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Been Busy in DP Forum : Free/Cheap Hosting SUX

I don’t know why, my addiction to this freebies made me wasting my 48 hours of weekend.I spent my free time in front of my Acer laptop play around with free domain, free hosting and cheap hosting. I tried to setup new Wordpress blog using free domain from Zonestraits.com free hosting at uuu1.net and cheap hosting at Exprohost.com.

I bought a really cheap hosting, 2Gb for only USD 4.99 after saw their ad in DP Forum. I paid thru PayPal, using money that I earned from Matched.UK.Just for fun and to do some sort of experiment to see how reliable are cheap hosting. Well all I can say that better get a genuine or paid hosting like ServerFreak.Actually, I bought that cheap hosting because my 500 MB hosting with Serverfreak already full. I thought by buying a cheap hosting with big capacity will solve my problem, unfortunately it’s made my blogging more miserable. The admin only replied once, and I cannot connect to my server till 48 hours. The worst part is, the server is always down . Sometime my new wordpress website is online, but most of the time offline and all I can see was a blue screen.My wordpress blog with free hosting also the same, totally not worth it. Upload a lot of thing such as plugin, edit theme and link to the server, in the end you get only crap.

Lesson learned here, don’t easily get tempted to buy a new hosting by looking at the number. A lot of factor have to be considered before buying a new hosting.Factor like, location of data center, uptime and down time has to be considered. Feeling a little bit stress about this hosting problem, I decided and already bought and upgrade my existing hosting with Serverfreak to Deluxe package with :

• Disk Space                   = 2 GB
• Monthly Data Transfer = 50 GB
• Domains Allowed        =  5
• Price                           = RM 180/year

So no more problem with space and that really ease my mind.No more wasting my weekend using cheap hosting. For free domain at Zonestraits.com, maybe you can try. Not that bad, easy to manage and perform well. Good Luck and Happy Holidays!!

Tags: cheap hosting, free domain, free hosting, server, wordpress

My Blog is powered by Coltrane

Like My new Dashboard

* Just upgrade my Wordpress to Wordpress 2.7 aka Coltrane.

* More details  on the upgrade you can watch the video below and get it here : WordPress 2.7

* Love the movable box and flexible layout, now you can design your own dashboard and remove unwanted box

* you can update your plugin with a single click

* good job WordPress..

Tags: Automattic, coltrane, On the Web, Open Source, Weblogs, Website, wordpress, wordpress 2.7

Increase your blog exposure with Twitterfeed

Twitter is the best marketing tool in blog sphere nowadays. You can make new friends and update your status.  Yesterday, my friend from Ozie, Joy, asked me on how to put our latest blog entry on Twitter status.

Twitter is a service for friends, family, and co–workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing?

The answer is simple,use  twitterfeed.com.

How twitterfeed Work

1. Register using your open ID, in my case I use blogger ID. You can choose up to 12 login ID such as Flickr, Wordpress and etc.

2. Add your blog rss feed on twitterfeed by create new twitter feed

3. Walla, your twitter status will autoupdate every time you post entry on your blog.

In short, twitterfeed will update your twitter status every time your post a blog entry. If you register up to 4 or 5 blog, then the status will change according to latest blog entry. Twitter is a simple tool to communicate with others and get more exposure.So, make sure you put a catchy headlines to get click and be nice to others.

This great tool is a must for a lazy blogger like me hahaha

Message from the developer :

This service is provided on an as-is-and-as-available basis, and is not affiliated with twitter.com

Tags: blog, Events, Flickr, OpenID, RSS, rss feed, Twitter, wordcamp, wordpress

My Wordpress is Version 2.6 “Tyner,”

 Guys, have you upgrade your WordPress to 2.6 aka Tyner. It is now available and name after a jazz Pianist, cool. So what to expect with this latest version, can it play piano for you

Alfred McCoy Tyner (born 11 December 1938) is a jazz pianist from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, known for his work with the John Coltrane Quartet and a long solo career.

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Tags: 2.6, Google Gears, McCoy Tyner, On the Web, Philadelphia, Weblogs, wordpress

Blogging Wars – WordPress Vs Blogger

There’s a war going on in the blogosphere, and it has nothing to do with bloggers dissing each other on their respective websites. The war is about control of the blogosphere by several great, many good, and tons of terrible blogging platforms. The average newbie now has “too many” options to choose from, and the battle for blogging supremacy is hotter than ever.

At my website and blogs, I’m always asked the question “Is Wordpress better than Blogger?”. The answer, of course, is “Yes”. But to really understand why, it’s important to look at both blogging platforms side-by-side and see which one you really need.

 

 

 

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Tags: blog, Content Management System, GOOGLE, On the Web, Search Engine Optimization, Tools, wordpress, Wordpress.com