You will need to do some research on the subject of hosting. Your ideal host may in fact be the same place you purchased your domain name, but not always.

Not all hosts are created equal; in fact, there are huge differences between offerings by different companies. For one, since I am using WordPress.org as my example, I would want to know that they support WordPress (and many don’t).

Other examples of differences between what companies offer are:

* price
* bandwidth
* uptime
* how many domains can be pointed, parked, and hosted there (and included in the price)

Personally, I love Bluehost.com I believe that they have the best customer service, price (especially for what you get!), and service in general.

Excerpt form “Is There a Difference Between Free and Self-Hosted Blog Platforms?” by Kathleen Sullivan ©The Savvy VA http://thesavvyva.com November 20, 2008

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