If you’re at all like me, you might already have owned the domain with your name for a little while just to be sure someone else doesn’t snatch it up. Shoot, I saw someone on Twitter say he’s already gotten his small child a domain with her name. (I’ve got to get to work on that with my three little ones). But then KelbyCarr.com was just sitting there, doing nothing.

Meanwhile, I’ve been developing my own sites as well as writing and blogging for several sites. My email signature was getting…

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Whenever someone registers a domain, they have an expiry date before which they have to renew it. But few people, either forget or deliberately, let their domain to expire which result in a lot of expired domains everyday. We can profit by registering them in several ways. If it is a keyword domain, you can park it and earn money. If it is a 3-5 lettered domain, you can profit by selling it.

Though there are many domains that expires everyday, we cannot find them manually by typing the…

One of the most commonly asked questions by both new and experienced webmasters alike is “what is the best web hosting company?”, I here it everywhere I go. Its been the topic of thousands of forum threads and blog posts. So what are the most important factors to you in a great web host? For me, its can they stand up to increased traffic, can I grow with them, and can they answer my questions and provide me with satisfactory support.

I am pretty tech savvy and often prefer to handle…

There are certain factors you need to consider when choosing a suitable host. All of these factors should be researched and weighed up before you take the plunge and pay for a hosting company. Before we move on i strongly recommend reading my previous posts ‘The Basics of Hosting a Blog‘ and ‘Never Let a hosting company control your domain name‘.

What you need to consider when choosing a host

Once you have narrowed down your search for a host you should compare hosting companies for :

• Price - The price is usually…

Moving from a hosted blogging solution like blogger or wordpress.com to your own domain name and hosting is a giant step towards becoming a successful blogger. You have much more control over your site and you will see a lot more search engine benefits too.

Getting a hosting package for the first time can be a daunting experience but it needn’t be. I will be talking tomorrow about ‘What you should look for in a hosting company’ but first i thought that it would be good to give you a brief understanding of…