purchasing a domain name alternative?

hi,
i am new to adsense and i am a student, hence it is a lot of money for me to afford a domain name. i can probably get some free hosting from somewhere (not guaranteed), and was wondering if anyone knows of a free alternative to buying a domain name/ hosting for my site, and if this will affect my adsense earnings a lot?

thanks,

jaiburn

 

the only free alternative and reliable one is www.blogger.com

 

Yes. If you cannot afford to buy domain and hosting go for blogs (blogger.com or googlepages, etc.)

Wishing you good luck.

BTW, visit "Buy, Sell or Trade" in this forum. You can earn few dollars by making forum posting, etc. which can pay you for domain name, etc.

 

I don't think there is any alternative of domain names .

 

im not a student but im in the same boat - didn't want to invest a lot of money up front to "test" my adsense venture (not suggesting $20/year is a lot of money, but you get the idea).

i created my site (www.babycanada.ca) by registering the domain through www.netfirms.com. it's like $5 for the year (my .CA was a little more) and free hosting if you dont mind their ads at the top. once i see some results with adsense. there's no reporting capability and other limitations like no php, etc. but im working on setting up google analytics and other 3rd party stats/counter programs. i will upgrade their hosting package once i am confident with how everything is working.

good luck

 

or.. you could sign up with a (free) service like dynamic dns and get something like sitename.dyndns.org and point it to the ip of your site? (home PC, etc...)

http://www.dyndns.com/services/dns/dyndns/

p.s. thanks for getting my brain-wheels moving. i think i may use this!

can anyone think of any negative issues with using dynamic dns for helping with hosting a site? will google's robot not like it as much since the URL isn't an actual domain name?

 

Yes, go with blogger. Blogger is a great tool to create good sites with excellent content.

 

i got a domain from go daddy for $9 and use free hosting from 110mb. They provide 2 GB web space, 100GB monthly transfer, and so far i have a 93% uptime on my website (All very good for a free host). For just $9 a year i make $5 a day from adsense. Here's their website, 110mb.com

 

Incase you need, you can also go for .INFO domain names [which will cost you only $1.99 at godaddy], and assign the domain name to the blogger blog, to make it a complete website updated by you regularly.

Google will also approve your blogger blog quickly for adsense if it's in compliance with their T&S.

I had also started initially with blogs when I was a student. All the best dear! If you need any kinda of guidance, just PM me.

 

thanks for all the help, would you recommend 110mb.com and a dyndns domain name (or a .info one as i can afford $2) or would would you still recommend blogger?

i am not really a blog writting kind of person, but can i still make normal quality informative sites using a blog, or does it have to be structured liek a blog?

thanks,
jaiburn

 

You can buy .info domains for $2. And try 50webs.com for free webhosting. That is the best free hosting site I have seen. They have unlimited monthly bandwidth , no ads. Change your nameservers of the domain to their nameservers.

 

I got to agree with the other guys go Blog your head off ..the price is right and send it to all your friends.