Google just made some updates to Google Trends which allows you to research and compare search terms by popularity and geographical region. If you do keyword research, this can be a very handy tool.
After signing in to a Google Account, visitors to Trends can now view the “numbers” on the graphs as well as being [...]

I have an interest in rhetoric, the study of writing or speaking as a means of communication or persuasion.
No, really…this IS interesting, please read on:
My studies of rhetoric have made me fans of those who have mastered the art of persuasion, and one of my favorite examples is the official DreamHost blog. Which is massively [...]

The DreamHost Site of the Month (DHSOTM) contest started in 1998 to honor the best sites among the ones they host.
Each month, one DreamHost customer gets their site anointed the Site of the Month; the winner being the site with the highest average vote with at least 10 votes when the newsletter is written. The [...]

If you haven’t already, you may want to check out and bookmark the official Dreamhost Discussion Forums. Although you’ll find some drivel and whining, there are generally a few good conversations taking place around the forums.
If you are a potential customer of Dreamhost, you may want to check out the Curious About Dreamhost? forum [...]

All DreamHost hosting packages include access to a free flash-based media player as well as an image rotator. This means you can easily (and awesomely) embed audio, video or picture slideshows into your website.
The Flash Media Player can only play videos in “FLV” format… but DreamHost allows you to convert your .avi, .mov, or .mpg [...]

DreamHost offers one click installs for a stack of open source software. Which makes it incredibly simple to get a fully functional database driven site up In 5 mins — without much hosting or programming knowledge.
Sweet, eh?
Dreamhost even has an “Easy Mode” for installing WordPress, Zenphoto, phpBB, and Drupal. In easy mode, Dreamhost handles [...]

The wiki serves as DreamHost’s web hosting manual, but also contains a lot of non DreamHost-specific information too.
The community supported wiki contains tons of information about working with Dreamhost from basic FAQs to detailed tutorials. If you have a question about your hosting, you can probably find the answer in the wiki.
Popular sections in the [...]

If you missed the announcement, Firefox 3 was released on June 17th.

Said to have: “more than 15,000 improvements, Firefox 3 is faster, safer and smarter than ever before.” One of the most impressive improvements in my opinion is Firefox’s performance. Firefox 3 has made some great leaps to become the leanest & fastest version to [...]

Last year, Dreamhost announced that it has become carbon neutral. This means that Dreamhost has calculated it’s impact on everything that they use and leave behind from paper, to electricty, and even gas to drive to work, then purchase renewable energy credits and carbon credits to offset their companies personal impact on the environment.
You [...]

Did you try to view your website but all you get is this following error message?
Site Temporarily Unavailable
We apologize for the inconvenience. Please contact the webmaster/ tech support immediately to have them rectify this.
error id: “bad_httpd_conf“
Don’t panic.
This post will explain what a “bad_httpd_conf” means, and how to fix the problem.
While your gut reaction may be [...]