Affiliate programs are a simple way for you to get some extra cash coming from your Web site. An affiliate program is where you partner with another company (usually an ecommerce company) to sell their product from your Web site. For every product you sell using your affiliate link, you get a portion of the proceeds.

Bid directories are presenting newer techniques to list your websites and giving you backlinks. Traditionally, directories list your site and it gets listed with thousands of others, eventually losing presence in the mix. Bid directories on the other hand, gives you the opportunity to remain at the top at the end or anywhere in between by bidding. This is the primary benefit of bid directories.

Another benefit is that they are inexpensive. Bidding Web Directory is one, among others that has a starting bid of $1. If you happen to be the link leader, your link will be promoted on every page of their website. What's unique about Safaari Bid Directory
is that the link leader gets additional exposure from their peel of advertising. If you lose your top position because someone has outbid you, you can increase your bid at anytime.

One more benefit is that your link becomes permanent for as long as the directory is live. All you do at this point is increase your bid as often as needed. This permanent link can provide ongoing high exposure for your website, with a worthwhile return on your investment.

It seems website owners are going PR crazy when it comes to improving their website. Owners are spending top dollars to buy backlinks from sites with high PR rank. Don't be fooled, just because their site has a high rank doesn't mean it will benefit you (buyer beware!).

Let me get straight to the point. If a domain's homepage that relates to your site has a PR10 rating, but your link is added on an inside page, you will only benefit from the PR of that particular page. Chances are, it won't have a PR10 rating.

The key is to target "related sites" and once you have identified them and are ready to get your backlinks, free or paid, find out the exact page where your link will get added.

Don't always seek out the highest PR sites, you can benefit from the whole range, starting from PR0 to PR10.

You can check page rank for that particular page by using this PR Rank tool.

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I've used a number of companies over the years and ran into constant issues with server being down, untimely customer service or useless technical support. What's good about Godaddy is that I don't need to use their technical support, the best tech support is when you don't need them. Their servers have true 99.99% uptime and that can't be said for many companies who claim 99.99% uptime. In my experience, I truly find that to be the case.

MYSQL Database
If you use MySQL database, their platform is superior compared to others. Each database is hosting on an unique server, giving you flexibility, if you run several websites on a single hosting account.

Domain Management
It can't be any simpler. The control panel is very user-friendly and setups are complete within hours if not minutes. Their easy interface allows you to setup multiple domains for a single hosting account, saving you even more money.

Sub-Dmain Management
Very easy to create and modify sub-domains. Just specify the sub-domain name and where it should be pointed to, it's that simple. Many competitors require you to contact support to have this done, which will waste your valuable time.

FTP Management
Again, very user-friendly interface and easy to use. New user setups are completed in minutes.

There are a number of site analytics tools being offered, some for free. So which is the best one? My experience has shown Google Analytics to be one of the best. Their member page breaks down the data by many categories, but I find the following to be most useful:

Visitors
This captures all visitor related data such as Visitor Trending and Visitor Loyalty (very important in my opinion):

Visitor Trending: Includes Visits, Absolute Unique Visitors, Pageviews, Average Pageviews, Time on Site, Bounce Rate and New Visits

Visitor Loyalty: Includes Loyalty, Recency, Length of Visit, Depth of Visit

Traffic Sources
Equally important, this captures the sources from where your visitors reach your site. The most important being Direct Traffic, Referring Sites, Search Engines and Keywords.

This is the best website analytics tool that's being offered for free. It breaks down what's important and lets you see who visits your site, when, how often and where they come from. No one else come close, not for free anyway. Others offer limited resources that can be helpful, but charge a fee for the full feature.