Hosting
Free or Purchased Web Hosting for Your Blog
You have decided that you want a blog! But where do you start? Most people who want to put a blog don’t realize that there are two ways to have a blog hosted on the Internet. Free or purchased hosting.
Free web hosting for blogs is using on a blogging platform like wordpress.com or blogger.com. Both of these platforms have a simple sign-up procedure and after filling in a few blanks you have got yourself a blog. The disadvantages outweigh the advantages with free blogs, the major one being you don’t actually own your blog or the content, the free web hosting company does. As you are putting your content on their platform you have to abide by their rules. As the hosting is free you also have to put up with ads that are on either the top or bottom of your site and these ads might not be appropriate for your website.
Purchased web hosting is where you pay a monthly fee. This can be as low at $4.95. There are many hosting firms on the Internet wanting your business so it does pay to do some research first. When you first sign up with a hosting company generally you get your first domain name for free. There are many advantages to purchasing your web hosting, the major ones being, your own your content, you can automate your blog, you can put what you want on it, and you get 24/7 help from the company. These factors are vital when considering creating a website.
With either the free or purchased web hosting you get both the front-end and back-end of your site. The front-end is what is seen by your viewer and the back-end is where you personalize your site, add your content, pictures and videos. Both are simple and easy to use.
If you have purchased your web hosting there is one extra step that you need to take to set up a blog and that is by installing in through fantastico via your control panel. This is a easy and simple to do.
When researching your web hosting to purchase there are several things that you need to consider and look for. These are unlimited disk space, unlimited bandwith, free site builder with free templates, easy control panel, money back guarantee, 99.9% uptime guarantee and 24/7/365 technical support.
The web hosting company that has performed extremely well is Hostgator. I have used and am still using Hostgator for at least 5 years and have found them to be very reliable. When I have had a question I login on to the chat, ask the question and get the answer. How good is that?
To find out more about web hosting go to Hostgator .
