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Jargon Busters #2: Understanding Web Hosting - DailyBlogTips

Jargon Busters #2: Understanding Web Hosting - DailyBlogTips

Jargon Busters #2: Understanding Web Hosting

Posted: 15 Jul 2014 01:18 PM PDT

Welcome to the second part of our jargon-busting series.

If you missed the first part, which deals with Domain Names, you can find it here.

Having a domain name is a great start … but it's not the only thing you need in order to get your website online.

Your site needs to be "hosted" on the web. That means that all the files for your site have to be stored on a computer that's connected to the internet, so that people can see your site when they visit it.

Now, technically, you could keep your website on your home computer and set things up so it could be accessed – but no-one does this.

Why? Because:

  • You'd have to keep your computer switched on 24-7 so your site never had downtime.
  • You'd have security implications (e.g. you'd have to switch off your firewall).
  • Your computer or internet connection might be slow, which would make your site run slowly.
  • Getting things set up would be a technical challenge; it's much easier to buy web hosting than to set up your computer in this way.

There are loads of companies that offer web hosting, giving your site a permanent space on the web so it can be accessed by anyone, anywhere, any time. This space is on a special computer called a "server".

(We'll come onto WordPress in the third part of this series.)

There are plenty of excellent, good value webhosts out there. Daniel uses HostGator, and I use Dreamhost. To get the cheapest deals with any webhost, you'll need to pay for a year's hosting up-front – but you can normally pay monthly instead (it just ends up costing more overall).

Tips:

  • Shop around and read reviews before deciding on a web host. You can change to a different hosting company in the future, but it's always easiest to stay in one place.
  • Look for a company offering unlimited space and unlimited bandwidth (both HostGator and Dreamhost do). If you have limited space, you may have trouble hosting videos or other large files.  If you have limited bandwidth, your site might go down – or you might get hit with charges – if you get lots of visitors in a short space of time.
  • Avoid very cheap deals: chances are, these will limit you quite severely.Make sure you'll be able to install WordPress. You can find a list of WordPress's recommended web hosts here.

Further Reading:

The Hosting Plan You Need Depends on Revenues, and Not Only Traffic (Daniel Scocco, DailyBlogTips)

Why I Switched Blog Hosting Companies (and Who I'm With Now) (Darren Rowse, ProBlogger)

How to Pick the Best WordPress Web Hosting (Syed Balkhi, Balkhis.com)

 

Do you have a question about web hosting, or a crucial tip that I've missed? Drop a comment below…

 

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What was it like to make my first million dollars?

Posted: 15 Jul 2014 06:00 AM PDT

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Stubjj844 - Where did you learn to do….whatever the hell it is you do lol?? Do you remember your first million and what was that like?

Long story short – I started fucking around with a website where you could upload ringtones and the site would convert them into any phone format.   I didn’t know dick about making websites I just downloaded some books on html and then found a bunch of code online I copied or hacked away to make it worked.

Then I lost my job cause all I really did at work was work on my website.

2 weeks later Google called me and said I can make money installing their adsense product.

The next month I went to the bank and cashed an unemployment check for $350 and also a check from Google for $136,994.37.  That was my last unemployment check.

From there I really learned how to make money online studying the revenue models with donations,  affiliate marketing, arbitrage, selling dropshipped products, and even subscriptions.

The next year I did almost 3 million in gross revenue I forget the profit but it was a pretty high profit marin somewhere around 80%.

Honestly I always felt like it was going to go away at any day so I never blew money on anything.

The funny thing is I took a picture with that check cause I thought well when this goes to shit maybe I can sell a book about how I went from unemployment to making 130k/month.   Little did I know that would be the last month Google would send out paper checks over 10k (they only do wires) so nobody else has a picture like that.

My book is called Nothing’s Changed but my Change which is really super true.   Yea I put away a lot of cash but I still remember what it was like to be flat ass broke and I never want to feel that again.

Having money is not everything but not having it is.   Been on both sides of that shit.

The most rewarding part is I take 15% of my earnings every year and donate it to charity.  I also take a percentage and try to help my friends back from my home that need help.

One year I gave my mom 10k
in $1 bills like one of those glass containers that you would win on a game show.

Thats really the best part,  being able to really change people’s lives.  Sorry that sounds sappy.

I have friends with new ferrari’s and lambo’s and pickup 30k tabs and shit.   Blow 10k on hookers and blow in a night.

That wont be me… ever…

Don’t get me wrong I have picked up a few 4 figure tabs on very rare occasions and ONE time blew 8k at a strip club in North Carolina.  I wanted to shoot myself in the face for like a week.

Anyway hope that answers your question.

Trying to increase your Google rank that is like no other?
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