The prices of domain name registration and web hosting have dropped to the point that it's possible to own multiple websites without going broke. If you plan to operate multiple websites, here is some information on the different options available to you. 

The first thing to consider when setting up multiple websites is whether or not to host them all with the same web hosting company. Many web hosts offer packages that let you set up multiple sites on a single account. For example hostgator who lets you have unlimited domains.

An advantage of using a different hosts for different domains is that you'll get a different IP address for each of your sites. If your sites are related to one another and you want to link them together, having different IP addresses can sometimes help your site rank higher in the search engines. Links from other sites are one of the most important factors in getting your site ranked highly. If those links come from sites on the same IP address, it is likley that the benefit from that link isn't as good as one from a different ip address.

If you do choose to host all your sites with one company, there are essentially 3 choices – separate accounts for each site, a reseller account where they are all hosted or a dedicated server. Separate accounts are self-explanatory, so let's look at reseller accounts. As a reseller, you are basically acting as an agent for the hosting company – a middleman between them and the end user. The idea is that you can set up your own company offering web hosting that is ultimately hosted by the company. You don't have to resell this hosting however – you can use the hosting services for your own websites, essentially “reselling” the hosting to yourself.

A reseller account is nice because all your websites are “under one roof” and you have a single point of contact for any technical problems. Hosting on a dedicated server gives you complete control of the computer that is the web server. You can install any software you want, any operating system you want and you can allocate resources like memory and hard disk space however you want to divide it up between your sites. The disadvantage of a dedicated server is that you are responsible for maintaining the server and sometimes even for the technical side of things. If you aren't familiar with the technical side of running a web server, you may need to choose a managed dedicated server, where the hosting company looks after these issues.

With the competition on the internet it is vital you do something to promote your business.  While there are countless ways you can go about generating traffic to your web site, writing and submitting articles to directories is highly effective. Here are five ways you can benefit from using article submission software today.

1. Time convenient

The number one reason you want to use article submission software is because of the amount of time you will safe. If you want to have any kind of effect with article submitting, you need to be submitting to hundreds of directories. As you can imagine, this takes hours upon hours to complete. However, having submission software can cut this time down to virtually nothing while still allowing you to reap the benefits.

2. Find countless article directories

While the internet is filled with thousands of article directories, it is not always easy to know where they are. Fortunately, submissions software makes it easy for you to know what all of the latest directories are to choose from. Many software will even update your list every time you load it.

3. Massive amount of exposure

The whole point behind writing and submitting articles is to gain exposure and generate traffic. By submitting your articles to hundreds of directories, you will have all of your content amidst the eyes of millions. This allows you to gain credibility while displaying your knowledge and expertise for various topics.

4. Organized

It can be difficult keeping track of which directories you have submitted to and which you have not. Using article submission software makes it easy to stay organized and remember which directories you have already submitted to. It will also allow you to keep all of the articles you have written organized along with the author bios if you decide to have multiple.

5. Targeted traffic

While it is important you generate as much traffic as possible, it is even more important you create targeted traffic. These are the people who are already interested in what you have to offer and are willing to look at your web site. By using submission software, you will be able to select a specific category or sub-category to make it easier for your target market to find your content.

The list of ways you can benefit from using article submission software could literally go on forever.  From creating targeted traffic to staying organized to saving loads of time, there is no question it is worth including this in your marketing.

Mass Article Control is one very popular product right now and it comes with article submission software plus a way to spin articles. Even if you can spin one article into thousands like they say on the sales page, this is not working very good. Ezinearticles have started to recognize this. Spinning of articles still need some work to have any effect. To get a backlink that is worth anything the content needs to be unique and changing a few words doesn’t help much. Mass article control can be very usefull if you use it wisely. Check it out here ]]> http://lmwebhosting.com/5-benefits-with-article-submission-software/feed 0 http://lmwebhosting.com/bookmarking-demon-vs-socialbot http://lmwebhosting.com/bookmarking-demon-vs-socialbot#comments Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:53:42 +0000 Andy http://lmwebhosting.com/?p=41 In my opinion every marketer should use social bookmarking in some way to get noticed. The problem with the automated tools is that it’s tempting to start bookmarking to every bookmarking site without doing some necessary tasks. When bookmarking to say 10 different sites all the bookmarks needs to have different titles and descriptions. The titles should be around 20 characters long and the descriptions should be about 200 characters. This takes time and some writing skills but to get any benefits from  your bookmarking activity it needs to be done.

I mainly use the established bookmarking sites and usually stay away from the pligg and scuttle sites. I don’t know if the scuttle sites help get better ranking but it seems like they are just huge directories of links to poor sites. Some of them have page rank so I guess you should get some benefits from that.

I have been using Bookmarking Demon for a few years now and with the latest updates it really beats everything I have tested. There is other options out there but they cost more or have a monthly fee which I don’t like.

Socialbot or Bookmarking Demon?
Well, Bookmarking Demon cost $147 and Sociallbot $24.95 so this is a big difference in price. For a newbie who wants to try social bookmarking I think Socialbot is the best option it works very good it’s cheap and is updated regularly which is very important when it comes to this kind of tools.

The big difference between the two is the automated part. In Bookmarking Demon you set everything up and the program goes out and create accounts the only thing you have to do is put in the captcha. When that is done you can also automatically confirm you accounts so you don’t have to check your email and click the activation links. This part is a new feature and works well.

Socialbot is semi automated all the fields is filled in when you click sign up so this part is pretty easy and it feels like you have more control. With Socialbot you have to check your email and confirm to activate your new bookmarking accounts. This part actually don’t take that long to do but if you want to create a lot of different accounts per day it is nice when this is automated.

Spinner possibilities
Both of them has the ability to spin titles and descriptions. It can be good to register different user names to the different bookmarking sites, Bookmarking Demon does this easily. Just put user names in separated by comma on one line. It even suggest different names and passwords which saves time. In Socialbot you create a company profile and then a user in that profile where you can pick the bookmarking sites you want for that user. When you create accounts Socialbot picks the user name in the company profile. You can make many company profiles so you don’t have to have the same user name for all bookmarking accounts.

Like I said Bookmarking Demon is more automated and you can easily bookmark many pages to all the major bookmarking sites with much less effort then manual submission. If you buy Bookmarking Demon take some time to learn the program first and don’t try it on your money sites right away. I felt a little overwhelmed when I first started using it. There is many options to choose from so learning the program is essential to be successful. There is a good guide that comes with it which I suggest you read. The support is excellent and the program is updated on a regular basis.

Conclusion
I think Bookmarking Demon is worth the price if you use it wisely and often, you will make that money back not the next day but in a few month or so. Yes, it takes time to do search engine marketing effectively. Check out the sales page here

Socialbot is definitely worth the price it almost does what Bookmarking Demon does and cost so much less, so if you want to start to automate your bookmarking I suggest you try this tool first. Check it out here

Its good business sense to register a domain for at least 10 years.  You don’t want to deal with the process   annual process of renewing them every year. It’s best to obtain the domain names that you want to keep for a while and renew then on a 5 to 10 year plan. It is beneficial for search engine rankings as well to  register for more then one year, you seem more serious to the search engines if you do.

If your domain name expires, there’s a good chance that someone will register your domain name immediately after it expires.  If,  for whatever reason, you don’t renew your domain name, someone watching a ‘watch list’ of expiring domain names will try to capitalize on the online business that you’ve built over the years.

They know that there is potential website traffic they can have simply by renewing your old domain name. By renewing your domain name for several years, your domain name won’t expire for a while, and it won’t be opened up to expired domain name buyers.

With today’s changing trends in web hosting services, it is important to get as much server space and bandwidth as you can. This will allow for necessary updates and increased traffic to your site as it becomes more popular. It is equally important when purchasing business web hosting that CGI access is provided; along with features such as MySQL, instant backup, site builders and so on. A crucial feature necessary for doing ecommerce is SSL, or Secure Socket Layer. This encrypts all order and credit card information until it reaches you. An SSL certificate can be purchased from most web hosting providers. Displaying it on your ecommerce web site verifies that your site transactions are safe and secure. There are many service providers to choose from. If you look around, you’ll find some good deals that will fit your budget. Look here for a review  of the most affordable web hosting companies

If you just want to test what it might be like to run a web site you can start out by for exanple starting a simple blog under wordpress. It will not be your own domain name but you can still get a lot of traffic to a wordpress blog hosted by wordpress. Are you willing to deal with advertisements that take space or have an irritable effect on your readers? These ads are often required by free web hosting plans because it’s the only reason they can continue letting people enjoy free web hosting. Are you ok with low bandwidth access and minimal web space? If you don’t like this I suggest you go with a web hosting company that has a monthly cost or paid yearly and get a reliable hosting that still is low priced. Once you start getting a few visitors you can start monetizing the blog or web site with Adsense and easily make more than the hosting cost you.