Effective July 1st, 2007 ….

When I moved both of my servers to the new server .. I received the opportunity to get another domain ‘for life’ and I did just that.

So .. effective July 1, 2007 .. this is how I will be referring my sites as ..

http://HART-Empire.com

OLD NAME: HART-Empire Network
NEW NAME: HART-Empire

“HART-Empire Blog”

This is where I will continue to talk about everything and anything that is related to blogging and my so-called blogging empire I call the .. HART-Empire Network. Besides what my thoughts are and the things that I do in running a network of sites .. eventually I will be going back to promoting the sites within the network itself in the “EMPIRE” blog.

http://HART-Network.com

OLD NAME: HART-Empire Network II
NEW NAME: HART-Network

“HART-Network Blog”

I will be using this domain to aggregate all of the many sites in different channels into the individual channel feeds. So, if someone is interested in seeing all the posts of my pet category channel in one feed, this is where you get it.

http://myspace.com/1800hart

OLD NAME: HART-Empire Network III
NEW NAME: 1800HART on MySpace

“1800HART on MySpace”

Actually, I’m still in denial what can be done over at MySpace .. but continue to look around and add friends, receive comments, and so on! I don’t really have a specific theme what I want to do, although - I sort of do. I just don’t have the time to do that - yet. It sits, accumulating friends.

http://HART-Empire-Network.com

OLD NAME: (n/a - this is a new domain)
NEW NAME: HART-Empire Network

“HART-Empire Network” (aka the NEW HOME PAGE)

I will be using this domain as the general reference for all HART-Empire Network stuff, like a sitemap. There will be more PAGES in this blog, than Blog Entries. For instance .. the advertising pages will be moved here, the bios, an updated “About the Empire” page .. and stuff like that. Anything and everything network related as a reference source, will end up on that page. When you link to the “HART-Empire Network” .. I hope that you link to HART-Empire-Network.com from now on ..

Yes .. I know that sounds confusing… Hopefully it will all make sense in the next few months.

HART

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This has got to be the second most annoying feature that I’ve noticed in EVERY SINGLE BLOG that has been upgraded to the latest wordpress version 2.2. The first being that my Iimage Browser Plugin does not work because it requires one file to be placed in the wp-admin folder .. and my InstantUpgrade plugin deletes it every time there is an upgrade to my blog, initiated by me.

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* MichelleMalkin.com

TheBlogStudio did a nice job switching Michelle Malkin yesterday .. from Movable Type to Wordoress.

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How my email was configured before

Up to, and including the day before I started to move all my domains to the new server .. I was receiving (on average) about 900 emails per day.

Around January 2007 .. it was about 400-450 emails per day .. and last summer around 250-300 emails per day.

Basically, I attribute the increase of email due to blogging, Spam Karma notices, moderation requests and subscriptions to comment repies. Oh, and usually a couple hundred extra on Tuesdays over on Open Mic Night at Liz’s Successful-Blog!

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That’s the “Good News”.

I wouldn’t say that there is “Bad News” .. but, it sure is taking a long time to migrate all the accounts. While I can confirm that all the accounts have been moved from my ISP#1 and ISP#2 over to my new ISP#3 … not all of them are active. Generally, I’m doing it in my spare time and making sure things work. I’m also upgrading each site to wordpress version 2.2 (using the InstantUpgrade plugin) and upgrading a few plugins to the latest version.

I’m also documenting what I am doing, and will create some sort of series of posts in this blog .. The experience, tips and learning curves that I have been faced with is valuable information i.m.o. and worth passing along to other people with growing pains, and doesn’t necessary have an arsenal of venture capital or support staff backing you!

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Dear Author of Submitted Articles….

You work for me. That’s right .. I consider you to be my “hired help” .. you are a “paid author” .. I have engaged you to guest author articles in one of my many blogs and contribute to the content of the blog. As for payment of your services .. I will maintain a permanent link to one of your sites or ventures that was provided in the “resource” section of your article.

I scan many free “ezine” and other submitted article directories .. and thought I would HELP YOU by letting you see some of the criteria that I might use to REJECT YOUR ARTICLE from inclusion into one of my blogs.

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Rather than posting a lot of little news updates or one-liners like some twitheads do, I will just be updating this post for all my news related to the moving of my accounts from my ISP#1 (Mega Account) and ISP#2 (Reseller Account) to the new ISP#3 (Pro-Phase Account). Latest news is on top .. just like it would show up in a blog ~

* Monday, June 11, 2007

There is progress and I recognize the intent - but I had a few questions during the day with no responses. Until about 9:30pm Hello, Im sorry for the long delay in response and completions. there were some issues that prevented us from completing a few migrations not just yours but it is resolved and I am currently working on your migration and will notify you when complete. Once again I am so sorry for the delay in response (totally unacceptable) and the delay in completion.

Backup has now physically started and I think I created a new issue for delay. One of the accounts on ISP#2 that is being transferred .. conflicts with an account name on ISP#1.. ISP#2 (the backup being moved today) needs to be changed and renamed or it might create problems in the future.

Once all backups are made on ISP#2 I’ll post entries on the blogs once again and then change Nameservers. Once the switch kicks in I’ll have a lot of blogging to do!

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* I’m keeping track of my HART-Empire Earnings for 2007 Online ..

I posted my 2007 earnings for the period January 1, 2007 to April 30, 2007 last month .. OVER HERE ..and it is my intention to update it every month - and “keep score”. It’s also my hope to show all the “newbies” and even the “not-so-newbies-but-been-around-the-block-too” people .. that it really does take time to get things built up and to a level where you can earn revenues from online activities.

I have now been officially blogging for MORE than two complete years as my PetLvr site reached it’s 2nd anniversary on May 31, 2007. Personally, I think whoever says that they are making money within their first six months are either “the exception”, lying, or will eventually burn out and never make it long-term. I don’t think I could ever have made money within the first six months .. however, I chose not to invest money or advertise during my time blogging .. and recognize that 2 years before one starts making money might be a little longer than the average person. If I didn’t have my online career and the slowdown every Jan-June from lack of involvement and time reasons .. well, I believe I would be way ahead than where I am today.

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* GrrrRrrRrrrrRRrRr

I’ve been trying to login periodically .. for the past 4 hours and unable to reach the site.

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