Web hosting and ecommerce websites

I was just browsing ebay the other day (I guess I had too much time on my hands). But really it is amazing to see the number of sellers providing cheap web hosting for under $10. So the first thing that comes to my mind (as any buyer browsing ebay), WHATS THE CATCH?

Well, here it is. These web hosting providers give you a "virtual" IP address. This means that you are sharing the same IP address with multiple users.

So what does it mean for you as a website owner?

If one of the other sites that you are sharing your IP with, does spamming or any black hat SEO, there is a possibility that the search engines ban that IP address. So many of the innocent ones also get caught in this vicious cycle. As we all know, getting out of the "bad neighbourhood" or being banned by one of the world's most popular search engine Google, is not a good thing.

So ask questions and try to choose the right web hosting provider. This is an important selection as you may have to enter into contracts and there will be a fine if you break the contract with your web hosting provider.

Choose your web host provider wisely.

How to drive traffic to you Squidoo Lens

Here are some Squidoo Lenses I created in the past one week:

The SEO Firm

Womens Clothing Stores

Magic Store

Squidoo lenses are great for driving traffic to your site. You need to provide information-rich content and this helps you rank higher up.

Joining some groups helps bring visibility to the Squidoo lens.

Tag it in delicious.com and other social networking sites.

Blog about it.

Write an article on it.

That should give you a start.