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How links work. How and where to put links in your pages
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Where to find and register domain names for the best prices
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How to find a helpful and reliable
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FTP Client
Finding and using a program that will upload your web pages from your
office computer to your chosen hosting service computers
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How to register with this program that places releveant adverts on your
pages in colours and places that you choose.
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AdsenseTM Code
EXACTLY
how to copy and paste the
Adsense code into the correct place on each web page
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INTO your site that will allow search engines to find it
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Hosting Service
Getting this right can make the
difference between making thousands of dollars a month and making
nothing at all.
Factors to Consider
- Location of company web servers
If you are aiming your website at a
specific country there are 2 ways people in that country can find you
easily; a country specific domain name or a hosting service based in
that country.
co.uk domains can only be bought if you have a UK address. If you want
to attract Britons to your site and you have no UK address then
consider a UK based hosting service.
Percentage downtime may not seem that
important now, but believe me it will be.
Bandwidth is a measure of the maximum amount traffic your site can
have. Your first sites are likely to be small and text based, so
bandwidth will not be a major consideration.
Interface software differs in complexity. Look for a host with a
website interface you can understand easily.
As a newcomerto Web Hosting you WILL need help from your host. Try
to avoid signing up for long term packages until you have tried the
service out for a month.
Choosing
the cheapest hosting service is a false economy.
You can find free hosting, but serach engines are unlikely to ever list
your site
You need only a 1-4 email addresses for each domain, so do not
prioritise 500 email addresses in your requirements of a web hosting
service.
You are likely to be setting up more than one site, so consider a
Reseller account, where you pay one slightly higher hosting fee and can
host up to 100 websites without any extra charges.
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- Who
else is using that service
There
are people who put 200 websites a day online using automated software.
These sites are poor quality and often regarded as spam sites. The
Internet is becoming overloaded with these low quality spam sites.
You do NOT want to be on the same host as these spam sites.
Search engines may note the hosting services that these sites are on
and may blacklist ANY site on that host.
It is very easy to find the nameservers of any spam sites through any
domain name reseller site. I avoid any host that offers me those same
nameservers.
Make a note of any spam sites you come across. Report them to Google,
using the link provided on all Google Adsene ads.
Hosting
Services I use and Why.
Different
people have different requirements of a hosting service.
If you are new to the website hosting game then you WILL need help. It
is essential to choose a host who will answer your emails and phone
calls promptly and helpfully.
For some of my sites aimed at US users I use Blue Host. The support team are superb, anwswering
emails in minutes and they have
never had
any problems with the stupid questions I have had to ask, always
getting helpful answers.
I use Thinkhost for
the remainder of my US targeted sites. The Thinkhost website is very easy to
navigate and they have a simple hosting package that lets you host
mo0re than just the one domain, all without paying any extra.
The Thinkhost package offers incredible value and they have excellent
offers, as well as a Website Builder if you need it.
For UK sites I use Heart
Internet because
I like their easy to use hosting and domain purchase interface. Some of
my UK sites have a
co.uk extension and these are hosted on a Black
Night host. Black Night are the single most helpful company I have
ever come across online. They are based in Ireland.
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