I have been inundated with web hosting problems since beginning of May. I woke up one morning to find that my hosting account has been suspended. Imagine my own suspense. I know I paid my hosting bill already and yet I was directed to contact the billing department.

I later found out that the problem was because of server overload. It pissed me off that my blogs were offline and inaccessible for more than half a day and this happened twice over a week! My traffic went out the window along with whatever blog revenue I was enjoying.

I have been comparing various web hosting packages since then and a friend suggested Exabytes, a Malaysian web hosting solutions company that I am already familiar with but did not know that they will soon launch a new and improved web hosting plan, with more powerful RAM, larger HDD capacity and higher speed processor.

Click on banner for Exabytes web hosting plans

I haven’t decided yet but am waiting for Exabytes to reveal the total number of add-on domains allowed for this new hosting plan. You know, with a slew of blogs under my belt, I certainly prefer a web hosting plan that could accommodate all my blogs and websites.

Not too long ago, I provided hosting for a friend. I gave him a sub-domain and shared my hosting package with him. Well, he was a student then and even though hosting isn’t expensive, he could not afford it and did not want to ask his parents to fund his blogging activities. Now that he is employed and earns enough, he plans to host his own blog, with his own top level domain. I fully encourage him to do so as there would be many more opportunities open for a self-hosted blog with a TLD.

Coincidentally, Exabytes has just launched a neat Exabytes Swithchhhh Program which makes switching webhosts a breeze. The good news is that this holiday season, Exabytes is running an offer which could save you RM70 per year in hosting fees.

From experience, Exabytes is a company that has a strong customer support service. There have been times when my support tickets were replied to even after office hours. In a day or two, I hope to write a separate post on the surprise year end gift that I received from them in the mail recently.

Anyway, if you plan to switch your web hosting to Exabytes, do it quick. Their EBiz Plus Web Hosting which is most suitable for bloggers like us, is only RM199 per year and is large enough for you to host your blog, personal website, photo gallery and also act as your private online storage.

In addition, as a new Exabytes Switchhhh client, you will be in the drawing for one of the fifty monthly prizes worth a total of RM30,000. Prizes include a HP Mini Note (I want!!), HP Officejet, Logitech EX90 Wireless keyboard and many more useful devices.

So, don’t wait. Check out Exabytes Swithchhhh Program now and if you have any doubts, ask. Just drop Exabytes an email or utilize the live chat feature on their website.

Happy blogging!

Friends wanted to know why I write so many blogs. Well, I write just for fun to express myself since working for myself, I hardly have the chance to interact with real people. Besides, I do not need to spend a fortune hosting my own blogs. I just need to renew my domain names and pay an annual low-priced hosting plan.

However, for people who want to seriously go into blogging or to make money from blogs, they should check out Upstart Blogger, especially their 25 Steps to Launching Your Blog and Making $100+ A Month in 30 Days. I wrote about this back in January, 2008.

Upstart Blogger has a wealth of information on how to make money blogging, beginning from how to set up a blog. Personally, I find the theme of Upstart Blogger extremely confusing so I cannot imagine what people who are not as web-savvy, people who are in my parents’ generation, would feel navigating through Upstart Blogger. These are the people who most need the knowledge in setting up a blog from scratch and making a success out of it and it would be more helpful if Upstart Blogger is more user-friendly.