Archive for the “Domains and Hosting” category
Ten Reasons Why You Don’t Need Your Own Domain
by Kevin on June 30, 2009
There is a myth out there that you have to have a domain to get anywhere in the blogosphere. While partially true, you also have to realize that you have more responsibilities when you place the commitment into your own (…)
Great Resources for Finding Even Better Domains
by Kevin on June 28, 2009
The search for a brandable domain has to start somewhere. Most likely, any terms that you think of for use as a website name will already have been taken, especially if it is more common. As in the case of (…)
Saving Money on Website Hosting
by Kevin on May 17, 2009
A majority, if not a significant number of small bloggers use shared hosting, in which host companies place hundreds, if not a thousand or more websites onto a single server. While the technology is now there to support this in (…)
Uptime and Downtime Cheat Sheet
by Kevin on March 24, 2009
The Royal Pingdom blog has released a handy guide explaining exactly what uptimes and downtimes mean for your blog or website. While the conversion between hours and minutes may take some time, you no longer have to perform that task (…)
Stay Away from Subdomains and Folders
by Kevin on January 4, 2009
Here’s a piece of advice for new bloggers and people interested in starting new sites: Don’t install your blog or use a folder as your main blog. There are only a few cases that it would be worthwhile to use (…)