Abusing RSS subscription to be the first to know when your “target” blogs are posting articles

RSS readers and alerts are cool, but some use them to be the first commentator on the blog posts (a spoiler: This works wonder for me - Free, residual traffic to your blog, even weeks after the post date.) But you are not supposedly to do this by posting spam or junk comments!

Abusing RSS subscription to be the first to know when your “target” blogs are posting articles

RSS readers and alerts are cool, but some use them to be the first commentator on the blog posts (a spoiler: This works wonder for me - Free, residual traffic to your blog, even weeks after the post date.) But you are not supposedly to do this by posting spam or junk comments!

Abusing CommentLuv and similar WP Plugins

Blog commenting on Wordpress blogs, especially on those that use CommentLuv and similar plugins, is sucks, as well. It’s like slapping Andy Beard’s campaign of dofollowing blog comments. His campaign promotes quality commenting with genuine intention to offer opinions first, and link/traffic building second.

Abusing CommentLuv and similar WP Plugins

Blog commenting on Wordpress blogs, especially on those that use CommentLuv and similar plugins, is sucks, as well. It’s like slapping Andy Beard’s campaign of dofollowing blog comments. His campaign promotes quality commenting with genuine intention to offer opinions first, and link/traffic building second.

The importance of web hosting in self-hosted blogs

Obviously, you want a reliable web hosting to host your blogs in - Near-100% uptime track record and fast, powerful, server are the essentials, along with services and support provided.
Your choice in web hosting company to partner with determines the complexity of your blog’s management. Here are some tips to consider when choosing a web hosting company for your blogs:

The importance of web hosting in self-hosted blogs

Obviously, you want a reliable web hosting to host your blogs in - Near-100% uptime track record and fast, powerful, server are the essentials, along with services and support provided.
Your choice in web hosting company to partner with determines the complexity of your blog’s management. Here are some tips to consider when choosing a web hosting company for your blogs:

Why you should go for self-hosted blog, instead of free-hosted blog

There are two crucial issues that free-hosted blogs lack: value and brandability. For instance, myhotblog.blogspot.com is not brandable and valuable enough compared to myhotblog.com. Sure, you can purchase myhotblog.com and point the domain name to Wordpress.com or Blogger.com, but the idea behind a self-hosted blog is the ability to max-out blog customisation

Why you should go for self-hosted blog, instead of free-hosted blog

There are two crucial issues that free-hosted blogs lack: value and brandability. For instance, myhotblog.blogspot.com is not brandable and valuable enough compared to myhotblog.com. Sure, you can purchase myhotblog.com and point the domain name to Wordpress.com or Blogger.com, but the idea behind a self-hosted blog is the ability to max-out blog customisation

Unlimited features

One more unlimited you will see in hosting plans is unlimited email accounts, unlimited databases etc. This just means as many as you need, only limited by your disk space/data transfer/whatever is applicable. Although the word unlimited is bit misleading because there are limits, it is short so it can be used in comparison charts and "as many as you can fit within your disk space quota" does not look good in a chart.

Disk space

It is not so common, but it happens that web hosts are offering unlimited disk space. The reason why you don't see it so often is that it is very clear to everyone that a hard disk is limited. You can't fill an 80 gb hard disk with more than 80 gb, and the unlimited hard disk is not invented yet.
Unlimited disk space may be offered by hosting startups who does not understand what they are promising, or they plan on suspending any account that grows too large "Your web site has grown out of our hosting solutions". Unlimited disk space may also be offered in unlimited plans*.

Unlimited features

One more unlimited you will see in hosting plans is unlimited email accounts, unlimited databases etc. This just means as many as you need, only limited by your disk space/data transfer/whatever is applicable. Although the word unlimited is bit misleading because there are limits, it is short so it can be used in comparison charts and "as many as you can fit within your disk space quota" does not look good in a chart.

Disk space

It is not so common, but it happens that web hosts are offering unlimited disk space. The reason why you don't see it so often is that it is very clear to everyone that a hard disk is limited. You can't fill an 80 gb hard disk with more than 80 gb, and the unlimited hard disk is not invented yet.
Unlimited disk space may be offered by hosting startups who does not understand what they are promising, or they plan on suspending any account that grows too large "Your web site has grown out of our hosting solutions". Unlimited disk space may also be offered in unlimited plans*.

Unlimited/unmetered hosting

Many web hosts offer something unlimited or unmetered. A hard disk, a web server, its connections to the internet etc. all have limitations. After reading this unlimited newsletter edition I hope you have an understanding of what unlimited and unmetered means in the web hosting world.

Unlimited/unmetered hosting

Many web hosts offer something unlimited or unmetered. A hard disk, a web server, its connections to the internet etc. all have limitations. After reading this unlimited newsletter edition I hope you have an understanding of what unlimited and unmetered means in the web hosting world.