AshesFromStars

I’ve had enough domain names in my life to know how hard it really is to find a good, reliable web host. I’ve been with all the big players, past and present, and on countless reseller accounts for both myself personally and for client’s websites.

When I first started out blogging (although, it wasn’t really blogging back then - more personal websites with a tonne of stolen graphic content - sorry!) I generally went with the first host that I came across with a good offer. In fact my first domain, sparkling-stars.co.uk (yuck) cost me something like 99p and had a banner and popup even though it was a fully paid hosting package. Yes, I was naive. I’ve learned my lessons now though, although that cannot be said for everyone. Including my mother.

You see she’s heard me talking about my blog countless times. In fact I’m sure she visits here sometimes (hi mum!) even though I don’t know if I’m too happy with that. Anyway, she decided that she wanted to be a blogger. Not quite sure why, but there you go. Instead of asking me for help with setting it up, registering a domain name or purchasing hosting she went right ahead and paid well over the odds for a crap .co.uk domain and hosting from the big white moon company. Silly woman.

If she’d actually asked me for my help, since I do know what I’m talking about, I’d have jumped straight to my usual port of call when buying domain names or web hosting - Web Hosting Geeks.com. That website has saved me a lot of money since I first came across it, especially their great Free Google Adword Credits which has come in handy for websites for clients who aren’t willing to start spending money before their website starts making them money.

They also have a great section dedicated to hosting packages especially for bloggers, with some great companies listed who are, in my experience, excellent hosts to go with.

So before you spend money that you don’t need to on webhosting check out WebHostingGeeks.com - they really do know what they’re talking about.

So, my £10 a day challenge started 54 minutes ago and I’m already well on my way to reaching my goal of £310 extra in my bank account by the 1st November 2008.

Jem reminded me that I have a mturk account that I’d forgotten about. I signed in just about midnight and I’ve racked up £4.26 in 50-odd minutes - and that’s just the ones that have been approved. There’s some easy-money HITs at the moment, like 25c to leave a comment on a blog. Now that’s what I’m talking about!

I really should be in my bed since I have work in the morning, and it’s my last day in the shop with the boys… I’m so going to cry.

Earned so far
Today: £4.26
This Month: £4.26

thedailygist.com is keeping me from falling asleep just now…