Sunday, January 08, 2006

A good hosting company with dedicated ip address

What you first need to begin your online gambling affiliate site is a good isp. A big mistake I think many people make is that they believe they have to spend money to get results. That is half true, yes money can make money, but so can time make money. You can also waste both time and money making wrong decisions.

A see a whole lot of garbage passed off like it is the greatest thing in the world and absolutely necessary when if fact it is useless, and just a waste of time and money. You could achieve better results just going it on your own without many "experts" help.

But sometimes you should break down and spend a little. It's knowing where to spend it that is the best.

Like an hosting company for example. There are tons of hosting companies out there. Which do you choose? It is easy to be lured in with price. But look at all the variables involved. How much bandwidth do you get? How much drive space is included? How long does it take to get set up? What kinds of features do you get (mysql, etc)? Is technical support really there? How fast is the host? Do they offer FrontPage extensions? etc etc.

Going into building my online bonuses, I had gone through a number of hosts until I arrived at one I am satisfied and happy with. I won't mention their names, just the host I am happiest about.

The first host was ok - , but for some reason I had a very hard time getting my site indexed in Google. Tech support was slow in answering my emails, and phone support - I got a recorded message. I'm a bit of a night owl, and like to be able to get support immediately. The final drive was I wanted my own unique ip. Most hosting companies will neglect to share the fact that the ip address your domain will be running off of is shared out to as many as hundreds or thousands of other domain names. One bad domain name could cause problems. It also slows your site down. Of course, those hosting companies that tell you this will claim that it is a myth. Well, I am superstitious, so I want my own domain ip free and clear of anybody else. As soon as I made the change, I saw my site indexed almost immediately. Coincidence? Perhaps, but I sleep better at night.

Have you check to see if your domain is operating on its own ip? Just go to http://www.whois.sc/ and type without the http and www your domain name and the extension (.com .net .org etc), you will see a grid, click on the x that is for your extension if it comes up, then you will get a lot of nifty information about your site. Now find the IP address of your domain. There is a hyperlink there, click on it. You may have to register for free to see the results. If more then one record of domain is there, you will see only three names, but that should tell you if you are on a shared domain. Type in onlinebonuses.com and see that I am the only domain occupying that ip number. So you need to decide if it is worth it. Maybe it is all for naught, but you can also check out your competition, and I can tell you almost always that the top domains in the search engines seemed to be on their own ip. You decide.

I did find a good hosting company, 24 hour real support, very fast, all the great features, and everybody gets their own ip. Everybody. AJT offers very competitive prices, and outstanding features. http://www.ajthomas.net/hosting.html When you visit, check out their tour of facilities. Very impressive. So you could spend the same amount of money at Mr. Cheapo or you can for the same money get a world class provider. This is a true find.

Some recommended articles:

Gambling Jokes
http://onlinebonuses.com/articles/14-Gambling-Jokes.html

Did you know these Gambling Facts?
http://onlinebonuses.com/articles/13-Gambling-Facts-and-did-you-know.html

Comps, an extra Bonus
http://onlinebonuses.com/articles/1-All-about-comps.html

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