Why You Want to Keep Your Domain Registration and Website Hosting Separate - Guest Post by Tiffany Dow!

Domain registration and website hosting go hand in hand like peanut butter and jelly. Sites that offer both domains and hosting offer it to consumers as a convenience - a way of keeping everything neatly organized under one roof. But what you may not know is that if that roof blows off - say the company goes out of business or implements unfriendly rules - there goes your domain as well.

Many people (especially newbies) don't always look at the complete picture when choosing hosting - they look for ways to save money. Finding a hosting company that's also in the business of registering domains can be an expensive and painful lesson if you're not careful.

Some companies have hosting contracts that most people don't read thoroughly in their excitement at setting up an online site. What they miss is that the contract allows the company to hold on to your domain for the length of the contract.

Let's say you're with a hosting company and don't like that their site is down more than it's up and the fact that their customer service is terrible. You decide that you now want your domain registration and website hosting separated.

So you get hosting with a new company and contact your old one wanting to do a domain transfer. You get told an emphatic no. When you try to fight back, you discover that thanks to the contract, they're holding your domain hostage for the remainder of the contract.

This means that you have to continue paying for their hosting and can't get your domain released until the contract is up. Another way that some hosting companies will hold your domain hostage is by offering you a free domain name that you don't get when you stop using their services.

What you don't know is that the company registers the domain in their name. You might think that when you sign up for a domain via web hosting company, you then own that domain and all the rights that go with it.

But even if it's your business, even if you're paying every month for hosting, they're the legal owners of that domain. You can't transfer it or move it unless you want to buy it from them and you can bet that'll cost you a pretty penny.

While they're not doing anything legally wrong, it is an outrage. You'll find that some web designers also offer to set up domains for customers. They do it in their names, technically becoming the legal owner. Never allow a company to register your domain for you. Always do it yourself.

The best reason to keep your domain registration and website hosting separate is that you want to be in control of the domain. You don't want to decide to change hosting and then find out that you have to turn around and pay extra money to get your domain released to you.

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Domain Registration and Website Hosting

Guest Post - 3 Guaranteed ways to make money online 100%

Found this post by Samir of indihow.com and asked if he would allow me to share it with you guys.

Hi guys!

I wanted to list these three ways to make a small guaranteed income daily from the internet. I find a lot of threads here about how to get started online. These 3 methods (maybe 1 maybe all 3 depending on your skills and dedication) will even help the newbies earn enough to start their own self-hosted websites in a month.

1.Textbroker.com: $10-$50/day
Find a topic of your choice and write 100-1000 word articles to earn daily without having to look for clients.



2.Microworkers.com: $5-$30/day
Start sharing on twitter, facebook, youtube etc., or adding links to your PR1+ blogs, writing paid reviews of 50 words and above on your blog, post on forums and blogs etc. and get paid daily.



3.Webanswers: $1-$5/day for the first few weeks
Answer 20-30 easy and small questions daily to start earning residual Adsense income.


And please add to the list any sites you are sure will be a source of guaranteed income.


Regards,

Samir

Indihow - How-to Technology Blog

More Writing Opportunities

I just found a few more sites that I would like to share.

Are movies, comics, and video games your thing? I found a site that will pay $15 per review of these types of things. Worth checking out if those are your passions. Animation Arena.

Good at explaining things? Writing World pays 5 cents per word for exceptional how-to articles, which is a great rate for an up and coming freelance writer. Here.

I also came across another place full of ads for people looking for writers. See it here.

Next Step in Freelance Writing!

Today I made a big step in my Freelance Writing career and wanted to share it with you. I just opened up my own site to direct my clients to. You can see it here. I am insanely excited! Because of this I am going to share some places to find clients.

• WarriorForum. I link to it in my side bar. It is a forum all about internet marketing and making money online. Tons of people there hire writers and it is a great place to find clients. I have found my two highest paying clients there.
• Craigslist. There is a section especially for writing gigs. Checking it in many different towns is a great idea.
• Outsourcing sites. They may not pay as much as the average client but you can find a lot of work on sites like Elance and Odesk.
• Freelance Writing Gigs. Lots of new gigs posted almost everyday! Check this one out for sure.

I hope this helps out some up and coming or experienced freelance writers, and if you maybe aren't interested in writing but need website content, check out my site! 

For Work At Home Moms and Another New Site

My last two blog challenges have all been about reading other blogs and promoting my own, so not much to post on that, so today I will be bringing updating you on For Work At Home Moms.

For those that don't know, forworkathomemoms.com is my website that I have recently created. Today I was lucky enough have my best friend offer to help write for it. She is a single mom who is currently in school doing online classes to stay home with her son. I think she will bring a unique view to the table and help us reach even more struggling mothers. So I would just like to say thank you do Audrey for her help. I appreciate it and I'm sure the readers at For Work At Home Moms will as well.

I something just for you guys into writing, I found another site for you guys!

Software Judge

They pay people to write reviews of software. I'm currently waiting to get a response on the review I sent in, I'll post back and tell you how it goes but I have several friends that have said they are having a lot of success with it.

New Informational Website

I just want to introduce you to a new site that I just started. It is still very rough. I will be adding a lot of content to it written by me as well as many work at home and student mothers I have met. I hope it will become a great resource for work at home mothers and student mothers alike! Please check it out and comment to tell me what you think. I'm still working on picking a theme, I know the current one is a little bland. I want to focus on getting some quality content up for now.

http://forworkathomemoms.com/

Day 2 - Resources for Freelance Writers

Today's challenge in "31 Days to Build a Better Blog" is the list post, meaning a post with a list in it. I spent a while trying to brainstorm a topic for this list, so following my theme of talking about freelance writing, here is a list of useful resources for new and experienced writers alike.

• Online dictionary and thesaurus - Every writers knows these will be great resources. Words being the main tool of writers, having access to their meanings, synonyms, and antonyms is a very powerful thing.
• Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) - It is always a good idea to stay brushed up on your grammar and technique. This site is full of great writing exercises for new writers, out of practice writers, or any writers that just plain knows their weaknesses. (Mine is commas.)
• OpenOffice.org - An all in one office suite. Basically, a free alternative to Microsoft Office. Does word processing, spreadsheets, databases, and powerpoint presentations. You can even save your documents in the Microsoft Office formats.
• Article Checker - Checks for duplicate content on the web. It is usually a good idea to run your articles through it just in case. Most people will put their articles through a similar site when they are received and refuse them if they do not pass.
• Grammar Checker - While not 100%, it may catch some grammar mistakes you miss. I know I always make sure to use it before sending an article to a client.
• Text Analyzer - Analyzes your text for keyword density, word count, and more. A very useful tool. 
• Citation Machine - Helps create citations in the proper format.
• Wikipedia - Online encyclopedia created and edited by the public. A great place to start your research since you will find information on almost everything here. Remember though, it is edited by the public so important facts should be double checked.
• Online Encyclopedia - Search on many different online encyclopedias for information.
• Wikimedia Commons - Tons of images that anyone is free to use or contribute to. A great resource for finding images for articles and blog posts.

I hope this was useful. If anyone has a useful tool to add to the toolbox, feel free to comment below!