Comments on: A Million Businesses on Office Live While Generic Hosting Slides

By: Mark Pegues

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:10:13 +0000

Many people still are not aware of other options outside of generic hosting. One of my biggest selling points is informing clients they no longer have to pay for hosting. They quickly and easily convert away from 1and1, GoDaddy, Yahoo!, and others to Office Live.

By: Sekhar Ravinutala

Sekhar Ravinutala — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:27:32 +0000

I doubt businesses (even SMBs) will switch to blogs or hosted/customizable sites from regular websites – rather, they’ll use the two together. Having a fully custom site is the only way to communicate your brand/products/services well and differentiate, IMO.

Sure, individuals, some non-profits, etc. that don’t want/need to invest in a separate website, may well switch.

In any case, I do think as more and more apps move online to a SaaS model, cloud computing will become more compelling. And chances are, the GoDaddys and 1&1s will begin offering on the lines of AWS and Google AE.

By: PR NY

PR NY — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:52:56 +0000

Generic hosting may also be down because Web owners may have simply gotten fed up from not making any money on their Websites.

Top level SEOs are expensive and PPCs have gotten to costly for many small biz owners

By: Andy

Andy — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:19:07 +0000

Well done to Microsoft. They get little credit for providing small business with real solutions. Their online interfaces might be a little shakey, not the most useable at times, but they provide good features and prices people are willing to stump up cash for. And the latter – getting people to pay – is key.