DISQUS

Steve's Tech Blog · 2 years ago

Very informative but I have a question about "submit your domain name":
Do you really mean submit to Google? It can takes weeks and time is money in business. :mrgreen:

Read this:
How to get your new site index by Google in a few days
I did it with one of my blog ;) and with 1coolfile.com(few days ago). I'm already indexed.

Bo Vine · 2 years ago

Thanks for the comment Steve-O. Unfortunately submission and indexing by search engines is never an exact science. There are however a few cool tools you should look at.......wouldn't you know it Google has the cool tools. Check these out; Webmaster Tools and Google Analytics.

Steve's Tech Blog · 2 years ago

That's what I had done/wrote in the post above.
Google Analytics also help very much.

I agree that submission on any Search Engine could take time unless you pay the big bucks. ;)

Crawling will also help to be included in them but that may take times.

Steven · 2 years ago

I agree, the webmaster tools is of great help

Enkay Blog · 2 years ago

I have to agree with this. Use Webmaster Tools and submit your Sitemap.xml to them and then you will see your site being crawled.

Webd360 · 2 years ago

Yes, there are better ways than submitting to Google. I hope you guys don't mind if I share my article about getting indexed faster (I am not trying to spam, it just has to do with this topic 100%): http://www.webd360.com/blog/get-indexed-by-goog...

blog contests · 2 years ago

It also helps to host a few non profits for free in exchange for links on their site. Gets you some inbound links, and non-profits like to talk and all have board members that may need hosting and appreciate your generosity.

Webd360 · 2 years ago

Also, at the beginning you can ask for testimonials or reviews in exchange for free hosting.

Steven · 2 years ago

Pretty good info, I personally find that web hosting choice is a very big trial and error thing as everyeone will view a certain web host differently.

Enkay Blog · 2 years ago

I think decorating your barn is probably the most important considering the fact that your blog needs to look good. I recently had a post on my blog about how I have seen people use blue, orange and red all together to make their website stand out. It just makes it an eye sore!

Steven · 2 years ago

While that may be true to some extent, in some cases ugly sometimes work really well for some people too. It all depends on what you consider good and what you consider bad. I've seen ugly sites succeed where decent and good looking sites fail. This area is always very subjective

mahdi yusuf · 2 years ago

i agree keeping readers also visually interested is key too! :twisted:

Steven · 2 years ago

It is, and essentially thats what makes long posts work. But most of the time, readers in general have a short attention span and will be less incline to read long posts. It all depends on the subject, how well its written, but at the end of the day, its still subjective.

michael sherlock · 2 years ago

Man, I love these posts. I was wondering though, anyone think they could write an article about how to actually make a server. I mean like how to take a computer and turn it into a server; you know, hosting stuff on the web?
Anyone think they could do that?
-Michael

Fatgadget · 2 years ago

Hi Michael

There are a couple of solutions you can use for your own server.

I recently featured a nifty gadget on my site that takes care of most of the technical stuff for you, have a look on my site under the Linux category ( I wont post a link) or do a google search for 'Square One Personal Internet Server'

:mrgreen:

cooliojones · 2 years ago

Hey Fat (lol), go ahead and post your links man, they really help and I don't think anyone would consider it spam when your link is on topic and helpful. :)

mahdi yusuf · 2 years ago

haha he just called you fat! :twisted:

Bo Vine · 2 years ago

Hey Michael, I'd be glad to write an article about building a server from scratch for web hosting. The recommendations that I made in Part one of this series was to find a company to rent a dedicated server from. When you rent a server from one of those folks, you get everything you need already on the box. So in that circumstance there is no "building" to be done. But if what your looking for is a simple tutorial on how to make a spare PC into a web server, I would be happy to oblige in a future article.

michael sherlock · 2 years ago

Thats exactly what I am looking for. Would you mind making one?
-Michael

Bo Vine · 2 years ago

Sure......coming soon to a pasture near you.

Windows or Linux?

Steven · 2 years ago

LOL, another Cow has joined the herd :grin:

Cubofild · 2 years ago

We need more MILK for "John" ! :razz:

Steven · 2 years ago

LOL I wonder if he likes chocolate milk haha

michael sherlock · 2 years ago

I 'm thinking linux. It's free plus I have herd linux is much better than windows for web hosting. Do you agree?
By the way, coming to a pasture near you was actually very clever. Kudos to you :mrgreen:

Steven · 2 years ago

While you can do this, it is not recommended as you will need a pretty fast internet connection (although cable and dsl works, it won't be up to par if you site grows), and unlike web hosts which have backup servers and internet lines in case something should fail, if your internet dies at home or your computer needs a reboot, thats down time you can't afford in some cases. But it definitely is possible.

Personal Blog · 2 years ago

I think reselling hosting is pretty much crap, and agreed with your strike out on the "suckers" part of that title.

Bo Vine · 2 years ago

I would agree that with the multitude of small hosting companies, there is less quality.

I once had a friend of mine (he was a car salesman)tell me to remember "there's an ass for every seat". Kind of the same thing as "There's a sucker born every minute" said by PT Barnum.

cooliojones · 2 years ago

These days it seems like it is a lot of work for not much return, so I wouldn't touch it or recommend it for anyone unless they were just bored or something. But they have some wonderful free themes and pre-fabricated templates if anyone wants to get up and running quickly!

Steven · 2 years ago

I'll stick with free wordpress themes ^_^

blog contests · 2 years ago

While I am not a fan of hosting sites any more, there is another benefit. IF your main business is creating web sites or those sort of services than having hosting is a great way to feed into your existing client base. They will often call their web host for maintenance and other work.

steven web · 2 years ago

Customer service is truly invaluable. It can make or break all the work you have spent trying to get the user to your site.

Webd360 · 2 years ago

Definitely, customer service is important because you want to keep your customers happy or else they won't remain your customers.

Steven · 2 years ago

One of the things I look for in a web host is 24 hour live chat for convenience and not every web host will offer this. Also how fast they respond to your queue the moment you are waiting for someone to get on to help you. I remember before I was on my current web host, I had considered another web host because it kept coming up as one of top 10 on Google whenever I typed in a search for top web hosts. Unfortunately its 24 hour live chat took over 50 minutes and never actually connected. This happened in the middle of the night too at like 3am so I doubt there was that many people trying to connect to someone.

Cubofild · 2 years ago

It was long time ago and first hosting with live 24\7 support i saw ever was Host Gator!

Steven · 2 years ago

It also depends on the level of service their live chat is. I've been talking a some really dumb people lately who doesn't seem to know anything about their job and yet they're there to help support you with your account. This of course isn't just limited to live chat or web hosting but still, people should at least know what they're doing.

Cubofild · 2 years ago

Without good customer suport i don't want to look their offer! I search boards for info about hosting if i whant to setup new account somewhere...

Steven · 2 years ago

I just Google it for consumer reviews.

michael sherlock · 2 years ago

May I suggest a small orangeAll of my sites are hosted under a shared plan and I have to say I'm very happy. MY site loads almost all the time and downtime and server load is easily found and displayed. Plus, the customer service is off the hook. All question answered fast. The longest I had to wait was 5 hours for a response.
They currently offer Shared Web Hosting and VPS.

mahdi yusuf · 2 years ago

i just have a question, how did you get your hosting service to support your contest! :D

Steven · 2 years ago

If it's anything like the big beef, the sponsors contact them and then offer a promotion.

Jen · 2 years ago

Submitting to Google is a thing of the past. It's much faster to get your site indexed by building backlinks.

Dev's, Business web hosting · 1 year ago

Heyy boss great article, but i dont think that you should manually submit your web site to search engine's, that was the trend some time back but the world wide web has change and nowaday's you should let the search engine's come to you rather than going to them, and for this you must get few back links to your site form some good web sites. And your all done :D

Dev's, Business web hosting · 1 year ago

Mr Cow :D Your comment section has No-Flow enabled isnt it..? hmmmmmmmm