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If you are like most Internet radio stations, you are constantly trying to add to your audience. Listeners search the Shoutcast radio directory to find new music every day. It is the biggest online radio index with approximately 100,000 active stations and a history that dates clear back to 1999.…

Is your station bu..f.f..er...ing!? Oh no! We hate it when this happens just as much as you. So let’s get this fixed ASAP. Today’s technology makes it relatively easy for you to start your own online Internet radio station. And, if you attract enough listeners, you may even generate additional…

Radio has been around for well over a hundred years. This is a medium that's always adapting and changing to keep up with culture and technology. Now that we're in the age of the Internet, radio has taken on a whole new dimension. Below are the top ten digital tips…

When people ask us how to start an Internet radio station, we share this simple formula: Your Music + Our Radio Servers + Listeners = Internet radio station. There's a little more to it than that, but, at its core, starting an Internet radio station requires these three fundamental steps.…

The Future of Gecko. For those of you who I haven’t had the pleasure to meet personally over these last 5-years, I just wanted to touch base and let you know about the future of Gecko. (It’s good, I promise). Since about November last year, we’ve been working on some…

Whether you’re new to Shoutcast or Icecast or are an experienced pro, there’s one thing all Internet radio broadcasters have in common, a need for HTML5 radio players. No matter what kind of station you have, you need a way for people to tune in through your website. And, sometimes…

One of the very first decisions you make when starting a new business (or even a blog) is picking the right name. A close second is choosing the domain name that best represents your business or blog. This can be a challenge. Even if you come up with a great…

Let's say you want to create a website for your existing business or next big project. The first thing you need to decide on is a suitable dedicated server setup. Being a business online 24x7x365 requires the resources and accessibility that only dedicated server hosting can provide. What Is Dedicated…

VPS hosting is perfect for launching an e-commerce site, while similar in many ways to other web endeavours - sales and security bring their own unique challenges. Your standard informational site has fairly easy content management, and hosting requirements are low in comparison to an e-commerce site which is much…

Before you decide whether or not to choose a shared web hosting plan for your website, it is essential to understand the advantages and disadvantages. In layman's terms, shared hosting is all of the server resources from a single physical machine pooled or "shared" between hundreds of small user websites.…

Whether you're a blogger, a small business owner, or a CEO in need of web hosting, you might be wondering what web hosting is and what kind best suits you. For instance, a common question is, "Should I choose VPS hosting or shared hosting?" Well, there are several advantages to…

You can calculate the bandwidth necessary for your Internet radio station with basic math. What is important is to know how much bandwidth you have available and the bitrate you wish to stream your music. For instance, a personal computer is completely capable of hosting an Internet radio broadcast. However,…

You have probably noticed that there are lots and lots of hosts on the web, all with varying degrees of pricing. But what's the reason for that? More often than not hosting prices are directly related to security and support. However, neither are represented well online and it is quite…

Web hosting is one of the most important aspects of a website. As a host, Gecko plays a major role in how fast our client's websites are delivered to their visitors. In general, hosting customers store their files: images, HTML, etc., on servers in datacentres. Files visitors want the ability…