There are certain factors you need to consider when choosing a suitable host. All of these factors should be researched and weighed up before you take the plunge and pay for a hosting company. Before we move on i strongly recommend reading my previous posts ‘The Basics of Hosting a Blog‘ and ‘Never Let a hosting company control your domain name‘.
What you need to consider when choosing a host
Once you have narrowed down your search for a host you should compare hosting companies for :
- Price - The price is usually…
Moving from a hosted blogging solution like blogger or wordpress.com to your own domain name and hosting is a giant step towards becoming a successful blogger. You have much more control over your site and you will see a lot more search engine benefits too.
Getting a hosting package for the first time can be a daunting experience but it needn’t be. I will be talking tomorrow about ‘What you should look for in a hosting company’ but first i thought that it would be good to give you a brief understanding of…
If you have visited my blog before you will know that this site used to be on bloggingtips.org. I was lucky enough to secure the .com domain. You can read more about it in my post ‘I’ve Secured my identity‘.
I’ve decided to write a guide to help those who are considering moving their blog to a different position on the web. Be it from
- www.domain.com to www.differentdomain.com
or from
- www.domain.com/blog/ to www.domain.com
Moving your blog to a different area on the web
It doesn’t matter your moving your blog to a different folder on…
I haven’t written any articles about how important a domain name is for any website, including a blog. When your site has a domain you have complete control over the site, its identity and its future. Not to mention the search engine benefits you lose from not having your own domain name. I dont wanna go into that too much in this post as most of you already know that a domain name is important to the long term success of your blog. 
As i mentioned the other day, i…
