Free blog hosting looking for new bloggers

ronnie · 2007-02-28, 02:54 PM

Oh boy, just what we need. Another free blog host where people can churn out 100's of crap blogs. I use to think free blog hosting was an "okay" idea, but after I see the huge amount of mass blogging going on, mass blog crap, I don't see it as good any more.

People, If you want to make money in this business, get your own domain, only like 10 bucks a year, wordpress is free and hosting is dirt cheap.

Nothing personal Pimps, just sad to see all the crap, rss driven junk, thats coming out nowdays.

walrus · 2007-02-28, 05:33 PM

Pimp, nothing against you as I'm sure you run an outstanding service but, unfortunately you sort of picked a board to spam that does not think favorably of free hosts.

AND the question is...Is free hosting really free?

From experience, I know that if a new blogger pays attention to the information here on this forum he should be able to generate 1k in traffic within the first 6 months. But for the sake of arguement, I'll not pay any attention to those first 6 months and only use numbers from the second 6 months.

If he is generating 1k uniques and his average CTR is 13% (which is mine...pitiful I know but I'm working on it) that would mean that he is sending 130 clicks a day to your sponsors or 23.7k in that 6 month span. Now lets say the conversion on that is 1:1000, that would be approximately 23 sales. Now using revshare ($12 per sale) an approximate minimum would be $273.00 it cost for free hosting.

Compare that to:
$10.00 domain registration
$66.00 yearly hosting

Total cost of own domain: $76.00, which means someone using free hosting is "paying" a minimum of $200.00 more for free hosting. Even if my numbers are "over-inflated" a bit, whether it be on CTR or uniques it only takes one sale a month over that 6 month period to where your not finacial better off paying for hosting.

2007-02-28, 05:33 PM	#2
walrus Oh no, I'm sweating like Roger Ebert Join Date: May 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 1,773	Pimp, nothing against you as I'm sure you run an outstanding service but, unfortunately you sort of picked a board to spam that does not think favorably of free hosts. AND the question is...Is free hosting really free? From experience, I know that if a new blogger pays attention to the information here on this forum he should be able to generate 1k in traffic within the first 6 months. But for the sake of arguement, I'll not pay any attention to those first 6 months and only use numbers from the second 6 months. If he is generating 1k uniques and his average CTR is 13% (which is mine...pitiful I know but I'm working on it) that would mean that he is sending 130 clicks a day to your sponsors or 23.7k in that 6 month span. Now lets say the conversion on that is 1:1000, that would be approximately 23 sales. Now using revshare ($12 per sale) an approximate minimum would be $273.00 it cost for free hosting. Compare that to: $10.00 domain registration $66.00 yearly hosting Total cost of own domain: $76.00, which means someone using free hosting is "paying" a minimum of $200.00 more for free hosting. Even if my numbers are "over-inflated" a bit, whether it be on CTR or uniques it only takes one sale a month over that 6 month period to where your not finacial better off paying for hosting. __________________ Naked Girlfriend Porn TGP free partner account

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2007-02-28, 02:54 PM	#1
ronnie Wheither you think you can or you think you can't, Your right. Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: midwest Posts: 2,274	Oh boy, just what we need. Another free blog host where people can churn out 100's of crap blogs. I use to think free blog hosting was an "okay" idea, but after I see the huge amount of mass blogging going on, mass blog crap, I don't see it as good any more. People, If you want to make money in this business, get your own domain, only like 10 bucks a year, wordpress is free and hosting is dirt cheap. Nothing personal Pimps, just sad to see all the crap, rss driven junk, thats coming out nowdays.