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When I first made the switch at my free myspace games website from PH Arcade Version 1 to the nice new “Version 2″, I saw a massive, devastating dent in my AdSense statistics from that domain.

I was not alone.  I saw many people having the same problems.  But being an experienced webmaster I knew that changing the layout and appearance can have a temporary stall in your revenues.  So I stuck at it, kept things going.

Now, I’m looking at figures like 18% CTR on a daily basis because of PH Arcade!  The AdSense placement is perfect!  I’m getting CTR values of 10-20%, consistently!

For examples of what ads I’ve chosen to use on the site, you can go check it out: www.tazgames.com.

I am amazed at the statistics of my AdSense performance on this script.  Kudos to Justin, the owner, for his ad placement skills!

Anyone wanting to still earn good money from arcade websites; I advise you to use PH Arcade.  It is working fantastically!

I urge you to grab yourself the script from the PH Arcade Homepage – Good luck!

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Everybody is under the impression that Hostgator are the best, or atleast in the top 5.  But why?  I often wonder if people actually understand whether or not they deserve their reputation or not.  Or do people just trust other people’s judgement and hop on the band-wagon?  Surely a ridiculous idea when you’re looking for a hosting plan to suit you; not anybody else..?

The answer to that proposition is; Actually, it’s not such a ridiculous idea.  It doesnt take a genius to work out that purchasing shared hosting from ANYONE – including Hostgator is going to mean you’re restricted as to what websites and services you can run.  Anything highly demanding like proxies and major image hosts (which are disallowed by Hostgator) should never in a million years be run on a shared server.  For many reasons other than just the server load.

So baring in mind that you can’t go running internationally demanded, heavy scripts on such hosting, you can indeed hop onto the ‘gator-wagon’.  Their hosting packages are so flexible, especially since going “UNLIMITED”, that they will cater for the majority of wabmasters looking to run several personal or even modest commercial websites.

I have been using Hostgator for a while now, and I will now highlight a few aspects of their superiority over most other hosts.

Support – Their support is truly the best I’ve seen.  Admittedly I do not require support often, so I can’t say I’m the best qualified person to make judgement, but I can garauntee that their support is excellent, where others’ will more than likely fall short of such a label.  You will be talking live to a member of staff in SECONDS and they answer immediately, and really understand what you’re asking for, and understand their service well enough to provide you with a full, extensive answer to cater all of your enquiries. Perfect.

Uptime - I use several methods of monitoring my websites’ uptimes.  I have yet to receive a single report of any down time at all.  I have never experienced lag-spikes, high server loads, or any signs of overselling.  The uptime garauntee they provide really is a garauntee!!

Prices – Their prices are tremendously competative.  I have scoured the internet looking for a quality webhost at as low a cost as humanly possible, and thus; I have had nothing but downers untill I used Hostgator: downtime, servers breaking down, my earnings going down, and ultimately; letdown.  Hostgators prices are amazingly low, and so I distrusted their opting into the “UNLIMITED” scheme, but I can honestly say for Hostgator; THE PRICE IS RIGHT!

HOSTGATOR IS IDEAL FOR BEGINNERS, EXPERIENCED WEBMASTERS, AND PROFESSIONALS!

What’s more; Hostgator’s datacentre is completely environmentally friendly! That’s right, their servers are both powered AND cooled by wind turbine generated power based in Texas, US.

Whether you’re after a simple, single-core shared server, or perhaps a duel core beast of a server; Hostgator can cater for your needs!

Get started with Hostgator! - You won’t be sorry!

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PH Arcade Version 2 is out!

Due to my recent absence I was unable to make an announcement as such about the release, but nevertheless, better late than never! PH ARCADE V2 IS HERE!

Complete with a beautiful new layout, and a vastly improved front and back end, the script is a must have!
You can grab a copy of the basic arcade here for $0. That’s right, nothing, not a penny, zilch. Priceless, you might say.

There is however a price to using the free version; but that’s obvious – It’s not as good as the premium version!

You can trust my word, and rest in the knowledge that I do know this script inside and out.  If you didn’t know already; I am a voluntary programmer for the Arcade Script.  I do this out of sheer respect for the script; it is a masterpiece!

The premium version is available for a charmingly small price, under $20!  You will not find a better priced arcade script of this standard.  I highly recommend it!  You can always try the basic one for a while to test it out before you buy the better one!

Behind the scenes knowledge – purely exclusive to Chuckun’s Blog: A major bugfix update is to be released very soon!

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I would like to apologise for my recent absence. It was unfortunately beyond my control.

I am now back and ready to continue my quest to improve the quality of information on the blog, and provide easy to follow information, guides, and tips to all you webmasters.

I have another apology to webmasters looking for programming help which I cannot provide; my passion lies within PHP / MySQL programming. I apologise for not offering help with other programming languages!

I have a request too; if you know anyone who might find this forum useful, please let them know! In my recent absence I have paid a big price, loosing most of my visitors (thank you, everyone reading, for staying put!).

Thanks a lot people,
Jack

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