Money Makers
Should you use www. or without www.?
Your blog can be accessed either through www.yourblog.com or yourblog.com, how convenient it is! However, it also means that your blog has two different PageRanks. Go to SmartPageRank.com and see it for yourself. Google and other search engines often regard www.yourblog.com and yourblog.com as two different blogs, and therefore, some of the inbound links may point to www.yourblog.com and others to yourblog.com.
Example:
Sick and tired of comparing web hosting plans?
I used to be like every beginner – excitedly looking around for the best web hosting provider offering the most value-for-money web hosting plan. I hated it so much that I had to open up at least 5 screens to compare 5 different web hosting companies at the same time, it ain’t fun. It’s a hell of a job having to flip among the screens again and again. After hours of comparing, I still didn’t get my answer.
I started to google some web hosting comparison and reviews, but they’re complicated still, too many facts and figures on the same little chart. I only wanted to know who gave me the best plan at the best price. I then decided to chart it on my own and I finally got my answer. To help those who are just about to venture into blogging and eagerly looking for the same answer, look no further, the table is right here for your reference.
How to Create a Self-Hosted Blog
In my previous post “5 things to consider before starting your blogâ€, I suggested you to start off a free blog with Blogger, learn how blogging works, then only switch to a paid-posting blog running Wordpress. Therefore, I’m assuming you to have already created a free blog with Blogger and had some experience on blogging. Right now, I’m assuming that you already feel comfortable with blogging and ready to move on to the next level ie getting a domain name for your blog hosted with a web host company. In this post, I’m going to show you how you can create a blog using Wordpress and host it on your own domain, and you will also learn how to create a self-hosted blog with Blogger and host it on your own domain for as little as $8.88 per year.
Before showing you the steps, there are two things that you will need to do prior to creating the blog:
