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Well, I usually don't review each and every free hosting company that I see or use on the Internet. Some of you might ask me why not? The answer is simple: there are too many companies that are offering free hosting and it would be way too much time invested in researching, testing or rating such services. And to be honest with you, I don't have the time to do it, no matter how much I'd try it. Plus, this blog isn't about reviewing and rating webhosting companies. So, you can say that this is not my niche.

Yeah, it's true that I wrote a review about a cheap hosting company and about GoDaddy.com few months ago and that I currently promoting one free service like those mentioned above ( see the second 125x125 banner located in the "Sponsors" section of this blog, on the sidebar ), but this doesn't mean I'm trying to do a "Top 10 best free hosting companies" top or something like that..I've reviewed/I'm promoting this services because I found/find them to be useful for my readers and visitors..and that's all.

"So, if you're not looking to make that top 10 you've told me about, why did you wrote this post, anyway?" Because I'd like to present you one free hosting company which I currently use for my niche website and which I find it to be a good and quite reliable place for you to host a site or blog ( if you're planning to start one and don't have much cash to spend them on monthly hosting fees ). So, with no further ado, let me tell you a few things about 110mb.com ( this is the name of the service I'll be talking about today )..

You might wanna now why this is different from the rest of the companies that are offering similar services? Here's why: when you sign up for a certain free hosting company and you're building your site/blog, they won't going to ask you money for this ( obviously ). But the thing is that the respective company still has to generate some revenue, so it can continue to survive in the market ( how else can it pay for its electricity bills, servers maintenance and so on? ). So, one way to make some cash for them is to place ads on your site or blog ( usually, Google Adsense ads ). Now, every time one of your visitors will click those ads, will bring the hosting company some dollars. The more sites are hosted on their servers and the more visitors those sites manage to attract, the more money they'll make.

The problem is that free hosted sites are not trusted by many people ( they are on a subdomain, such as mysite.subdomain.com, they look unprofessional most of the time and are filled with ads..the webhosting company's ads and probably yours, too ). So, you might not be getting to much traffic to them. But what if there was a company which offers you free hosting, the possibility to host your own domain name ( like mysite.com ), wouldn't place forced ads on your site and also give you the opportunity to get even more features, by paying some small one-time fees for them? Wouldn't this be nice? Yep it would be..and this company is 110mb.com.

I've been talking about features..but which are they, more exactly? What has this company to offer you, a webmaster/blogger-to-be? Let's take a look at the list below:

1. Disk space: 5 GB

2. Monthly bandwidth: 300 GB

3. Max file size upload limit: 8 MB

4. 99.8% uptime guaranteed

5. Own domain ( 1 ) allowed

6. PHP 4 & 5

7. FTP with Chmod

8. 600+ file types supported

9. Online file manager

10. Site builder/Visual editor

..and lots more ( you can see the complete list of features here, including those you'll get if you choose to upgrade your hosting plan ).

I must say that not many ads-free hosting companies are offering you so many features. Some might include more of them, while others might have limited access to their full set of features. What else you should know about 110mb.com? Well, registration is fast, easy and free, the control panel is easy to browse and navigate through and if you have some knowledge of working with HTML codes and uploading files on servers, you can actually build quite a good site. Should you decide to continue hosting it at 110mb, it's your choice. I can't come and tell you "You know what, host it here because this is the best hosting service in the world!!" I mean, everybody has his own preferences.

But from my own experience, I can tell you that you can give it a try. At least, until you manage to learn your way around building and maintaining websites/blogs, after which you can move them to a paid host. So, what do you say? Wanna give it a shot? If yes, then just click here and sign up for free! Good luck! PS: Once you've managed to build your first site or blog, let me know about it and I'll come and visit it :)

You probably know that I'm one blogger who likes to talk about driving traffic to a site or blog and promoting it through various methods, especially free ones. You're now asking yourself "Why?". The answer is pretty simple: when I've first started blogging, almost an year ago ( geesh, time flies so fast! ), I had absolutely no advertising budget. Yeah, believe it or not, I'm not one of those guys who had hundreds or even thousands of dollars to splash'em on blog promotion, right from the very beginning ( and I'm talking about guys like Darren, from ProBlogger, for example, who's one of the most successful blog owners I know ). So, because of this, I had to direct my attention to other advertising options ( or platforms, or websites, you name them however you like..it's the same thing ), which were either low-cost or free.

And that's how I've first discovered LinkReferral, to give just one example. If you don't know what this is, let me tell you in a couple of words: it's an advertising directory, where you sign up for free, add your site and start receiving traffic and reviews from the other members of LR ( LinkReferral ). The more visited your site/blog is and the more feedback it gets from others, the more it can climb to better position ( you can even get to the first one of the category where you've listed your website or blog, therefore receiving more free traffic ).

Because I found this directory to be the best place to start with, I too have signed up, long time ago. No to mention that a few months ago, I've decided to upgrade my membership, so I can benefit from more features ( which weren't available to free members ). As the time went by, I managed to find even more low-cost or free advertising services, which have been more or less useful. I've tested most of them, but I only continued to use those which brought in some satisfactory results ( like the above mentioned LinkReferral..or more recently, EntreCard and Croc-Ads ).

"Hold one a second there..I know about EntreCard, but what in the world is Croc-Ads?! Never heard of this site before.." Probably you haven't heard about CA, so this is why I wrote this post, to tell you more about it. I know it sounds a bit funny, but it is in fact a serious advertising platform..and it is free to join, too! So, what does it offers to its members?

If you want a simple answer, a lot. On the other hand, a more detailed answer would be: free AdWords-like text ads, e-mail signature ads, ezine ads, top sponsors ads, solo ads, banner image ads and a few more interesting features and options you can take advantage of, if you choose to sign up. And why wouldn't you want to do so? It's free anyway, and you have nothing to loose.

I was talking about those text ads..What are they exactly? They are ads just like those you ( or anyone else ) would normally pay big bucks for, if you/they were to advertise your/their sites or blogs via Google. They only difference is that by advertising via CrocAds.com ads, you won't going to pay a dime. Just like the site itself, these are free to use, too ( and so are most of the services offered by CA ). And because there are no real money involved here, to pay for your ads, you use credits. The more you have, the more exposure your own ads will get. How to obtain this credits:

1. Refer other bloggers/webmasters to CrocAds;
2. Use the surf function, to visit other sites and receive a bunch of credits ( and "bunch" here really means "a bunch", not a mere 0.000001/visit );
Or 3. Buy them ( you can pay for credits via credit card, AlertPay or EGold..I didn't saw PayPal listed as a payment method there, though...).

Once you think you have enough credits to start an advertising campaign, just go to the "Promo Tools" tab, located in the upper horizontal menu of your CA account and select the "Manage text ads" option. After you select that option and get to the wanted page, create an ad first and then set a number of credits for it, so it can become active. The activation is made instantly, after credits are added ( so, your ad will be shown on other websites in just a couple of seconds ).

The good thing about this ads is that you don't have to own a site and place other's ads on it, so you can earn credits ( it's not a mandatory thing ). If you have enough advertising credits from surfing other sites, for example and you set them for that ad, it will still run on other websites. But if do have a site or blog and want to place some of those ads on it, just go to the same "Promo tools" tab, then select the "Website code" option, customize the ad box to match your sites' or blog's template, get the HTML code and paste somewhere where you want the ads to appear. Pretty simple, huh?

Conclusion: Yeah, I know, this is a long post ( again ), but at least I hope you found it to be informative and useful. Well, beside that, I think CrocAds it is a nice way to drive some extra ( and free ) traffic to your site/blog, without having to work too hard. And since it is free ( yes, there's also the option to buy credits or upgrade your account, but only IF you want to do so ), you shouldn't have nothing to loose, don't you think? Just give it a try and see what results you get. Should it are good, continue using this service. If not, move on to something else. Either way, I wish you good luck!

First off, I'd like to ask you why are you visiting this blog now? Yeah, I'm asking you, the one you're reading this post..Oh, I get it: you've probably seen the title of the article somewhere on the internet ( on a site like PostOnFire or BlogEngage, possibly ) and you're so curious to know more about this "magical" e-book, that you've clicked the link and you ended up here, on My PPC Advertising dot Info.

If so, then please let me tell you that I won't be talking about an e-book which you can download it for free or buy it from a certain website, and which will show you how to make tens of thousands of dollars everyday, for the rest of your life. Nope, it won't happen today. In fact, I ain't gonna review/promote ( whatever you wanna call it ) ANY e-book in this article. "Ok, then you've just wasted my time with this stupid crap!! I hate you for that..I really do!!", I hear you saying out loud.

I'm aware of that. And you're not forced to like me or my blog, that's for sure. But I'd like to ask you a favor, before jumping head-in first next time you want to say something: at least, please read the post I'm writing till the end and you'll see what's about, ok? :)

So, as I was saying, it happened to find a website today, which looked like a sales letter ( I think you're pretty familiar with this type of websites..you know, the ones that are trying to sell you a miracle product, e-book, service, what-so-ever.. )..and to be honest, it was a sales letter. But the thing about this particular site was that it wasn't you're ordinary "buy my product and experience the best moments of your life" type of crap. Nope..this one was extremely funny. Yeah, you've heard that right: funny!

The author of this web page ( haven't seen his real name anywhere on the site ) was actually making fun of all those sales letters websites you see on the internet. This funny little site is called MyStupidEbook.com. And despite it may sound like the owner is selling an ebook, he isn't! As I've mentioned, he only makes fun of those annoying sales letters sites we all know ( NOTE: Don't get me wrong here fellas: there are sites that DO sell you good products/e-books/services, but there are also awful ones. Neither me or the owner of MSE ( MyStupidEbook ) are trashing the ones that are worth being visited! ).

I've spent some time earlier today reading the above mentioned site, and I've started laughing at one moment. Why? I mean come on..how can't you not laugh when the owner says that ( and I quote from his "Yahoo Publisher Network payment statement" ):

"Date: Nov. 6, 2006

Subject: Dear Yahoo! Publisher,

When we got to work this morning and saw how much you made, we shit ourselves. We would like to pay you with PayPal. Not through PayPal, with PayPal. The whole company."

And next to this message, he shows a "proof of payment" from his "Yahoo! Publisher account", which reads: Infinity Dollars ( and the sign..that upside down 8 ) - LOL!

But that's not all! Oh no! He also says that his ebook is so damn great, that he is actually so rich that he can afford owning an Air Craft Carrier, the planet Mars, have Superman as a servant and also own Australia..LMAO!

As you can see, it's that time again: it's the beginning of a new month, when most "Make Money Online" blog owners are showing their readers and visitors what they've managed to achieve in the previous month ( and I'm talking about income and traffic reports, mainly ). Because this has now became a tradition ( yes, I think it can be called like that ), I would like to also stick to it and present you my last month's achievements. This is nothing too fancy, just a short and to the point article ( at least, that's what I say now, cause sometimes I get carried away and I almost forget to put an end to my posts - LOL! ). So, with no further ado, here are my income and traffic reports..

1. Income report

I can say that April was quite a good month for me. Why? Because I've managed to earn $121.63. Is it a lot? Is it too little? As I said already, it's ok. Really, I'm not the kind of guy who's expecting to make thousands with this blog, at this stage ( especially when I didn't even had much time lately to take care of it ). And it wouldn't be right either. It's not a smart move to have high expectations, only to see that you're not accomplishing them in the end. This can become frustrating, believe me.

Now, you might want to know which were the income sources that earned me almost 122 dollars. Because I see you're a bit curious, I'll make a list and show them to you.

- Buxed.info ( a PTC - Paid To Click - website ): $16.55
- Bux.to: $1.00
- Bidvertiser: $0.06
- SpeedyAds: $0.31
- TNX paid review: $30
- Webdesign for a friend: $65.21

TOTAL: $121.63

So, as you can see from the list above, even though I haven't been to active in the blogosphere ( or on the "Make Money Online" stage, as a whole ), I still managed to make some good bucks :). I'd say it's not bad at all, huh ( but of course, there's always room for better stats, you know )?

2. Traffic report

In April, my blog was visited by 1,140 people, which generated 1,452 page views. The traffic was indeed a bit lower than in other previous months, because as I've already mentioned in this post, I haven't had much time available to invest it in writing more articles or promoting the blog as I should've done. Out of those 1,140 visitors, 941 were seeing my blog for the first time, the rest being returning visitors ( 199, to be exact ).

The main traffic sources were, as follows:

- EntreCard: 73 visitors
- MakeMoneyForBeginners: 64 visitors
- LinkReferral: 60 visitors
- EntreCard Widget: 55 visitors

Of course, there were other sites or blogs that have sent traffic to my blog, but if I were to mention them all in this post, the list would be way too long and potentially boring for anyone ( even for me ). Other stats: Google PR: downgraded to zero ( I have no idea why, but who cares, anyway? ); Alexa Rank: 176,689; Technorati Rank: 236,302

"In the end, what are your goals for this month?", I hear you ask. Well, as usual: producing more quality content, improving my blog's traffic, search engine position, Page Rank ( even though I do not care that much about Google's PR anyway ) and launching my very first niche website. I told you before that I'm working on a niche site..Until now, I've managed to find a host for it, a design and the content ( which is important, by the way. I mean, what's a site or blog without content? I tell you what it is: just a simple, blank webpage..nothing more ). I still have to optimize it for the search engines and start advertising it, before seeing any profits from it. But I'm patient. I have no reason to rush out and have high expectations ( remember what I've said in the beginning of this article? ).

And now, I would like to thank all of you for once again being here with me: thanks to all my readers ( 33 - keep'em coming! ), visitors, friends, advertisers etc. Without you, I'm sure there wouldn't be no My PPC Advertising dot Info. I wish you all the very best!

Yours truly,
Tiberius Burciu