i8igmac Posted September 13, 2011 Posted September 13, 2011 Im looking to start my own forum, there are a few questions i have, i would like to start with a server from home but im not sure how to get traffic... what services would you recommend... i have read a little bit on meta tags but read this is no promise to bring traffic so maybe i could see some examples on how you have used meta tags to increase traffic on your site... i have my own tools i code with ruby to perform small useful task for the site, so if i manage to get a forum up and fully functional i would then pay for a premaum service but are there any that include ruby? Quote
Infiltrator Posted September 13, 2011 Posted September 13, 2011 Check out "Deluxe 4GH" plan at Godaddy, it supports Ruby CGI and Ruby on Rails w/FASTCGI http://www.godaddy.com/hosting/web-hosting.aspx?ci=9009 Quote
i8igmac Posted September 13, 2011 Author Posted September 13, 2011 any tips on increasing traffic? im clueless! Quote
digip Posted September 13, 2011 Posted September 13, 2011 (edited) any tips on increasing traffic? im clueless! Yeah. Learn SEO, and update the site regularly with fresh content. By the way, I would avoid GoDaddy like the plague. Just my personal experience. Edited September 13, 2011 by digip Quote
Infiltrator Posted September 14, 2011 Posted September 14, 2011 By the way, I would avoid GoDaddy like the plague. Just my personal experience. Why is that, if you don't mind me asking? Quote
digip Posted September 17, 2011 Posted September 17, 2011 (edited) Why is that, if you don't mind me asking? Lets just say from personal experience, them having a HUGE footprint of servers all over the world, they don't seem to implement the same level of security across that footprint. Where as some segments of their network and servers are secure, twice as many are not. I had a clients site who was hacked several times a few years ago, and I basically tracked it down to bad PHP settings, not disallowing RFI attacks. Basically appending a url to certain php files, allowed them to upload backdoors, something I had to go in and disable in php.ini. It was allow_url_fopen or something like that. Don't remember exactly, but I think that was the issue. Here is some recent news as well: http://thehackernews.com/2011/09/godaddy-websites-compromised-with.html Edited September 17, 2011 by digip Quote
Infiltrator Posted September 18, 2011 Posted September 18, 2011 Here is some recent news as well: http://thehackernews.com/2011/09/godaddy-websites-compromised-with.html Oh that article, yeah I read it the other day. Quote
Hamad Posted September 19, 2011 Posted September 19, 2011 (edited) Host your site from home. For a beginning site 5Mb up should be more than enough. If you have an extra computer laying around, and install ubuntu server you have a processor dedicated SOLELY to serving your content which is a huge plus. Then there is the modularity handling the installation yourself. You just can't go wrong. Make sure to read everything about hardening your website though. Like these guys said, many premium website hosting services cut corners when it comes to security. Edited September 19, 2011 by Hamad Quote
joeypesci Posted October 2, 2011 Posted October 2, 2011 And to think Hak5 constantly advertised GoDaddy because they were their sponsor. Give http://ariotek.co.uk/ a try. I use them, have for years. They are a small outfit based in Scotland and because they are small the customer service is 110% Ask on their forum on the pre-sales section if they support Ruby. They appear to have Ruby Gems, is that related? Quote
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