Networks Solutions is prepping a new version of their website to be release “on or around August 1, 2009.” The new design has a lot of the trappings of “Web 2.0″ look and there is mention of new features being added to their services as well. How good the feature enhancements turn out to be will have to wait for the actual release. In the meantime, you can check out the new site. Here’s a quick glance:

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Microsoft and Yahoo have been doing the partnership dance for a while now. It was almost 18 months ago that it looked to all the world like Microsoft was going to just buy Yahoo. Of course, Yahoo didn’t go for the deal and their stock tanked and we’ve been in a three-way race ever since. Yahoo has sputtered along without doing much new. They released Yahoo Buzz, but it doesn’t seem to have generated nearly the “buzz” that they had likely hoped. Microsoft on the other hand has release Bing, which has generated lots of noise and put Microsoft back on the search map.

Now a new deal is supposed to be announced that will make Bing the default search engine on Yahoo. This is not the first time Yahoo has changed engines. At first, they had their own search, which just searched their directory (remember their directory? no?). A little later, they partnered with and eventually bought Alta Vista. Then they partnered with Google for a while. After it became clear that Google was kicking their butt, they partnered with and eventually bought Inktomi. And now they are looking to partner with Microsoft. You can’t say Yahoo isn’t trying to do well at search. The problem is they always seem to look outside the company for answers.

Okay, enough history. What does this mean for you and your web site? Well, I have good news and bad news.

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Now, A2 Hosting is not the first host I’d recommend (not even in my top ten), but the price cut is still considerable if you are considering them.

Yahoo! has extended their promotion to the rest of July. You can get 35% off all of their hosting plans for the first three months with only a three month commitment. Even though Yahoo’s hosting isn’t what it used to be, if you want to try them, now might be the time.