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    October 23rd, 2007HARTHmmmm Things

    On October 6, 2007 … I documented How To Convert 20 Domains with Blogs into 3 Domains with Subdomains – in Six Hours. This is where I left off with everything:

    STEP FIFTEEN: A Final Thought about Addon Domains

    When everything is done and upgraded .. I have two accounts on my server. Naturally, it will be the new subdomain blog that I will be making upgrades, new plugins, theme modifications .. but it is still a duplicate copy of the files in the original domain blog. You have to remember two things now:

    1) both accounts are sharing the same MySQL database where all the information is.
    2) if you delete the old cPanel account, the MySQL database will automatically be deleted and there is nothing you can do about it!

    I’m setting up “Add-on Domains” to each subdomain, and associating the old domain cPanel accounts to the subdomain. This should help me to NOT accidentally delete the entire blog in a blink.

    WHAT WAS I THINKING?

    The OLD Plan

    New blog in Subdomain of new account uses MySQL database associated with old account, attached to the new account as an ADD-ON domain, to prevent deletion.

    The NEW Plan

    I’m just going to make the database associate with the new account. While I’ll still need the .htaccess file in the old account, eventually .. there should be no risk whatsoever to my existing account (with subdomains blogs) if I decide NOT to renew registration of the old “battling-series” of domains and just delete it once and for good. I honestly don’t foresee people linking to these blogs in a year from now. Maybe they will! But, I’ve got until September 2008 to decide that fate. All blog domain renewals have been extended.

    So How Did I do This?

    I am going to give you a step by step instruction plan how I will have converted my next blog. Out of 20 blogs or so, I have moved 6 blogs’ databases only (doesn’t sound like much) but I’ve now got the pattern down pat.

    * WORKING EXAMPLE AS I DO THIS:

    Given:
    FORMER BLOG: Battling-Addiction.com (cPanel = addiction account)
    NEW BLOG: addiction.BattlingForHealth.com (cPanel = health account with subdomain addiction)
    OLD MySQL: blog settings are reading database addiction_addiction
    NEW MySQL: Want settings so database is at health_addiction

    Step 1 – Create New MySQL database on New Account

    In the Health account, cPanel .. I created a MySQL database called addiction and associated it with a username and gave it all the necessary permissions

    Step 2 – Backup The Databases – to local computer

    Basically, I follow the wordpress codex guide to backing up the databases *NOT* a backup created by the wordpress plugin. Although, if I ever have to restore a backup created by the wordpress plugin, I hope everything is okay. Anyway, this is how to backup your MySQL Database.

    * Log into the OLD account’s cPanel account, in this case the “addiction” account – that’s where the MySQL database is now
    * Click phpMyAdmin in the database section
    * Click the name of the database in the left window (addiction_addiction) or “Databases” in the main window
    * Click EXPORT from the main window
    * In the STRUCTURE Section … there should be ONLY 3 ticked items:
    (i) Add DROP TABLE
    (ii) Add AUTO_INCREMENT value
    (iii) Enclose table and field names with backquotes
    * In the DATA Section .. there should be NO Ticked items (untick ‘Use hexadecimal for BLOB’)
    * CLICK so “SAVE AS FILE” Section is selected, but leave the filename alone (__DB__)
    * Click “GO” // download and save target on local computer

    Step 3 – Restore The Backup Into The New Database

    Basically I follow the wordpress codex guide to restoring a database safely, and followed these directions.

    * Log into the cPanel of the new account, in this case the “health” account
    * Click on phpMyAdmin in the datebase section of the cPanel
    * Now, I’ve already got seven databases created (6 transferred subdomains and the main domain) .. I click on the newly created, and empty database “health_addiction”
    * Click on IMPORT from the top menu in the main window
    * In the first “File To Import” Section, I browse to the backup I just made and select it
    * The “Format of Imported File” section should already be ticked “SQL”, with NONE for compatibility mode
    * Click GO!

    You should receive a ‘success’ message .. like .. Import has been successfully finished, 39842 queries executed. On one of my attempts this past weekend, I received an error message and it did not fully import. What I did was go back into the old database, and DE-SELECT all the Firestats tables (which caused major F/Ups on the conversion to wordpress 2.2.3 that I’ll never use it anyway. After that, the import went smoothly.

    Now Comes The Fun Part – Renaming the URL’s

    On October 6th, when I moved the old domains into the new subdomain position, I moved all of the actual files that make up wordpress, my themes, my plugins, etc – from the old account to the new account. Over the past week, I have exported the old MySQL databases (which I was accessing from the new account) and imported into a brand new MySQL database associated with the new account.

    However – all my images and links in each post created on the old account, still refer to the old account! For instance, if I were to upload pictures on a post .. it would be included in the blog as Battling-Addiction.com/wp-content/uploads/picture.jpg – I want to rename that to be addiction.BattlingForHealth.com/wp-content/uploads/picture.jpg

    Likewise, with all my google alerts that I created .. because of all of the spammers and scammers trying to steal my RSS Feeds and replublish them on their own sites with advertising (and most giving me back credit and linking back to the original post) .. what I was doing was embedding a link inside most posts so if someone were doing that .. I would get a google alert notice immediately. For instance, I’d might link the phrase “stop smoking” to Battling-Addiction.com/category/nicotine-addiction .. and now I want to rename it to addiction.BattlingForHealth.com/category/nicotine-addiction

    Step 4 – Renaming OLD-(star)(dot)(star) to NEW-(star)(dot)(star)

    Basically, I was following the wordpress codex for renaming accounts in your MySQL database.

    In a nutshell – there is one table in the database that needs to be fixed, with two fields where the text could be. However, in the possibility that I might have mixed up the old account to include the “WWW” in the URL, I will repeat the procedure twice … so I catch everything … the Battling-Addiction.com/etc stuff and the www.Battling-Addiction.com/etc stuff.

    * In the New Database still on screen, in phpMyAdmin program … click on the left window the table called “wp_posts” (or, in my case – “battling_addiction_posts” because I never use the wordpress default “wp_” in my wp-config.php files)
    * Click BROWSE from the top menu
    * scroll down the page and you should note that there are two fields, at the top of the tables that may have the URL of the old account ..
    (i) post_content
    (ii) guid
    * Scroll back up and on the line where the Browse was, click the “SQL” button from the top header .. you should see a text area box with the title “Run SQL query/queries on database health_addiction:” or something like that .. with text inside … DELETE the text inside that box
    * Copy the following 4 commands EXACTLY except you would insert your own URL’s but you get the gist of it. Each command is separate. You copy the first command, then hit GO. Repeat


    UPDATE battling_addiction_posts SET guid = REPLACE (
    guid,
    'http://battling-addiction.com',
    'http://addiction.battlingforhealth.com');

    – Click GO


    UPDATE battling_addiction_posts SET post_content = REPLACE (
    post_content,
    'http://battling-addiction.com',
    'http://addiction.battlingforhealth.com');

    – Click GO


    UPDATE battling_addiction_posts SET guid = REPLACE (
    guid,
    'http://www.battling-addiction.com',
    'http://addiction.battlingforhealth.com');

    – Click GO


    UPDATE battling_addiction_posts SET post_content = REPLACE (
    post_content,
    'http://www.battling-addiction.com',
    'http://addiction.battlingforhealth.com');

    – Click GO

    You should see a success message, like .. Affected rows: 178 (Query took 0.0284 sec)

    And That’s How You Rename All The Data In Your MySQL Database!

    At this very moment – because was performing my 7th MOVING of the databases .. Everything should work now – except for two final steps

    Step 5 – Change the variables in your wp-config.php file

    Using my FTP program, basically I copied the existing wp-config.php file over from the server to my local computer and then renamed it wp-config.php.battling-addiction .. so I wouldn’t overwrite it – just in case there was future problems – in the immediate future that is. Then, I copied over the wp-config.php file again .. and edited the following variable ..

    // ** MySQL settings ** //
    define(‘DB_NAME’, ‘addiction_addiction’); // The name of the database

    to:

    // ** MySQL settings ** //
    define(‘DB_NAME’, ‘health_addiction’); // The name of the database

    All other variables stayed the same (if you created it that way .. I modified the username and password actually and changed those too :D)

    Step 6 – Check Data and Update Your Permalinks

    addiction.BattlingForHealth.com … success! The new blog is working perfectly .. but, just in case, I logged into the dashboard/OPTIONS/PERMALINKS and updated them .. before I did anything else.

    At this very moment, I now have 7 moved databases, and 13 more to go. I am in no rush, and plan to do this over the next two weeks .. one blog at a time.

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    October 16th, 2007HARTHmmmm Things, Quickies

    Every day my dedicated server automatically sends me a “LogWatch” email run at 4:00am every morning. For the most part, there is not much in there to worry about.

    However, on some occassions I receive some details such as the following:

    sshd:
    Authentication Failures:
    unknown (66.221.196.201): 6083 Time(s)
    ~~
    etc

    What I do is use my PuTTy program (to access SSH) and post ..

    iptables -I INPUT -s 66.221.196.201 -j DROP

    … and voila – that IP is permanently banned from accessing anything on my server, or in technical terms denies a specific host from accessing my gateway!

    It’s a neat trick my server Tech Support taught me to do – and, it works. I wish I was more technically adept at stuff like this, but with a blog .. it’s easier to post about something and search for it later, than find a stickum on my office wall fall down behind my desk onto the floor!

    So, if you knew about this – nothing new to see here~! In the meantime, welcome to my new stickum site! hehe

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    October 5th, 2007HARTHmmmm Things, Quickies, WooHoo

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

    Here is the link: HART-Empire Network Earnings Spreadsheet Document

    September was another great milestone for me and my network .. I decided to consolidate my network into a handful of sites, rather than 50+ sites. This took a little doing for me, actually doing it 3 times I mean, because I had some obstacles in my way in getting everything to work properly with regard to transferring the old domains to the new domains, and the structure involved. I wanted to have mega sites .. with the format .. http://megasite.com/subsite/ but ended up having something like .. http://subsite.megasite.com ..

    These are the mega sites created so far:

    * http://BattlingForHealth.com >> BATTLING FOR HEALTH >> health and fitness and resources
    * http://AndYouWill.com >> AND YOU WILL >> self improvement and related resources
    * http://HARTmarket.com >> @ HART Market >> shopping and affiliated product sites and reviews including a newly created site Halloween @ HART Market offering hallowe’en supplies while they last! (I haven’t yet created the portal site for @ HART Market yet)

    I will be writing an article documenting how I managed to convert everything hopefully, before the (Canadian) Thanksgiving is over. If you have been following my earnings pages here (the Woohoo! category) .. it

    So, needless to say, I consider September 2007 another month of slowdown in my postings and well .. I think you can see this in my September 2007 earnings. I did reach the minimim $100 level payout with Google Adsense this time, but barely. It was mostly due to a splurge in postings over at PetLvr blog, for the Blogging Against Abuse campaign – I was blogging 9.27.2007 to help stop animal cruelty and pet abuse.

    The earnings are on an “Accrual” basis, where I’m documenting what I’ve earned, but monies will usually come in the following month, or (if ever) when I reach the minimum threshold for release of my earnings for payment. The expenditures are on a “Cash” basis, as I pay something related to my online earnings, I just load up the spreadsheet and modify it.

    Summary of Gross Earnings 2007

    * January 2007 – $344.61
    * February 2007 – $372.37
    * March 2007 – $492.41
    * April 2007 – $491.85
    * May 2007 – $620.99
    * June 2007 – $632.47
    * July 2007 – $672.66
    * August 2007 – $701.72
    * September 2007 – $704.35

    ** Year-To-Date Gross Earnings (Jan-Sep/2007) – $5,033.49
    * Average (YTD) $18.44 per day or, $559.28 per month
    *** Still not enough to quit my day job!~

    Reflection

    The expenses were still high, and despite my revenue for September growed slightly over August, my expenses didn’t leave me with any profits. I continued my experiment with some PLR content and freelance writing costs, and trial and error, I will probably be continuing this for the next few months as I try to find out if there is a balance in easing my time in the content generation part of this business, before next season’s tax season comes upon me (where my meat and gravy is). Although, if I could net about $3,000-$5,000 per month I might reconsider where my gravy really is and shift my efforts with a greater consistency. Currently, for the 3 quarters ended September 30, 2007 .. it would appear that I have NETTED $1,317.65 USD in profits – but, I can assure you – there is no savings account or payal account filled with this profit. Oh, where does the money flow .. let my count thy ways.

    I should note that on October 16, 2007 .. will be the 2nd anniversary since I created the HART-Empire Network. Hopefully, all of the consolidation and reorganization will be complete and I can concentrate on the postings and growth and promotion of all sites within this network of sites of mine.

    If someone wants to advertise on any of my sites, I am still trying to create a nice advertising page over at HART-Empire-Network.com/advertise/ however, I’m kind of waiting until all the mega sites and domains are converted – so, I can do it right once for all.

    Take care
    HART (1-800-HART)

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    October 3rd, 2007HARTHmmmm Things, Quickies

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    I’ve got to admit .. it’s nice to be able to find all the posts by a single author of your blog now .. I actually needed to do this on one of my blogs. Also, in another blog .. it showed me about 150 authors that were created by spammers with the .ru email address!

    I should probably watch that more carefully. Hmmm… what to do with all of these spammer subscribers to my blog … Hmmm

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    September 30th, 2007HARTHmmmm Things, Quickies

    I am in the process of consolidation of the HART-Empire Network, to coincide with my 2nd year anniversary as a network of blogs and sites around October 17th ..

    Basically, I am relocating separate blogs on separate domains to separate subdomains of a single domain.

    Meet: AndYouWill.com

    I have moved the following sites and these will be their new permanent addresses effective October 1, 2007

    NEW BLOG: >>> http://AndYouWill.com (And You Will)
    NEW RSS FEED >>> feeds.feedburner.com/AndYouWill

    For all the sites moved, the RSS Feed remains identical to what it used to be, so if you were reading these blogs in your Bloglines or Google Reader .. nothing should change.

    All the old sites, have 301 Redirects in place, and should maintain its link popularity for the sponsors (who I have been providing gratuitous links each month to thank) and for the search engines (hopefully!)

    And You Will Garden

    Old URL / Name – AndYouGarden.com (And You Garden)
    New URL / Name – garden.AndYouWill.com (And You Will Garden)
    And You Will Garden

    And You Will Have Kids

    Old URL / Name – AndYouHaveKids.com (And You Have Kids)
    New URL / Name – kids.AndYouWill.com (And You Will Have Kids)
    And You Will Have Kids

    And You Will Marry

    Old URL / Name – AndYouMarry.com (And You Marry)
    New URL / Name – marry.AndYouWill.com (And You Will Marry)
    And You Will Marry

    And You Will Play Poker

    Old URL / Name – AndYouPlayPoker.com (And You Play Poker)
    New URL / Name – poker.AndYouWill.com (And You Will Play Poker)
    And You Will Play Poker

    And You Will Renovate

    Old URL / Name – AndYouRenovate.com (And You Renovate)
    New URL / Name – renovate.AndYouWill.com (And You Will Renovate)
    And You Will Renovate

    And You Will Retire

    Old URL / Name – AndYouRetire.com (And You Retire)
    New URL / Name – retire.AndYouWill.com (And You Will Retire)
    And You Will Retire

    And You Will Travel

    Old URL / Name – AndYouTravel.com (And You Travel)
    New URL / Name – travel.AndYouWill.com (And You Will Travel)
    And You Will Travel

    Coming Soon

    And You Will Help
    And You Will Graduate
    And You Will Laugh
    And You Will Succeed
    And You Will Network
    And You Will Play Hard
    And You Will Live
    And You Will Die

    (okay, I’m not sure about those last two 😀 .. these blogs have not been created yet~

    ~~~~
    PS: If you would like to write for any of these blogs .. please contact HART (at) HART-Empire-Network (dot) com

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    September 30th, 2007HARTHmmmm Things, Quickies

    In case you haven’t yet upgraded to the new WordPress version 2.3 yet …

    … the familiar blogroll of people have now been officially replaced with:

    Blogroll

    * Development Blog
    * Documentation
    * Plugins
    * Suggest Ideas
    * Support Forum
    * Themes
    * WordPress Planet

    And What Do I Think About The Above?

    Maybe someone can explain to me why my readers will want me to link to a URL where I can get plugins for this blog or possibly different themes .. does wordpress really think I would just add any new plugin or change my theme because of a link in my sidebar?

    * The theme links could have ended up on the Presentation screen page
    * The plugin links could have ended up on the Plugin screen page
    * All the rest could have ended up on the Dashboard.

    In my humble opinion of course.maybe I should .. SUGGEST it!

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    September 26th, 2007HARTHmmmm Things, Quickies

    It’s one of those things .. I wish I was cloned!

    I have two online projects currently taking a lot of my time. One of them is the attempting to consolidate the blogs on my network into a smaller structure. I have been working on the “Battling-Series” of blogs first.

    What I would like to do is move each of my “Battling” blogs into a subfolder location of an entirely new domain. It’s easy enough to transfer domains to another location on the same server …

    How I was Moving Blogs To Another Domain Subfolder

    1) Backup/FTP Files of old blog to local computer
    2) Backup MySQL database
    3) Options/General/ and change both the WordPress address (URL): and Blog address (URL): to the new URL
    4) Update (and you will get booted out)
    5) Restore/FTP all the files of the old blog to the new location
    6) Login/Options/Permalink and update!

    * Generally – in most cases that works. Here’s the problem.

    When I created the MySQL database for the original blog, if I named the account (as an example) as “stress1” and it was created in my server account “stress” which is where Battling-Stress.com residess .. then the cPanel created a MySQL database know as stress_stress1. MySQL databases are kind of below all of the accounts on a server and available to everybody. I guess that’s why they associate both the account and the name because well .. let’s face it – if everybody had a MySQL database called wordpress there would be lots of conflicts!

    And, if my new location account is called “health” … although I want a new database called “health_stress1” .. the blog will still work adequately using “stress_stress1” database in my health account.

    * But – what if I want to delete “stress” account?

    My initial plan was to keep all the extra domains ‘live’ for at least another year, to the end of September 2008. This way, the new blog should be well on its way to being a stand alone blog. When the year was up, I would just delete the old account, and not renew the domain. Overall, I’d probably be saving about $500 per year just on domain renewals! Someone advised me that even if I don’t use the original domain, I should always renew these domains so I don’t ruin the ‘brand’ of “Battling-Stress” .. which, is pretty good I think (even though I am biased) . and apparently there are bulk renewal opportunities that can even make it cheaper for me to renew everything at once, once a year or for several years in advance.

    But – here’s my biggest worry. In a year from now, I might just say … “Nah, no thanks! And delete the “stress” account from my server like an impulse shopper, and just do it. If I do that, then when I delete the old cPanel account – EVERYTHING ASSOCIATED WITH IT also gets deleted.

    That’s right – even the “stress_stress1” database that this new “health” account would be using. Everything would be deleted and I would be s.o.o.l. (sh*t out of luck)

    * And that’s not all!

    I’m not too talented to do this myself, and having problems getting the 301 redirect to work from a /domain/ to a /domain/subfolder/ .. Every month I have been giving sponsors a permanent link in my blog with my thank-you posts. I want the link popularity to still be good for them! Yet, the best I seem to be doing is re-routing everything back to the root. I have enough money sitting in my paypal to pay someone to do this for me .. but, with a lot of domains and blogs I want to fix, the multiple just isn’t there and I can’t afford it anymore. So – I’ve tried this 3 times already to no avail.

    I have moved 2 Battling Series blogs over .. 1 small and 1 medium size.

    http://Battling-Diabetes.com >> http://BattlingForHealth.com/diabetes/
    http://Battling-Stress.com >> BattlingForHealth.com/stress/

    I might have to try again and delete those subfolders .. and instead try it with subdomains – like..

    Stress.BattlingForHealth.com
    Diabetes.BattlingForHealth.com

    What do you think of using subdomains instead of subfolders for blogs? I hate them personally! But, as far as I know – I think that might be the best way to transfer everything over. Plus, I can have addon domains to it where (i think) might solve my risk of deleting the only MySQL database.

    It’s a learning curve when you don’t know what you are doing. Until I’m ready, in the meantime, I am reluctant to keep posting on these old sites until I’ve given up. Otherwise, I’ll have to do another export etc.

    Hopefully I will fix this thing before the weekend.

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    September 25th, 2007HARTHmmmm Things, Quickies, WooHoo

    I’m Looking For Amazing Stories How You Saved One Animal’s Life

    Having many blogs in my network, I feel completely justified in promoting this event on every domain and blog that I have at my disposal! Please help me pass the word around the internet, and if you can contribute .. please do!

    9.27.2007 Blogging For A Cause - Stop Animal Cruelty and Pet Abuse On September 27, 2007 .. a wonderful thing will happen. Bloggers from all around the world will be “Blogging For A Cause”. I will be participating with my fellow bloggers, and am asking you to help me participate in this event. I will be blogging to .. Stop Animal Cruelty and Pet Abuse – over at PetLvr.com – [The Blog]

    I’ve done three posts so far for this event

    1) An Introduction Post

    2) A Clarification Post

    3) How we rescued Zeus the Cat

    To paraphrase from the PetLvr Site …

    You Too Can Participate on September 27, 2007

    I will be posting letters from “PetLvr Readers” around the world that have rescued an animal and made a positive difference in the life of one animal. YOU are the hero! I would like you to email me your story. Every story I receive on and before this Thursday will be published and permanently maintained on the PetLvr website, under a new page called “PetLvr Rescue Stories”. I will also link your website if you have one, and post a picture of your pet if you provide it to me.

    * Did you rescue an animal from the humane society?
    * Did you take a stray dog in and give it a home?
    * Did you know any animal being abused and reported its owners to the authorities?
    * Did you save any animal from natural disasters, such as Katrina or the Peru Earthquake?
    * Do you work for any non-profit agency and helped save the life of an animal?
    * If you are a non-profit agency and would like to be linked to your website 9.27.2007

    Then … PLEASE! Email me your stories to: hart (at) PetLvr (dot) com with the subject: 9.27.2007

    * If you have a blog, you too can join in with thousand’s of other blogs around the world. You can stop the abuse about any topic (elder abuse, children abuse, spousal abuse, environmental abuse, domestic violence, sexual abuse, abuse in the workplace, etc) .. it’s up to you!
    Just follow the link from clicking the above graphic, and if you are not already a member of BlogCatalog.com .. well, join in and add me (PetLvr) as your friend! and you will be able to see your image in the widget in the sidebar when you come back here on September 27, 2007!

    * If you do NOT have a blog .. feel free to start a *FREE* blog at PetLvr.com/mypet/ made available by PetLvr.com and start blogging! I will link all participating posts from there back over onto the main PetLvr blog … so start blogging!

    cc’ed around the HART-Empire Network!

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    September 1st, 2007HARTHmmmm Things, Quickies, Statistics, WooHoo

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

    Here is the link: HART-Empire Network Earnings Spreadsheet Document

    It seems that “three times is a charm” and, like June 2007 and July 2007 … August 2007 was another transitional month for me, and the HART-Empire Network. First, I was away on vacation from August 3 to August 20 .. but, I did have my trusty little laptop with me and access to the internet with my EVDO access (it’s a PC card you plug in and like a cell phone number with high speed internet data stream attached). And secondly, as I referred back in my July 2007 earnings post .. I desperately needed to upgrade my new Virtual Private Server into a full-blown Dedicated Server on August 1, 2007.

    The thing with schedule upgrades is that it’s quite frustrating when schedules are not followed. My VPS account didn’t get upgraded until August 9th, 2007 .. and then we had to wait for the name servers to kick in for the move and transfer. When the smoke cleared, it seems that my host inadvertently forgot the BIGGEST site of mine (PetLvr) and the name servers had kicked in! It took until August 11th and into August 12th when everything was finally transferred properly. However, by August 15th it was evident that the standard RAM added to the dedicated server (1 GIG) was not enough and there were still glitches in the running of my network. I upgraded to 2 GIG RAM and everything seem to have been working fine since August 15th (knock on wood). If I had to, I will upgrade to 4GIG RAM and after that .. probably split this network up and shake things up a bit more!

    As for the August 2007 earnings … here they are below. The switchover to the dedicated server and the extra week lost in my PetLvr account definitely shows in the Google Adsense earnings – as, I did NOT hit the $100 payout for the month of August 2007.

    The earnings are on an “Accrual” basis, where I’m documenting what I’ve earned, but monies will usually come in the following month, or (if ever) when I reach the minimum threshold for release of my earnings for payment. The expenditures are on a “Cash” basis, as I pay something related to my online earnings, I just load up the spreadsheet and modify it.

    Summary of Gross Earnings 2007

    * January 2007 – $344.61
    * February 2007 – $372.37
    * March 2007 – $492.41
    * April 2007 – $491.85
    * May 2007 – $620.99
    * June 2007 – $632.47
    * July 2007 – $672.66
    * August 2007 – $701.72

    ** Year-To-Date Gross Earnings (Jan-Aug/2007) – $4,329.08
    * Average (YTD) $17.82 per day or, $541.14 per month

    Reflection

    Despite my difficulties and third monthly slowdown .. it was nice to see an increase in revenues – even though it was slight. But, cash outflows were back to normal. In August, 2007 .. while I was on vacation .. I decided to try some Private Label Rights (PLR) content for some of my sites around the network .. in addition to the free Ezine articles that I use or attempting to hire any writers. There are some pros and some cons associated with using PLR content, and right now from where I sit .. the pros outweighs the cons.

    * By the way .. for those interested in what my dedicated server finally costs me .. it will now cost $263 USD per month .. $179 USD per month hosteing by SingleHop Brand (or midPhase). Because I’m not computer savvy, I opted for the general management package of $69 USD per month to have a “just in case something does happen, don’t look at me” policy .. plus an extra $15 for the extra 1 GIG RAM Memory. Believe me – I am quite aware of the ratio of hosting costs to my earnings are, and (as one person commented to me … ) HART’s out of control!

    Well .. It’s September 2007 now – and everywhere you go … the back-to-school stuff is starting to slow down and I already see Halloween merchandise at the stores. Pretty soon .. it will be XMAS 2007! Are you ready? I hope HART-Empire-Network.com will be ready .. working .. and able. For September .. I am trying to get a new network wide template in place, and actively being with content and blogging on some of my obscure little domains that I have .. and, also signing more sites up to TLA and Linkworth than I have at the moment (less than 25% is setup). I will be reviewing some of the things that I do have that is not working and seeing if I can’t do something interesting for the XMAS season. For instance – it appears that I apparently have $87.00 or so in my Cafepress accounts … which, I forgot I even had!

    Take care
    HART (1-800-HART)

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    August 29th, 2007HARTHmmmm Things, Quickies

    I just print 20 at a time on my HP Officejet G85 All-In-One inkjet printer with AVERY #38876 Clean Edge Ivory Business Cards on MsPublisher program…

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    UPDATE:

    oops/ I scanned and took image off my “first draft” which I destroyed due to typo’s // I reprinted them to fix HorseLvr.com and Battling-Schizophrenia.com … I’d rescan and image, but – well, you get the idea~

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