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Hopefully it will be cheaper. $20/month might sound very cheap but for some guys (like myself) living in 3rd world countries, it's almost next to impossible.

by wenbert 16y ago

lsc 16y ago
Hey, I have a question. If I wanted to advertise to /technical/ people in your area, where would I do it? Note: I'm not really interested in business people; I want *NIX enthusiasts who are /not/ spammers, who can write English and are capable of running a Linux box that won't get compromised, and who don't need much help from me to run the thing.
- alextp 16y ago
  You can search for local linux/debian user groups.
  - lsc 16y ago
    yeah, that's the sort of thing I'm looking for... but often it's hard to tell from the webpages which ones are popular, and which ones are just two guys. Hm. But yeah, I should play more with LUGs in poor parts of the world; I've tried to give away stuff to local LUGs around here (in the SF bay area) but they usually have a setup they like already, and other providers falling over themselves to give them free crap.
- mlni 16y ago
  Why not just buy google ads for technical keywords and target only the desired countries?
  - lsc 16y ago
    For my ad money, I like display ads rather than pay per click ads... I am just trying to say 'Hey, I exist' and pay per click is usually not a very cost-effective way of doing that. (now, most of my advertising 'budget' was spent on, say, writing a book... but per-click ads are the opposite of what I want.)
  - whimsy 16y ago
    Do you click ads? I don't even /see/ them.
- phreanix 16y ago
  You could try their forums. http://webgeekph.com/ http://webgeekph.com/ http://www.philweavers.net/forums/ http://www.philweavers.net/forums/ Or here: http://webdesigners.org.ph/ http://webdesigners.org.ph/ Most of the time, the best way to access the best people is thru referrals. Drop me an email, I might be able to help you out.
  - lsc 16y ago
    Thanks. I've never used referrals, though. Usually I prefer cheap display ads, donating services, or community participation. I have used discounts for certain low-risk groups; I guess that's a little like a referral.
- wenbert 16y ago
  Try http://www.philweavers.net http://www.philweavers.net - I am not sure how it is now, but I have had a bunch of clients from their old site. I think most people there are from Luzon - the biggest island in the Philippines - has the biggest city - so it is probably more expensive there than to get someone from Cebu. http://www.mynimo.com/ http://www.mynimo.com/ is local to Cebu. Or you could try JobsDB.com OR Jobstreet.com (almost all the big companies in my place advertise in JobsDB.com and Jobstreet.com) What sort of skills are you looking for? I know some people who can run Linux boxes. Edit: Just contact me through my email in my profile since I am a bit busy at the moment to check HN regularly.
  - lsc 16y ago
    hah. I'm trolling for customers, not employees. I serve the price sensitive, you see, but I do it in part by providing less support service, so I need people who know what they are doing as customers.
lsb 16y ago
If you'd like really cheap web hosting, try http://nearlyfreespeech.net http://nearlyfreespeech.net. Write something in PHP, and you can use a SQLite database for free (just put a high timeout on write locking) or a MySQL database for $0.01/day or something. They don't support FastCGI, so any other language would require starting up a new runtime for each web request, which is pretty much a non-starter if you can't afford $16/mo (which is the prepaid limit). If you need money for a project to get kickstarted, try Kiva or Kickstarter. On the plus site, if 5 of you can fit onto the EC2 small instance, it's only $6/mo, if you do a spot instance with a high maximum.
- wenbert 16y ago
  Thanks. NFSN looks really awesome - but the pricing is a bit too complicated. Right now, I am with Webhostingbuzz and I get a warning for using too much CPU from time to time. Kiva / Kickstarter is very interesting. I wished I have heard of these sites right before my "busy season". Right now, I am planning to save up so that I can get a Linode for one year.
noahc 16y ago
ASO has $25/year web hosting that is solid.

Hopefully it will be cheaper. $20/month might sound very cheap but for some guys (like myself) living in 3rd world countries, it's almost next to impossible.

by wenbert 16y ago

Hopefully it will be cheaper. $20/month might sound very cheap but for some guys (like myself) living in 3rd world countries, it's almost next to impossible.

lsc 16y ago

Hey, I have a question. If I wanted to advertise to /technical/ people in your area, where would I do it? Note: I'm not really interested in business people; I want *NIX enthusiasts who are /not/ spammers, who can write English and are capable of running a Linux box that won't get compromised, and who don't need much help from me to run the thing.

alextp 16y ago
You can search for local linux/debian user groups.
- lsc 16y ago
  yeah, that's the sort of thing I'm looking for... but often it's hard to tell from the webpages which ones are popular, and which ones are just two guys. Hm. But yeah, I should play more with LUGs in poor parts of the world; I've tried to give away stuff to local LUGs around here (in the SF bay area) but they usually have a setup they like already, and other providers falling over themselves to give them free crap.
mlni 16y ago
Why not just buy google ads for technical keywords and target only the desired countries?
- lsc 16y ago
  For my ad money, I like display ads rather than pay per click ads... I am just trying to say 'Hey, I exist' and pay per click is usually not a very cost-effective way of doing that. (now, most of my advertising 'budget' was spent on, say, writing a book... but per-click ads are the opposite of what I want.)
- whimsy 16y ago
  Do you click ads? I don't even /see/ them.
phreanix 16y ago
You could try their forums. http://webgeekph.com/ http://webgeekph.com/ http://www.philweavers.net/forums/ http://www.philweavers.net/forums/ Or here: http://webdesigners.org.ph/ http://webdesigners.org.ph/ Most of the time, the best way to access the best people is thru referrals. Drop me an email, I might be able to help you out.
- lsc 16y ago
  Thanks. I've never used referrals, though. Usually I prefer cheap display ads, donating services, or community participation. I have used discounts for certain low-risk groups; I guess that's a little like a referral.
wenbert 16y ago
Try http://www.philweavers.net http://www.philweavers.net - I am not sure how it is now, but I have had a bunch of clients from their old site. I think most people there are from Luzon - the biggest island in the Philippines - has the biggest city - so it is probably more expensive there than to get someone from Cebu. http://www.mynimo.com/ http://www.mynimo.com/ is local to Cebu. Or you could try JobsDB.com OR Jobstreet.com (almost all the big companies in my place advertise in JobsDB.com and Jobstreet.com) What sort of skills are you looking for? I know some people who can run Linux boxes. Edit: Just contact me through my email in my profile since I am a bit busy at the moment to check HN regularly.
- lsc 16y ago
  hah. I'm trolling for customers, not employees. I serve the price sensitive, you see, but I do it in part by providing less support service, so I need people who know what they are doing as customers.

lsb 16y ago

If you'd like really cheap web hosting, try http://nearlyfreespeech.net http://nearlyfreespeech.net. Write something in PHP, and you can use a SQLite database for free (just put a high timeout on write locking) or a MySQL database for $0.01/day or something. They don't support FastCGI, so any other language would require starting up a new runtime for each web request, which is pretty much a non-starter if you can't afford $16/mo (which is the prepaid limit). If you need money for a project to get kickstarted, try Kiva or Kickstarter. On the plus site, if 5 of you can fit onto the EC2 small instance, it's only $6/mo, if you do a spot instance with a high maximum.

wenbert 16y ago
Thanks. NFSN looks really awesome - but the pricing is a bit too complicated. Right now, I am with Webhostingbuzz and I get a warning for using too much CPU from time to time. Kiva / Kickstarter is very interesting. I wished I have heard of these sites right before my "busy season". Right now, I am planning to save up so that I can get a Linode for one year.

noahc 16y ago

ASO has $25/year web hosting that is solid.