Tech Tip Tuesday: Hosting Real Estate

Oops, forgot to publish this yesterday. Hosting, it’s big business these days, and it’s big money too.  Most people looking for hosting are concerned primarily with price (and in this economy who wouldn’t be.) But let me give you an insider tip on this one.  The first question shouldn’t be, “How low can I go?”  It should be, “What do I need it to...

Finance Fridays: Domain Names Again

Yes, there has been a bit of a theme this week, as I’m sure you see by now.  Today, though, depends more on what you can spend versus trying to save money. Buying domain names can be a business in itself (it’s called “domaining”) and frankly, it’s a business practice that drives me insane.  I personally believe that if you have a domain name you’re not using,...

Website Wednesday: Picking The Right Domain Name

Picking the right domain name isn’t necessarily as important as you may think.  Unless you’re Coke, or Nintendo, or the American Broadcasting Corporation (and I think they all have theirs locked down by now) your domain name can really be anything. Of course it is wise to have something that has to do with your industry and keyword rich, so if you can (and if it’s available)...

Tech Tip Tuesday: Make A Backup

I work in the hosting industry for my day job.  It’s interesting and educating (and many times humbling) work.  Other than the day job, I build websites, run a few (3) blogs, keep a few (5) Twitter streams, do the whole Facebook thing, the Flickr thing, and teach others about using the social web to market their businesses and websites. One of the things that has amazed me in each and...

Website Wednesday: Learn A Language

This post is going to be a fast and easy, no frill, Southwest Airlines type of post.  Future Website Wednesday posts will be longer and more intense, and probably a lot better written, but for now, here’s this weeks tip. Learn a website coding language.  I personally began with HTML because I wanted to pimp my MySpace profile.  (Yes, somewhere out there I still have a MySpace...