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Best Web Hosting Plans for Blogs

Posted on Wednesday, 20 July 2011 by

Hosting a blog on your own custom domain is essential and it's important to find a reliable and affordable web host.  Having the right web host that you can trust is key for any website or blog.  So I've come up with an updated list of the best web hosts for blogs.  Please feel free to ask any questions because I am happy to help!


1) HostGator

HostGator is trusted by over 5,000,000 sites to suit their web hosting needs. I personally host several sites on HostGator and I strongly reccommend them. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask!

2) iPage

iPage provides web hosting at an affordable and competitive price and promises its clients reliable servers and great customer support.

3) JustHost

JustHost is committed to providing their clients with low cost blog hosting along with a promise of excellent customer support.

4) FatCow

FatCow is dedicated to delivering first class customer service to the small business owner in particular.

5) BlueHost

BlueHost has been offering exceptional web hosting solutions to thousands of personal and business sites since the year of 1996.

6) InMotion

InMotion guarantees reliable, affordable, and fast web hosting. This web hosting company promises 100% satisfaction guarantee.

7) DreamHost

DreamHost is a great web hosting company which offers reliable web servers and excellent customer service.

8) HostMonster

HostMonster is a solid company which has been offering web hosting solutions to thousands of personal and business web sites since 1996.

9) GoDaddy

GoDaddy is a secure and reliable web hosting provider which is very well known.






Conclusion

I hope this list has been helpful in your search for a great web host. I personally recommend HostGatoras a reliable and trustworthy web hosting company, from my own experience. Also, please feel free to write your own reviews and questions in the comment section below.

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Get Your Own Custom .COM Domain for Your Blog

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You may realize it's time to take things seriously and upgrade to your owncustom domain (eg:yourblog.com). This post will hopefully help clarify the benefits of getting your own web domain and where to start. Just like always, you are more than welcome to ask me any questions and I am happy to help you through the process.


Why Choose a Custom Domain?

  1. It's Permanent.  You get to keep this domain name forever.  Services such as Blogger can deactivate your blog at any given time without notice.
  2. Promote your own brand.  If your site is a subdomain (such as .blogspot.com) you're promoting Google Blogger. Get your own domain and you'll be promoting your own unique brand. It gives you credibility and more people will trust you and what you have to offer.
  3. More Traffic.  Search engines prefer custom web domains over subdomains.
  4. Name Recognition.  It's much easier to remember and locate a domain name such as NinjaMan.com than NinjaMan.blogspot.com.
  5. Custom Email.  You can get your own custom email (eg: John@YourBlog.com). It looks very professional.
  6. Selling Rights.  Subdomain blogs, such as Blogspot, do not allow you to sell your blog. With your own custom domain you have the right to sell your website if you choose to do so one day.
  7. It's Cheap.  Give up one Starbucks drink a month and you can afford your own (.com, .net, .org, etc.) domain! It's only $3.96 a month with HostGator.

Choosing the Right Web Host

HostGator

If you are searching for a web hosting company that has reliable and fast servers, try HostGator. My friend James and I use them to host several sites, and I have been a customer for over one year without any issues. Our high traffic site TheBlogTemplates.com has been running very smoothly since September of 2009 and HostGator can handle it well.

Option 1 : Setup Your Custom Domain with Blogger

  1. Assuming you have your own hosting plan with Hostgator or another web host, contact your web hosting company about registering a domain. Tell them that you want to register a new domain name such as YourDomain.com.  Once the domain is registered ask them to create a CNAME record for your domain with the DNS directing to: ghs.google.com.  Please note that it may take a few hours to a day for your DNS settings to update correctly.
  2. Now we need to update your Blogger Settings at Blogger.com.  Go to Settings and then click on the Publishing tab. 
    1. If you are publishing on Blogspot, you will see a link near the top offering to switch you to a custom domain. Go ahead and click on "custom domain".
    2. Now click "Switch to Advanced Settings".
    3. Fill in the name of your domain. I typed in YourDomain.com as an example.  Once you've done this enter the word verification at the bottom of the page and click "Save Settings".
    4. That's it! Your files should now be hosted at your new domain if your DNS settings have been updated yet.

Option 2 : Set up Your Custom Domain by Migrating from Blogger to WordPress

Wordpress is a free professional blogging platform which most people prefer over Blogger. Assuming once again that you have a web hosting account with one such as Hostgator, go to your cPanel.
  1. Watch this tutorial on how to Install WordPress from Fantastico.
  2. Then in your WordPress Admin area (domain.com/wp-admin), go to Manage → Import → Blogger and follow the directions to complete the import.
  3. Your blog posts should now be imported to Wordpress and should show up on your website!

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4 Ways to Identify Safe Websites on the Internet

Posted on Tuesday, 12 July 2011 by

On the whole Internet, there are approximately more than 150 million active websites up and running. As a result, it often becomes a real challenge for the users to identify safe websites that are trustworthy and reputed. Have you ever wondered to know the reputation of a website before placing the order? Need to know whether a given website is child safe? Well, here are some of the ways to identify safe websites on the Web.

 
1. WOT or Web Of Trust (www.mywot.com):
WOT is a great place to test the reputation of your favorite website. WOT gives real-time ratings for every website based on the feedback that it gets from millions of trustworthy users across the globe and trusted sources, such as phishing and malware blacklists. Each domain name is evaluated based on this data and ratings are applied to them accordingly. A snapshot of WOT ratings for gohacking.com is shown below:
WOT Ratings for Gohacking.com
 
 
 
 
 
 
As shown in the above snapshot, the reputation of each website is shown in terms of 4 components where green means excellent, yellow warns users to be cautious and red indicates potential danger.
 
Trustworthiness signifies the overall safety of the website. A poor rating may indicate that the site is associated with threats like Internet scams, phishing, identity theft risks and malware. For more information on phishing, you may refer my other post on how to identify and avoid phishing scams.
 
Vendor reliability tells you whether a given site is safe for carrying out buy and sell transactions with it. An excellent rating indicates superior customer satisfaction while a poor rating indicates possible scam or bad shopping experience.
 
Privacy indicates about “to what extent the site respects the privacy of it’s users and protects their personal identity and data”.
 
Child Safety indicates whether the content of a given site is appropriate for children. Site contents like sexual material, nudity and vulgarity will have a poor Child Safety rating.
 
In most cases, the WOT ratings are found to be highly accurate. To check the reputation of any given website, just visit www.mywot.com type-in the address of your favorite website and click on “Check now”. This tool alone can tell you a lot about the reputation and safety level of a website. However, in addition to this, I am giving you another 3 handy tools to identify safe websites on the Web.
 
2. McCafee SiteAdvisor:
McCafee SiteAdvisor is a free tool that is available as a browser add-on. It adds safety ratings to your browser and search engine results. You can download it fromwww.siteadvisor.com.
 
3. StopBadware:
Using this tool, you can check whether a given site is said to have involved in malware activity in the past. To check this, go tohttp://www.stopbadware.org/home/reportsearch and enter the URL or domain name of a website and click on “Search Clearinghouse ”. If the search does not return any result, that means the site was never involved in any of the malware activity in the past.
 
4. Google Pagerank:
Google PageRank is another great tool to check the reputation and popularity of a website. The PageRank tool rates every webpage on a scale of 1 to 10 which indicates Google’s view of importance of the page. If a given website has a PageRank of less than 3, then it is said to be less popular among the other sites on the Internet.
 
However, PageRank will only tell you how much popular a given website is and has nothing to do with the safety level of a website. So, this tool alone cannot be used to evaluate a website’s safety and other factors.
 
PageRank feature is available as a part of Google Toolbar. You can install Google Toolbar from http://www.google.com/intl/en_uk/toolbar/ie/index.html.
 
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Delivering the highest quality of interactive learning for over 20 years, Professor Teachesis the most affordable personal trainer that helps you produce a Web site, enhance digital photos, and create Flash presentations with content that is personally developed. From beginner to advanced topics, everything you need is covered.Professor TeachesHow to Create Web Pages continues to be a best seller. Now, with Professor Answers, it is even better. All the tutorials are instantly accessible on your desktop, only one click away. With Professor Answers, you can browse through all thetraining topics in every How to Create Web Pages tutorial, or you can search using keywords for just the training you need, right when you need it.


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These courses will increase your proficiency with many Web tasks by guiding you through each step of the process. You will be able tocreate Web Pages, enhance digital images and create powerful presentations for your personal and/or professional use.

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Professor Teaches How to Create Web Pages is the complete multimedia training program for anyone who wants to create Web pages and Web sites. It teaches you Web design, HTML, and five of the most popular development tools C FrontPage,Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Publisher and Flash. Each program offers hundreds of practical tips and techniques designed to get you up to speed on the essential skills forcreating Web pages. Step-by-step, “how-to” instructions make learning easy!

Teach Yourself:
01. Web Design Fundamentals
02. Photoshop CS3
03. Photoshop CS
04. Dreamweaver 8
05. Dreamweaver MX
06. FrontPage 2003
07. FrontPage 2002
08. Flash 8
09. Flash MX
10. HTML Fundamentals
11. HTML Advanced
12. Publisher

Topic: Web Design Fundamentals
Over 30 Learning Topics
Designing Images for the Web
Secrets of Great Web Pages
Selecting a color Scheme
Determining Your Message
Advanced Design Features
Creating a Web Page
Laying Out the Site
Arranging Text on a Page
Finalizing the Design
Cool Tools for Web Work
Page Templates
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Topics: Photoshop CS2 and CS
Over 50 Learning Topics
The Photoshop Workspace
Opening and Navigating Images
Creating Selections
Working with Layers
Fill and Adjustment Layers
Creating a Selection Mask
Adjusting Color
Using the Drawing Tools
Working with Filters
Retouching Images
Optimizing Files for the Web
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Topics: Dreamweaver 8 and Dreamweaver MX 2004
Over 40 Learning Topics
Creating the Site Structure
Creating a New Document
Working in Layout Mode
Creating Text and Image Links
Importing an HTML Document
Creating a Template
Inserting Images
Creating Tables and Forms
Working with the Site Map
Inserting a Navigation Bar
Formatting Options
and so much more!

Topics: FrontPage 2002 and FrontPage 2003
56 Learning Topics
Working with Templates
Importing and Formatting Text
Using Themes
Feature Elements
Applying Effects to Pictures
Applying a Theme to Your Web
Maintaining the Task List
Customizing a Web Theme
Creating an Image Map
Including a Search Form
Creating a Table
and much more!

Topics: Flash 8 and Flash MX 2004
Over 40 Learning Topics
Playing and Testing a Flash Movie
Understanding Layers
Introduction to Frames
Morphing with Shape Tweens
Moving Objects with Motion Tweens
Animating with Motion Paths
Adding Timeline Effects
Understanding Symbols and Instances
Creating a Movie Clip
Adding Audio and Video
Buttons with Sounds and Actions
Adding a Movie to a Web Page
and so much more!

Topic: HTML Fundamentals
65 Learning Topics
What is HTML?
Rules of Syntax
Building a Document
Using Colors
Adding Spaces and Line Breaks
List Elements
Building a Table
Aligning Tables and Text
Creating a Hyperlink
Creating a Frameset
Inserting Inline Images
Aligning and Formatting Images
and much more!

Topic: HTML Advanced
33 Learning Topics
Creating an Imagemap
Creating a Login Form
Applying the Cascading Model
Responding to User Events
Adding Fields
Embedding Flash Animation
Using Style Sheets
Applying Backgrounds
Controlling Page Layout
Formatting Text and Fonts
Writing javascript
Adding Audio
and much more!

Topic: Publisher
50 Learning Topics
Converting a Publication for the Web
Building Blocks of a Publication
Modifying Page Layout
Adding Bullets and Numbering
Using Rulers and Guides
Creating Text Styles
Creating a Table Frame
Using Border Art
Using the Design Gallery
Inserting Clip Art
Creating Web Pages
Using the Catalog
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