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What’s a domain registrar? – domains and hosts part 1/6

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Tips for building a website - There's more to your domain than just picking your blog name. When you're starting a blog, not knowing some of the basics can cost you money! Easy to understand definitions of web host and domain registrar, how to pick the best ones, and why using a free domain from your web host isn't a good idea.Just after my domains auto-renewed last year – at DOUBLE their original rate – I started coming across information about all the reasons it’s a good idea to have your domain registration with a different company than your website host. I’ve wanted to move my domain registration ever since.

Wait a minute, you might be thinking. I got my domain (for free) when I started my website. What do you mean there’s two of these things? Isn’t my host my domain registrar the same thing? How could I have two of them?  And just what is the difference between domain registration and website hosting?…

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Facebook Image Blog Post Test

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This is a test to see which image Facebook and Twitter pull from this post.

This is the alt text. Test to see what pins.…

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The Best Social Media Image Size

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This is is a template to help create the best social media image, the best social media image size and composition that will work for more than one social media site. My goal is a single image that will work on Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest.

Keeping in mind the optimal image sizes for 3 social media sharing sites: Pinterest, Facebook, and Twitter.

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Social Media Sharing Image Composition Test 12

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This is test 12 of trying to find the best social media sharing image size and composition that will work for more than one social media site, a single image that will work for social sharing images on Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest. (Well, actually it’s about trials 12-15. I got tired of making so many posts and actually made several temporary posts and used many variations of the image below where I moved the face around.)

I need to test what happens if the eyes or face are really low or high in the photo. What kind of faces are recognized and what happens when the faces are really low or high in the photo?…

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Social Media Sharing Image Composition Test 11

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This is test 11 of trying to find the best social media sharing image size and composition that will work for more than one social media site, a single image that will work for social sharing images on Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest.

I need to test what happens if the eyes or face are higher in the photo. What kind of faces are recognized and what happens when the faces are higher in the photo?…

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Social Media Sharing Image Composition Test 10

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This is test 10 of trying to find the best social media sharing image size and composition that will work for more than one social media site, a single image that will work for social sharing images on Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest.

I need to test what happens if the eyes or face are further down in the photo. What kind of faces are recognized and what happens when the faces are lower in the photo?…

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Social Media Image Composition Test 9

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This is test 9 of trying to find the best social media image size and composition that will work for more than one social media site, a single image that will work for social sharing images on Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest.

So far, I’ve found that with longer images, in a 1:2 ration, Facebook has smart cropping to a landscape image that centers on eyes. Twitter always takes a square image from the center of the longer image, no matter what is in the image.

However, …

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Social Media Image Composition Test 8

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This is test 8 of trying to find the best social media image size and composition that will work for more than one social media site, a single image that will work for social sharing images on Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest.

This is the second test to see how photos without faces affect where Facebook and Twitter crop images that are not their optimal orientation. Is it possible to create an image that will work for Pinterest, Facebook, and Twitter sharing?

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Social Media Image Composition Test 7

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This is test 7 of trying to find the best social media image size and composition that will work for more than one social media site, a single image that will work for social sharing images on Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest.

This is the second test to see how photos with faces affect where Facebook and Twitter crop images that are not their optimal orientation. Is it possible to create an image that will work for Pinterest, Facebook, and Twitter sharing?

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Social Media Image Composition Test 6

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This is test 6 of trying to find the best social media image size and composition that will work for more than one social media site, a single image that will work for social sharing images on Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest.

This is the second test to see how photos with faces affect where Facebook and Twitter crop images that are not their optimal orientation. Is it possible to create an image that will work for Pinterest, Facebook, and Twitter sharing?

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