ResOces

[Updated 24 March 2016] By jeff  – I get many enquiries quite frequently  about “what hosting I use for this blog” , “which is a good place to register  www domain names”   and “What are some good cheap optimised wordpress themes that I can use for my wordpress blog?” . So i said, why not publish  a resources page , so here it is  called  “resOces” .

Below you can check out all the service providers  that is use for managing this blog and also my other blogs  that I manage. I can say if these resources are good enough for me , then surely it is also good enough for you.

I have written many articles on this blog – that you can find helpful if you are starting a blog or website  and surely enough even people who are already into blogging will find something useful.

So here are my list of resources :

  Domain Names for your website 

 

There has always been discussion about  your own domain name versus a free domain ( e.g.  techxxblog.blogspot.com.au), Your own domain name give you freedom to create your brand identity, move your  current hosting whenever you wish too – if you have problems with your current  provider  and keep full control of your own blog.  Domain names are not very pricey  and can come as cheap at under $10 dollar for .com domain name.(you can click the above godaddy banner to get a cheap domain name)

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• Free Domain name –  Most web-hosting services will offer you free domain name with a good hosting package. Look out for these deals when they become available.

 

Web Hosting for blogs / websites:

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If you choose self hosted blogging options ( Mostly free like blogger and wordpress.com), buying  hosting separately  is not required. But if you opt for  a standalone WordPress in your own hosting space  (which give you   full freedom of your blog design , advertising and domain ownership etc ), then  you need a good web hosting service.

• Hostgator | Bluehost($3.49 a month) | Dreamhost | GoDaddy Hosting  – These are all great places to start your blog with shared hosting. They have 1-click WordPress install services which will remove all hassles of installing or starting up a wordpress blog . The bandwidth Space povided for your files ( website) and customer support are all great and enough to easily host 2 to 3 or even more blogs .
• Starting a Ecommerce Store –  Bigcommerce powers some of the world’s most successful online stores. They have hosted startups to billion-dollar businesses with companies in 150+ countries growing with Bigcommerce. They offer a one stop solution for  your ecommerce store needs with various flexible pricing plans .  The bespoke software creates beautiful and completely customizable online stores with powerful features, with the ability to sell products online with ease , process and ship orders, and track inventory, Bigcommerce has everything an online business needs. [ As part of our DigitalGrog Special deal – You can complete an online form to try Bigcommerce FREE for 15 days. Click here to try it out ]

Managed Hosting & optimised hosting 

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• I use  Hostmonster , blue-host and hostgator hosting  for my different blogs .  This blog runs on hostmonster. Click here to sign up with my hosting provider hostmonster.com [ Get Hostmonster Deal Here   Coupon: Gimmemore ]

 

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WordPress Themes for your blog or website:

•  Elegant themes, WP Zoom and Solostream  are my preferred paid premium themes which are quite reasonably priced  and offer value for money in terms of SEO benefits, custom design, amazing theme framework options which will work for web-masters with no design or coding experience. All these themes offer unique capabilities with different pricing plans  – and you can choose whichever you like. Read our reviews on theme review.

 

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Youtube Video review of Solostream themes ( which i use for this blog)

 

 

Here are some additional posts that i have written on  bogging and reviews of resources that i have used on my blogs  :

• The basics of starting a Blog
• How to buy a Domain Name and domain buying 101
• Comparison on Blog Web Hosting for Australians
• Comparison of Australian US domain registration providers
• 6 AWESOME, CHEAP PREMIUM WORDPRESS THEMES
• Solostream WP Clear WordPress theme review
• The new wordpress theme that’s truly radiant
• Starting a Blog for MakingMoney Online

TWITTER UPDATE 

http://t.co/S5yxJr0LDw via @youtube Dont know where to start … Trying to figure out how to start a blog? Well, starting a blogwebsite

— DigitalGrog (@undermarrest) October 16, 2015

Some of the links i provide here are my provider affiliate links, you do not  get charged anything additional  and infact will receive any current discount available  through this links if you decide to purchase any service or product. Most of the resources i have mentioned here are obviously used by me  and that is why i  am recommend it. Those services  that don’t give enough value  do get a special (poor rating ) review post  on my blog, so rest assured the list over her is the best of the best.

Blogging Software

• • • • • • • • WordPress.org –  The  best  and easiest way to start a professional blog. It is one of the the most powerful blogging software with the widest range of features and its also free on wordpress.com.

 

 

• • • • • • • You will need you own domain name and hosting to get started if you are not using the free service , but if you are serious about your blogging and earning money  then i would suggest getting a hosting account from oneof the hosting providers below , which entitles you too free wordpress install in a few clicks from within the hosting package.

 

 

• • • • • • • • WordPress.com ( freeVersion) – This is  self hosted alternative to WordPress.org. It is easy to move your blog from WordPress.com to WordPress.org once you get the hang of it  or then just upgrade with domain and hosting

 

 

• • • • • • • • Blogger –  Google’s free blogging tool which isone of the easiest way to start a blog. B logger provides you  with powerful blogging tools and options and its hell easy. You will get a name like   xxxxx.blospot.com blog address and you have th option of getting  your own custom domain names attached to the freeblog.  I have also started out  with blogger for blogging, but now people have so many more options and information available to just get started on a full fledged blog instead at low costs

 

 

• • • • • • • • Tumblr and Postereous –  Quick and easy other bloggin platforms  that are similar to  blogger and wordpress  but a bit different , these options are also skewed towards starting  a blog, photoblog or moblog.

 

TWITTER UPDATE 

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 Make Money Online with Advertising

• Google Adsense (PPC) – Google currently Offers the best pay per click (PPC) advertising to earn money just by adding a simple line of code. Bing  and facebook are now getting into the competition and are good alternatives. If you have a blog or website , you can earn money on-line from whatever little traffic you have.  Read more about Ad sense.

• Amazon.com (Affiliate) –  You can sell products like gadgets, music, software and anything else you can imagine and get paid a good measly affiliate commission for the same. If you run a product oriented niche  site, carefully embedded links can make money for you easily.

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Site Traffic Tracking

• Google Analytics –  One of the best, most accurate and most powerful site traffic tracking tool out there. It is powered by Google and is totally free.

• WordPress Stats | Statcounter | google websmaster tools –  I use these three accurate Stats counter  to know how much traffic i get as well as anlyse the traffic and keywords used to get to my blog.

• Yoast WordPress SEO Plugin-  is the ultimate SEO tool  which will help you SEO your wordpress blog  easily.

• SEO Ultimate WordPress Plugin –  SEO Ultimate is a powerful all-in-one SEO plugin with links masking capabilities, available free for WordPress bloggers