Webhosting for Wordpress Blogs

Back in the days, before I actually knew much about this whole hosting process, I wrote an article about webhosting with the small hopes to build a few backlinks and maybe create a site that will lead to a few conversions, so I can make money from people who think about getting a website. A few years later I am writing this piece.

Oh boy was I wrong back in the days. Nevertheless, there are still some important questions to ask before you get a webhost, which I got right the last time. First of all, who is telling me what, why do they recommend something and how can I make sure that I can trust those people? Furthermore you should consider a few things, that are related to the hosting package you can get:

• How much webspace do you get?
• What does the webhost offer besides webspace? php, mysql, shopping carts?
• How much traffic is in your package?
• How fast are the servers? How many people are on one server in case you pick shared host?
• How many email accounts can I create?

Why do you need a webhost?

To host your own site and to be able to take full control. There are a lot of people using only free services, but you should always get your own site to create an outlet for your portfolio. You probably should get a website, it's like a real estate investment and grows with the time.

Should you trust people to tell you which webhost to pick? Probably yes, but be very picky about whose opinion you rely on, so you should probably not listen to me firsthand. Check out your favorite small websites or blogs and ask the owners who is hosting it, or find serious reviews, which is pretty hard, about hosting companies.

Do you really want to make money? I am pretty sure you have been reading a lot of stuff online about how you are going to make money, and most of those guys say get a blog, in most cases wordpress, and a good hosting deal. After all, those guys want to sell you something, as they are usually telling you which goods host you should pick. Generally speaking, there are quite a few good hosts, such as Hostgator or Bluehost. Domain names can be easily registered with godaddy, and after all, a website might cost you around 20$ per month, which is pretty realistic depend on the amount of domains you get and the shared hosting plan you have.

Most people who start to run a blog don't need more than a good shared hosting plan with a provider than can deliver good php reply times, as those databases are the backbone of your website. You don't want it to be freaking slow. You should probably ask a few people, whose sites you check regularly, ask what kind of hosting plan they are on. There is a pretty good chance they will give you an answer and you can make up your mind.

After all, free hosting is always an option, but you must know, that those sites can always disappear, you are not save. You should write all your content on your local machine and save it before you upload it on a website. First of all you will probably have spellchecking enabled and you will have a backup plan in case your free hosting platform such as blogger or wordpress decide to kick you. You don't even have to violate and ToS, you might simply be unlucky.

Getting a webhost is a good thing. It gives you indepence, that's for sure, but after all, starting out with a free host is just as good. At least if you want to test the waters, as you can pretty much build an authority site on any platform. Just look at the corporate blogs from google run with blogger. If they hated those blogs that much, they probably would not have bought blogger in first place. Just make sure you have backups! If you budget is small and you simply can't afford to get yourself a domain with a package, don't do it. Just start out at hubpages or squidoo, start a wordpress or blogger blog, or try out something else. Learn to write about things that people care about and to drive traffic to your website, as this is the most important lesson to learn in the whole website building process, and to be honest, it does not matter too much where you host your sites. Maybe it would be better to host them on your own domain, maybe not. It's about spreading your assets and building a good portfolio, at least if you are one the passive income train.