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Starting Your Own Blog Site Part 2

November 14th, 2007 | 1 Comment | Posted in Blog Tips

Hosting the Domain

When choosing a domain host, browse around the web for a reliable company that will meet your needs. Ask around webhost forum sites where you can get a decent domain host. Learn from others about their experiences in their chosen host.

Try comparing each company’s web hosting packages. Starting from the price of web hosting, to the other factors that are also considered in selecting the right web host such as, bandwidth, disk space, security, the scripting language and database that it supported and how many accounts may be allotted for each client, and server specifications. The choice of package will basically depend on the type of website that you are planning to make, whether it is storage or computationally extensive.

Quick Tip: When using WordPress it is recommended that you use a Linux server as your host OS.

The standard pricing for domain hosting that comes with a fair service suitable for a blog site varies from $7.00 to $8.00 monthly subscription depending on the package that is being offered. Some companies will offer a larger storage space with less bandwidth which is also true for the opposite.

Quality and reliability is seldom proportional to the cost of web hosting. Never fall for webhosts that offer ridiculously high storage and bandwidth service for a cheap price. Chances are, they are only using it as a promotion to generate sales, but can’t give you the proper service that you really paid for. Happy host hunting and good luck!

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Starting Your Own Blog Site Part 1

November 12th, 2007 | 1 Comment | Posted in Blog Tips

Choosing a Domain

When choosing a domain always go for the .com. People tend to remember the dot com easier rather than the dot net or dot org. It may be worth a couple of dollars more compared to the other extensions but if you are going to make it big in the online business then this will benefit you more than you know. Some companies have spent millions of dollars just to get the .com version of their domains after they made it big just because they didn’t want to spend a few dollars when they bought the domain.

When choosing a name for the domain, think of something short. Don’t get your hopes up for single word names because most of the more popular words we are using are already taken not unless you have invented a word that you think will work then you can give it a go (an example of this is the billion dollar worth typo “google”) . Try looking for two words or three for the name of your domain but don’t go over four words. You will end up with a domain name that is hard to remember or too long to type. Get a catchy name that you think that others will find it easy to remember and one that will work for you, after all it is your website.

You may also want to think about not using your name for the domain name. If you are planning to sell the site in the future then having your name as the domain will lower your chances of making a sale.

You can visit www.who.is to check the availability of your domain name and you can find out the owners of the taken domain names in this site.

When you find the right domain name that will suit you, then you can register at name.com or www.GoDaddy.com
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