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Where to Host your Wordpress Blog
So you have decided to begin blogging with Wordpress … but now what to do. For most of us the next natural step is to Google the term “wordpress” and begin creating our blog.
When I type Wordpress into a Google search I get two results.
- www.wordpress.org > Blog Tool and Publishing Platform
- www.wordpress.com > Get a Free Blog Here
Humm … so what is the difference?
Wordpress.org is the true open source software avaliable for download. The benefit to this is that you will be able to install and customize you blog however you wish. You own the domain. You own the design. The downside, you need to install it in your hosting area. Thankfully the majority of web hosts have Fantastico or another Open Source software installer to simplify this task. Most hosts also have great customer service so feel free to give them a call and ask them to walk you though the process if you want the extra support.
Wordpress.com is a site that will host your wordpress blog for you for free. However, free is not exactly free. With the free blog you will not be able to pick your own domain; you will be given a subdomain of www.{business_name}.wordpress.com. You will not be able to customize the blog presentation beyond choosing one of seventy seven options and there will be ads on your blog. Now, you can pay $55 a year to enable the custom domain, custom presentation and removal of ads; but why? You are already paying for hosting for your business’ website.
Give a choice between the two for a Business Blog I highly recommend wordpress.org. I’m a big fan of controlling all the strings when it comes to my business.
