Can Shared Hosting Handle This Amount Of Traffic?

Can someone please tell us know from experience, can a shared hosting site (ex: hostgator) handle visitors of 100 visitors a minute for a minisite of just 10 pages with only text and just a php button for addthis.com (overall website size is 200 kb and each page size approx. is 20 kb)? Even during sudden traffic of about 300 visitors a minute from digg or other places?

$1.99 Or Less .info Domain Besides Godaddy

Can someone please tell me where I can buy or transfer .info domains besides godaddy? Please let me know as many of my .info is about to expire on godaddy, and I would really like all of them to be transfered someone else for about the same price.

Simple Photo Technique Without Using Photoshop

We see images like this on forums often and would like to try out the simplest way of doing this. The sample image is shown below (image picture varies, so ignore that):




So please let us know (if you know done this personally) the exact method of doing this with a black background and writing text without using photoshop.

Thanks in advance!

What Is The Top Website Search Engine In Your Opinion?

1. Is it google custom search engine or does anyone know any other out their (besides google search engine) that gives the best relevant search for your website?

2. If you have a few moments, can you let us know which one you use on your website and why do you use it instead of any other out their?

Other Commenting Systems Besides Facebook, Wordpress?

What are other systems for allowing commenting on website articles besides facebook, wordpress (if used wordpress to build website), Disqus, xcommentpro, and google friend connect?