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One of my most popular articles on this site, as well as one of the articles that brings in the most search engine visitors, is my How to Install Wordpress with 1and1 Hosting article. I believe the reason for this is because there are many people who’ve run into the same problem trying to get Wordpress to connect to the database on 1and1’s servers. 1and1 doesn’t like to play by the standard rules.

1and1 is not only the most well-known web host, but they’ve also served my website quite well. As my site has grown, not to mention the fact that I now have multiple websites, my needs are changing. This post is not to bash 1and1, because they have provided me with good service. But I believe Hostgator has a set-up that will better meet my needs. Read on to find out why.

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I’ve never posted a theme before that I didn’t create, but today we have a real treat. Shane at Zoomstart, has created a theme called Videographer that has me quite impressed. As video becomes more and more prevalent online, so does the need to create new ways of displaying those videos. The most popular way to host video content online is, of course, YouTube.

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With this post, I want to say a few words about NET10, one of companies I’m advertising for on this site. Although my site doesn’t revolve around electronics or phone services, I want to share a little information about NET10 if you aren’t familiar with what they have to offer. This is not a paid review, but it does contain affiliate links. I’ve personally been using their mobile phone service for about two years. In that two years time, I’ve been extremely satisfied with what I’ve gotten out of the deal. Needless to say, I’m a big fan.

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Since the changes I recently made to this site(new design, ads, etc.), I’ve decided that the only affiliate ads that I will have on this site, are products that I use myself, and that I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend to anyone. It’s all too easy to throw ads up based on the amount of the payout, but I’m not going to do this…there are plenty of people who already do.

Here are my current plans. I’m going to keep spots for four 125×125 ads in the sidebar. For now, I’m going to keep two of those as affiliate ads for products that I use and would recommend. The other two spots, I will offer to you.

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Alright, I’ve been doing a lot of research on different strategies of turning a profit online. After reading quite a few affiliate marketing blogs, I’ve come to realize that most blogs that center around this topic, have little to offer. I think most of them make their money through affiliate program referrals, selling ebooks with re-hashed content, or they make their money on other websites. Other than that, I don’t see a blog about making money online as being profitable. The same would hold true about blogs that center around web design and blogging (like mine). The truth is, traffic from search engines is a much more profitable audience, than other bloggers.

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