It’s time to take stock of what’s FREE and what works. I found a site, which ten’s of thousands are using to host their sites and blogs for free. Mind you, you have to know a thing or two about a thing or two in order to use 10GB.

The site offers the following:

• 20 GB Bandwidth
• 10 GB Space
• PHP and MySql Support
• FTP Access
• FREE Signup

Hmmm….Just another free resource that may work well for some. Click Here.

I recommend SiteGround web hosting

Scour is a search engine that pays you for doing search. It’s not a new search engine; rather it displays the results of three major search engines - Yahoo!, Google and MSN.

Besides the search, it allows you to vote and comment on search results. So it’s a search engine with social bookmarking flavor. The beauty about it, for every search, comment, and vote you contribute to the Scour community, you receive points.

You can redeem your points for VISA gift cards – 6500 points gets you USD 25 in rewards, so you get paid for what you already do! If you invite friends to use Scour, you can earn even more points (25% of each invited friend’s points) for sharing the site with others, making your points totals – and gift card values – rise even faster!

All you need to get the points benefits from Scour is to get a free account then just login and search to get free stuff! Easy huh?

Don’t forget to set Scour as you Home Page! Click Here to find out.

If you’re out there looking for professional and affordable web design, then you’re likely finding yourself in a bit of a bind. There are plenty of affordable web design firms out there, but a lot of them are amateurs in disguise, non-English speaking, or hard to contact. Here are a few things to look for to narrow the field and find the designer that’s right for you.

First off, you’re probably looking on Google or another search engine for your designer. That’s a good place to start, sometimes, but all it shows you is who’s paying for an optimum search position or who’s spending the most time optimizing their site to get good rankings. Either way, their idea of “affordable” might not be yours. Keep that in mind when you look at these firms.

A better way than search engines for finding a good designer is to go to design forums and message boards. Often this is where you’ll find the really dedicated designers who’re interested no only in making a living, but in helping others perfect their craft as well. Read through some of the messages and make note of who is most helpful to others and seems to have a ready answer for most things. Check out their profiles, websites, and other references and see if they’re the kind of designer you’re looking for.

Similar to this approach is to look through ratings sites that rate customer satisfaction with providers. You’ll find these all over the place and for everything imaginable, not just web design. In a similar fashion, you can look for matching services that match your needs with a freelancer or firm that can provide for them. These sites are like eBay for professional services.

Whomever you find, make sure to thoroughly check them out before you hire them to do your site. Look at their portfolios, ask for references, and make sure you get a firm quote on price and time-line for completion. If there is something in the designer’s bid you don’t understand, make sure you get it clarified before your project starts and before you’ve shelled out any money. Never, ever pay for your website design up-front. Always pay either in stages or in escrow (where an objective third party holds the money until everyone is satisfied).

And remember that cheaper is not always better. Sure, you want your design to be affordable, but you want it to be professional and to specifications too. The cheapest choice is not always the best choice!

There is a lot to choose from with affordable web design, if you look for it. It’s not really a matter of finding it, but making affordable web design actually pay off for you too. There’s a designer for every job out there, so start looking for yours today!

Snatching $$$ from Google? I recommend Google Nemesis

This is something many of us expected, particularly since Google bought DoubleClick earlier in the year. Google AdSense announced that they are drawing their AdSense Referrals program to a close and are re-launching a new Google affiliate network - a re-branded version of DoubleClick’s Performics Affiliate Network which they acquired in March 2008.

If you’re a blogger promoting some kind of AdSense Referrals products it’s time to remove the ad and replace it with something else.

Here is the list of few Google AdSense alternatives to monetize your sites:

Kontera is not exactly the alternative of Google AdSense, but it’s something with works best with it.

ClickBooth is a Performance Based CPA (Cost per Action) network with a similar business model to Commission Junction.

Oxado is a PPC (Pay per Click) program like Google AdSense, AdBrite and BidVertiser. It offers textual and images ads based on the content on your website.

ClickBank is the best network available for new bloggers to start affiliate marketing and want to try selling digital products. They have digital products for most of the niches on the net. So whatever the niche of your website, you will find a product to sell on it.

Matched.co.uk is a new advertisement network startup based in United Kingdom that matches publishers with advertisers and is currently in Beta version.

AdBrite is also a good Google AdSense alternative for making money online. It works best for website which has huge number of impressions.

Chitika is a network which has learned a lot from its mistakes. There was a time it was not that good network. It has started different kinds of new products and is really becoming one of the choices of people.

Amazon - I use Amazon by putting one or two related books/CDs/DVDs links on this site. Here’s one example:

AdToll is a new and promising AdBrite type of advertising network, which allows you to sell your own links as well as RON (Run of Network) links.

How’s that? Don’t worry about loosing Google AdSense. Life always has alternatives.

I recommend Oxado - the highest paying PPC

ClickBooth is a Performance Based CPA (Cost Per Action) Network with a similar business model to Commission Junction.

There are over 600+ campaigns on the network and it should not be hard for you to find an offer related to your content or marketing needs. ClickBooth campaigns ranges from USD0.40 up to USD280 per lead.

There’s lot more ways to earn with ClickBooth. You can sign up today and learn more about how you can make money with this company.

You can also refer more members and receive 2% gross referral credit for life plus an additional USD10 bonus for every affiliate referred. Sound good huh?

Payments are done by check or PayPal if you have accumulated USD50 in a month. Clickbooth pays out on the 15th of every month for commission earned the month prior.

Click here to join ClickBooth.