How to

All of my current web sites are hosted on a VPS from CheapVPS which came with CentOS and HostInABox installed. This is all good for a novice web site admin to setup a few sites, but I wanted to learn more.

So, I went on the search for a cheaper VPS to install Ubuntu 8 on and setup a web server from scratch. I ended up going with VPSempire who have the same parent company as CheapVPS (VAserv).

Over the weekend I found out how to get thousands of visitors to my site.

1. Find a topic teenagers will like
2. Blog about said topic
3. Moderate the comments

That's all there is too it.

Many of my post on my blog have been a little geeky, about Apple, the iPhone or Drupal. These are not mass market topics. When I blogged about the Sunday Times Rich List my visitors for that day went for an average 30 a day up to 150. When I blogged about Britain's Got Talent my visitors for Sunday 1st June rocketed up to 2000.