Sigh. Try to find any information on hosting providers on Google (e.g. ‘best hosting companies’ or ‘most reliable hosting companies’) and you’ll run into either of the following:
- Web sites of the hosting provider themselves.
- Web sites run by affiliates.
You can hardly expect the web sites of the hosting providers to give you unbiased information. They’re all the cheapest, fastest, and most reliable. What I find amazing is the a lot of them promise unlimited bandwidth and unlimited storage.
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To get started with my blogging experiment I’ll first need a place to run it. There are 2 basic options:
- Create a blog with a blog service (like Blogger.com or WordPress.com)
- Install my own blog software on a web server with a hosting provider
There are a number of factors to consider:
- Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
- Advertising
- Costs
- Control
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Have you always wondered whether it is possible to make money off a blog? Well, so have I.
Who am I?
I am what you would call a technologist. I have spent 20+ years working as a programmer, architect, program manager and strategist. The areas I am most familiar with are Internet protocols, mobile technologies and lately I have been diving into the social network technologies. I have plenty of interests, ideas, suggestions, and tidbits of knowledge and news that I would like to share online.
I have spent countless hours on the Internet searching for formulas, hints and more that will help me decide whether I can make some supplemental income by running a blog. There are countless articles on blogging, AdSense, link exchange, Google page-rank, search engine optimization (SEO), and more. I couldn’t find anything substantial enough to help me decide whether it would be a useful way to spend my spare time.
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Welcome to Mobile Tidings, a blog about internet protocols, mobile technologies and everything in between.
