100best-web-hosting.com has announced HostMonster as the best web host of the year. Innovative features, products, great customer service and low prices has earned HostMonster, a leading Web host provider, with this coveted title. Las Vegas, NV (Vocus/PRWEB) February 08, 2011 As a leading Web host provider, HostMonster has been working since 2002 to provide customers with the best Web host experience on the Web

A video still of Eric Schmidt, Google’s chairman and former CEO (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Google ( www.google.com ) revealed in a conference call Friday that company CEO Eric Schmidt will step down from his position and assume the role of chairman while cofounder Larry Page moves up to CEO. Schmidt said he and Google’s founders are currently laying out the details of their management roles. He wrote about the move in a blog post on the company’s blog: “As executive chairman, I will focus wherever I can add the greatest value: externally, on the deals, partnerships, customers and broader business relationships, government outreach and technology thought leadership that are increasingly important given Google’s global reach and internally as an advisor to Larry and Sergey [Brin].” Schmidt said the restructuring in management will produce “even better success” for the company

Telnic ,  the Registry Operator for the award-winning communications-focused .tel top level domain (TLD), and TelChina , its strategic partner in China, announced that  HC  International,a leading  B2B  E-commerce  and traditional  marketing  services  provider  in  China,  has  begun  providing  .tel  names  to  its 170,000 clients on the Southwest Operations Centre platform. Lucy Wang, CEO of TelChina explained: “We’re pleased that HC International is the first leading service provider in China to incorporate .tel names into its E‐commerce services.  With the growing importance of an online presence for business and increasing use of the mobile web, providing .tel names will enhance discoverability, accessibility and the reputation of their clients, both in China and abroad.” With over 10 million registered members in more than 32 industries, HC International is a  leading  B2B  E‐commerce  service  provider  in  China.   HC  International  will  begin providing .tel names to its 170,000 small and medium‐sized businesses on its Southwest Operations Centre platform in stages.  Businesses will benefit from .tel names bundled with  their  current  HC  International  services,  enabling  their  business  to  be  found  in  a crossplatform environment as well as improving their communications effectiveness by offering  customers  different  communications  choices  through  .tel,  including  mobileo-ptimized micro-sites. Khashayar Mahdavi, CEO of Telnic Limited, said: “We are confident that 2011 will be an exciting year for TelChina and .tel, given the rapid adoption that they are experiencing from organisations such as HC International.  We fully anticipate an accelerated take‐up of .tel names from E‐commerce, online marketing  and telecommunications companies in the region as the success of this and other deals become apparent.” To register .tel domain names check out EuroDNS .    DKD DomainNews

Offers savings in its January sale with reductions of up to 85% on domain names, web hosting and other products. 123-reg , a domain name registrar, recently announced its January sale, with reductions of up to 85% on domain names, web hosting and other products.

The pre-tax figure to the end of September hit £1.16 million, up from £517,000 the previous year as the company signalled it would continue to stalk potential takeover targets. At the operating level, the firm generated profits of £1.06m after making a £384,000 loss during the same period in 2009.

Hostgator is offering up to 80 percent off all its hosting services through Cyber Monday (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Leading up to the biggest shopping day of the year,  several Web hosting providers and domain registrars announced in the past week they are offering different sales and promotions on Black Friday as well as Cyber Monday. Web hosting providers Hostgator and A2 Hosting both announced discounts from 30 to 80 percent on their respective hosting services, SingleHop is offering 30 perent off its servers, BlackSun is offering 50 percent of select domains, WestHost is doubling the contract term on its hosting plans, and Cool Handle is offering a free year of Linux shared hosting.  To keep up with the latest Web hosting sales and promotions, subscribe to the WHIR’s Deals Feed , which offers a constant RSS stream of the latest deals from across the industry

Web host WebHostingBuzz is offering limited time $1 hosting plans for the first month on select reseller and VPS hosting plans. (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — There were several Web hosting sales and promotions announced in the past week, including blade server discounts from Global Net Access, wholesale .PRO discounts from RegistryPro, and $1 reseller and VPS hosting plans from WebHostingBuzz. CoreLink is also continuing to offering three free months of colocation promotion.