Beginners Guide to Affiliate Marketing

LA2019

rosegirl36 wrote: »

However completely out of the blue my account was suspended....

It could also be due to a plugin you used for wordpress, I know I tested an autoblog once and my host suspended that site after google hammered it, I was also using google sitemaps xml which apparently has been known to cause issues with some sites, my cpu usage basically went through the roof.

With shared accounts, which is the majority of most hosting accounts the likes of me and you use, share a single server with sometimes a couple thousand of other sites, load balancing aside. If one site causes an issue with that server you are hosted on then the host must suspend your site otherwise, it will have several hundred customers wondering why their sites do not load.

Of course you could be right and they couldn't wait to get rid of you after you did not sign up for the expensive extras, just thought I'd give a hosts view as devil's advocate

competitionscafe

rosegirl36 wrote: »

So i am back to square one, can anyone recommend a good reliable hosting company that i could put a few domains on without the threat of being suspended with no warning?

Hmm, well I have a site hosted on justhost which I moved there as I know it doesn't get much traffic, so I just wanted to host it somewhere as cheap as possible and using topcashback justhost are effectively 'paying me' to host my site for 2 years. Been there a few months with no problems but as I said it's a low traffic static site.

So my idea to use a cashback site was mainly in responsse to people who were saying they wanted very low cost hosting - as a way to get hosting basically for 'free'. Sorry to hear about the problems above.

If you want a UK host I have heard good things about:
http://csnewmedia.co.uk/linux-hosting.html

I know someone in the UK who has a wordpress blog with a lot of plug-ins and they use (and are happy with) Site 5 (US Host): http://secure.site5.com/hosting/

A lot of people in the US have said they are happy with hostgator.com (not used them myself)

Others have recommended LiquidWeb which is a bit pricier than the ones above:
https://www.liquidweb.com/cart/content/shared/Shared/Webmaster

Some options for you to look at anyway.......

mgk7

Just wanted to emphasis other comments about Just Host.

I have just asked for a refund after only 2 days and had my account closed. These money grabbing sharks deliberate slow your site down so you upgrade to a faster server. I have also learned from another forum that they have placed themselves at No 1 by creating their own webhosting review site.

These people are crooks and must be avoided at all costs.

happypuppy

The list of hosts I use

1. Hostgator shared hosting for small sites
2. Jaguar PC for VPS medium sites
3. Softlayer for dedicated self managed servers

Don't want to critisise any services but read reviews when using UK hosts, especially if they are run by a single person.
Contact me if you need any help ....
HTH

competitionscafe wrote: »

Hmm, well I have a site hosted on justhost which I moved there as I know it doesn't get much traffic, so I just wanted to host it somewhere as cheap as possible and using topcashback justhost are effectively 'paying me' to host my site for 2 years. Been there a few months with no problems but as I said it's a low traffic static site.

So my idea to use a cashback site was mainly in responsse to people who were saying they wanted very low cost hosting - as a way to get hosting basically for 'free'. Sorry to hear about the problems above.

If you want a UK host I have heard good things about:
http://csnewmedia.co.uk/linux-hosting.html

I know someone in the UK who has a wordpress blog with a lot of plug-ins and they use (and are happy with) Site 5 (US Host): http://secure.site5.com/hosting/

A lot of people in the US have said they are happy with hostgator.com (not used them myself)

Others have recommended LiquidWeb which is a bit pricier than the ones above:
https://www.liquidweb.com/cart/content/shared/Shared/Webmaster

Some options for you to look at anyway.......

LA2019

Jag have excellent support, have used them in the past, plus, they are also having an 11th year annivesary on prices and resources for new accounts

stevejjm

Before you choose a particular hosting service, make sure that you did some research about the company. Look for testimonials in the Internet to see whether they give great service that is worth your investments. Personally I would use hostgator.com or lonex.com, they have very good features.

samorch

I've heard hostgator are really good and also have a quick upload for wordpress sites which makes it easier for people to start out with wordpress.

Aurelia_2

I've been looking into affiliate marketing for a while and this thread has told me more than I had found out elsewhere, so firstly I wanted to say a big thank you for starting it and to everyone who has contributed their knowledge so far!

There was something I wanted to ask though because so far everyone has talked about having multiple domains, one for each niche topic, but I have several topics I would like to write about and use affiliate marketing with but they all fall under one "umbrella" subject. If I created a site that had the usual standard pages (about, privacy, etc) but also had pages pointing to separate blogs/posts about each topic, would that work as well as having them all under a different domain name? Or would it work better because it can draw customers in for one thing but because they all fit under an umbrella subject those people would also find interest in the other topics too?

For example, say I wanted to write about a new brand of washing powder due to launch soon, a new vacuum concept from dyson and a window cleaner (random examples there hehe!) they are all separate topics but all fall under "household cleaning".

Not the most exciting example, I know, but hopefully you get what I mean

Sparhawke

I have a question I didn't see answered on the first page, I live in a town with a lot of tradespeople of various skills, mechanics, builders, roofers, electricians, pub landlords, cooks, yada yada yada...

The obvious problem I have is that I don't have any specific skill set like this but I am good at collating stuff and writing in a humorous way (I think) and working off the idea that if I am completely crap at knocking a nail into a blancmange without mangling it horribly beyond all recognition then surely someone else will be too...is it worth brainstorming other people to get them to help you with some of the writing and how does this pertain to paying them a cut of the profits?

Obviously if you are getting others to work for you, you should be paying them at least for their time I believe, otherwise you could end up losing the one thing that sets you apart...

Sparhawke

And here are some examples of blogs that are banned from WordPress.com (all of these fall under the general heading of “spam blogs”, or splogs, and will be deleted as soon as we find them or they get reported):

Affiliate marketing blogs: Blogs with the primary purpose of driving traffic to affiliate programs and get-rich-quick schemes (“Make six figures from home!!”, “20 easy steps to top profits!!”, etc). This includes multi-level marketing (MLM) blogs and pyramid schemes. To be clear, people writing their own original book, movie or game reviews and linking them to Amazon, or people linking to their own products on Etsy do NOT fall into this category.

I have written an article on a very common problem that hasn't been addressed, and added a clickbank affliate thingy which is very targeted as advised and got this page <_<

How to get around it?