Affiliate Marketing Forum

cmac100 · Joined: 21 Feb 2006 Posts: 8

I am new to th eaffiliate game. I wanted to start my learning curve with a free site and work my way to my own domain(s). Can i make any money from a "free" site. And can I fun adsense on a yourname.freeserver.com type of site. Thanks in advance for the help.

new to the game,

chuck

nichefinder · Joined: 09 Feb 2006 Posts: 66

I'm currently using a free blog for my "hobby" site. It's good to play around with. I have over ten other sites that are professionally hosted. If you're serious about what you want to pursue, I would get paid for hosting. It's pretty cheap these days. You could search around this forum, or check out my site as well.

If you aren't too serious about starting a business, a free blog would be worth considering. I've seen people make money on free blogs nowadays more than regular free hosting.
_________________
Charles Amith

~Get these *FREE* Profit Boosting Resources To Help You Build Your Business! ($547 Value)
>>EZ turnkey business idea<<

ChristianG · Joined: 21 Mar 2004 Posts: 8

Hi chuck,

Few years ago I started my first web site on a free server. I made a little bit of money. Then I made couple of more and my third one became a BIG money maker for me and still is taking in around 20% of my income.

THE PROBLEM!

I'm stuck with this site on a free server and now they're posting adds on it. I don't want to take the risk of moving it and the free server doesn't want to make permanent movement even if I'm ready to pay for them hosting a new site.

I wish now that I'd bought a domain for this site so it would be mine and not the free hosts to control.

My small tip,

Christian
_________________
Does Your Sales Letter Suck? Cash In On The Dozens Of People That Leave Your Site Before They Buy ...

AllanGardyne · Posted: Sat Mar 04, 2006 10:25 am Post subject:

The first website I ever built, in 1996, was a free-hosted site, using server space provided by my ISP.

Last year I wrote to AdSense and asked if it was OK if I put AdSense ads on a free-hosted site. Judging by the reply I received, the AdSense employee didn't understand the question.

I went ahead and put AdSense ads on the site.

It's a well established site, with lots of old links to it from well established sites and it ranks very well in Google, but was kicked out of Yahoo's directory years ago.

It produces a few hundred dollars a month in AdSense revenue, so it IS possible.

Although this route IS possible, I definitely do NOT advise it. You can buy a domain name for less than $10 and buy cheap hosting. I'd much rather have my own memorable domain name than the impossible-to-remember name I have.

A "free" website can end up being very expensive because of lost opportunities.
_________________
Allan Gardyne
Latest edition of Associate Programs Newsletter...
The Twitter trap. Do you agree?

PairaDice · Joined: 04 Mar 2006 Posts: 2 Location: Florida

I guess my thought would be... if you wanted to build a house... and someone offered to let you build it on their land free... would you do that? Would you worry that they might sell the land to someone who didn't want your house there? Or refuse to let you cross their property to access your house?... If your serious I would think you would want to build something you have full control over. ....... just a thought Very Happy

_________________
Newbie Training Videos - WATCH, LISTEN & LEARN Your Way to Internet Marketing Success

Plug-In Profit Site - 3 Easy Steps to Make Money Online

Driver8 · Joined: 01 Mar 2006 Posts: 1

I also did my initial learning on a couple of free hosts and I think it worked out fine. You probably would want to move your site as soon as it starts producing money so you don't end up stuck like one of the other posters said.

It's a good way to experiment and dabble around with things before committing any actual funds to it. I know hosting is cheap, but it still feels like a waste of $5 a month if you're stuck learning HTML, SEO, and all the other stuff you need to be successful at this.
_________________
Roof Tile | State Tax Forms | Peewee Football

cmac100 · Joined: 21 Feb 2006 Posts: 8

As a newbie I appreciate all the replies. I will try to get something going on a free site, and hey, if it can make me $100 a month, I would be pleased. I think I will eventually graduate to a SBI site. I guess there's a lot to learn, but well worth it. To Allen G. , and all the others in the forum, thanks again, and much success to all of you.

cmac100 · Joined: 21 Feb 2006 Posts: 8

So , if i try to start an adsense campaign on mysite.xyserver.com, I can do that? what if xyserver.com already has google ads running on the side of the pages. Again, I apologize for my ignorance, I am a true newbie to the game. Thanks for the insites.

chuck

kneejerk · Joined: 07 Mar 2006 Posts: 22

Freeservers.com has a good deal going on right now. For details see the thread I started a day ago in the web hosting section.

Cheers,
Bren

AllanGardyne · Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 10:16 am Post subject:

If you're still in doubt, ask AdSense.
_________________
Allan Gardyne
Latest edition of Associate Programs Newsletter...
The Twitter trap. Do you agree?

Alex Miller · Joined: 15 Mar 2006 Posts: 40 Location: UK

hi there,

you can adsense on free sites as long as you have setup an adsense account in the first place. If you have, then no problem....good luck!!

Alex
_________________
Look: Clean-Up, Debug & Accelerate Your PC's Performance

Find Top Paying Adsense Keywords

Advice Articles

Site Menu

Collaborate