It is hard to picture tasteful google ads, but I suppose it is possible. I have been trying to use some affiliate links for things that I don’t mind advertising.

When I first started hosting my client sites, I was on a shared server and it was way more convenient to only have to deal with one server than having to figure out multiple server configurations.

When I ran out of space on the shared server, I got a dreamhost account and it was very very bad. I had to move those clients somewhere else. I got a VPS since the cost was not much more than paying for a larger shared plan with enough resources to run autiblogger and all of the other sites. Once I was on the VPS, I had to find more clients so that I could pay for it.

THEN, I made the dumb mistake of underestimating the resources that 50+MB mp3 files in every post would use and overloaded the VPS. Actually, I had no idea they were that large at the time.

That is how I ended up on the dedicated server.

2) curious: how come you’re hosting your clients’ sites yourself, rather than using an external web host? bluehost is only $6.95 per month, and seems like it would be much less of a hassle.