Choosing a blog platform
I wrote about starting a blog earlier.
I came accross one of Darren Rowse posts about choosing blog platform.
Should I use a free Blogger.com blog or get my own hosted blog on my own Domain? Which Blog Platform is best?’
‘What are the Pros and Cons of going with Typepad instead of WordPress as a blog platform?’
‘Should I start out on a free Blogging Platform and Upgrade later?’
I think that its very important to make the right decesion here. If you have just thought to create your own blog, take a few day’s doing research about what you need in a blog. What your goals are and how much money you are willing to spend on blogging.
gitui Is my second blog, with the first one I made a whole bunch of irrashional decesions. That blog failed horribly. Thanx for my friends that are bloggers already. I got the help and understanding to start again.
Don’t make the mistake I made with my first blog, do things right by choosing the right blogging platform.
top 10 Favourite posts
Gitui has been online since May 2008, and since then, I’ve posted 100 blog posts.
As I was going through them all, I thought I’d post my top 10 blog entries. They are not in any order.
1. How Search engines work.
Here I posted about how search engines work and how you get your website/blog indexed in google, and how people can “find” your site on google:
http://www.gitui.com/internet/how-search-engines-work-google-yahoo-ect
2. Linking, do it right.
Find out how to build links to your site and increase your rankings and traffic. a few simple steps to create links to your site.
http://www.gitui.com/search-engine-optimization/linking-do-it-right
3. Windows Shortcuts,
I do alot of work on a windows computer, and I love my shortcuts, So i compiled a list of shortcuts you can use on your computer to make your life easier.
http://www.gitui.com/tips/windows-shortcuts-get-to-love-them/
4. wonderfull world of firewalls
Are you really protected from the internet? There is a way that you can be really sure.
http://www.gitui.com/internet/wonderfull-world-of-firewalls
5. Social Bookmarking
Do you know what social bookmarking is? Here it gets explained nicely and how you should use it.
http://www.gitui.com/internet/social-bookmarking
6. 5 most important things on the internet
Do you know what the most important thing is on the internet? I’ve compiled a list of the top 5 that I think are really important.
7. Increase network browsing speed.
Here is a good tip that I use with almost all my clients. It increases the network speed by decreasing the load. Be carefull to follow these steps VERY CAREFULLY.
http://www.gitui.com/internet/increase-internetnetwork-broswing-speed
8. Blogging, more than a hobby.
Explains why you can’t just post random things on your blog and expect it to be successfull.
http://www.gitui.com/internet/blogging-more-than-a-hobby
9. Where the internet Began
You use it every day, you often take it for granted, now lets see where the internet started and understand it a bit more.
http://www.gitui.com/internet/where-the-internet-began
10. The layout of your website
Why I think the layout/design of your website or blog plays a big role in the success of your blog or website.
http://www.gitui.com/search-engine-optimization/importance-of-the-layout-of-your-website
So that is my top 10 favourite posts on gitui.
Witch one is your favorite?
So close, but no Target met.
Gitui.com is a fairly new blog. Its been going on since early this year. I have only now had a better flow of traffic on the blog. People are only starting to find it now.
Yesterday I set out to get a 100 people to my blog. I was so very close.
I think that its quite important to set goals and try to meet them. Not to be unrealistic. Be within reason. Yes, its dissapointing when you don’t meet it, but it feels so great when you do. If you get very close its gives you persaverence. So I’m going to set out to get my 100 visitors. meet my goal.
Maybe you can help?
What is domain Propagation?
I Recently moved the domain www.global-video-pages.com from a server in Germany, to a server here in South Africa, It took about a week for the site to get back online. Why so long?
It was because of DNS Propagation.
So what is DNS propagation?
Once you make changes to your domain with the registrar you purchased your domain from, the changes will take anywhere from 5 minutes to 72 hours for propagation to occur depending on your ISP and how often they update the DNS records.
Domain propagation is the process of your registrar handing off the changes of your domain to root DNS servers, ISPs acquire records from the root servers, ISPs to other ISPs and so on until you see the changes reflect on your computer with your internet service provider. Some service providers update their records more often than others and receive changes faster. As a result of this, often you will not be able to get to your website by its’ domain name but a friend can. Simply wait out until the changes propagate to your ISP.
My blog was down yesterday and the night before. I wanted to change the IP address of my domain. Gitui.com. After about 48 hours I gave up and chaged it back to the old IP address, and it worked fine. Because of that I knew that the DNS propagation was not even started. Because all the records still pointed to the old IP address.
That is briefly what DNS/Domain Propagation is. It will affect your site and all your emails.
Domains and how hosting works
So you’ve got a company and you have just started. In today’s world, before you can really get going you will need email addresses, maybe a website. Well first of you before you even start, you will need a domain name.
This could be anything, most preferably you will want it to be your company name. A domain name in my case would be “gitui.com“. So once you have a domain name, you can then get yourself an email address. such as: director@company.com or whatever you want it to be, within the domain “company.com”
A domain is an online name registered to a person for a period of about a year, maybe 2. They are quite cheap, so everyone can have a domain name on the internet.
A website, could then only come later, Much later if you want.
Once the website is designed and ready to launch, you will then have to upload it to the server where your domain is kept. Basically a server somewhere out there that controls your emails and traffic. It also controls you DNS, website, and much more. (I will get to explaining that later.) Once you have uploaded the website to the server using a protocol named FTP, (File Transfer Protocol) your website is almost ready to go. If it is a good company you are doing your hosting through, then they would have set up your DNS already. If this is not done, you will need to ask them to do so.
That is a very basic break down of how hosting and a domains work. IF you have any questions, ask.
Over time I will be explaining more and more. But for now, ask and I will try and answer you as best as possible.
Robert
