Comments on: State of the Blog: Summer 09 http://www.worldofmatticus.com/2009/05/07/state-of-the-blog-summer-09/ Practical advice for World of Warcraft healers and leaders Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:13:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Altoholics R Us » Blog Archive » Warning: Personal Opinions Below http://www.worldofmatticus.com/2009/05/07/state-of-the-blog-summer-09/comment-page-1/#comment-25585 Altoholics R Us » Blog Archive » Warning: Personal Opinions Below Tue, 12 Jan 2010 19:54:09 +0000 http://www.worldofmatticus.com/2009/05/07/state-of-the-blog-summer-09/#comment-25585 [...] this note, though, Matticus posted recently that he also will continue to blog… but he brings up a point I need to talk on in a little bit. These sites are not FREE. They [...] [...] this note, though, Matticus posted recently that he also will continue to blog… but he brings up a point I need to talk on in a little bit. These sites are not FREE. They [...]

]]> By: dme http://www.worldofmatticus.com/2009/05/07/state-of-the-blog-summer-09/comment-page-1/#comment-20315 dme Tue, 12 May 2009 11:10:54 +0000 http://www.worldofmatticus.com/2009/05/07/state-of-the-blog-summer-09/#comment-20315 @Mat I am confused you have to pay for traffic. Living in Germany i am used to unlimited traffic offers. Currently i use a 50$/month root server (no vserver) with no traffic limitation and guaranteed 100mbit. With root access you have all the flexibility you want?! You can even chose the os if you are not familiar with the unix/linux world. Maybe look at hosting offers across the ocean? :D @Mat

I am confused you have to pay for traffic. Living in Germany i am used to unlimited traffic offers. Currently i use a 50$/month root server (no vserver) with no traffic limitation and guaranteed 100mbit. With root access you have all the flexibility you want?! You can even chose the os if you are not familiar with the unix/linux world.

Maybe look at hosting offers across the ocean? :D

]]> By: Xel http://www.worldofmatticus.com/2009/05/07/state-of-the-blog-summer-09/comment-page-1/#comment-20267 Xel Fri, 08 May 2009 16:09:06 +0000 http://www.worldofmatticus.com/2009/05/07/state-of-the-blog-summer-09/#comment-20267 Surpass hosting is pretty cheap if you are looking for an alternative. Their customer service is very good and if you can catch one of their promotion deals you can save a bit of money (at least for a year). I used their share plan for two years on a non-wow related site and I never had any problems. Not sure how great their vps is though. http://www.surpasshosting.com/ Anyway, best of luck to you and WoM. Bandwidth cost is seriously business. <abbr><em>Xels last blog post..<a href="http://holyfirespec.blogspot.com/2009/05/what-do-you-remember-about-being-newbie.html" rel="nofollow">What Do You Remember About Being A Newbie?</a></abbr></em> Surpass hosting is pretty cheap if you are looking for an alternative. Their customer service is very good and if you can catch one of their promotion deals you can save a bit of money (at least for a year). I used their share plan for two years on a non-wow related site and I never had any problems. Not sure how great their vps is though.

http://www.surpasshosting.com/

Anyway, best of luck to you and WoM. Bandwidth cost is seriously business.

Xels last blog post..What Do You Remember About Being A Newbie?

]]> By: T-Sonn http://www.worldofmatticus.com/2009/05/07/state-of-the-blog-summer-09/comment-page-1/#comment-20262 T-Sonn Fri, 08 May 2009 03:15:51 +0000 http://www.worldofmatticus.com/2009/05/07/state-of-the-blog-summer-09/#comment-20262 "The way I see it, if someone does a favor for me or gives me something, I’m indebted to them. As a result of that, this leaves me in a perilous position of somehow returning the favor." Oh, Matt - haven't you considered the fact that you ARE giving back? And have been for a long, long time. :) <abbr><em>T-Sonns last blog post..<a href="http://meltedfaces.blogspot.com/2009/05/preaching-to-choir-why-seasonal-pvp.html" rel="nofollow">Preaching to the Choir - why seasonal PvP achievements were a VERY bad idea</a></abbr></em> “The way I see it, if someone does a favor for me or gives me something, I’m indebted to them. As a result of that, this leaves me in a perilous position of somehow returning the favor.”

Oh, Matt – haven’t you considered the fact that you ARE giving back? And have been for a long, long time. :)

T-Sonns last blog post..Preaching to the Choir – why seasonal PvP achievements were a VERY bad idea

]]> By: Adgamorix http://www.worldofmatticus.com/2009/05/07/state-of-the-blog-summer-09/comment-page-1/#comment-20259 Adgamorix Thu, 07 May 2009 21:10:20 +0000 http://www.worldofmatticus.com/2009/05/07/state-of-the-blog-summer-09/#comment-20259 Makes me glad (for the moment) that I'm just a blogspot blogger. Maybe if I grow up to the size WoM is I'll have to change, but right now I'm pretty sure most of my traffic comes from... well, me. <abbr><em>Adgamorixs last blog post..<a href="http://paladindivineplea.blogspot.com/2009/05/briefing-in-3-minutes-or-less.html" rel="nofollow">Briefing in 3 minutes or less</a></abbr></em> Makes me glad (for the moment) that I’m just a blogspot blogger. Maybe if I grow up to the size WoM is I’ll have to change, but right now I’m pretty sure most of my traffic comes from…

well, me.

Adgamorixs last blog post..Briefing in 3 minutes or less

]]> By: Matticus http://www.worldofmatticus.com/2009/05/07/state-of-the-blog-summer-09/comment-page-1/#comment-20258 Matticus Thu, 07 May 2009 18:56:28 +0000 http://www.worldofmatticus.com/2009/05/07/state-of-the-blog-summer-09/#comment-20258 Frey, Veneretio: Oddly enough, I _am_ using Dreamhost. I'm using their Virtual Private Server. In the past, you may have seen Error 500 or Website not Available errors. This was because I was using more server resources than I was allowed to. Media Temple is something I'm going to look at in the future as you're not the only one that suggested it to me. Frey, Veneretio: Oddly enough, I _am_ using Dreamhost. I’m using their Virtual Private Server. In the past, you may have seen Error 500 or Website not Available errors. This was because I was using more server resources than I was allowed to. Media Temple is something I’m going to look at in the future as you’re not the only one that suggested it to me.

]]> By: Frey http://www.worldofmatticus.com/2009/05/07/state-of-the-blog-summer-09/comment-page-1/#comment-20257 Frey Thu, 07 May 2009 18:48:46 +0000 http://www.worldofmatticus.com/2009/05/07/state-of-the-blog-summer-09/#comment-20257 Switch hosting provider! Those numbers are ridiculous! I have 6 websites (all including forums, blogs and other fun stuff). Some of them gather more traffic than other and I pay only 120$ a year (They give me 0$ domain renews frequently). Unlimited bandwidth and unlimited storage. I can not recommed dreamhost.com enough! Switch hosting provider! Those numbers are ridiculous!
I have 6 websites (all including forums, blogs and other fun stuff). Some of them gather more traffic than other and I pay only 120$ a year (They give me 0$ domain renews frequently). Unlimited bandwidth and unlimited storage.

I can not recommed dreamhost.com enough!

]]> By: Matticus http://www.worldofmatticus.com/2009/05/07/state-of-the-blog-summer-09/comment-page-1/#comment-20256 Matticus Thu, 07 May 2009 18:39:40 +0000 http://www.worldofmatticus.com/2009/05/07/state-of-the-blog-summer-09/#comment-20256 @Ridge: 500 a month. Oi. @Ridge: 500 a month. Oi.

]]> By: Ridge http://www.worldofmatticus.com/2009/05/07/state-of-the-blog-summer-09/comment-page-1/#comment-20255 Ridge Thu, 07 May 2009 18:13:56 +0000 http://www.worldofmatticus.com/2009/05/07/state-of-the-blog-summer-09/#comment-20255 I'm actually surprised with that amount of traffic that you aren't incurring more than $1200 per year in bandwidth alone - I work in a data center as a systems administrator and bandwidth is probably the most ludicrously high costing item we have (there are customers that pay to the tune of $24,000 a month for bandwidth alone - of course they push a constant 700Mbps all day and night). Also the link below is to WordPress' VIP service section where it gives you the $500/month and $600 setup fees. http://en.wordpress.com/vip-hosting/ <abbr><em>Ridges last blog post..<a href="http://facepalm.info/2009/05/07/ulduar-fun-tonight/" rel="nofollow">Ulduar “Fun” Tonight</a></abbr></em> I’m actually surprised with that amount of traffic that you aren’t incurring more than $1200 per year in bandwidth alone – I work in a data center as a systems administrator and bandwidth is probably the most ludicrously high costing item we have (there are customers that pay to the tune of $24,000 a month for bandwidth alone – of course they push a constant 700Mbps all day and night). Also the link below is to WordPress’ VIP service section where it gives you the $500/month and $600 setup fees.

http://en.wordpress.com/vip-hosting/

Ridges last blog post..Ulduar “Fun” Tonight

]]> By: Veneretio http://www.worldofmatticus.com/2009/05/07/state-of-the-blog-summer-09/comment-page-1/#comment-20254 Veneretio Thu, 07 May 2009 18:02:23 +0000 http://www.worldofmatticus.com/2009/05/07/state-of-the-blog-summer-09/#comment-20254 Who's your hosting provider? Have you considered Media Temple? Who’s your hosting provider? Have you considered Media Temple?

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