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I use Hostgator and never had a problem with them. They also have great customer service. In my experience, I had 2 problems (my fault not theirs) that I couldn't figure out on my own how to fix. I sent in a ticket and they fixed the problem for me within just a few hours. - Michael Schofield

Hostgator has worked well for me for years (resellers account). - Tom

Hostgator's fine for me Linda. - Isha (Marysia)

Use godaddy, hostmonster, bluehost, dreamhost, vodahost, etc. as alternatives. - TrafficBug

Some suggestions, you can add to: http://distributedresearch.net/wiki... - Andy Roberts

Linda, if you are using WPD, go for Hostgator, it doesn't always work well with Go Daddy etc. For $10/month, unlimited domains, sites, bandwidth, storage. What's not to like :) However, strongly advice to purchase your domains elsewhere. I've been using Go Daddy for domain purchases for years, and they're great. - Ritesh Lal

Hi Carla, I've been kind of quiet, reading everyone else's thoughts. I had a momentary breakthrough this evening. I kept losing the show, tstorm moving through and market samurai and flock kept freezing up. I think i've finally found my niche, but am working on the logistics. i'm about 4 days behind in implementing, but am almost up to date on listening and watching videos. So much for clients in the first half of my week, at least the last half is filled. How are you doing with all of this? - Denise Russos

it's a good luck day in china anyway! - Vanessa Constanti

I'll be focusing on research this weekend. So far, the niches that I've found and considered amazing have already been dominated. I wanted to stay close to the niche that I already know, but I'm no longer attached to that either. I have to admit here that I never did market & competition research before, and now that I've learned how important it is, I'm really paying attention. I feel like all the #30dc tools we've been learning will bump us all up a few levels - as soon as we decide on our niches!!! - Carla Lynne Hall

Carla, my background is in marketing and PR, but SEO is different, in my opinion it's just taking all the guesswork out of marketing! If you want us to help review your niches and give you our .02, you can post your market samurai, but be sure to remove all references to your niche. I'm going to post mine shortly and hope to get feedback. - Vanessa Constanti

I read somewhere that the person has to be one of your followers in order to receive your direct message. Is that true? - Carla Lynne Hall

I just tested it by not following you - it allowed me ot DM you... so I think not true you can DM anyone - I think ? unless they block you. - Tom

Thanks for smashing that theory to bits, Tom! - Carla Lynne Hall

Thanks, Tom! Unfortunately, I had already been using IE anyway for the past 24 hrs (on a borrowed desktop instead of my laptop with my Flock browser) and visiting the Google tool at all hours to check access, but nothing is working for me yet. I figure it's not permanent, but if any other workarounds exist, let me know. Perhaps I'll try another web browser since I have the time... - Carla Lynne Hall

So I've installed Flock to my borrowed computer, and I have access to data again. Watch out world!!! - Carla Lynne Hall

rickbutts.com posted a link on Twitter to a very ugly video and post accusing Ed Shaz (Next Instinct) of being a Twitter spammer. Ed is a moderator at the 30dc and a very nice and helpful person.The post did not sit well with Ed, Dan and a bunch of other people. Rick suffered quite a backlash. he was using twitter combined with the post to stir up stuff to get traffic to his blog. backfired I would say. http://rickbutts.com/306... - Tom

I only saw the blog apology post, which is curiously missing today. The speed of Twitter (and the internet in general) is so fast that attacking another person online can bite you in the ass before you can say "Google Search". Especially if you don't know what social (media) circles people travel in. The moral of this story: The Golden Rule also works online! - Carla Lynne Hall

remember to click check "always use proxy server" - Jeremy

I just got put in "time out" again. Changing my default browser to I.E and starting a new project will get me going again. - Tom

might as well submit a ticket to market samurai suppport - Jeremy

Me too! - Mauro Gonçalo

I can't wait! And I can't wait for meetups tonight! - Luke Martin

Wow, 30dc Kick Off, Ed Dale Mankini Day and a Solar Eclipse... - Tom

Just finished watching the show! I'm hopping to get out tomorrow and enjoy B&N. I've been struggling a bit with idea generation, but tonight's show helped with that some. If any of you can enlighten me I'd appreciate it. Are we all supposed to have separate ideas and separate business from this, or are we supposed to work together to build one for the challenge? Sorry, I did say I was a newbie. Thanks. - Denise Russos

Hi Denise - we are supposed to have our own ideas or existing business if you have one. We don't create a biz as a group. We do help each other out in social book marking, getting the word out and offering advice on things we may be experienced with. Besides you are not a rank "newbie" I've seen your 3/10 rank websitee, helium pages and wordpress page. We should have you organizing us! - Tom

Hey Tom, I love to write. That's for sure. I just watched Ed's video on the whole process "maximum edge" Of course I kept pausing it to get it all down in a notebook! I am beginning to think that if I can focus for a few days (dump clients? nah) I can finish my book, get it to the printers and be ready to put a page up marketing it. That was the plan two months ago just for credibility in my field. I'm thinking if I can follow Ed;s thought process that I need several things going at once. - Denise Russos

p.s. thanks tom, you're the bomb! yes it's an old term! lol - Denise Russos

LOL I am old... but 50 is the new 40 right? - Tom

awww, now I feel young at 48! lol You're not old, just experienced..... - Denise Russos

Double awww, I'm 43, so you guys are leading the pack being older and wiser.... How old is Scott anyway...I think he's about 15? (:-) (:-) - Meng Fong

I have a few niche ideas, but I'm not committed to anything. According to the latest video, we don't have to decide on the idea before August 1st, but to start thinking about them. I'm looking forward to getting started. Anyone out there in Team WaWa with their idea generation juices flowing? Would any of you experienced challengers like to chime in about past experiences? Lessons learned? - Carla Lynne Hall

Thanks Dan :) - Graeme

the makers of Camtasia also have a project called Jing. Works for Mac. ScrenFlow is preferred. - Garth Bradley

Jingproject.com (from Camtasia) works for both Mac and Windows. Difference to Snagit or Camtasia studio see http://www.jingproject.com/faq... - pocojo

I used the software that came with my Logitech webcam - and then used Camtasia to render it as AVI - honestly - I don't know what I'm doing. The important thing is, I did something, I took action - and got my video entry uploaded by Sunday evening... - SteveH