Archive for the ‘Old Web Business Posts’ Category

Web Hosting For Dummies

February 21st, 2008 by Keith from shrewdies | 6 Comments | Filed in Managed Hosting Service, Old Web Business Posts, WordPress Hosting
2010 Update:

I have had so much interest in a Web Hosting For Dummies book (that does not exist), I’ve introduced a new section looking at appropriate books in the field of web hosting.

Also, a couple of other updates:

  • WordPress.com has clarified that it does allow some site monetization as log as it is ethical and incidental (my interpretation). I’ll review this in more detail just as soon as somebody asks me to.
  • My installation wizard is on-hold. Now that Pods is here, there is a better way to manage it, but I have other Pods projects to complete first.

Web Hosting For Dummies

I know many people seeking web hosting for dummies.

Millions of people have gained benefits from “For Dummies” books. Most don’t really like admitting to being dummies. Many are far from dummies, but want to get back to basics so they have a good foundation for whatever they want to learn.

These people are Shrewdies.

They want to gain the benefits of web hosting without years of learning technology secrets.

How can Shrewdies get good quality web hosting at reasonable prices? Or free?

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Hosting Links

August 29th, 2007 by Keith from shrewdies | 1 Comment | Filed in Old Web Business Posts, Web Business Promotion

Looking for hosting links sounds like a good idea – but what will you do when you find them?

Many webmasters fall into the trap of trying to build as many links as they can. A common way to do this is to search for links or add url, or similar, together with the keyword or keyphrase that you want a link from (or want to exchange links with).

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Web Service Hosting Email Policy

August 14th, 2007 by Keith from shrewdies | No Comments | Filed in Old Web Business Posts, Phase 1, WordPress Hosting

My web service hosting email policy is simple – I do not publish an email address.

But communication is vital to a thriving web business, so how can I keep in touch with visitors.

The answer is my contact page. A vital early page for any website. Just a few details, and a form so you can get in touch with me.

I love to receive questions and opinions from all my readers. Standard WordPress allows comments by default, but sometimes (more…)

WordPress Hosting Anti-Spam Plug-ins

August 14th, 2007 by Keith from shrewdies | No Comments | Filed in Old Web Business Posts, Phase 1, WordPress Hosting

Invest a few seconds now to protect your blog from spam, and you will save thousands in future, not to mention protecting your reputation.

Most spam is automatically generated, and you can automatically stop it with WordPress hosting anti-spam plug-ins. A small amount, typically human generated, might creep through. But if you protect yourself against the worst excesses – leaving you time to edit or filter the odd bad comment.

More importantly, it leaves you free to interact with your genuine visitors.

Most importantly, it stops new visitors from ever seeing the, often offensive spam, leaving your reputation intact.

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