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How I Crashed My WordPress Site (forever)
How I Crashed My WordPress Site (forever)
I was making an instructional video on the topic of installing WordPress onto a domain. In order to show the process, I was using my own account, by installing WordPress on one of my own domains. I completed the video and was very pleased with the results.
I went to my main domain to upload the video and was shocked to find that my site was gone and in its place, the default template you get when you first install WordPress onto a domain. Confused and panicking, I called Bluehost (the greatest hosting company out there) thinking they would have a way of fixing what I had done to my site.
I heard the words that everyone who has a site on the internet fears hearing: “”I am very sorry ma’am, but there are no backups to roll your site back to. Your content is gone and not recoverable.””
Having always assumed that my site was being automatically backed up, I was shocked to say the least. How could this happen? Technical support informed me that my account had long ago exceeded 2 gigabytes, and that after the 2 gig size has been reached, they cannot guarantee that the sites will be automatically backed up. In fact, it is very unlikely that the sites will be (automatically) backed up.
So what have I learned about hosting that could help you in the future?
That once your account (not just your site) gets bigger than 2 gig, it can and will no longer be backed up automatically. You either need to go to your hosting and back it up yourself, or add a plugin that will do it for you.
That you do not get any warning that lets you know you are close or have exceeded the 2 gig limit. But you can go into your C-Panel (the back end of your hosting) and check the file space and usage anytime to see how close you are to the 2 gig point.
You can backup your site yourself and I highly recommend that you do this.
Bluehost has wonderful tutorials that will walk you through this process. Go to tutorials.bluehost.com for the best info available.
That PARKED domains are redirected to your main domain. What you do to a parked domain, you will be doing to your main domain. (Remember I installed WordPress on a domain I wasn’t using? It was a parked domain.)
I highly recommend that you learn all you can about your hosting package. Bluehost offers C-Panel which is a user friendly, highly intuitive program allowing end users (you) to manage your hosting/sites/account yourself. Read up on all that you can get your hands on from your Hosting company.
Wherever possible, use other sites to upload content to. For example, did you know that you can create the coolest sales page in Twitwall? And you can host your videos on YouTube and so on. Get really creative and monitor the size of your account frequently.
What causes your site to exceed 2 gig?
For one thing, it is not just any one site that you have hosted that is considered in the size-it is your
whole ACCOUNT.
If you have a couple of sites hosted, they are both factored in on the size.
Extra templates, unnecessary plugins, files you don’t use, and too many video and audio files.
Files in your directory. If you don’t use the file any longer, take it out of your directory.
So please, go and create a backup of your site (s). Never assume anything.
Oh, and I still highly recommend Bluehost.
How you can Create a Blog Network on your Own
How you can Create a Blog Network on your Own
Blog networks have the potential of making thousands of dollars each month and although you use to not be able to run your own network, you now have the possibility to do so. All of the blog networks that have been around the past couple of years all had a large amount of employees to create content and build links. Now a single person has the chance to own and operate there own blog network without having to spend any money outsourcing work. Your blogs won’t be as good as the blog networks generating millions a year, but you could earn thousands a month with very little overhead.
In order to run your own blog network you’ll need to spend some money initially on your domains, hosting and tools. The investment to start a blog network is cheap for most, but if you’re just starting out in the online world then this might not be for you. I suggest that you’re familiar with blogging and everything else that goes along with running a blog. If you expect to run your own blog network then you’ll already need to possess certain internet marketing skills. If you feel you have the experience and time to run a blog network then continue reading through this article to see the initial investment you’ll need to spend.
The first two things you need are domains and a hosting plan. The good thing about blogs is that they don’t take much hosting space up on your hosting so you don’t need a large plan. You will need to have different C-Class IP’s though in order to keep out of the eyes of Google. I personally use the SEOHosting plan which gives me 5 C-Class IP’s for $35 per month. As I increase my network they also allow you to upgrade your hosting account without having to change anything which is a feature I liked.
Once you have your domains and hosting ready then you will need to invest in the tools to run your blog network. If you don’t plan on outsourcing then most of your blogs will most likely not be able to be unique content as it’s impossible for you to write for tons of blogs everyday. To avoid having to update each blog yourself you can use an RSS Scraper which will automatically post to your blogs from the feeds you’ve uploaded. For instance you can upload the Yahoo Sports RSS feed into your blog and then every time there is a new post on the Yahoo Sports section it will be posted on your blog. This way your blogs are constantly getting content. If you’re worried about the content not being unique then you should get BlogSlammer which makes the content unique. The content isn’t very easy to read though so you might not like the results. If you don’t like the rewritten content from BlogSlammer then you should get the WordPress Unique Content Plug-In. It adds HTML code to your posts that isn’t seen on the blog, but the search engines see it and it makes all the content unique. This way your readers can read real content and you’ll still be indexed at the same time.
Other tool you should consider getting to make your life a lot easier is the Social Bookmarking Demon software tool and also the Article Post Robot software tool. SBD allows you to quickly and effortlessly submit your content into many of the popular social bookmarking plug-ins. APR lets you submit articles to hundreds of directories and saves you a ton of time.
You don’t need these tools right away, but if you want the quickest results then you should spend the money to get the few tools listed above. As you begin to make money you should invest a certain percentage of this profits into more software to run your network. You always want to work smarter and not harder as a webmaster which is why you need the right software. So if you were considering starting your own blog network now you have the knowledge you need to get the project underway.
What You Need to Successfully Run a Blog Network
What You Need to Successfully Run a Blog Network
A lot of bloggers who run either one or a few blogs have been looking into expanding their reach and creating what’s known as a blog network. There are lots of companies who own blog networks nowadays and more are created each day, but only a select few of them are well known and profitable. You can’t expect too be able too run a blog network on your own and that’s the main mistake a lot of bloggers are doing. They think that they can do everything, but the fact is there is only so much time in a day and you won’t be able to do everything needed by yourself if you want too become successful. The one thing all the profitable and well known blog networks have in common is that they outsource a lot of the tedious work and capitalize on cheap outsourcing rates around the web.
Outsourcing too international countries has become a popular way for webmasters too get work done for the lowest possible rates and it’s vital to a blog network. If you want to run a blog network you’ll need an entire team of people working for you, and you’ll basically need to spend your time managing the workers and also working on the small details.
To have any success with a blog network it will take a lot of time as you need to establish each one of the blogs in their market. This isn’t an easy task for one blog let alone multiple blogs so make sure you’re ready to put in the time and work. The first thing you’ll need to purchase is a server in which you can purchase C-Class IP’s with because you’ll need quite a few of these. You should put each blog on there own C-Class IP as it will only cost you roughly $1 per month per IP which is definitely worth it. You don’t want the blogs on the same IP because then Google might see them as a link farm and could punish them severely without any notice. You’ll also need to purchase all of the domains you want to use and set them up on WordPress each on there own IP. Once this is done you’ll need to begin outsourcing too get the blogs going.
At first you’ll only need to be concerned about content and should you hire a couple freelance writers to complete some article packs for you on the niches you’ve chosen for your blog network. Add the articles to post on the blogs once daily and timestamp each article accordingly so that you don’t need to go to each blog each day to make the post. In these early stages you’ll want to make sure you install all your stat counters so that everything is ready to be tracked. Once the content begins too compile on the blogs and they start getting indexed in Google then you’ll need to start finding link builders to build some links. You won’t need too many links in the beginning and should only get a few of them so that you gain some SE recognition. A lot of links can be built down the road for free once you become popular so don’t spend too much money on link building. The most important part to spend money on is the content and you should make sure you have lots of it.
There is a lot more to running a blog network, but this guide should give you a brief outline of what you’re thinking about getting into. Unless you have a fairly nice budget then don’t even consider doing it because you won’t stand a chance. You’ll just burn yourself out quickly and then become bored with blogging in general. You can’t do something that isn’t possible so realize early that if you want to run a blog network you’ll need to outsource most of the work. This means you’ll be running in the negatives for the first few months and then you may start moving into the green. There is a chance you won’t even move into the profits though and this is the risk you take when starting a blog network.
Five Reasons to use Social Bookmarking Demon in your Marketing Campaign
Five Reasons to use Social Bookmarking Demon in your Marketing Campaign
If you don’t already know Social Bookmarking Demon is the number one used automated bookmarking tool on the internet right now and used by thousands of webmasters. Social bookmarking is very important to the growth of your website, but the number one reason people don’t utilize them is because the time it takes to submit there webpages. With social bookmarking demon you’ll be able to submit to roughly twenty social bookmarking sites per run.
The tool only submits to this number of social bookmarking websites so that it doesn’t get blocked. The last thing you want is to have your domains blocked by search engines due to social bookmarking spam and trust me this happens. With social bookmarking demon I’ve never had this problem though due to the fact they only submit to a few sites every time. We’ll now take a look at some of the reasons why you should use social bookmarking demon in your marketing campaign.
#1 – Lots of Free Traffic
Social bookmarking websites bring in lots of traffic due to there high rankings in the search engines, so by submitting to these websites with social bookmarking demon you can attract free daily traffic to your website.
#2 – Get Indexed Faster Then Ever
You can now get your websites indexed usually within a few hours of submitting to social bookmarking websites. This is great for a new website, but it also helps individual pages get indexed a lot quicker so it’s useful for every website.
#3 – Increase Your SERP’s
Link building helps increase your search engines rankings and therefore by building links through this automated social bookmarking tool you’ll be able to increase your SERP’s. It may take a bit of time to see these rankings take effect, but there is no doubt social bookmarking links help your SERP position.
#4 – Increase Your Page Rank
A lot of the social bookmarking websites that social bookmarking demon submit too are do-follow and this means that over time you’ll increase your Google page rank by submitting to bookmarking websites. Page rank doesn’t mean much except for assisting in making money through link ad sales.
#5 – Takes Minutes per Run
Each social bookmarking run only takes minutes to complete whereas if you we’re to submit to these websites on your own it would take about an hour per run. As you can see you’re saying a ton of your time which can be used to make more money.
Automated tools are becoming a lot more popular as they allow webmasters to focus on other aspects of marketing and promotion. You will need to spend some money initially to purchase social bookmarking demon, but it’s one of the only tools that is a one-off fee with lifetime updates. This means you only need to spend the money once and you can use it for your entire career online.
The value of this is worth far more then you’ll spend and in fact it should only take about a month before you make the money back from the investment. Once you get some traffic from the sites you’ll be able to convert them on your products which will pay for the program instantly. Anyone submitting to social bookmarking sites manually is really wasting there time because in all the hours you spend doing that you could have easily automated the process and spent time making far more money then you’d spend on the software program.