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Can I broadcast myself live on facebook

May 19, 2016 by admin Leave a Comment

Yes you can now , Facebook has just started a new feature on their platform where you can just use your smartphone to broadcast yourself live to the world via your facebook account.

Infact it is very much like the popular service – Periscope , which lets you broadcast live video to the world and instantly notify your followers who can join, comment on your live video.

This platform is good to broadcast live events as well and can easily eat into google’s – You tubes market share.

If you’re looking for a stream from a random person you can either choose one from one of the highly ranked clips on the left side of the page, or click on one of the blue dots ont he interactive map from everyone else on the digital globe.

This feature isn’t available to everyone right now.

What is this Facebook live videos?

Live videos are real-time video posts on the Facebook platform. You can use your smart device or smartphone to broadcast live onto Facebook and your followers or family and friends.

You will also get Live videos from public figures you follow and your friends will appear in your News Feed.

How do i do a live broadcast on facebook ?

To start a live broadcast:

Log into the Facebook iOS app or Facebook Android app
Tap at the top of your Timeline, News Feed or Page
Tap
Write an optional description for your broadcast
Tap Go Live to begin your broadcast

When you want to end your broadcast, tap Finish.

Your broadcast can be no longer than 90 minutes. When you end your broadcast, it’ll stay on your Timeline or Page like any other video.

Here are some good tips from facebook if you are going to try this out and start broadcasting yourself.

To turn Notifications off for facebook Live broadcast

Live Video Notifications

To turn live video notifications on or off:

Click at the top-right corner and select Settings
Click Notifications on the left
Click On Facebook
Scroll down to Live Videos to make changes to live video notifications

What Is Live Video Streaming?

Live video streaming services like Meerkat and Periscope and now facebook allow users to post and stream live video content on social media

Viral Facebook live videos (chewbaca viral video)

Its no even just got live (facebook-live service and people are going viral live as they shoot videos on the go and upload – and this mum from Oklahoma US, has just gone viral on Facebook live with millions of views for her chewbacka video rant. Have a look!

Some other live Streaming Options/services

Instalively – Live streaming made easy.

Instalively is an Indian based live streaming service. Like Periscope & Meerkat, you can live stream straight from your phone. Also you can share your streams directly to what’s app, as well as Facebook unlike Periscope for example

Stre.am | Stream Live Videointo They came out of beta at SXSW in 2015, right as Meerkat made it’s emergence as well.

Website hosting coupon domain deals for Godaddy and Bluehost

March 18, 2016 by admin 5 Comments

The competition is already heating up with special promo prices and coupons for hosting and domain names being released quickly.

Most top hosting providers specially bluehost and Go daddy have already started coming out with special promo deals for hosting and domain names.

My favourite blog hosting providers is Blue host, Godaddy, Hostmonster, Hostgator -though I have a few more hosting accounts due to my blogging hobby.

This month Bluehost and Godaddy deals specially stand out. I use godaddy more for the domain buying (though I also have hosting with them), but when bluehost also comes out with a good offer like a Domain free + with hosting it’s definitely a good deal to grab!

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Not many websitehosting companies now days give an offer where you can get both a domain and a hosting for free at the same time, so this offer is particularly appealing if you’re starting a new blog or then looking for a second hosting account to start a second website or blog.

Youtube video for blog setup from howtoblogtv

[Video on how to set up blog with godaddy]

Both webhosting providers support the most popular blogging software wordpress, which can be installed quickly with a 1 click install. They also support many other blog software scripts, forums scripts and image galleries scripts, if you want to host something other than a blog.

The most important bit is that , you can install more than 1 blog on your hosting account so If you suddenly decide to get another domain name and start a new second blog, you don’t need to buy another hosting account.

The above listed hosting plans prices from these two providers are for a monthly basis, but are charged on a yearly basis, so you will have to calculate the total costs on a yearly basis. Plans are also available for a pay as you go monthly basis, but then the prices are a bit pricier than the ones listed above.

Guide – Building a wordpress blog in 3 steps and more https://t.co/nQGKpA0Mm7 pic.twitter.com/SEosYW3lxa

— DigitalGrog (@undermarrest) April 20, 2018

Why are these Hosting and domain plans so cheap?

These bloghosting providers normally can afford to give these low prices only due to offering these plans to new customers and making money from customers over the longer term, when they extend their contracts. The advertised price is only for the first year, and then it switches back to normal renewal prices a few dollars more. You have the options at that time to switch to a new hosting provider to then remain as a customer with your existing website-host.

Dedicated servers Vs shared plans

These plans are cheaper because the y are shared hosting plans and not dedicated servers or VPS servers which are a bit more costly and not shared servers. The dedicated and Vps servers are generally quite speedy and more exclusive. However if your just starting out with a website or blog, these shared plans will easily serve your purpose at a reasonable price. These above two provided hosting plans are currently cheaper than most other popular shared plans.

Bluehost and go daddy also offer great tips and blogging and website guides on their blog https://garage.godaddy.com/ and http://www.bluehost.com/blog/ blogs and they also offer server checking status tools to check your server status

Hosting of your blog or website is considered the backbone of your blog and one of the main factors that keeps your blog running smoothly without glitches and if you get this important factor wrong with a bad hosting provider, you could be missing out on valuable traffic from your viewers due to dodgy servers that are slow or then having server issues. Make sure you check the uptime of your websitehost; Bluehost and godaddy have a good uptime rating and have just upgraded their servers so speed is also good.

Right now you can get a free domain name with both of them so both deals are good; however godaddy is beating bluehost on price. Bluehost though does have more scripts/software to install and choose from in their hosting panel and have a much more user friendly administration panel.

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If you do end up clicking the above discount referral links and purchase a hosting a/c or domain do let me know or then get in touch with me if you run into any problems with setting up your blog. I will be glad to help.

Until then /ciao-Jeff

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Is optimised or managed hosting better than shared hosting in 2015

October 17, 2015 by admin 5 Comments

First i will start off with what is optimised hosting?

[updated 17 October 2015]

In simple terms it means that your hosting provider has provided exclusive hardware or servers for hosting your blog and enhanced the software and plugins to make your blog runs more smoothly and faster than normal blogs and websites. You can also say it is better than shared hosting but more affordable than many dedicated hosting plans

If you are just beginning with your first WordPress blog, you have come to the right place by visiting start a website.info, because my mini optimised or managed WordPress hosting guide is sure to be very helpful to you. Even if you are already into blogging and have some knowledge of all this pricing comparison will help you.

One of the most voiced problems by website owners and bloggers is the problem of slowness in their websites and themes or website continuously breaking, or their websites getting hacked and different optimized or managed hosting takes care of all of this.

Are you a WordPress beginner who is wondering what is managed WordPress hosting or optimised wordpress hosting?

Well they both mean are the same, it’s just two different terms for the same product. Some hosting companies call it optimized hosting and some call it managed hosting

During your website-hosting research, you probably searched Google/Bing for numerous providers and found that prices of managed WordPress hosting is quite higher than the average shared hosting which you can get for as low as $3.95 per month.

You might ask –Why is there such a big price difference?

· Is it really that much better?
· Do I need managed/optimized WordPress hosting for my site?
· Which is the best managed WordPress hosting company?

If you have all these questions, then you have come to the right place.

To sum it up in short for ya, Google search engine which pretty much runs 70 % of all searches online loves a fast, speedy Mobile optimised and secure website and managed hosting enables you to get all of these factors into your website or blog

In the following post, I will help you to select the best managed/optimized WordPress hosting for your WordPress blog and also provide some options for shared hosting just in case the price difference is not really appealing to you. In the past ten years of my own blogging journey, I have used more than 5 WordPress shared hosting services, two managed hosting services and one unmanaged dedicated VPS server.

There are other types of Word Press hosting options as well like (VPS, dedicated, etc.) apart from shared and optimised hosting.

Optimised /Managed Hosting Vs. Shared hosting

I have provide the prices for each host and also provided prices for shared hosting, but if your are starting a new blog and want to get a head start I would recommend optimized hosting. If you are a blogger already or small business website , then if you don’t have optimized hosting , you are just putting yourself behind in this competitive market.

I recommend bluehost hosting because I use their shared as well as optimised hosting and their nginx powered software-servers for this are doing a great job.

Techy webmasters have been powering their websites with nginx to make it run faster long before bluehost came up with this offer , so its definitely worth the difference in price. The other thing is they are cheaper than wp engine

Price comparison for Optimized hosting and managed hosting vs Shared

Hosting company	Optimized Hosting	Shared hosting
Bluehost	$12.49* Buy now	$3.49 (42%off) Buy now
Dreamhost	$19.95 Buy now	$5.95 (40% off) Buy now
Hostgator	Optimized- $7.46 * Click Here	$3.96 month (3 yr plan)Click here
Wpengine	$29 Buy now	Premuim Managed hosting
Godaddy	$5.99 Buy now	$3.99 Buy now
Hostmonster	$74.99 First month Dedicated Buy now	$3.95 Buy now

*Most providers the first month is cheaper (due to promotion) for managed hosting and then a slightly higher rate after that. Some hosting providers will provide a cheaper rate for the hosting if you lock in a longer term plan (these could be better for your pocket). All prices are monthly.

I would suggest that for a new WordPress blog (traffic less than 2,000/Day), Shared hosting is the best hosting option to start with. If it’s any higher than that you should probably think of upgrading to managed wordpress hosting

Twitter Update

How to start a Tech Food or Fashion blog The ultimate guide from A to Z blog Guide https://t.co/iwpGCrQT1m pic.twitter.com/U1803ES6PY

— DigitalGrog (@undermarrest) October 5, 2015

How did Bluehost come out with their optimized hosting product ?

Many users were not happy with the loading times and slowness of normal shared servers. So a lot of people requested that Bluehost add a new service optimized, especially for WordPress users. These people wanted the power of a fast loading time, and the advanced security protection for wordpress, from the Bluehost servers.

I just signed up for the ‘WordPress Optimized Hosting’ at BlueHost and wanted to share… (What I am happy about). It does seem like they have an nginx / varnish / apache setup going, which seems like over kill, though it works speedily enough. They are priced at $12.49 special price for the first month (check above buy link for more details)

From experience i can say this:
Bluehost Shared vs Bluehost Shared PRO , the PRO wins.

· BlueHost PRO you get:
3.000 mysql tables (sum of all mysql , 1.000 in normal version)
Dedicated IP + SSL
BackupPRO
And better speed, from 5% to 20% speed increase
For WP version of Bluehost you get more optimised things,
more dedicated ram.

In 50% of cases, the things are easy with website speed:

· More RAM = More speed
More Cores = More speed
W3 Cache (or any) = More speed

Hosting anywhere from 5 to 30 WordPress sites

Why just host 1 website on an optimized server, instead of hosting a single website like many other managed WordPress hosting providers, Bluehost lets you host up to 5 sites for their cheapest plan, and the maximum WordPress sites you can host is 30 on the enterprise plan. It also offers Positive WildcardSSL, and with SiteLock enterprise, and premium services that no one else offers

History with optimised wordpress blogs

Optimizing blogs with nginx is not that well known , but a lot of bloggers with technical knowledge of Servers and IT were already optimizing their word press blogs themselves to get the best speed and bug free running of their blogs. These webmasters/bloggers using word press customised with nginx and apache and also running blogs on home servers with good speed while some more nerdy folks were using varnish script or then Nginx customised with W3 total cache.

You might ask “what is nginx”

Nginx (pronounced “engine x”) is a web server with a strong focus on high concurrency, performance and low memory usage. It can also act as a reverse proxy server for HTTP, HTTPS, SMTP, POP3, and IMAP protocols, as well as a load balancer and an HTTP cache.

To put it in simple non techy language they were already optimizing their wordpressblogs to get eh best speed and usability to gain a superior advantage over other blogs. Now with bluehost , Dreampress, Go daddy and WP engine coming out with managed-optmised wordpress from out of the box , that advantage is pretty much gone

What are alternatives to optimised or managed hosting ?

Blog VPS hosting

Vps hosting involves a virtual machine sold as a service by an internet hosting service. It’s like having your own computer but in the cloud ,so you can install and run anything from it . The technology behind VPS hosting is similar to that of VMware or Virtual Box. These programs allow you to run several virtualized operating systems on one machine

Dedicated Hosting

Dedicated Hosting plans can be compared to owning a house. You are allowed and have access to all resources available on the machine. In the Web hosting business, a dedicated server refers to the rental and exclusive use of a computer that includes a Web server, related software, and connection to the Internet, housed in the Web hosting company’s premises.

The Best Managed WordPress Web Hosting Services for 2015

I’ve already mentioned bluehost optimised hosting too many times , so I will just continue with the rest and just provide a little bit more details of feature so what they provide

Dreamhost ( Dreampress 2 – Optimized wordpress hosting )

Dreamhost is also offering managed (optimized) word press hosting. Their price is $19.95/mo when you sign up for an annual plan, take nay shorter plan and you will have to shell out $24.95 a month.

DreamPress 2 Features

Now with SSDs

PHP 5.5 with OPcache & optional HHVM

Dreampress highly reliable managed WordPress hosting service from DreamHost is hosted on virtual private servers and they have added speed enhancing features such as Solid State Drives (SSDs) and optional HHVM (Hip Hop Virtual Machine). You may ask what these fancy terms do, in simple english it will help prevent site slowness, website errors, or frustrated visitors.

WP engine – Some info about wp engine

Wp Engine is mainly an premuim optimized web-hosting provider and has many plans starting from $29 a month – up to $249 + a month including personal / professional / business / premium /enterprise plans.

For E.g.

Their personal plans has the following features

· 1Wordpress install

· 25k month visitors (pay more for more)

· 10 Gb local storage (more than enough)

· Unlimited data transfer

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Expertise

WP Engine takes care of your business platform even when you are not present. You can expect round the clock support from their expert services. The professional engineers provide managed WordPress hosting by delivering support 800 hours daily round the clock.

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Hostgator –Dedicated Hosting(VPS Hosting)

Hostgator has dedicated hosting which is managed through virtual private servers. They run a Semi-Managed VPS for their $11.97 plan(Snappy 500 -now 40% off). They have other plans like Snappy 1000/2000/4000/8000 which you can take according to your requirements.

Their Dedicated plans use Virtual Private Servers with no control panel and are considered semi-managed. Support for these is limited, but they provide full root access allows you total control, as well as the ability to install advanced software and completely customize your hosting environment.

Features of their dedicated hosting

· HostGator VPS servers utilize 32-Core AMD Opteron 6376 processors

· 128GB of RAM

· 3.6TB of RAID 10 storage.

They are available 24/7/365 via Telephone, Live chat, and Email for assistance and support.

Godaddy Optimised

Godaddy calls its optimized wordpress hosting product as managed wordpress hosting.

A$5.99/mo
ON SALE – SAVE 40%
A$9.99 /mo when you renew

Features of Godaddy Managed Hosting

1 website
10GB SSD storage
25,000 visitors/month
SFTP Access

Hostmonster

Hostmonster and hostagator both suggest free plugins like W3total cachce and WP super cache to speed up your shared hosting blog. However hostmonster also offers dedicated hosting in the cloud.

WP Super Cache (recommended)
W3 Total Cache

Standard Plan features

$149.99 PER MONTH $74.99*FIRST MONTH

Dual core, 2.3 GHz Intel® Xeon Processor
3 MB cache
4 GB RAM
500 GB (RAID 1)
5 TB/month
Free Domain Name
3 IPs
CentOS 6.5 (64-bit)

Hosting is really an essential part of any online business or blog. Making sure that you use a plan that’s ideally suited to your needs as a blogger or a business is crucial to serving a fast, secure website for your visitors.

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You hopefully now have a good overall understanding of the differences between shared and managed(optimised) WordPress hosting. In short: If you’re running a WordPress website and have $12 to $19 a month to spare, you should almost certainly make the switch to a managed WordPress host.

A good hosting plan you choose can often directly influence your website’s earnings! So make the right choice and get on with starting your website today, without wasting any more time. Goodluck!

Good Digital Free blogger and word press premium designs

July 13, 2014 by admin 1 Comment

Sometimes the best performing and earning money blogs ( wordpress or blogger ) are just simple design blogs with great content. WordPress themes make a difference to your look of the blog. If you are looking for a design like this, then look no further , while browsing i came across a website today that just provides that

This website provide simple wordpress and blogger themes that are good to look at ( looks premuim) and got the right design for your AdSense or affiliate ads.

WordPress and Blogger Free Premuim Themes

And Yes these “wordpress and Blogger Premuim themes are free”, they keep it free by having the theme design encrypted and links already present in the themes. If you want a a theme without theses links or encryption so that you can modify the design you can pay $19.95 and get this Link and encryption free version.

This is what the websites ( http://themepix.com/ ) say

Buy ProDesign theme without footer links and encryption free.
You can use the purchased theme in your unlimited domains/sites without any restrictions.

Free Premuim Blogger templates

They also got a good range of free blogger templates at their linked website http://www.deluxetemplates.net/category/blogger-template

5 Signs Your Website Needs a Redesign

May 22, 2014 by admin Leave a Comment

Your website is often the first impression that people will get of your brand or business and while revamping it may be a significant time and cost expense, sometimes it’s not something that you can afford to delay. How do you know when it’s time to redesign your website? Read on to find out.

It Isn’t Mobile Friendly

Mobile matters. At the TechCrunch conference in early 2014, Yahoo! Chief Executive Marissa Mayer told attendees that their mobile users are already up 43% from this time last year and they expect that figure to keep climbing in 2014 to a point where they will potentially outnumber desk top users before the end of the year.

There Is No Social Media Integration

Including links to your social media platforms from your website is the absolute minimum you should be doing. Ideally, you should be making it as easy as possible for people to share your content across Pinterest, Facebook and Twitter. Incorporating social sharing tools enables your customers to help spread the word about your business organically across their digital profiles.

It’s Cumbersome to Update

Do you still have to email off changes to your web design team or allocate half a day just to upload a new special to your website? Websites were never meant to be a static medium and regularly updating your content means that your site visitors have a reason to keep coming back. If you can’t update it yourself or your content management system is hard to use, it may be time to consider and upgrade.

You’re Losing Traffic

Have your website visitors declined in recent years, or do they leave your site quickly after finding it? It may be that your content – or your whole design – needs to be updated. Things that you can immediately do to remedy this is do an audit of your website and remove anything that is obviously out of date – a promotion that expired six months ago or even held last year for example. Regularly updating your website with useful information not only helps with your search engine rankings, but also ensures that there is a purpose for people to visit – and revisit – your website.

You’ve Rebranded

This one might seem a little obvious but there are a surprising number of businesses out there who’ve updated their logo and branding but haven’t transferred the new look to their website. The same look and feel should be consistently applied across all facets of your business – if the website doesn’t match your Facebook page or what people experience when they come into your premises, it can have a negative impact on how they view your brand.

If your website can identify with any of these five warning signs that it might be time to redesign, you should start making plans and enquiries now. A professional audit by an integrated digital agency like Simple can arm you with tips that can help your current site while planning ahead to make sure that you’re maximising your online potential and staying ahead of the competition.

When was the last time your website was revamped?

When woo rank chuck a Hissy fit on my blog

October 3, 2013 by admin 1 Comment

That’s Right “woorank” was not happy with error on my site and a whole 12 of them to fix too. You can check my blog digital grog report too , woo rank successfully passed me on 24 factors , then told me i had room to improve on 4 ( reminding me of my strict little school teacher

Check my Website Seo tool

And then told me i failed miserably with woorank chiding me for having 12 errors in my blog and not having any friends on Facebook and twitter etc . HOW RUDE. I have a separate twitter account @undermarrest and plenty of friends on that account . I even have a pinterest account Woo-rank .

Here i what woorank had to say about my blog in a snapshot

I have 289 pages indexed by Google and they tell me its not enough , geez they are a hard taskmaster

This rank was mazing

963061th most visited website in the World

and so i forgave woo rank for its previous miss-demeanours.

Tho it recorded my social behaviour as a bit weak ( check pic below)

If i am not mistaken Woo rank has a free trial program you can check it out here.I don’t have a membership but if their free service is so good, definitely their paid service has got to be of value. If you do check it out let me know your opinion

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