Promoting from Blog to Website! Suggestions needed...

[Kiran.dks]

Guys, I have my blog [edit:closed blogger]. My friends suggested that the content of the blog suits for a website. It was in my mind for many days. Now I have decided to have my own domain. But, I am a noob in the area of webhosting.

Giuys, Please suggest/advice me with valuable information regarding it, costs involved, etccccc

Recently Vishal has done it with Saurav & Navjot. I appreciate for any help from Saurav and Navjot. Anandji also has his website. Recommendations from him also will be valuable.

Thanks & Regards,
Kiran

[ahref]

A domain cost between Rs 300 to 400 yearly
And you can also get decent hosting between Rs 500 and Rs 1000 yearly

[ravi_9793]

yes.........domain cost B/W 300-400.

If you want to buy from me...I will give a .com for Rs. 350.
And 100 Mb space , 2 Gb bandwidth/Month ..All Unlimited features(E-mails IDs, Parked domain name, Addon domain name, database..and many)..for Rs. 300/- per year.

Server:
powerful Dual CPU Quad Core Clovertown Xeon (8 logical CPU's) machines with 4GB of RAM.
I will do Daily and weekly backup of your website.

If your site is not up for 99.9 % of time..I will return your money.

[Ankur Gupta]

@kiran
Yahoo Domains offer .com domains for 1.99$ only...buy from them and transfer to other domain provider..this will save you around 250 bucks...
regarding website I think you should go for Wordpress as it is the best blogging platform...nothing beats it...
As fas as hosting is concerned you can get free as well as paid hosting...depends on your budget...
i can help you in setting it up if you like....

[ravi_9793]

yahoo domain activation takes around 4-5 days.
They register in bulk...of all 4-5 days.Thats why they can offer at this price.Also ..I don't think they let you transfer your domain name easily.

Also transferring domain name from yahoo is not a easy task.Because all we domain seller are direct i customer....but I think yahoo is not associated with direct i.

So,transfer of domain name will take another 4-5 days.

And yahoo cost for first yr looks good.than they are crap.For second yr you need to pay 9.99 US $ (Rs. 400/-)....and they charge extra for all services like who is privacy.

Hey..I think yahoo is also selling domain name for $9.95 per year.I think their offer is closed now.Look at this page
http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/domains/

[ahref]

Ravi directi is not the only ICANN accredited Registrar and all domain seller or reseller need not to be associated with directi.

Probably yahoo has ICANN accrediation.

[ravi_9793]

Originally Posted by ahref

Ravi directi is not the only ICANN accredited Registrar and all domain seller or reseller need not to be associated with directi.

Probably yahoo has ICANN accrediation.

But I think in that case it takes time.

Is yahoo still offering domain @1.99 $

[Sukhdeep Singh]

Yahoo sells for MelbourneIT and Yahoo Domains is not instant but it doesnt take that much time either and Yes Ravi, they are

Kiran, you can also check my hosting packages at
Start your website Today for just Rs. 499

[ravi_9793]

^look at this link.
yahoo is selling at $9.95/per yr
http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/domains/
can you mention the link where yahoo is selling for 1.99 $..or plz mention the discount coupon code of yahoo (if any)

[shashank4u]

^yahoo offers domains at that much low price only for 1-2 days as offer also if you are going to purchase there are hidden costs that you ll have to pay during the payment process..still you can get domain from yahoo @3.99 after extra costs...that kinda offer is arbitrary

[Sukhdeep Singh]

What hidden costs ????Please share

As for Link, here you go Ravi
http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/domai...30&PID=2587944

[ravi_9793]

Originally Posted by shashank4u

^yahoo offers domains at that much low price only for 1-2 days as offer also if you are going to purchase there are hidden costs that you ll have to pay during the payment process..still you can get domain from yahoo @3.99 after extra costs...that kinda offer is arbitrary

how would one know that 1-2 days..when yahoo offer is open.For that I think one need to keep close look regularly on yahoo website

[shashank4u]

there is a one dollar extra charge i don't remember what was it for...

Yahoo is not recommended in terms of domain.

You Hoster guys let Kiran tech mania breath a little bit...looks like he is afraid of your posts

For hosting i would recommend Ravi or Ewebguru both r equally good and close friends of mine.

[ravi_9793]

Originally Posted by sukhdeepsinghkohli

What hidden costs ????Please share

As for Link, here you go Ravi
http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/domai...30&PID=2587944

yes..it is available for 1.99 $ for the first yr.I think this can be a good deal..because it include DNS control also.We charge extra Rs. 40 for DNS control.

If yahoo domain can be transferred ..to another registrar..than this is cool deal

But to avail this offer one need to wait for 4-5 days after ordering.Because yahoo register in bulk of all 4-5 days domains.

[Sukhdeep Singh]

Originally Posted by shashank4u

there is a one dollar extra charge i don't remember what was it for...

1$ charge is for WHOIS protection which is optional

how would one know that 1-2 days..when yahoo offer is open.For that I think one need to keep close look regularly on yahoo website

The Yahoo domain offer is going since a long time. Yahoo is actually losing money for first year of registration, the must be at Breakeven in second year so i have no clue why they are doing this. No answers from me on this Marketing stategy

yes..it is available for 1.99 $ for the first yr.I think this can be a good deal..because it include DNS control also.We charge extra Rs. 40 for DNS control.

If yahoo domain can be transferred ..to another registrar..than this is cool deal

1. Yep, it is but there are plenty of FREE DNS Managment provides and 95% people dont need it anyhow and yes it can transferred after 60 days

But to avail this offer one need to wait for 4-5 days after ordering.Because yahoo register in bulk of all 4-5 days domains.

No offence, but this is not true

[ravi_9793]

Yahoo exists to make money and although their domain names are cheap, they will have a very clever trick up their sleeve. Their grand idea is to attract new customers by selling at low prices.

I have heard some where that their renewal price is sometimes $14.

Also heard that:
transferring a domain from Yahoo is like impossible. Which means if you wanna renew it, your stuck with them.They will lock your domain name..and will not give you control to unlock the domain name.

Anyone here having experience with yahoo domain name(renew and transfer).Please come up....post your experience

[Ankur Gupta]

Stop your fights and discussions here...i think kiran asked for help...
Some straight forward facts...
Yahoo domain registration is almost instant...but you can change nameservers only after 4-5 days...
Any domain can be transfered to a new registrar only after 60 days and yahoo domain is no exception and there is no hassle in transferring it...
therefore I suggested yahoo domains coz it saves 250 bucks and after 60 days you get all features and have full control over your domain...
And yes 1.99$ yahoo domains offer is applicable through gift coupons and codes which are available all over the net...
Even askvg.com is registered with Y! Domains...I myself have a domain with Y! Domain...
Hope this clears things out...

[ravi_9793]

^^^^^^^^^^^^
thanks for sharing your experience about yahoo. And dear we are not fighting here. We are just making conclusion on yahoo domain service.

We all here are good friend..personally I dont think I have any competition with yahoo or with anyone here.

[Ankur Gupta]

^^I dont think this is the right thread to discuss about Y! domain service...

[blackpearl]

Arreeee yaar!! yahan to auction chaal raha hai.

[ravi_9793]

Originally Posted by ankurgupta.me

^^I dont think this is the right thread to discuss about Y! domain service...

why!!!

I think kiran has got answer about hosting...from many (ashok, sukhdeep, and me)So, we can discuss about yahoo also.why make special thread for this.

If kiran has any more dout, he can again ask here.

[anandk]

njs tells me that u can do all with a blog, that u can do with a website. i dont know. i havent the faintest idea of how to start a blog. i wanted to enjoy the pains of learning so i started a website from scratch.

most imp : decide on a good webhost. dont trust ads. go to someone u know! i had a bad experience there. my 1st host used to fxxxg 'down' my site everytime my bandwidth exceeded, without even informing me ! choto sgstd apna 'tuxfan' to me, and i am at peace now, try him, he is a gentleman. im sure there are other good webhosts too here. 'talk' to someone you 'know' and then decide. again u wanna go for free hosting...or paid ? i went paid. nice reasonable package from tuxfan.

what else ? i knew WHAT design i wanted and what matter to put. i wanted my site to be for the 'end-user windows enthusiast' (like me). so be clear who u r targetting the site at! you want to target India - or the world ? decide on a NICHE, dont just ape ! vishal has targetted his at 'wanna be' win/os hackers, as i c, and yes he can do that, as he has a lot of reg hacks and tweaks up his sleeve !

i retained a student for doing the coding, designed the artwork done to my taste from an artist (they learnt as much from me, as i from them). and then hosted it. decide on a good domain name.

i didnt bother about backlinks or alexa nor seo (just added meta tags and that too wrongly here agn njs corrected me)... nor anything else, just focussed on my content, and i update it almost every other day! honestly havent done proper seo on it yet, maybe some day i'll learn a little about it and fine tune it 'seo' wise. but still gives me a kick when a search engine like Live/- puts me on the 1st page for basic searches like : make vista faster or even windows vista service pack 1. my awstats show a daily hits figure between 16-18000. and i dont thinks thats bad for a site launched on 27th May, 2007. so i always say : CONTENT IS KING !

hits ? write something controversial once in awhile...

my rss : waznt working till about 2-3 weeks back ! agn njs helped me here. i presume they are working now

starting and running a website is work, rest assured. i enjoy it so its not work for me For me its a 'work of art' i did it for myself, not worrying whether anyone would like it, honestly! but thankfully im getting nice hits. my hits from US far outnumber the sum total of hits from all other countries put together.

just thinking aloud and writing on the spur of the moment as u mentioned my name ... hope i dont sound incoherent whew, dont think iv ever written such an impromptu long post... always prefer to write such long ones b4 hand, in a notepad and then copy-paste. btw if u havent vztd my site recently, do check it out and giv sgstn www.winvistaclub.com

have fun !

[Ankur Gupta]

Absolutely on the target anandk...
@Kiran
Your search ends at one man..Ashish(Tuxfan)...Such a helpful guy...wont just tell you buy from him till you are convinced about what you are getting and what you actually need...Always there to help even on small problems...
Just consult him and you wont need to look further...

[Kiran.dks]

Many Thanks for all your replies guys.
It seems like Yahoo domain is a better option. But is transferring domain to other host a messy process?

Wordpress seems to be the best option for hosting. Going by anand answers, I feel that one needs a programming language for making a website.. Isn't it?

Regarding hosting, I think paid is better option. Free hosting includes ads I guess. I don't want any external ads in my website. I want to include Google Adsense and Adbrite myself.

[Pathik]

Nope transferring the domain isnt messy at all if u take tyhe domain from a good reseller wich gives u all the features..
If u plan to mod ur WP urself then u shd know html,css,php,sql basics i think..
also not all free hosts include ads..

[ravi_9793]

Originally Posted by pathiks

Nope transferring the domain isnt messy at all if u take tyhe domain from a good reseller wich gives u all the features..

yes , it is very simple process.Ystersday only I transfered one domain name..and it took only 5 min.

but I am not sure abt yahoo domain service.Because if they lock your domain name, than in that case you have to stick with yahoo.

[Kiran.dks]

Ya, I know that all free hosting doesn't have ads, but the good ones do have it. Others which don't have ads have lot of constraints like bandwidth...etccc

[ravi_9793]

^^^^^^^
110mb.com
It is good with good package.Only restriction is SMTP is off.

If is good idea to start with free hosting..than shift to paid hosting.

Me started same way.

[blackpearl]

Anandk is bang on target. Content is the MOST IMPORTANT thing of a website. Looks doesn't matter. This is what I learnt from my 50 days of blogging. No SEO trick can bring traffic to your site as much as good content can. I haven't applied any seo and yet I get decent ranking on google search results. Hell!! I don't even have metatags!!

I get an average of 400 hits/day and 5.8% of my traffic comes from google search while another 7.5% comes directly. Sometimes even routine keywords thrown into google brings up my blog in the first page. Every time a visitor comes from google it gets me thrilled. Here are some actual keywords visitors used and came to my site along with the search result ranking.

"email that will self delete" - my blog on 5th place, page 1
http://www.google.com/search?q=email...&start=50&sa=N

"Extract Any Archive " - page 1, 7th place
http://www.google.co.in/search?q=Ext...-US:unofficial

"image sharing" - page 1, 9th place
http://www.google.com/search?q=image...&start=50&sa=N

"remove author's name from word" - page 1, 3rd place
http://www.google.com/search?client=...utf-8&oe=utf-8

Some weird and amazing searches brought visitors to my site too. Like

"dark spots on cd surface" - page 1, 1st place!!
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...20cd%20surface

"windows registry editor linux" - page 1, 8th place (registry editor for linux??)
http://www.google.com/search?q=windo...&start=20&sa=N

Now this is the ultimate"

"is equal to" - page 1, 5th place
http://www.google.com/search?client=...utf-8&oe=utf-8

How did this happen? Honestly, I don't know. Just have good contents on your site and leave the rest to google. That's the best SEO advice I can give you.

[Kiran.dks]

Originally Posted by ravi_9793

yes , it is very simple process.Ystersday only I transfered one domain name..and it took only 5 min.

but I am not sure abt yahoo domain service.Because if they lock your domain name, than in that case you have to stick with yahoo.

They lock domain names from transferring?