And I am not surprised .. based on how my tickets has been answered in the last few months. Slow, not answering to the question and they purposely close unanswered tickets.

From the letter I got from them this morning, effective 1 April 2010, all domain and hosting accounts hosted with Rawanaz Studioz Malaysia will be transferred to ExaBytes Network Sdn Bhd.

To those who had suffered under the old management (I knew a few ), maybe this change will lessen your stress. Although it is mentioned in the email that “Your hosting plan’s features and price purchased with Rawanaz Studioz Malaysia will remain unchanged”, but I doubt it. I think … ExaBytes will force the existing users to ‘upgrade’ to their current package when it is time for renewal.

If you are expecting that too, I don’t think you should move just yet. Take the opportunity to evaluate Exabytes. If the service, support and package is good, why not stay even if it means that you have to pay more.

But if you still want to move, there are still some good cheap web hosting companies in Malaysia if you look hard enough. You can start with my own web hosting list. Just make sure you don’t purchase anything from a hosting company that started yesterday and said they can give you the best service.

Look for something with a track record.

Hosting
I had to decide whether to stay with the the old hosting company or move. I had to re-organized and re-group similar blogs together. The ones that have been receiving more traffic from US are moved to a US server. The ones that are still in infancy stage are group together while the one that are already making money need attention to grow.

Seems like there are many blogs involve, but there’s only a few actually

New Domain
There’s also a domain that needed a new name. After a while, a personal blog tends to head towards a specific niche. So in order for it to grow further, I decided that it needed a new domain name. Hence Comics & Games dot com. That way, if in the future I decide to sell it, it will be much easier. This took a while, as planning is quite crucial. Maybe I’ll do a post of domain migration later.

The niche may not be as profitable as Cyza’s Chemical Engineering, but as long as I can maintain the traffic, it will do just fine as I am blogging about what I like. And in October 2009, after marketing related affiliate products on that blog, I got my first affiliate commission from Commission Junction. Although a small amount, but it is a start.

Most of my time was spent on this particular blog and it was fruitful. Alexa rank has gone up. Traffic has doubled and Page Rank is now 2.

If you look at the statistics of the most viewed posts on the left, you will know what I mean. And that does not include the main posts yet. I have a few anchor posts that will be the main pillars of the blog, and those will only be posted in the first quarter of 2010.

New Niche
There’s also a new niche that I am experimenting. Will blog about this in detail later. It’s a video blog, however  copyright may be an issue. Not be my cup of tea, but it is already making money. May consider to sell it. Anyone interested?

Joint Venture
There’s one project with another blogger that started in August 2008. A blog specific to Johor Bahru, although I am not from Johor JB Cool is currently looking for guest bloggers. So, if there’s anyone interested, let me know

And a few other things. I am also considering to build my own list. Have been blogging and making money for quite some time, but no list yet. Most IMs says that the money is in the list, but I don’t have any yet. You can still do it without a list, but having one does make it easier

Happy blogging!