It’s My Imagination

Hosting Issues?

January 16, 2008 on 12:52 pm | In Some of This Some of That | 1 Comment

I’m fairly new to the world of blogging, but I am learning many things. A hot topic since the Google PR smackdown is whether or not it is better to have your own domain and whether or not to use a hosting service. Many bloggers are using free hosting services and with free domains. These are fine if blogging is something you’re doing for fun, but if you do it for fun AND want to monetize your site, it’s my opinion that you should buy your own domain and you should pay for hosting.

Why should you spend the money? One reason is that owning your own domain gives you the security of knowing your domain can’t be pulled away from you without you knowing about it. A good reason for paying for hosting? Customer service. That’s right, when something happens to your site, you have customer service to help you. You also have creative control. Most free hosting services do not allow you to work with your template code and really make your site your own, with your own personality. As for monetizing your site, many advertisers do not want to use publishers who do not have their own domain.

How do you choose a hosting service? First, ask for recommendations. There are many forums and chat rooms where other bloggers and site owners can help you figure out who is the best hosting service for you. There are many people who have used a hosting service called Dreamhost. There is a special Lunarpages Offer for DreamHost Customers and the offer provides $40 off hosting with Lunarpages.com.

Lunarpages has just increased their basic plan which is now 15,000 GB of transfer, 1,500 GB of storage, a free domain name and up to 10 add-on domains. They have been in business for over 8 years and provide all levels of service, from beginners to dedicated servers.

If you’re in the market for web hosting services, you might want to check them out.

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Extermination

January 16, 2008 on 12:32 pm | In My Imagination | 2 Comments

Good news, I think?

Our quarterly visit from the exterminator took place this morning.  I told him that there is something running around in our attic, I was thinking it might be mice but it’s hard to tell.  I’ve never actually seen the critter, my daughter and I hear it scurrying around above her bedroom in the middle of the night.  I’ve also heard it in the daytime when I am in my sewing room which is located next to my daughter’s bedroom.

The exterminator went into the attic today and laid traps and put down bait.  The good news?  He doesn’t believe it is mice (or rats).  He explained that normally, with mice, there will be droppings around the a/c units because they get water from the condensation.  He didn’t see any droppings.  He noted that they also tend to run the same paths and thereby create a worn path on top of the insulation.  He didn’t see any paths.  He did go ahead and lay the traps and bait, just in case, but he thinks it may be a squirrel!

A squirrel.  I’m not sure if that’s better than a mouse, but I’d like to think so!

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Wordless Wednesday

January 16, 2008 on 10:17 am | In My Imagination | 8 Comments

My thanks to Karen for hooking me up with Wordless Wednesday!

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