A Move To VPS Hosting

After several months on a shared hosting server, I decided to make a move to a VPS solution. (Virtual Private Server)

This is something I have been planning to do for some time now, as I have clearly out grown my shared hosting. So, over the weekend I decided to make my move.

As some of you may know already, I have had my fair share of performance issues in the past few months highlighted in this post 12 Ways To Optimize Your Blog For Better Performance and as a result, new working practices were discussed to help boost performance.

Although these practices have helped and I would highly recommend them, it doesn’t change the fact that I have a growing blog that has hardware needs.

To put it simply, my blog needed to reside on a bigger high performance server. This has led me to shop around for a better solution.

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10 Tips to Ensure Your Blog Doesn’t Break Copyright Laws

This is a guest post by Tom Walker, of Creative Cloud

Many bloggers out there are not aware of the fact that copying someone else’s written work without their consent is a violation of copyright law. Blogging is becoming more and more widespread and technology makes it simple to copy and share information including text, images, audio and video clips. Below are ten tips that you can follow to ensure that your blog’s content is legal.

Quotes and Copy

1. It is perfectly legal to quote something that you find interesting, but the quote you use should only be a small portion of the content and it should not copy the ‘core’ of the material.
2. Certainly do not ever copy someone’s website, word for word. Believe it or not, many bloggers still do this and it is unethical as well as against the law.

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Has Market Saturation Stopped You From Making a Move?

Have you ever wanted to release a product or service you thought was unique only to discover someone’s beat you to it?

If so, you’re not alone. It happens to the best of you. Instead of giving up, look on the bright side – it means you’ve generated an idea that’s got the potential to succeed. Ok so you were not the first, but if you could do it once you can do it again.

Refine Your Ideas

Take time out to refine your ideas. Don’t ditch the idea because it’s been done, look for ways to develop it so you’re providing something or a service to make it better.

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