In November 2007 I made a decision to move my blog from blogger onto a self-hosted platform and migrated all my blog posts onto WordPress. I made this decision after much deliberation. My objective was to grow my blog and provide better quality blogging experience for my readers. The first thing I had to do was to find a reliable web hosting plan and register a domain name.

It is not easy to decide on a hosting plan because there are so many to choose from. Web hosting is a very competitive business and you can easily find a plan that cost less than what you would spend for your lunch or your favourite CD. But would you choose a hosting plan simply because it is the cheapest? There are other elements of a hosting plan that you should consider.

1. Price
2. Bandwidth
3. Space
4. Free setup
5. No. of email accounts
6. Database install e.g. MySQL and how many can you install
7. Admin tools e.g. CPanel, Domain Manager, etc.
8. Ease or software installation e.g. Fantastico Deluxe
9. 24/7 Support
10. Reliability
11. Free domain name
12. Affiliate program
13. Web stats monitoring tool like Weblizer or AWStats
14. Other freebies like AdWord vouchers, Yahoo Search Services, etc.

The reason why I went with Bluehost is because of its popularity with WordPress hosting. I googled and found that many WordPress bloggers recommended or use Bluehost’s web hosting to host their blog. I also liked the ability to set up multiple domains, sub-domains and install as many instances of WordPress that I like. Also setting up WordPress is easy. Fantastico Deluxe does it for you from creating the folder for the php scripts and creating the database and setting up the login.

If you are considering changing your hosting plan or if you are currently using Blogger and would like to use WordPress instead (there are many benefits for using WordPress over Blogger which I will tell you more in another post), then I have a proposal for you.

I will be honest with you. I am encouraging you to consider signing up for a hosting plan with Bluehost because I am an affiliate partner but I am not only encouraging you to buy a hosting plan with Bluehost because I want your money. Instead I am making you an attractive proposal. If you sign up for a hosting plan with Bluehost.com, I will share my affiliate earnings with you. I will be paid $65 for every affiliate sign up. I will share $30 with you if you sign up for a hosting plan with Bluehost.com through me. I will not make this proposal if I don’t think Bluehost.com is a reliable web hosting company. I signed up for a hosting plan with Bluehost.com since October 2007 and I have been a happy Bluehost customer.

What will you get if you sign up for a Bluehost hosting plan through me.

1) A reliable web hosting platform
2) Easy Install and setup of WordPress, Drupal, Joomla or forums using Fantastico Deluxe.
3) It will cost you only $6.95 per month and you get a free domain name of your choice
4) And you get $30 cashback because I am sharing my affiliate/referral earnings with you.
5) You can sign up for the affiliate program and earn $65 for every referral.

Remember, if you are interested in my proposal, use only the link below to sign up so that I will receive the referral earnings from Bluehost and share $30 with you. Cashback will be paid by PayPal. If you don’t have a PayPal account, you can create one here.

SIGN UP USING ONLY THE LINK BELOW. IF YOU SIGN UP USING ANOTHER LINK TO BLUEHOST, I WON’T GET THE REFERRAL AND YOU WON’T GET $30.

If you wish to contact me, click here and include “Bluehost” in the subject.

If you optimize your blog using Chitika, read on to find out tips on how to use Chitika ads effectively on your blog.

1. Submit URL to Chitika

I came across a link today that allows you to submit your URL to Chitika staff and members to help optimize your site using Chitika products.

http://chitika.com/forum/index.php?topic=112.0

2. Learn from Problogger

LiewCF, Malaysia’s first problogger shares tips on Chitika optimization

Quoting LiewCF:

http://www.liewcf.com/blog/archives/2007/02/top-five-chitika-optimization-tips/

3. Use Chitika RPU

You get paid per click (PPC) with RPU. It is designed to work exclusively for blogs and news/article based sites. RPU brings related products right to the user reading a product-oriented story.

http://chitika.com/rpu_overview.php

Do you own more than one domain name? Many of us do. Some of us own more than 10 or 100 domain names that are parked and not developed into websites. What if I tell you that you can easily use a service that will enable you to convert the parked domains into content-rich websites and earn money with Google AdSense. Would you be interested to find out how?

Recently, I read Joel Comm’s blog* and he shared an idea on how to monetize parked domains through a web application called whypark.com.

What is whypark.com?

It is a web application that brings content to your parked domain with the following benefits:

What else will you benefit from?

The SEO provided by whypark.com:

I was all excited after reading Joel Comm’s post and I asked the cost question. So how much will it cost me? The answer is if you have 100 parked domains, it will cost you $1 per domain. If you have only a few parked domains, you’re far better off developing them into websites on your own instead of using whypark.com. Imagine 100 parked domains that can be easily monetized. You just have to setup once and watch it make money for you.

Watch the demo on whypark.com by Joel Comm.

Drop me a comment if you find this service useful and if it will benefit you.

* Joel Comm is an internet entrepreneur and the author of The AdSense Code. He also created the Next Internet Millionaire reality tv show on the web.