Today I had GoDaddy revert my hosting from Windows to Linux. I feel pretty guilty for deserting Microsoft.
When I signed on with GoDaddy about a year ago, I was provided the choice and went with Windows. At the time, it seemed like a good choice. I was used to Windows, have been using it for years, being pretty aware of many of the applications available to Windows Servers. You know, front page.
I think when it came down to it, I sided with Windows because Linux represented the unknown and I had developed a partiality to all things Microsoft.
Why did I want to change? Glad you asked.
I purchased my first website, www.excellentcorvettes.com, and stepped into the world of website design. More about this later.
What I have learned, is that most websites are hosted on Linux servers.
The Linux operating system is very widely accepted as the hosting operating system that meets the needs of most sites on the internet.
Site designers consider it as being the fasted, most reliable and capable.
Linux supports a huge number of open source applications geared towards meeting the needs of the online community.
If I were to suggest, to someone just signing on with a hosting provider, choose the Linux for website hosting. Choose Windows if business applications made by Microsoft are going to be hosted on your new domain.
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Monday, January 19, 2009
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Makeing Money Online Guidelines
My journeys across the web searching for good information has lead me to this set of guidelines. I want to read it often so it becomes ingrained in memory and actions.
Getting right to it, here are the guidelines. Oh, and before I forget, credit for these jewels of rules goes to micmol, a member at Site Point, the site I choose to shop for domains for sale and read the vast number of helpful articles and forums.
Here they are:
How To Make Money Online - 15 Golden Guidelines
Dear All
Your comments would be much appreciated.
1/ "Making money" from your website is not as hard as it sounds just depends on how many mouths you have to feed.
2/ Selling information is much easier, cheaper and cost effective with little to no risk.
3/ Quality dynamic content helps drive traffic to your site therefore to your message.
4/ Being a big fish in a small pond has its advantages.
5/ Get large amounts of traffic and people start to offer you opportunities.
6/ Focus on multiple interlinking self owned site strategy.
7/ 10 small sites are better than one big one, but you still must have the one big one.
8/ Multiple sites perform better if there is a common thread, even if this threat is merely target audience.
9/ Don't make a site do multiple things - one site one goal works beautifully.
10/ Optimise your site for traffic before you optimise for the eye - but don't ignore the eye.
11/ Quality traffic will make you money - just depends on how much quality and how much traffic.
12/ Online traffic attracted from online sources are better buying prospects to buy online.
13/ If your promoting a bricks and mortar entity don't try to sell product online sell the enquiry instead.
14/ Basic offline marketing and selling skills work online assuming the product stacks up.
15/ Its not only seeing the idea that counts its how you implement it that counts.
Kind Regards
Micmol
Discover The Magic Of ...... Digital Radio/
Getting right to it, here are the guidelines. Oh, and before I forget, credit for these jewels of rules goes to micmol, a member at Site Point, the site I choose to shop for domains for sale and read the vast number of helpful articles and forums.
Here they are:
How To Make Money Online - 15 Golden Guidelines
Dear All
Your comments would be much appreciated.
1/ "Making money" from your website is not as hard as it sounds just depends on how many mouths you have to feed.
2/ Selling information is much easier, cheaper and cost effective with little to no risk.
3/ Quality dynamic content helps drive traffic to your site therefore to your message.
4/ Being a big fish in a small pond has its advantages.
5/ Get large amounts of traffic and people start to offer you opportunities.
6/ Focus on multiple interlinking self owned site strategy.
7/ 10 small sites are better than one big one, but you still must have the one big one.
8/ Multiple sites perform better if there is a common thread, even if this threat is merely target audience.
9/ Don't make a site do multiple things - one site one goal works beautifully.
10/ Optimise your site for traffic before you optimise for the eye - but don't ignore the eye.
11/ Quality traffic will make you money - just depends on how much quality and how much traffic.
12/ Online traffic attracted from online sources are better buying prospects to buy online.
13/ If your promoting a bricks and mortar entity don't try to sell product online sell the enquiry instead.
14/ Basic offline marketing and selling skills work online assuming the product stacks up.
15/ Its not only seeing the idea that counts its how you implement it that counts.
Kind Regards
Micmol
Discover The Magic Of ...... Digital Radio/
Saturday, January 10, 2009
Before Buying a Website
Before Buying a Website
Given that I have no experience what so ever at buying, improving and then reselling a website, I took it upon myself to do a little research. Just as I thought, it appears the online community has already done the research on this subject.
One must treat this venture with attention to details. This helps eliminate wasting your time and the time of others. Getting caught up in a bad match between a buyer and seller is a fruitless proposition. Fraud is a particularly popular proposition and requires a determined mindset to avoid. From the very beginning, the World Wide Web has been compared to the Wild, Wild West.
Here is what I have learned so far:
Before handing over any hard earned money for a website purchase, remember the Buyer Beware Rule.
Research-Research-Research
Learn who is selling- Google the names, phone numbers, emails, website addresses and what ever else relates and look for discrepancies which maybe indicative of fraud.
Research the site itself- do a Google search like- site:www.nameofsite.com and see how many hits there are. Read where these sites originate and click through to see what info is found. Discover what you can about the site traffic, age, history, number and age of pages, SERP, check the index for clues, broken links, content originality, copyright or trade-name infringement, ownership of photo’s or artwork. Legal rights are to be respected, infringement on a website is getting easier to detect thanks to special software.
Here are some websites that help in the research phases-
http://www.domaintools.com/ - registrant’s information and more
http://www.aboutus.org/ - provides good general information
http://www.myipneighbors.com/ - what other sites are on the same server
http://www.compete.com/ - compares traffic of websites
http://www.alexa.com/ - traffic and page views information
http://www.archive.org/ - historical record of websites
http://www.copyscape.com/ - site checks for duplicate content on other sites
http://www.technorati.com/ - provides many services to bloggers
http://www.blogsearch.google.com/ - blog search
I am sure there are many websites which provide more tools for the investigation phase of a website purchase, I hope to add them when I find them. If you know of some, add them to a comment. I need all the help I can get.
Given that I have no experience what so ever at buying, improving and then reselling a website, I took it upon myself to do a little research. Just as I thought, it appears the online community has already done the research on this subject.
One must treat this venture with attention to details. This helps eliminate wasting your time and the time of others. Getting caught up in a bad match between a buyer and seller is a fruitless proposition. Fraud is a particularly popular proposition and requires a determined mindset to avoid. From the very beginning, the World Wide Web has been compared to the Wild, Wild West.
Here is what I have learned so far:
Before handing over any hard earned money for a website purchase, remember the Buyer Beware Rule.
Research-Research-Research
Learn who is selling- Google the names, phone numbers, emails, website addresses and what ever else relates and look for discrepancies which maybe indicative of fraud.
Research the site itself- do a Google search like- site:www.nameofsite.com and see how many hits there are. Read where these sites originate and click through to see what info is found. Discover what you can about the site traffic, age, history, number and age of pages, SERP, check the index for clues, broken links, content originality, copyright or trade-name infringement, ownership of photo’s or artwork. Legal rights are to be respected, infringement on a website is getting easier to detect thanks to special software.
Here are some websites that help in the research phases-
http://www.domaintools.com/ - registrant’s information and more
http://www.aboutus.org/ - provides good general information
http://www.myipneighbors.com/ - what other sites are on the same server
http://www.compete.com/ - compares traffic of websites
http://www.alexa.com/ - traffic and page views information
http://www.archive.org/ - historical record of websites
http://www.copyscape.com/ - site checks for duplicate content on other sites
http://www.technorati.com/ - provides many services to bloggers
http://www.blogsearch.google.com/ - blog search
I am sure there are many websites which provide more tools for the investigation phase of a website purchase, I hope to add them when I find them. If you know of some, add them to a comment. I need all the help I can get.
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Welcome to Online-Chronicles
I am not one for sharing my experiences when I tread into unknown waters. I find it so much more comforting to share experiences after the facts so I get the benefit of editing out what I don’t want to share. Like most people I tend to keep unpleasant experiences to my self to avoid embarrassment or worse, out right criticism.
Ahhh, but alas, I have grown and feel braver than before and intend to place my toes into the waters of the web, the World Wide Web that is. This is my first blog and I hope to chronicle my thoughts and experiences here as I try to develop a means of self support and self exploration.
I understand much about the World Wide Web, you see, I learned of 1200 baud modems in 1992 and was quick to understand that this invention was the most significant step for mankind to date.
By 1993, I had nurtured a Motorola 386 back to life. As I look back on that PC, I really wish I had not parted with it, you see it kind of represented the vehicle which changed my whole life. My occupation today, allows me to provide technical support to users of PC's and a host of peripheral equipment. I have been helping others professionally since 1999 and now I am here creating a chronicle of what I hope to accomplish for myself, namely, chronicle the experiences of creating an income from the infinite possibilities afforded through the capabilities of an online existence.
My first blog entry is nearly complete and I have to confess, my mind is getting a bit out of focus. Let me share that my first step in creating an income online will be to purchase a website that will get the ball rolling. Nothing extreme here, fairly inexpensive, easy to manage and maintain and within my limited knowledge of such things..... Stay tuned for more.....
Chronicles-Online.
Ahhh, but alas, I have grown and feel braver than before and intend to place my toes into the waters of the web, the World Wide Web that is. This is my first blog and I hope to chronicle my thoughts and experiences here as I try to develop a means of self support and self exploration.
I understand much about the World Wide Web, you see, I learned of 1200 baud modems in 1992 and was quick to understand that this invention was the most significant step for mankind to date.
By 1993, I had nurtured a Motorola 386 back to life. As I look back on that PC, I really wish I had not parted with it, you see it kind of represented the vehicle which changed my whole life. My occupation today, allows me to provide technical support to users of PC's and a host of peripheral equipment. I have been helping others professionally since 1999 and now I am here creating a chronicle of what I hope to accomplish for myself, namely, chronicle the experiences of creating an income from the infinite possibilities afforded through the capabilities of an online existence.
My first blog entry is nearly complete and I have to confess, my mind is getting a bit out of focus. Let me share that my first step in creating an income online will be to purchase a website that will get the ball rolling. Nothing extreme here, fairly inexpensive, easy to manage and maintain and within my limited knowledge of such things..... Stay tuned for more.....
Chronicles-Online.
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