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Are You On A Shared Host? | Blogging Tips — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 07:49:46 +0000

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By: cuzzy

cuzzy — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 18:42:48 +0000

I can speak from experience on this one.

Had a wordpress hosted blog for years and loved doing it.

But the time came to grow and when I moved to Hostgator I lost all my rankings for traffic.

I am slowly getting most of it back but it would of been easier to be doing it from the start.

All of the options and freedom of your own host is a blast!

By: Sampath

Sampath — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 05:06:26 +0000

I strongly agree with you on this. The main advantage of self hosting is you can have enough space for you blog to grow. And it guarantees the safety of your blog. Because you are in full control of your blog. You can do any modification you like and make it a way of income.

But when you choose a web hosting service, you better go for a reputed one and which supports Wordpress and easy installation. As Monica mentioned, I also have heard many bloggers complaining about the loss of their blog content after some time as they have hosted with a cheap hosting provider. I think even if you host for a higher value, it is very small compared to the future income that you will get from your blog.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 05:48:30 +0000

Oh how I wish I had started out on a self-hosted WordPress blog. I’ve been blogging almost a year, and am finally starting to see some real traffic and make some actual money. If I moved now, I would lost page rank and probably some of my audience. Oh well. Live and learn.

By: Monika Mundell

Monika Mundell — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 04:21:50 +0000

Thank you Gobala,

I think we can’t stress this whole point more since I was also one who made the same mistake wasting more than 6 month with a free WordPress blog.

And yet people still keep doing it so all we can do is to blog about it every now and then.

By: Gobala Krishnan

Gobala Krishnan — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 02:42:21 +0000

You hit the nail right on it’s head, Monika. Sometimes people try to save $10 / month and then realize after 6 months they’ve been just cheating themselves. Don’t forget “opportunity cost” is as good as money in the business world, and if you’re saving $10 but missing out on million-dollar opportunities, you’re not really saving anything at all.