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Originally posted by dipshit moron retard
shoplifter, how does being a unix god help you in this business much less be critical to your success? i'm a "unix god" and really see no use or application for it in this business so far (in my whopping month of experience)
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I'm going to answer this question from my experience. Daily I have new people telling me how much money they aren't making yet how much money they are paying thier hosting companies. I have a list of questions I ask them.
The list is this:
1. How many gig's did you use last month?
2. Can I see your stats?
3. Do you have an .htaccess file on your site?
This is old school basics that many of the so called unix guru's setup first. Yet 90% of the people I ask these questions to cannot get by the first question never mind the rest.
And 99.9% of the people doesn't know the answer to all three. It's simple business practices people if you can't answer all three of these questions you need to be learning something.
When a brick and mortar company closes for the night doesn't the owner lock the doors behind him ?
If you answered yes to this then why doesn't your site have a lock in the form of a .htaccess file to keep your merchandise from being ripped off. Before you start any business the locks should always be in place first.
Bandwidth ... I talked to three people today about bandwidth. None of them could tell me even approximately what they were using. Yet they are paying the bill to their ISP. Before I pay my hosting bill I want to know what I used and what I'm being charged for. Just like when I go into wal-mart I want a recieot so I know what they charged me for and that I actually got what I was charged for.
Now maybe you don't need to be a unix god to figure all this out. But by god you better have an understanding of it at least or your going to get ripped off big time and it will be your own fault.
Meta Tags, Keywords, SE Optimization, IP address blocking, If you don't know these basics your throwing good Search Engine traffic right out the window.
Why do webmasters have servers on different networks with different hosts? They know search engine optimization thats why. It's not about putting all your money in one place it's about putting all your ip addresses in one place also.
Ok enough of my ranting. But if you understood what I just wrote chances are your making money. If not .... Your wondering why your not making money ... and this is all before the design starts.
