Yahoo! Offering Movable Type Hosting

Six Apart has optimized its Movable Type software specifically for Yahoo's hosting environment, resulting in performance that they claim is 140% faster than the vast majority of hosting environments.

"Blogging is quickly moving into the mainstream as companies grow their businesses by using blogs for marketing purposes, for internal workgroups and even for content management," said Anil Dash, Six Apart's vice president of professional products. "By partnering with Yahoo! and customizing Movable Type specifically for their environment, we have created the best Movable Type experience on the web. Professionals now have an easy way to install, customize and expand their Movable Type weblogs, all hosted and managed by the recognized leader in website and blog hosting."

"With tens of millions of existing blogs and an estimated 70 thousand new blogs being created everyday, Yahoo! is committed to meeting the needs of the growing blogosphere, by helping bloggers focus on their content and their audience, rather than on their infrastructure," said Rich Riley, vice president and general manager of Yahoo! Small Business. "Yahoo! has created a best-in-class hosting solution for bloggers, and by integrating it with Six Apart's leading Movable Type software, we offer users a flexible, easy-to-use blogging product with unparalleled scalability."

The latest version of Movable Type blogging software can be installed on Yahoo! Web Hosting in seconds. As with all Yahoo! Web Hosting services, this professional blogging solution includes a free domain, blog/Web site hosting, and business-class email.

Features:

• Scalability -- Support for publishing and managing a virtually unlimited number of blogs; 200 GB data transfer per month, with 5GB of disk space for posts and graphics
• Reliability -- 99.9% number and hot failover capability
• Ease-of-use -- Quick and easy installation of the latest version of Movable Type with automatic upgrades
• Customer support -- 24 hour toll-free customer support
• Speed -- Use of FastCGI speeds performance

Hosting packages start at $11.95/month.

Source: Six Apart