Promoting from Blog to Website! Suggestions needed...

[Kiran.dks]

Ok guys...I think www.kiran-world.com is simplest to remember? What say guys?

Saurav, now moving on to hosting....As of now I have a budget of around 300/annum. With this budget, I am looking for a well reputed, consistent performer host with good bandwidth allocation....

BTW, tuxfan...where are you? Could you tell me your offers?

Then once I decide the host, I think I should upload the Wordpress 2.2 files on to it & start to build website.....right?

 

[drgrudge]

^^
Try to see some names without any dashes. You'll never know when your site becomes popular. You dont want to miss traffic to kiranworld.com

Once you decide on the host, I think you need to wait for some time for the DNS things (I don't know what they're) to happen which It took 2-3 days for my blog.

Also with WP you can build a static site and use as a CMS (you got themes for it also) but IMO it's not better to use WP if you don't want to use it for blogging purpose.

By the way, is 300/annum in $ or Rs?

 

[Sukhdeep Singh]

DNS changes can take upto 24hrs but mostly they are done 3-4 hrs. Use OpenDNS service for even faster propogation

Since, the owner of domain vists his site frequently, DNS changes take time on their PC because of DNS cache.....you can FlushDNS using ipconfig /flushdns

@Kiran - Rs 300 budget is kinda on a low side, but can you please post your Requirements. "good bandwidth allocation" might have different meaning for you then someone else so please post as what your consider "good"

 

[Kiran.dks]

You are right. But, I came to know from my blog experience that people are generally directed to my blog by search engine. Then if they like the site, they bookmark the site or get subscribed to RSS feed. Hence I think the current name will do...or else I should shell out another $1.99 for a new domain. What say?

It is definetly not $300 at this time! I may extend my budget to another Rs.100 ... SO finally budget is Rs.400/-.

 

[navjotjsingh]

Domain names should be kept as simple and smaller as possible. With a dash, it becomes a bit ugly to name it.

BTW kiranworld.com is available for registration. (But I noticed that it was deleted by somebody. - Caution)

 

[Kiran.dks]

Ok guys....Thanks for all suggestions. But I am not thinking to change the domain. Let it be the same.
Let aside the name, now I am thinking of the most important one for a website-it's hosting. Could you give suggestions for host & platform? Wordpress is my choice as of now....

BTW, navjot, What do you mean by it got deleted?

 

[ahref]

BTW, navjot, What do you mean by it got deleted?

Probably he means that, previously that domain was registered, but later not renewed and hence get deleted from registry.

 

[Anindya]

OMG i really learnt soooo many things by following this thread. and i will continue to follow it. a big thanks to all the guys those who have questioned and answered here. but still can anyone suggest me a site through which i can get a clear knowledge about all these things? Thanks to all the guys.

 

[Sukhdeep Singh]

OMG i really learnt soooo many things by following this thread. and i will continue to follow it. a big thanks to all the guys those who have questioned and answered here. but still can anyone suggest me a site through which i can get a clear knowledge about all these things? Thanks to all the guys.

Ask, and we are here for replying

 

[navjotjsingh]

Yeah there is no site where you will learn all these. One can learn these things only by experience. Even I didn't used some tut or reference to learn about these things. Just keep asking and exploring.

 

[Anindya]

Actually i was wanting a clear picture of all these things after getting to know that there r so many things in webhosting and getting a basic idea from here. such as:-
1. whats the difference between parking and hosting?
2. whats cpanel?
3. whats wordpress doing here.
4. what does DNS change mean?
5. how can a hyphen in the doamin name influence SEO?
6. Why does the need arises to change registrar coz isnt it getting directly registered to ICANN through yahoo and all these type of sites?
u see so many questions to answer thats why asked for a site!

 

[Sukhdeep Singh]

Actually i was wanting a clear picture of all these things after getting to know that there r so many things in webhosting and getting a basic idea from here. such as:-
1. whats the difference between parking and hosting?
2. whats cpanel?
3. whats wordpress doing here.
4. what does DNS change mean?
5. how can a hyphen in the doamin name influence SEO?
6. Why does the need arises to change registrar coz isnt it getting directly registered to ICANN through yahoo and all these type of sites?
u see so many questions to answer thats why asked for a site!

1. Parking - Is generally referred to those ads you see on sites which have same name of popular sites. Sedo is a common site for parking domains and earning money out of it.....For example.....*shopping.de/

Domain Parking is simple way to earn money from your domains' natural traffic. If you have registered domain names, but they are not currently being used, then domain parking is a great way to put those domains to work, earning you revenue. You can make money without even lifting a finger! The idle domain is used to display relevant advertisements -every time a consumer clicks on one of the advertisements, you earn money.

More Info : *en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_parking

2. cPanel is a server side Hosting Control Panel. It is world most popular Linux Hosting Control Panel. Demo *x3demob.cpx3demo.com:2082/login/?user=x3demob&pass=x3demob

3. Wordpress is a Famous Blogging PHP based Script

4. Since your domain and hosting are seperate....i.e you can point your domain to any Webhost's Server...you have Nameservers attached to a domain which tell it to point to a particular server. DNS change refers to the time it takes for all ISP to update the DNS when you change Nameservers and other DNS setting for your domain

5. Not a SEO expert.....maybe Google helps there

6. Domain Control Panel Interface, Pricing, Features, Addons, Most important....support are few reasons why people transfer from a Registrar to another registrar

 

[Anindya]

Thanks Sukhdeep. But can i park a domain with relevant content or it has to be content free? and why is wordpress needed for web-hosting or how is it going to help?

 

[Sukhdeep Singh]

Thanks Sukhdeep. But can i park a domain with relevant content or it has to be content free? and why is wordpress needed for web-hosting or how is it going to help?

1. And thats the difference between Parking and Hosting......Parking is when you dont need your domain and you park it with a provider and still earn out of it.

Hosting is when you have your site with content of your choice

2. Wordpress is not needed. Kiran in this case wanted his website with a Blog and Wordpress is a Blogging script.....for people who want to make Dynamic sites with ease and without knowing any programming

 

[shashank4u]

@anindya
Parking wont earn you any significant money unless you have more than 100 parked domains ..so dont think abt parking

 

[Sukhdeep Singh]

@anindya
Parking wont earn you any significant money unless you have more than 100 parked domains ..so dont think abt parking

Depends....a parked domain having same name as that of a popular site.....can give you some good money But i guess all domains are taken now

 

[Kiran.dks]

Probably he means that, previously that domain was registered, but later not renewed and hence get deleted from registry.

You are right. I searched in deleted domains list and found that it was registered once upon a time. Now it is available for registration.

*www.whois.net/searchD.cgi2?str=kiranworld&Search=Search&last_str=&page=0

 

[piyush gupta]

^^Oh My God
I was out for just 1 day and itna sab kuch ho gaya

FIrstly congrats kiran for ur domain name and luckily me also choosen same typo domian name its www.piyushworld.com

Now about web programming I too m like u but i heard everyone that installing wordpress is best choice and i will also do that.Actually I m messed up in work too much in office so was not able to reply to ur thread.

Regarding web hosting...i m very much confused but cant think about it now and have to postpond my site work for few days due to over work in office

So when r u launching ur site...

@cheeta
Does he also messed up with domain name like me

 

[Kiran.dks]

^^^^
Almost same type of domain!

So u messed up with domain? What was the mess all about?

 

[piyush gupta]

^^actually its like i tried a lot of stuffs....com .info .org .net and .in too

but finally i decided this .com

and regarding web hosting please let me know ur plans too as i have already postponded my site for few days due to this work in office.