Tutorials - VPS Tutorial - All levels | Help Linux virtual machine is not used (VPS) from basic to advanced, post here all dental

Hello,
First of all, before we start this tutorial, we assume you have no prior experience in Shell/SSH on a Linux based system, and this tutorial will be based around CentOS, which is a Linux based operating system.
Hold on… What is SSH?
Well, I’m sure that if you have ordered, or are currently renting a VPS, you will have seen something in your welcome email about SSH, and a “root” password - This is like a login to your server - its like logging into Windows, you need to know your username (In this case, “root” and you need to know your password.
Now, Linux over the internet is not like Windows, as it does not offer a GUI (Graphical user Interface) instead of having a WIMP interface (Windows, Icons, Menus and Pointers), you are faced with a boring, but powerful, command line interface for getting the Linux server to carry out the tasks you need it to do.
Just like Windows, the Linux operating system is able to run “Programs”, which can have many file extensions, but they do not run Windows .exe files. The most common type of Linux executable file is a shell script, which has the extension .sh
What do I need?
Well, to start with, no server administrator owns a computer that does not have a working copy of PuTTY. PuTTY is a free Telnet and SSH client used by server administrators and users to control linux, and sometimes windows based systems.
PuTTY can be downloaded from the official website, by clicking here.
Okay. I have PuTTY, now what?
Well, now the fun begins. Its time to make your first connection to your server via SSH. First of all, run PuTTY. You will see that PuTTY is not an installer, its a stand alone application that you download, meaning you will need to run that every time you wish to use it, it does not create a shortcut in your start menu.
When running PuTTY, you will see the following on screen:

Once you see the page like above on your PuTTY, you can start entering your details, for this, you will need the following:

1. Your root password (And username if changed)
2. Your Server IP address
3. Your Servers SSH port (If unknown, use 22)

Fill out the page as follows:

Using the color coded boxes from the image above;

• In the Red box, enter your Servers IP address.
• In the Blue box, enter your Servers SSH port, if unknown, leave it as 22.
• Make sure “SSH” is selected like the black box shows.

Once all that has been filled in and checked, click the Green button “Open”. You will see something like the following:

That error as it is called, is perfectly normal for the first time you connect via an SSH connection to a new server. You should click “Yes”. If you see this error when you next connect, there may be a problem, and you should read what the error states.

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Blam Ads: An Incentivized Advertising Affiliate Network

Affiliate Marketing Networks have been around for a long time and have helped thousands of affiliates make money from their blogs and websites. Although there are more than a hundred affiliate network companies online, not all of them have offers that you can promote.

The trends in recent times for affiliate network companies has been to be a niche player in the affiliate marketing industry ie. pick up a niche area of products and become an expert at marketing it. One such recent niche affiliate marketing network I recently came across is Blam Ads.

What is Blam Ads ?

It may not be fair to say that Blam Ads is a recent affiliate network, it carries a rich pedigree of successful founders with solid online experience. Blam Ads is a part of Eagle Web Assets Inc., the parent company which was started in 2004 and has evolved to a successful privately held conglomerate staffing over 75 employees across the United States and Europe. Eagle Web Assets also runs EWA Private Network which is a mainstream affiliate network that has weathered the storms of the industry to become a top tier network in less than two years.

Blam Ads started in June 2010 after noticing the massive lack of innovation within the incentive markets. This is a perfect example of finding a need – gap in the market to launch a service. The focus of the company is on lead generation of incentivized offers.

You can join Blam Ads as an affiliate and market offers based on incentives to your audience, incentives work well to increase sales and leads, this makes it more easier for you as an affiliate to make a high commission.

Content Locking Gateway:
Blam Ads has a unique Concept Locking Gateway which I’ve not seen on any other affiliate network. This is where you insert the code on you website that “locks” the content from the visitor until he or she fills out the offer that is displayed as a pop-up.

This can be a very lucrative way to get customer leads for affiliates, because of the content locking gateway the customer has to fill the lead form to see the content on the page.

Large collection of Incentivized offers:
Blam Ads has a large collection of offer, all of them in the incentive space. You can check the “Offers” section from your dashboard to see the type of offer that are available for you to promote. You can choose to promote the offers based on your target audience and the readership of you blog or website. The offers span a large number of categories – automotive, dating, finance and gaming. There are more than 700 incentive based offer spanning over 60 countries.

Payouts:
Blam Ads is a CPA lead network, where you get paid based on the leads generated from your audience. The payout are based on monthly 30 day schedule. Blam ads has a number of options for you to cash out your commissions ie. paypal, wire transfer and direct deposits. International wire transfers have a threshold of $500.

Strong Online Platform:
Blam ads has a strong online platform with the interface providing real time stats for clicking, tracking and keeping a tab of the commissions generated. If you are into developing application then you can check out the virtual currency platform from Blam Ads, this is a plug and play application that engages global users directly, awarding them virtual currency to be utilized as points within the game. Their experience staff and well documented API will help you with this application.

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