Archive for February, 2010

Newbie mistakes in blogging

Saturday, February 13th, 2010

New blogger always choose blogspot or wordpress to start their blog and I think that this is one of the mistakes done by them. The following point will explain the mistakes done by most newbie.

1. Using free domain name

If you cannot afford to buy your own domain name, actually you can try to use co.cc free domain.

2.  Choosing a nonsense domain name

I have several friends who have a personal blog on blogspot. They got a long and nonsense name and sometimes got numbers too. That’s not including the word blogspot.com or wordpress.com as a domain name. For blog like this, I always put them in bookmark. Not because I want to follow the blog, but the main reason is I’m not sure whether I will be able to memorize the blog address or not. (more…)

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Why you should watch Godaddy video ads

Saturday, February 6th, 2010

I just surfing Godaddy site and then there is a hot video at the main page. So, it’s just normal to play and watch the video. The best part is after the video is finished. I never know before this that Godaddy also gives promotion at the end of video ads.

At the end of the video ads, Godaddy offers me new domain registration for USD7.49. The best of all is that you can still pay for the promotion by using Paypal, unlike most promotion code that only enable you to pay using credit or debit card. (more…)

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Godaddy vs Namecheap as domain registrar

Saturday, February 6th, 2010

I need new domains for my future projects thus I tried to find the best domain registrars out there. Currently, all of my domains are hosted at Mercumaya which is quite for me. For me, Mercumaya is the best domain registrar in Malaysia (RM30 for com tld).

However, Mercumaya still can not beat famous registrar like Godaddy and Namecheap because those companies always release coupon code so that blogger or domainer can register new domain with discounts.

Domain registration and payment

At first I tried Godaddy to register new domains. By using ‘BOWL99′ coupon code, I should able to get a domain for USD1.15. That means RM4. This is really cheap. However I am not able pay for it since need us to Credit Card, Debit Card, or VCC for paying. Paypal is not allowed for buying domain by using coupon code.

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