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ApK · 02-02-2015, 08:55 AM

Would anything prevent him from using a free wordpress site then redirecting his domain name there, perhaps with 'cloaking', at the DNS level?
I used to do this with my ISP-provided free sites.
Then he can try wordpress totally for free and easily redirect users elsewhere if he decided to move to another host.

meeera · 02-02-2015, 09:23 AM

For clarification on Wordpress.com blogs and commercial sites, here's their policy:

http://en.support.wordpress.com/advertising/

arjaybe · 02-02-2015, 03:05 PM

I didn't know that WordPress had a custom domain option, so I assumed that it must be independent. Happy to learn something.-)

Jessica Lares · 02-02-2015, 09:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ApK

Would anything prevent him from using a free wordpress site then redirecting his domain name there, perhaps with 'cloaking', at the DNS level?
I used to do this with my ISP-provided free sites.
Then her can try wordpress totally for free and easily redirect users elsewhere if he decided to move to another host.

He could do that, yes.

kennyc · 02-16-2015, 09:11 AM

Wordpress software is offered as part of my web hosting package (which I've had for decades).

When deciding on doing a blog as well, I tried it out as trying out Blogger (now part of Google) and decided that Blogger was the better choice because it was much more straight-forward to use.

I'm more than happy with my decision at this point.

ChesterFritz · 02-19-2015, 05:53 PM

If your goal is to promote your writing, I suggest using a simple blogger account. It is completely free to have a blog. Optionally, you can get a customized domain name such as drdribbooks.com for $10-$20 a year. You can have posts about your books and other things on the blog, while having a link to your books at the side of every page. Every time that you make a post on your blog, you can tweet it on twitter and post it to multiple facebook groups to drive a lot of traffic to your site. You can easily implement a paypal button for people to buy the book and configure it to take them to the download link once the payment is confirmed, or simply post a link to your amazon book page. You can also put non-invasive ads on your blogs to make some additional revenue from your site and blog posts.

I hope I gave you a little idea of how you can promote your books. I can attest that since I started my blog, my sales have increased on amazon. I hope that you will have the same fortune as well.

02-02-2015, 08:55 AM	#16
ApK Award-Winning Participant Posts: 7,389 Karma: 68329346 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: NJ, USA Device: Kindle	Would anything prevent him from using a free wordpress site then redirecting his domain name there, perhaps with 'cloaking', at the DNS level? I used to do this with my ISP-provided free sites. Then he can try wordpress totally for free and easily redirect users elsewhere if he decided to move to another host. Last edited by ApK; 02-03-2015 at 09:00 AM.

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kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,897 Karma: 119230421 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	Wordpress software is offered as part of my web hosting package (which I've had for decades). When deciding on doing a blog as well, I tried it out as trying out Blogger (now part of Google) and decided that Blogger was the better choice because it was much more straight-forward to use. I'm more than happy with my decision at this point.

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ChesterFritz Book Writer Posts: 12 Karma: 21884 Join Date: Jun 2014 Device: Kindle	If your goal is to promote your writing, I suggest using a simple blogger account. It is completely free to have a blog. Optionally, you can get a customized domain name such as drdribbooks.com for $10-$20 a year. You can have posts about your books and other things on the blog, while having a link to your books at the side of every page. Every time that you make a post on your blog, you can tweet it on twitter and post it to multiple facebook groups to drive a lot of traffic to your site. You can easily implement a paypal button for people to buy the book and configure it to take them to the download link once the payment is confirmed, or simply post a link to your amazon book page. You can also put non-invasive ads on your blogs to make some additional revenue from your site and blog posts. I hope I gave you a little idea of how you can promote your books. I can attest that since I started my blog, my sales have increased on amazon. I hope that you will have the same fortune as well.

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