Some personal bloggers who pay for their blog's hosting might have different views about this. For me, though, paying for a web host is a must for bloggers who need to protect or have full control over their blog. With a paid web hosting, you can install Wordpress, which is a blog platform most popular bloggers out there prefer to use. Don't get me wrong, I want to try Wordpress, but it's just not practical. Some might say that while my blog's with Blogger, Google owns my contents (blog posts, images, etc), I still feel that I'm getting the most out of my blogging because I don't have to worry about monthly payments for web hosting. Plus, in my experience, I can almost do everything I wanted with my Blogger-hosted blog.However, since I'm setting up a niche blog very soon, and another one is already in the works, I might really need to host them somewhere I have full control over everything. There are sites that offer budget web hosting as low as $1.99 per month if you sign up for 3 years. There are also sites that offer free domain names along with your paid web hosting. I'm not yet sure what I'll sign up for, but I'll post an update here once I've decided to setup those blogs on a paid web host.
Now, if you're considering paying for your blog host, there are things you need to note or look for before you pay for that hosting. First of all, the bandwidth. Most web hosts now are offering unlimited traffic or bandwidth, but there are sites out there that still have limits on the amount of traffic your blog/website can have monthly. So, always look for the unlimited traffic offers because you'll never know if your blog would be popular and get a lot of traffic. You'd need that unlimited bandwidth. However, note that they also are the most pricey.
Secondly, the amount of space for your blogs, files and images that they offer. There are sites that offer unlimited space, but they cost more. So, be careful and really think about how much space you'd need on your blog. I suggest you just host your images on a different site like TinyPic or ShareAPic, where you can even make money by sharing your photos. This way, you can simply use your paid hosting for your blog posts and scripts.
Thirdly, read reviews all over the web. If the web hosting has a lot of negative reviews like customers complaining that their sites are down a lot, or their site loads too slowly, I suggest you look elsewhere. Of course, there will always be complaints about all the web hosts services, but pick the one that has the least amount of complaints. This way, you'd have less worries.
I would love to hear your comments about this, especially those who are paying for their blog's web host.
Why did you decide to pay for your blog hosting?
Hostgator is so cheap along with some others that hosting isn't a big issue for me.
ReplyDeleteI would say hostgator or host upon. I was debating that I would write an article reviewing them at my review blog. It is wordpress based and hosted on hostgator. They have one click wordpress installation and very easy to use. Send me a message if you have any questions getting set up. If This was helpful please use my affiliate link to check out these programs (http://www.spreadthewealthonline.com/who-we-are/how-can-i-help/visit-all-affiliates-here/)
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing. I'll definitely look into Hostgator if I ever decide to have my blogs hosted.
ReplyDeleteIsn't that a free blogger website is with a extension name of .blogspot.com? Am I right or wrong?
ReplyDeleteYes. I bought a domain and had it setup for my Blogger account that's why my domain is no longer showing up as .blogspot.com
ReplyDeleteCan you tell me how you get the little symbol to appear on the address bar--mine shows the blogger symbol and I notice you've changed yours. I don't even know what those things are called.
ReplyDeleteIt's a favicon. You can design your own by creating a 16px by 16px image, then upload it somewhere like TinyPic.
ReplyDeleteThen, add the following line of code to your template, right before </head>:
<link href='URL-of-your-image-here' rel='shortcut icon'/>
As what you've pointed out, I'm paying for webhost coz im using wordpress and i want total control over everything.
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome! :)
ReplyDeleteI think paid hosting is pretty important if you're trying to make money online - otherwise you really are at the mercy of the host provider. Be careful about those "unlimited" bandwidth claims though - there's no such thing in reality, and if you start to use too much you'll be forced to upgrade to a more expensive account. Definitely read as much as you can about different hosts before you choose one (although even good hosts will sometimes get bad reviews).
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