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Interview with Doug

Hello My name is Doug and I currently run 4 main websites. I am from Brooklyn New York and Migrated West to Ohio a couple of years ago. I am 30 and have been active with Computers for over 20 years 

Q1) Your primary website:

Ans: My primary website is Astawerks.net. That is my primary link bidding directory. 

Q2) How did you started off:

Ans: I made my first website in 1997 which then was a small page running on Angelfire.com I then got serious about being a webmaster in 1998 when I started Subsix.com.  That was for my Music production team and Rap crew.  I since had two more hiphop sites over the years. 

Q3) How many sites you own:

Ans: 5 

Q4) How much money you make online from different sites of yours:

Ans: My goldmine is my VoIP store which I had up for almost a year already. My directories are pretty much new so they are growing steady on the income tip.  

Q5) What are your primary methods, you use for your site’s promotion:

Ans: Link Building ex. Directories, Blogs, Articles. After that is Forum post, e-mails to webmasters and of course word of mouth.  

Q6) Any message/tips for starter webmasters:

Ans: Make sure you know what you are doing before you take the plunge. Make sure that you know how to secure your website and how to fix problems when they occur.  I seen countless websites go down for months before of a SQL problem which could have been easily fixed.  

Q7) What is your favorite niche. Which category you think is more profitable?

Ans: Music of course.  I am not sure if it much of a profit these days but it will always be my 4th love besides my family.  

Q8) What should you choose if you have to make a choice between a directory, a blog and a forum:

Ans: Blog. I had too many forums over the years and never got any post.  

Q9) Your favorite web host, hosting company:

Ans: Axishost.com  I ran  Astawerks.com on that for over 1 year and never had any problems.  

Q10) Favorite search engine:

Ans: Ask.com   Sike!  Google of course it’s faster and has the best results.  

Q11) Favorite website:

Ans: Digitalpoint.  I have learned more about SEO there in two months then I have in my 10+ years of being a webmaster.  

Q12) Any thing else you want to say!

Ans: Visit my sites  Astawerks.net, Asawerks.com, Xtremedirectory.com, and  my handme  down site Newgospel Bidding Directory