There is a lot of hype about making money online, and we discussed this in the last article, but what is the Reality.  Well I’ve given you my own story so far, and it shows that there is no such thing as an overnight success, not in today’s saturated market place.  It probably was easier, in the early days, when no-one had heard about blogging, but now it’s a different ballgame.  But don’t be disheartened, and join me in finding out how we can use this knowledge to inspire us in our own endeavours.

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In this post I’m going to share with my readers my own experience so far with setting up this web/blog site and trying to Make Money Online, and some of the things I’ve learnt on the way, so hopefully you may avoid some of the pitfalls yourselves.  Join me as we look at Google’s phenomenal earnings, how easy it is to get drawn into the hype and why it’s important to set yourself reasonable expectations.

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This is a follow-up article from the last one on Making Money from Domain Names.  In the previous article we covered the interesting developments in the global internet market on the actual worth of Domain Names, that the market has grown big enough for people to actually consider looking at Domain Names as actual real tangible assets, much like property or real estate.

If you’re wondering about Domain Names, and have thought of a brilliant name that you’re just dying to get out there and register it before someone else claims it, then you can read the step by step guide in my article on How to Register your Website/Blog DNS Name and go to my preferred domain name registration service 123-Reg (my affiliate link) to do this.   What we’re going to consider now is, once you’ve got your Domain Name, something you can call an asset, what do you do with it, if you’re too busy with your day job and have already got 50 blogs running, ok maybe not 50, but 1 or 2.  And, more importantly, each of these blogs is taking up all the bandwidth of time available to you.

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Did you know that Domain Names are exchanging hands for millions of pounds, hard to believe is n’t it.  Let’s take a closer look at this internet phenomena.

In the previous article, we looked at how to set up your own domain name using the company 123-Reg.  Now I’m going to explain, why I think it’s important to have your own Domain Name and the reason for this article.  On Saturday last week, I came across a really catchy article as I was browsing the forums pages of my own web-hosting service provider WebHostingUk which I wanted to share with my readers.

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For anyone thinking of setting up their own blog on an external hosting solution, this will be one of the first steps you will need to take.  I’m going to run through, step by step, the process I used to do this so you can do this for yourself.

Firstly, please refer to the previous article on this series as a background to this subject if you have n’t already  read this, you can access this here: ‘How to start your own Blog on an external host‘

Now, that you’ve decided your Domain Name for your blog, let’s get it registered.  As explained, you can use a range of providers for this Domain Name Registration service, and the easiest thing to do is to Google for this and check out a few sites to see what is the most cost-effective option for your particular case.  Join me as I go through the steps with the company I used to set up my Domain Names. Continue reading >>

Let us now consider the option for hosting your blog on an externally provided host of your own choosing.

In the previous tutorial, we went step by step through the process of setting up a blog on a service such as Blogger.com for doing this.  Now, as discussed in the introduction, this will suffice for most people, but for those who want the flexibility and are brave enough to attempt some coding or at least fix the problems they may encounter, then the only option is your own website on a host of your choosing.  Join me as we review the steps you will need to go through.

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In this article we’ll look at How to Remove Meta Robots Tags, the ones which cause search engines not to index your website and is a follow-up article to my previous post on the ‘Importance of META Robots Tag in Search Engine Optimisation‘ where this problem was first explained.

I am indebted to Leland from ThemeLib for the solution (read the discussion comments on the post mentioned), because to tell you the truth, I was wrong in what I thought was happening and the solution to my problem was far simpler than I had envisaged.  So join me as I go through the problems I faced and how I fixed them.

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In this article we’ll cover META Robots Tag and why they are important for you to understand and their implications to your website with a practical example from my own experience of using a Wordpress theme template.

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In this tutorial, we will cover using an external hosting option for your blog, which is the simplest and easiest way to start your blogging journey.  This is a follow-on article from ‘How to Start Blogging‘ which you can read for background information and also if you want to set up your own hosting option for blogging.  Let’s go through the steps next with a typical external hosting option.

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In this series of technical articles/tutorials, we’re going to look at blogs, what they are and what they’re used for; how and what you need to get started doing this yourself and the exact steps you need to take to set up your own blog.  Join me as we look at the basics of blogging and go through the choices you have to make when you start your blogging journey.

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