http://virtualwebservations.com Observations and learnings on the road to Internet entrpreneurship Wed, 12 Nov 2008 07:36:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Ok, minor setback happening to my local site (001, see My Projects), but with my time being so limited, its thowing my plan off shedule. I have a section that's called Deals Around Town where any visitor can submit any great deal or buy they see around town - like buy ... http://virtualwebservations.com/2008/11/12/small-setback-local-site-being-spammed/ I mentioned in an earlier post that previously, I hadn't posted to this site since last April. I was working on too much at once, and nothing was getting done. I felt like I was just spinning my wheels and getting nowhere, so I had to shift my focus. Part ... http://virtualwebservations.com/2008/11/03/evolution-of-a-niche-site/ Now that I'm back to posting about my journey toward Internet Entrepreneurship, I've added a My Projects page that gives an overview of my active sites. There is only 3 right now, including this one - but I will be adding some more in the very near future. My first two ... http://virtualwebservations.com/2008/10/31/projects-overview/ Many who enter the world of internet entrepreneurship start out on a part-time basis, juggling time between their 'day job,' family time, school, kids' activities, or any other infinitely numerous things that need attention. So your online ventures get alloted what little spare time is left at the end of ... http://virtualwebservations.com/2008/10/31/too-busy-to-make-money-online/ Going by the title, you might think this post is about blending Adsense ads into a website. Actually, it's quite the opposite. While doing some research, I came across a forum about making money online. I read post after post on how to increase your click through percentage and revenue ... http://virtualwebservations.com/2008/04/20/blending-adsense-into-your-site/ If your not familiar with .mobi, its the newest top level domain (like .com and .net) aimed at delivering the Internet to the mobile phone. mTLD Top Level Domain, ltd - also affectionately known as dotMobi - is the ICANN appointed global registry for the .mobi top level domain.  The case ... http://virtualwebservations.com/2008/03/30/make-money-online-with-mobi/ Don't make a perfect website? Why not? Why would I say something like that? Wouldn't that be ideal - to make your website perfect? Yes, that would be ideal, but from personal experience - it's just not possible to make a website, to standards that you would consider 'perfect', in a reasonable amount ... http://virtualwebservations.com/2008/03/06/dont-make-a-perfect-website/ My newest web site that I have been working on is for a local/regional audience. My wife was considering starting a new offline business, so the whole reason for the local site was to develop some local traffic so that I could provide some 'free' premium ad space for her on ... http://virtualwebservations.com/2008/02/21/new-local-site-my-latest-project/ Since this blog is on WordPress and this is my first experience with it, I thought it would be only  logical to talk about installing WordPress as my first post. I have to say I am very impressed with it! Installation is super easy and adding a theme is a snap. The ... http://virtualwebservations.com/2007/12/31/installing-wordpress/