Things to know before purchasing a web hosting plan for your blog or website

If you don’t have much knowledge about web hosting and going to start a new website , then it will be quite difficult for you . For example , Suppose If you had planned to provide certain features & facilities in your website, then it may require various other supportive features & technology in web hosting plan. Which should be provided with your web hosting plan. Hence please once go through all the below mentioned web hosting features and specifications.

1. How much hosting space should you purchase – This is the first question which comes in your mind , so first of all decide how big your online business model is going to be , how much picture , text , videos you are going to put on your website. How much visitors you are targeting on your website in future . for example if you are planning to start a small website , or blog which contains up to 100 pages , 100 images and 10 medium quality videos . Then 10 GB of hosting space on shared hosting server is enough . But if you are planning to start a big business , which contains more than 1000 web pages , more than 10000 images & more than 100 videos , then you need to buy a dedicated hosting server for your website.

         What is the difference between shared hosting and dedicated hosting ?

         Shared hosting plans means – The hosting company will provide you the specified amount of space on its such a hosting server whose remaining space is shared & sold for various other websites.

         Dedicated hosting plans means – The hosting company will provide one complete server for your website , other websites will be hosted on that server.

1. Linux hosting or windows hosting. which should you prefer – As we all know that Linux operating system is mostly preferred for networking & web hosting services because of its enhanced security feature than windows operating system.

                        But let me tell you that there are several website CMS software’s whose requirement is windows hosting server , They may not be installed on Linux hosting server .hence I will suggest you to check & confirm your website CMS software requirements, before purchasing any web hosting plan.

1. Maximum monthly data transfer bandwidth allowed from server – Always purchase web hosting plans which allows – UNLIMITED BANDWIDTH . Because if you purchase hosting plan with limited monthly bandwidth , and once your website crosses the maximum allowed  bandwidth in any month . your website can not be accessed for that month. In more layman’s term take an example –  suppose if your website total content size on server disk is – 1 MB , and if you purchase a hosting plan which allows maximum 1 GB( i.e 1024 MB)  Bandwidth,  if your complete website is viewed by 1024 people in only 10 days, then total data transfer from the server will be 1 MB X 1024 = 1GB(i.e 1024MB) , Hence after 10 days , your hosting plan will not allow anyone to access you website till the end of that month. Hence if your website traffic is high & progressive , then always choose unlimited monthly bandwidth plan. But if you have only 5 to 10 text content based website and you know that your visitors are limited .then only you can purchase limited bandwidth plan.

1. How many databases & type of database free with your hosting plan – This is one of the most important thing to enquire that what type of databases( Mysql or any other database) are provided with your hosting plan , and also  enquire about number of free data base you will get with the hosting plan.  Because if you had decided to use any content management system on your website  like – wordpress , druple , etc , or either ecommerce software’s like magento commerce, oscommerce , or perestashop etc.  then it can only be installed on your hosting plan if your hosting contains at  mysql database , if  you are planning to use different CMS software’s for your sub domain , hence each cms software will require 1 mysql database from your hosting plan.

1. How many free Email accounts @ your domain name is provided with your hosting plan – always Enquire about number of free email @ your domain name comes with your hosting plan. Also check whether the email plans which your hosting company is providing is either Email forwarding plan or Complete email plan , because if it provide email forwarding plan then you will only be able to receive emails in your forwarded email id and also you will not be able to compose email with forwarding plan.

1. SSL Certification – You need to pay extra to your web hosting provider to get SSL security on your website . SSL Certificate provides extra security on your website and protect your visitor / customer data by encrypting the data. particularly if you are allowing online payments from credit card or debit card on your website , then in order to protect the customers transaction data from hackers , it is highly recommended to get your site SSL Verified.

1. One click installation facility of various important software from your hosting control panel – if your hosting provider do not allow 1 click installation of software’s from hosting control panel  , then in order to install those softwares , you need to upload those software in your hosting space by filezila or any other ftp client , then manually install & configuration of several permissions , which is a headache and much time consuming . but as of now several hosting companies provide 1 click installation of any cms software’s from hosting control panel which takes even less than a minute to install , without any expertise . Hence always check your hosting provider that whether it provide 1 click installation of various cms software’s or not .

1. Renewals & support – always check the hosting renewal rates for your hosting plan , and also enquire about the quality of support service provided by that web hosting company.

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Things to know before registering a domain name for your website

If you are planning to start a blog or website , then keep the following points in mind while registering a domain name , because domain name is also somewhat responsible for your website success .

1. Choose your domain name which looks like a professional & standard to everyone .
2. Should be short & easy , so that it could be easily memorized by your visitors .
3. Should be related to your website topic & content , i.e it should be SEO friendly .

Tips to choose appropriate  domain name extension for your website ?

Domain name extensions also play important role in targeting visitors of your website , suppose if you select your domain name extension as  .US / .UK / .DE /AU / .IN  etc which are country specific , Then search engines will show your websites more in the organic search results of that particular country . Because , you must be aware of that search engine shows different search results for different country , suppose you are in Australia and you make a search in  google – buy cheap domain name  and best hosting , then google will show different results in their listing  for the same key words in united states  & different search results in Australia.

Similarly if you choose domain name extension depending upon your website business type like – .com / .org / .edu /.tv / .info etc , It tells what is your website all about  , for example if you choose your website extention – .org means public & search engine both will understand your website is all about an organization , if it is .edu means your website is related to an educational institution or university. if you choose your domain extension as . info means your website is just informative.

Why people mostly choose .com domain name extension , what is the advantage and disadvantages of choosing .com extension for your website

.com domain name extension is most popular  extension which is widely used on internet , why ? let me tell you  that .com extension is mostly used for commercial purpose websites . the main reason of its popularity is it is not country specific . Also I had seen various people who are new comer to internet , they just know .com and I had even seen several people making a search followed by a keyword with .com . Hence .com domain extension is more popular.

Auction for purchasing highly demandable domain name – Domain name registrar put high demandable domain name for auction , one main reasons why people are facing difficulty in getting desired domain name is also due this reason . These domains sells on very high prices , even 1000 times higher than normal domain pricing .

New domain name extensions – Since due to huge number of domain names getting registered daily with popular extensions like .com , .org , .info, .edu etc .Due to which people are not able to resister domain name of their own chance ,  Hence now several new domains extensions has been introduced depending exactly related to your business like – .bank / .college / .hotels / .trading etc , hence this will facilitate you to choose a domain name with your preferred name with related extensions.

 What is private and public domain registration ?

When you register any domain name from any domain register website , it will ask you before registration , that wether you would like to go for public or private domain registration . if you choose public registration , then several information about your website like – owner of website , your phone number , address , etc will be shown publicly on whois domain look up websites .   but if you opt for private registration at the time of domain registration then these all information will be kept private  & any public cannot view those information. However you need to pay some extra charges for private domain registration.

Which company offers cheap domain registration? What is the truth behind this type of offer from a domain registrar?

when we register any domain name from any domain registrar company ,then that company also need to pay almost the same charge for providing you that domain name , and the competition is very high between the  domain registrar company .but stll how they provide you domain names at cheaper rates and prices . They apply some business trick behind this offer , either he manage to get the complete domain price from the hosting package which you purchase , of email package , or either he will charge more on domain renewals next years , there several hidden terms and conditions which and business trick to get the complete charges from you . hence don’t look up for cheap or cheapest domain registration , just go for domain registrar which you trust.

Enquire about how many emails accounts @your domain name is provided with your domain name , if it is not free , how much is the pricing of emails accounts @domain name , what type of option you will get wit that email whether you will get only a email forwarding account or complete email account.

Difference between email forwarding account & complete email account which are provided @your domain names .

Email forwarding plan @your domain name – if you purchase or get free email forwarding account @ your domain name , then you will be able to create an email account @your domain name , but you can not compose any email from that email account , you can just receive email on that account , to your some another email account which you had forwarded .

Complete email account @ your domain name – If you purchased a complete email account @your domain name then you will be able to login to that email account , compose & send email from the same email id as well as you will receive emails in the inbox of that email account.

Enquire about your domain renewal rates – Before you purchase a domain name , its better to make you on safe side from several business tricks which domain name registrar may charges you at the time of renewal . Because once you get register with them . you would have to pay their renewal charges or the other option you will have is to transfer your domain to another registrar.

Transferring your domain to other registrar – if your current domain registrar is charging more on renewals or if you find it not good for you then you have an option to transfer your domain to some other registrar , but before registering your domain , enquire about the fixed time period after which you can transfer your domain .

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What is Amazon Mechanical Turk . How to make money from Amazon MTurk .

Amazon Mechanical turk is also known as amazon m turk ( Website – www.mturk.com ) , it is basically a marketplace , owned by ecommerce giant amazon.com , where people known as Requester  post micro jobs on the website which can be completed within minutes for few cents or few dollar . These micro  jobs are termed as HITs ( Human intelligent tasks) on Mturk . These are very simple  and easy tasks which any one can do , even who has basic knowledge of computer and internet .

                Workers from all over the world can complete these HITs ( micro jobs) and get paid , There are thousands of micro jobs posted every day on Mturk marketplace.

Is Amazon Mechanical Turk Legit or scam ?

Since it is owned by the world largest ecommerce company named as amazon .com , Which itself  is a very reputed company globally , Hence any one can blindly trust on this website that it is 100% genuine & Legit . What ever amount the workers earn via this mocro jobs . they defiantly get paid.

What type of micro jobs are posted on amazon mturk and does it require good computer and  internet skills to complete the Hits ?

Very easy and  small jobs are posted on amazon mturk like –  paid survey
,short data entry jobs , image verification , letter writing jobs , short transcription jobs , click and counting jobs , bill calculation jobs etc . they are such an easy job so that a class 5 student can do , best for house wife’s
,unemployed people , earn few money while you are getting bore at railway stations , bus stop , in queue at hospitals etc.

People of which country can work on  amazon mturk as a worker  ?

 People from any country can signup on amazon mturk  like USA , UK , CANADA , INDIA etc on –   www.mturk.com , but mostly they prefer to have people from USA.

What is the complete process  to get  started with working on Amazon Mechanical Turk to earn money ?

Step 1 – In order to work on mturk and get paid , first of all you need to sign up at www.mturk.com  , after signup , within next 48 hours  you will get a mail regarding the approval status of your request to work on Amazon mturk , once you get approved , sign in to mturk website .

Step 2 – Now you go to – available HITs , here  from the drop down button ,you can short list or arrange the HITs according to – latest HITs , Expiring soon Hits, High reward amount HITs Low Reward amount HITs etc. Choose it from your convenience , I will suggest you to choose HITs from  – Expiring soon category first because it will be removed from the available hits after sometime , so kindly complete those Hits .

Step 3 –  In front of Each HITs  you will find various terms for example – Time allotted  , Requester , Reward amount , Description and qualification required .

•  Here Time allotted means – you have to finish the project/work  within the allotted time .
• Reward amount means – the amount credited to you after you successfully complete the task .
• Description – will tell you exactly what you have to do with the task of HITs i.e – the detail description of the work which you have to do .
• Qualification Required – Means are you qualified to do that particular task (HITs) , Here Qualified means – have you passed Qualification test which is taken by the mturk for doing any particular type of task . if you have not gone through the qualification test , you have to go through the test , which you can go through any time and once you pass the test you will be eligible for doing that type of task / work always. You need not to give test for that type of work , you will be always eligible for the same kind of job , All task/HITS does not need to pass the qualification test.

Step 4 – Now you can proceed to complete the HITs / task / work in the given time limit and as per the instruction given in the description , if you successfully complete the task , you need to submit the task to the requester , Now the requester will view your job which you have done and do ok , thene the reward amount fixed for the task will be credited in to your  Mturk Account Balance , if the requester find some thing wrong with the task then he will tell you do correct the mistake and submit again .

Step 5 – Now  you can do other HITs available on the website , the Reward amount for hits is very small ie it ranges between 0.5 cents to few $ dollars . but the positive thing is that the task are very simple and can be easily completed within few minutes .

How does Amazon mechanical Turk make the payment to workers ? Does it pay via pay pal ?

Whatever amount will you earn will display in your account balance in the dashboard of Amazon mturk , but you will not be allowed to withdraw for first 10 days from completing your 1st HITs . After that you can transfer the amount to your bank account , via direct electronic transfer to your bank account , or either by amazon card . Amazon mturk does not pay via pay pal as of now.

         You also need to submit your  PAN Card number as well as you have to send a scan copy of your PAN card to them before issuing the payment for security reasons and preventing fraud.

How much money I can make by working on Amazon mturk ? Can I live my full time earnings from Mturk ?

To be really honest , you will not become rich from the money you can earn on mturk , but if you work for full time ie for 8 hours a day people says that they are making between 10 to 20 USD daily , personally my experience with amazon mturk is good , I use to work daily for 2 hours and make  approx $ 2 USD . if you are going through your bad time our you had lost your job ,you can earn some part time money to meet out the requirement of your bread & butter.

What is Croud sourcing on Amazom mturk ?

Lot may peoples are confused with this term croud sourcing , it is nothing but a term in website which refers to the worker re sourcing .

Review of Amazon mturk –   As far as the review and quality of service provided by amazon mturk is positive , while very few people says that , amazon mturk is no more approving international  ( specially indian ) workers and only approving the workers from USA , yes this is the negative review of this website which I had found at several places , initially when it was started approval was very easy but now a day due to huge work force of Indian workers and due to low quality of work obtained from them , they are ignoring international customers. They also did not disclose the reason , why they had not approved in the email.

What are the best alternative of Amazon Mechanical turk to make money online for sure ?

Guys , there are various ways of making money online , but it takes some time , several ways which I personally use for making money online has been mentioned here please read the articles below

1 – how to make money on youtube

2 – how to make money by google adsense

3 – how to make money by – ebay

4 – how to make money by affiliate marketing

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How to verify facebook fan page & get verified badge on your facebook page.

Facebook has recently introduced the process  to verify its fan pages . Since  it has been reported to facebook in recent few years that several people and social media marketing companies are creating fake fan page of famous celebrity , brand , icon , actor , actress etc , and are making misuse of fan pages, hence in such scenario  it was also very difficult for people to recognized which is the genuine page and which is fake page , hence in order to overcome this issue , Facebook introduce a procedure of verifying the fan page , by adding a blue  badge of “verified” symbol on the genuine fan page .which look like a check mark of correct symbol.

Step by step procedure to send verification request for your facebook fan page .

Step 1 – Login to your facebook account . Don’t go to your fan page .

Step 2 – Now open a new tab in the same browser , and type the link in the address bar of the same browser or you can also copy and paste it in your browser url .

                           https://www.facebook.com/help/contact/1448613808726619

Step 3 –  Now hit Enter key on your keyboard , now you will reach to the page where there is an option to send request to verify your page , You will find there a page verification request form , in which , first of all you will have the select the page which you want to verify , select from drop down option , now you will have to scan and upload a original copy of your identity proof  which can proof that this page belong to you , or your business , brand etc, so that facebook could be able to verify that your page is genuine or fake. After that you need to fillup your website address in the box provided below , and after that you need to submit the page verification request to facebook .

 it usually takes up to 30 days to get the status of your verification status , during this period you may get call on the provided number , or email ,or you may be asked to put a piece of code provided by facebook on your website , so that it could proof your genuinity . once facebook complete the verification process and if you found the genuine and real page owner , then a symbol of verified badge will be check marked on your facebook page.

Please watch the video for step by step guidance located in the bottom of this page.

What is the advantage / benefit of getting your facebook page verified .

• Your Fans will be able to know that your page is Genuine : If you will not verify your page , then your fans will not be able to identify which page is genuine and which page is fake . Since sometimes it has also been reported that some fake pages have more page likes than genuine page , in such situation it is very difficult for Real brand to proof themselves in public that my page is genuine , Hence I will always suggest you to get your page verified , it will help your fans to make difference between original and duplicate fan pages.

• Protect your Brand Reputation , which fake pages could misuse : Since fake pages of your brand name also have huge number page likes means fans , hence if they post any thing on their fake page , your public will understand that this is the post from your side , The situation could be more panic if , fake pages post some controversial or wrong information and if it gets viral on facebook , it could effect your brand image .

• Huge growth of fans , page likes and post engagement : If you verify your page , then your fans will be able to know that your page is genuine hence probability of getting page likes on your page will be much higher than fake page , also your those fans who are engaged with fake pages will came to know that I had liked a fake page of my icon , hence they will dislike the fake page and like the genuine page of yours. Due to this , more and more public will get engaged with your post , they will share , comment and like your post with more confident.

• Higher ranking in facebook search & Search engine organic search both : Once your page get verified , then when people search in facebook search about your brand your page will mandatory display on the top in the search results , and also when people will search in search engine like google , bing , yahoo , etc they will also list your page on top in their organic search listings.

Which category / type of facebook fan pages can be verified ?

As of now facebook offers to verify any category of pages  including local business pages as well which has higher volume of page likes and fans , but for some countries it is mostly restricted to category / type which comes under – celebrity and public figure , Global brand and businesses , media .

Why I am getting this  message  “we are not currently accepting verification request in your region” .

Yes , off course people of some countries might be facing this problem while placing a page verification request because , due to very high volume of page verification request from all over the world , it is getting very difficult for facebook employees to verify and manage such a massive verification request , hence they had disabled this feature for some region or country , which will most probably start shortly , once facebook get prepare to handle such requests.

How much time does facebook takes to verify a page ?

It may take up to 30 days to get the status of your page verified , if you have all the requied documents and proof which are pre requested by facebook , otherwise the verification process may take up to 50 days in suspicious conditions.

What are the documents’ / id proof  required to upload  for verifying a facebook  fan page.

You need to upload the solid identity proof , which could easily proof the facebook employees that your page is authentic and genuine , for example if you are a celebrity / public figure then you need to upload and submit your own id proof like voter id card , pan card , etc . But if your page is a business or brand then you need to upload a document which could be able to proof that you are the owner of the brand / business , in such conditions you need to submit the business ownership document proof , tin , or vat , documents’ etc.

Is it mandatory to have a website for facebook page for verification ?

Yes , it is compulsory to have  your  website , when you are applying for requesting for page verification , since it is the easy source for them to check the authenticity of your page ,  They may ask to put a some thing on your official website which could proof that your page is genuine.

On what parameter facebook verify that a fan page is genuine / original and fake/duplicate ?

Once any one submit the verification request for his page it is must that all the details in the about us page should be accurately filled . The document provided by you should be able to proof that your page is genuine & original , facebook does a background verification for your document to verify from the organization , hence it takes 30 to 50 days for verification , website has been made a mandatory parameter if you mention the website in your fan page , fb will prompt you to verify your website by several means , like telling you to place some temporary code for verification , if you will be genuine person , you can place the code in website , but if you are fake then how you could you get access to edit the website. A part from this he may make a phone call to the company , organization , or business place , or celebrity to check , email is also the way to verify , facebook will enquire about the email address from the official website and send you a verification link in the email of real organization , A part from this there are several ways to verify whether your page is original or fake.

Is there any minimum page likes / page fans required to be eligible for facebook page verification ?

Facebook officially never disclose this thing but it is sure that if your page is having less than 1 lakhs fans it may not be interested in verifying your page , as according to a recent survey done in United states  , the statics shows that 90% of pages whose page like is less than 1 lakhs , is not get verified by facebook . in certain country where population is less , then for those countries / regions FB don’t verify page below 50k fans on page.

Do facebook allow me to change the name of my fan page after verification of page ?

Facebook usually allow to change the page name if you have page likes below 100 – 300 , once you achieve fans more than 300 on your page , facebook will ask you to submit a document proof indicating that if have either miss spelling , or organization name change with a genuine reason of changing the page name , once you submit the proposal , the employees will check and if they realize that your change is genuine , then they will allow you to make the page name change , but remember it will be allowed only once. But after verification of the page you can also apply for the name change but this process require lot of time and valid proof of company and organization name change , or a personal name change.

I had also attached here a video tutorial from my youtube channel explaining the simplest and easiest way to verify your facebook fan page step by step. Please watch this video and if you have any question you can ask your question in comment box , it will always be answered and appreciated.

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How to make money on Dailymotion.com . Which is better Youtube vs Dailymotion .

Every Video creators or publishers has a passionate dream & desire to make his video viral on every popular video sharing platforms / websites so that he could earn maximum revenue from his each video. But even if your video is not getting viral , you can make lot of money on these video sharing websites like youtube , vimeo & Dailymotion , Hence the most important thing is proper information about the various monetization program offered on various video sharing websites . Hence here I am going to talk about different money making program offered by Dailymotion in detail.

What is Dailymotion ?

Dailymotion.com is one of the fastest growing video sharing website after youtube . The popularity of dailymotion had increased dramatically in recent years , its alexa ranking is much better than vimeo . Dailymotion offers pretty cool and attractive monetization program , which allow any one to make handsome money , For this reason it is getting popular day by day . The number of videos available on daily motion ranks on second position after youtube . It offers videos in almost every category which youtube offers.

Monetization programs offered by Dailymotion for video creator to earn money-

1. Dailymotion Partner Program ( Dailymotion official) : This program is also known as dailymotion partner program, it is free to join for every one , just you need to sign up , confirm your email verification link , fill up some basic information about your ,and create a dailymotion channel , now you can upload your own videos , you can not upload any copyrighted content of others . now people will watch your videos now dailymotion will display advertisement in video and on watch page . The revenue earned from that video will be shared between partner and dailymotion , In which partner will receive upto 70% of advertisement revenue.

1. Dailymotion Publisher Program : This is also free to join for every one , but publisher must have their own website , and that website must meet out the requirements of dailymotion publisher guidelines , when a publisher signup with daily motion he compulsorily need to enter the website name at the time when you are applying for its publisher program . once you submit your application for approval , it will be manually reviewed by the dailymotion employees and if your website meet the requirements , you will get approved and will send you a confirmation message on your email .

Once you get approved for this program , you will receive a sydentication key . it is nothing but a token of identity which will be automatically placed in the code of ads which represents your account . Now you can embed any video in to your own website from dailymotion , whether that video is yours or some one others , daily motion will display advertisement along with that video on your website and the revenue earned from that video on your website is shared between you and dailymotion , in this program you need not to upload your own videos on dailymotion.

For embedding any video in your website , you need to get embedding code, which can be generated by a extension or plug-in which you need to install in your browser . The name of this extension is – publish it . after installing this button , browse any video on dailymotion and below the video you will find and option called – publish , once on click the extension will automatically generate the video embedding code which contains your account syndication key. Now just copy and paste that code in to your website , your will see videos with ads on it , once any body come to watch that video on your website , revenue is generated by ads and is shared between you and dailymotion.

You can also embed dailymotion videos in social websites like facebook page or account and  and make money from ads.

1. Open Vod Program (Video on Demand ) : This program is also called dailymotion video on demand , This is very similar to vimeo on demand services , The only difference is dailymotion video on demand is free to join , but vimeo on demand is not free to join .

In this program you can sell your video on – pay per view basis for 48 hours , or you can sell monthly subscription , you can sell live event or live tutorials , The selling process of your video is decided by you but you need to pay some share to dailymotion as well for this service.

Mode of payment offered : Dailymotion pays its publishers and partners via two method as of now , i.e – by paypal and by direct electronic bank transfer to your bank account. You will be asked to enter the payment details and select the form of payment when you join the above program.

Payment Cycle & minimum Threshold Amount : The minimum payment threshold amount is $100USD . If your monthly earnings exceeds $100 USD , your payment will be issued in the 3rd week of next month , if your earning for a month is less than 100 usd , it will be carried forwarded to next month , if it reaches the threshold amount , you will get paid in the 3rd week of next month.

Youtube  vs  Dailymotion which is best for making money advantages & disadvantages?

• The per view advertisement rate which is provided by youtube ads is much higher than dailymotion ads.
• On youtube you can only monetize your own videos but on dailymotion you can monetize your own video and also make money by embedding others video to your website & social websites.
• Youtube has much bigger visitor and video watcher traffic than dailymotion.
• Its hard to make money on youtube for beginners and startups but it is easy to make money for beginners on dailymotion.
• Youtube provides you much better channel and options to customize and configure but daily motion had very limited options.
• Youtube provides Superb Analytics report but dailymotion has very few parameters to analyze video performances.
• Youtube monetize via adsense program but dailymotion does it on the same website.
• Youtube Guidelines is very stricked but dailymotion guidelines is less stricked.

Hence , The Conclusion

; Youtube payments are solid and good amount , it takes lot of time to earn your first 100 usd on youtube ,and if you are serious and working hard on youtube you can make lot of money even fulltime income , but on Dailymotion any beginner can start making money easily , since it allows to earn money from others video as well , but very few people make good earnings on dailymotion . In my opinion Daily motion is perfect solution for part time earnings and youtube  is good for full time earnings.

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