Choosing The Right Web Hosting Package For Your Blog
Author: Jim | Filed under: Blog Services, Sponsored Posts
In the olden days, when dinosaurs walked the Internet, starting a web log was a monumental undertaking. By the time Peter Merholz coined the term “blog,” the situation had improved considerably. In fact, there is a whole subset of hosting called blog hosting. A blogger no longer needs an advanced skill set in order to start a blog. However, he/she still has to decide upon blog platform.
WordPress is probably the best blog platform solution for most people. It is new-user tweaked with an embarrassment of riches when it comes to free plug-ins, themes, widgets and apps. Because of its ease of set-up and broad platform functionality, WordPress is also the choice of the top hosting companies. For this purpose, we’ll focus on WordPress hosting.
To choose top web hosting, there are a few questions the blogger needs to ask himself. Can you set-up your own script? Do you know how to customize it to run correctly? Do you know where to locate quality plug-ins to improve your blog performance? Do you know how to activate the plug-ins? Every wise choice you make now is a future headache you will be spared.
There are chiefly two choices when it comes to blog hosting.
1) You may opt for a “free WordPress host.”
“Free blog hosting” offers to the blogger a few pool themes that are provided to all the free blog host users. Most free blog hosts offer very few WordPress plug-ins and/or widgets. Most free hosts require “upgrades” for any advanced options. These upgrades quickly amount to a bigger bill than a paid blog host would have charged you in 
the first place. The paid host would also have given you better hosting. The “free host” rarely offers the degree of functionality that paid blog hosting will. A paid blog host typically has to have a better grasp of the script itself.
2) You may decide upon paid blog hosting.
There are nearly 10,000 WordPress plugins, from basic statistics counters to highly complicated multi-use ones. A paid blog host will allow you to use most, if not all, of them and thus extend the WordPress platform to its full strength. In a competitive blog situation, these plug-ins can be vital to search engine optimization. Plug-ins make easier the once-complicated task of running a successful blog.
A paid web host will often have an easy set-up requiring little technical expertise. If you’re a technically sophisticated netizen, you can also find a paid blog host that offers all the bells and whistles you might prefer. Is your blog the start of a business or a part of an existing enterprise? Is it a personal blog? Will you be embedding video? What widgets and/or apps will you require? The great thing about WordPress is you’ll have those questions easily addressed. You will also have a remarkably straightforward set-up, no matter how complicated your blog.
Other pertinent hosting questions are the obvious ones. What size account will you need? Most quality web hosts have scalable options for every blog level. Under almost all circumstances, the openly marketed account options will be enough. However, all professional hosts can assist you in scaling up from there.
Does your web host tech know his stuff in terms of security? In as solid a platform as WordPress, that is not as critical an issue. The blog software itself does most of the sentinel stuff for the blogger.
In fact, all you have to do is blog!
-Jimvesting Dot Com
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Twitter: @DennisEdell
May 25, 2010 at 12:50 pm #
Here’s the rub. Most hosts over WP as a free 3rd party script, however they more often then not,send you to WP for fixes.
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May 25, 2010 at 4:26 pm #
Nice post there. I think hosts are becoming specialised in this field due to the amount of population.
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May 29, 2010 at 8:22 pm #
Hosting is something that new bloggers spend an awful lot of time fussing over, when just choosing one that is well known, has one click install of WordPress and good support – will do.
Just don’t for the love of all that is good and pure, pick something like Yahoo which costs way too much. If in serious doubt, ask another blogger friend for a recommendation, they will be more than happy to help you out.
Cheers,
Missy
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I think when it comes to hosting, that it isn’t something that bloggers should skimp on. It is almost like a football player not caring about the boots that they wear.
I recommend going with a trusted company, because they are all the around the same price.
I would personally go with a few accounts. You get new IP’s which is invaluable for getting quality backlinks.
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Yeh some good points said here so far. Like Dave I would recommend a few hosting accounts (they’re really quite cheap) and just make sure they have a solid reputation.
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June 2, 2010 at 5:32 am #
I dont know Jim but for me, choosing a web host these days is just a no-brainer. Its easy who to pick up and most of them offer the same package and benefits..
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I switched from Powweb to Hostgator. No regret.
Hostgator Is the Best
Blogger with their custom domain still best for free service, and for paid hosting? i dont know…
Today many bloggers has suspended because eat some big resource, maybe WordPress architecture growth and need more resource? or hosting provider need to raise up their resource allocation for blogger that using WordPress
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Now that Google is considering the load time of a website in it’s algorithm of ranking, I think now more than ever bloggers, and new comers especially should pick themselves the right host right off the bat to give themselves the best chance possible to do good. You can definitely get hosting at your standard shared hosting websites, but if you are planning on driving alot of traffic I would highly recommend thinking about switching or even starting out with a dedicated server. It might be more expensive but depending on your blog it may be worth it!
At least thats how I feel…
Till then,
Jean
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Now that Google is considering the load time of a website in it’s algorithm of ranking