands are even more lenient.
Another reason is the US legal system and freedom of speech. As the old saying goes, we have bigger fish to fry than worrying about adult content. As long as our kids don’t see it, who cares?
Does any of the information above surprise you?
SEA Hacks US Media Sites Via Third-Party Service
Are you a regular reader of the Washington Post? Then you may have noticed things didn’t look quite right earlier in the week. Hackers were able to breach the dedicated hosting sites for The Washington Post, CNN, and Time by breaching the site for third-party service relied on by all three sites, Outbrain.
Privacy is the one word on everyone’s mind. It all began with the NSA leak, but it definitely doesn’t end there. It’s now more than obvious that any company based on U.S. soil is susceptible to government scrutiny, and that includes the possibility that the government may take a peek at your private files.
It’s official: you’d better not start up a cheap hosting site where people can post nude pictures of exes and enemies in order to exact revenge. It’s on its way to becoming against the law, after the California State Senate passed a measure banning ‘revenge porn.’
Read more here:
http://www.ananova.com/california-one-step-closer-to-outlawing-revenge-porn/
http://www.ananova.com/google-adds-cloud-storage-encryption/
In an effort to try and calm the companies that use Google Cloud Storage, Google has announced that all files will now be automatically encrypted. Using 128-bit Advanced Encryption Standard (AES}, files will be encrypted by Google before they are “written to disk.”
http://www.ananova.com/the-rules-for-backlinking/
Backlinking. It’s a touchy subject. One that confuses a lot of would-be bloggers and cheap hosting site owners. Should you do it? How often should you do it? Are there any real guidelines that Google has set on the topic? It all depends on how you look at it. Here’s a guide to blog backlinking that makes things (relatively) simple.
http://www.ananova.com/uk-mandatory-web-filter-and-what-it-means-for-web-hosting-companies/
We’ve discussed the UK government’s plan to make the Internet a safer place for children by making adult hosting content filters mandatory. In case you didn’t catch those articles, here’s a recap: PM David Cameron is requiring porn filters be activated in every household in the UK unless the user opts out of it when signing up for service.
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