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Google is the most widely used search engine in the online world and took over 84% of online search queries in October this year leaving Yahoo with just 6.68% and Bing with only 3.49%. But we often forget that Google is not just a search engine, Google offer a handful of other services (mostly free) which can be extremely beneficial to webmasters.

So we talked before about the caffeine update from Google, changes to Google’s indexing infrastructure that should produce even more results per query, drastically faster with the inclusion of real time news headlines as and when they happen.

Matt Cutts today announced on his blog that the first stage of the caffeine update will be rolled out after the holidays starting with just one data center and as feedback is collected, Google will begin rolling out the update to other users. Google’s now closed the official sandbox tools so if you didn’t get a chance to try it you are going to have to wait until it goes live.

So why all the fuss? The big hype came when Google engineer Matt Cutts hinted at the possibility of some minor changes to Google’s algorithm. Their algorithm determines the importance of each website within Google’s index in relation to your search term. SEO experts worldwide face losing some big rankings with an update of this size. Initial trials of the Caffeine update through Google’s Sandbox tool revealed little changes just as Matt Cutts had suggested. That said, it isn’t too late for Google to through a few surprises at us as they roll out the entire update on their infrastructure.

Right now all can do is wait and see how the update affects each of our rankings.

Luke Kendall / Affiliate Manager

At Just Host we just don’t seem to be able to stop winning awards at the moment. This month we’ve been awarded WebHostingReport.com’s November 2009 award for Best Cheap Hosting. We have been awarded this because of the way we’ve “established [ourselves] as a leader in the web hosting industry by offering quality hosting features, reliable uptime, and top-notch customer service all at a price that is one of the most reasonable in the business.”

We have also been ranked the #1 web host by TenHostingReviews.com for November. They explain the reasons for their choice are “due to [Just Host’s] high stability, excellent service, quickness throughout the month and [our] fast responsive to assist [our] clients. Through TenHostingReviews.com, we have received good customer experiences and that’s why we recommend Just Host as our #1 ranked Best Web Host November 2009.

Thank you to both WebHostingReport.com and TenHostingReviews.com for awarding Just Host these top web hosting awards. As we are constantly striving to improve our services and are always adding new features to ensure our customers get the best service possible, getting recognition like this from such sites means we must be making the right choices and really appreciate the support.

Sophy / Marketing Manager