Technology, Hosting Issues Will Not Win

Written by: Don Miller

Posted on January 18, 2008 
Filed Under Starting your Online Business

I thought it might be appropriate to share with everyone some truth about my own blog. I am presently in a major conflict with a company that has my database on their server. They are not wiling to give me access to it. Add to that a hosting company with a customer service department with a passion for sending form letters and you have a recipe for aggravation. Consequently I have had to look for other resources to move my hosting and access a copy of my database. I recently downloaded a plug-in suggested by Court, to secure a copy of my database There are some blood, sweat and tears in the content of this page and I don’t want to lose it to the unscrupulous ones in our culture. As most of you know, technology is my nemesis, so I outsourced my issues to Courtney Tuttle, or at least tried to, and Court concluded something I already knew. “Don you really need to ditch your hosting company”, the transfer of my domain is underway as well as the hosting. I have chosen Blue Host as they host all my niche sites and I have never been treated as well as I have been with them. Their customer service techs are really helpful and have restored a measure of my faith in the customer service process. Perhaps when this is over I will review the above company in Blogger Unleashed style, but by that time my anger and frustration will resolve itself, but my oh my , it’s tempting.

The long and the short of it is my site may experience a down time in the next few days as the issues get resolved. Meanwhile, I continue to add domains and niche sites, I have 6 now, Some will be BANS sites, others will be blogs. This is my Home Based Business Opportunity and I am pouring my efforts into making it a success. My Newsletter subscribers have received their first newsletter where I updated them of the progress. I will continue to do so no matter the status of my blog over the next few days. If I was talking to, or counseling someone on this issue, I would tell them, “This too shall pass” so I will take my own advice and not worry about things I cannot control.

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3 Responses to “Technology, Hosting Issues Will Not Win”

  1. bloggingzoom.com on January 18th, 2008 1:26 pm

    Technology, Hosting Issues Will Not Win…

    The technology monsters are back, I am presently dealing with 3 of them. The temptation to expose these idiots is overwhelming me, but i sit tight for now, handcuffing my hands away from the keyboard, in hopes that soon this may be behind me. These 3 s…

  2. Linda on January 18th, 2008 2:45 pm

    I comprehend and feel your pain. I too am often amazed at how difficult some of the simplest tasks seem to be with regard to web hosting, system maintenance, and upgrading, even to someone with my relative background and experience in IT. So don’t beat yourself up. You are probably far more tech savvy than you realize or than you would ever give yourself credit for. Yes, this too shall pass and you will be all the wiser for it. Finding quality service and information in the on-line world is often difficult, but certainly it does exist.

    Choose your attitude, choose your success, I think that is the name of one of my favorite posts of yours, so don’t deviate from it by choosing to be anything different than what you are. I enjoy your posts because of the uniqueness in your delivery; keep up the good work, and best of luck in getting your site back up and running. I look forward to visiting again soon!

  3. Hock on January 19th, 2008 12:35 am

    Hosting is one of those things where once you find a good one, you should keep it. When I first started out, I had the experience of going for cheap webhosting companies and paid for it by having to move my site a couple of times due to unreliable service.

    Do some research, ask people for recommendations and don’t just go for cheap. I’ve never tried BlueHost before but if you like it, then you should definitely go with them.

    If you’d like to spread your sites out, I can also recommend HostGator and Spry. I’ve had very good experiences in terms of support and up time for both.

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