It’s a beautiful era in Cyberspace. Anyone can hook up their very own self-hosted WordPress blog for just a few bucks. If you’re trying to decide what hosting option is right for you – close your eyes and say “Wordpress Self-Hosted” three times and don’t look back.
I’ve designed and scripted (with help from trusty programmers, of course) dozens of sites from scratch, way before WordPress became popular. Even when your neighbor started blogging, our company stuck with custom scripting out of habit – though smart people were telling us that blogging was the new wave. Back then, setting up WordPress on one’s own required some skill.
It wasn’t until push-button installations hit the scene that I was completely sold. After I pimped out a few themes and flexed my design skills on the WP framework, like every other Internet entrepreneur, I quickly became a believer.
There is nothing like it. We’re all very lucky to have WordPress.
It enables anyone to set up a fully functional website and online business presence with virtually zero web experience. It’s awesome.
Hosted WordPress Blog
1. You can host a WB blog on your own with any hosting company you like.
2. You can set up a Free WordPress Hosted blog that resides on WP servers.
Option two is great if you’re setting up some rapid-fire blogs for marketing and stuff. You can also make money with a WordPress-hosted blog. After all IT IS a fully functioning blog.
The downside to option two is that you don’t actually own or have full control of your blog because it’s hosted by a third-party. Your website address will also be a sub-domain of WordPress, i.e. “yoursite.wordpress.com”. Sure, you can still buy your own domain and redirect it but that’s not ideal for many reasons.
Option one isn’t free but is definitely the way to go in most cases. There’s no excuse not to opt for a self-hosted WordPress considering hosting plans (like HostGator) only cost a few dollars. Not to mention a setup process that consists of only 2 or 3 clicks. Easy as pie.
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Best of all you can have your very own domain (yoursite.com) and have full control of your blog and business. No third parties. Of course you’d still be using the WP open source framework but the blog is all yours. You can back it up, change hosts or do whatever you like with it.
Going with a self-hosted WordPress blog is starting off on the right foot.
Setting up is easy to do and extremely affordable. Don’t think twice about it!
WordPress Hosted vs. Self-Hosted – Not a Fair Fight!
You might agonize about the decision but the answer is simple.
If you’re at a blog crossroads and see two signs that read: self-hosted WordPress or WordPress-hosted… go with self-hosted. You cannot go wrong.
The only time I would consider a WordPress-hosted or Blogger option is for buffer sites or quick mini-sites built for marketing purposes and backlinking to our self-hosted WordPress Blogs. I would use them like we use most 2.0 properties like Tumblr, Zanga and Company.
I suppose a WordPress-hosted blog would be smart if you want a personal blog and don’t want to dish out for hosting. If I decided to hook up a personal blog with no intentions of monetizing – and the few bucks weren’t an issue – I would still go with self-hosted.
Many people live by free blogs. I know they’re wonderful. But if you ask me which is best for your blog or mission to make money online? I’ll tell you to hook up your very own self-hosted blog every single time.
Nowadays there’s no excuse for not being in full control of your blog. Whether you’re setting up a tiny niche site or an authority site, destined for big bucks, the road to profits always looks better when you’re in the driver’s seat.
Do you agree? Maybe you disagree? Let us know below. Maybe we’ll agree to disagree…
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Thanks for sharing your experience with wp. I am also thinking to host my blog http://www.bloggerbonus.com to hostgator or selfhosted WP….