Until now you must have an idea for a blog, the desire, and a domain name, the remaining piece of the puzzle is a webhost to host your site. Most new bloggers only need a shared hosting package, which means your website(s) will be on the same shared server as many other websites. This is the most economical and practical solution.
As your blog or websites grow in terms of traffic, required storage space, bandwidth used, and other factors, you may need to pay for a more robust hosting service. But for now, we’ll look at some bargain hosting packages, which will be more than sufficient. And for my money, the best shared hosting service is LunarPages, which is the host that my websites are currently on.
The best web hosting option for blogs – LunarPages
Why Lunarpages? LunarPages is very inexpensive, reliable, easy to use, has good customer support, lots of free software, one click software installations (important!), and a long track record of success. I have been with LunarPages for 2 years now and have had very little downtime on my sites, which for shared hosting is very good. Here is a little more information about why LunarPages is my favorite option.
LunarPages features:
- $4.95/mo (12 or 24 month plans)
- Free account set up
- Free domain with 12 or 24 month plan
- Unlimited storage space and bandwidth
- Unlimited MySQL Database
- Unlimited add-on domains, subdomains, and parked domains
- Unlimited e-mail accounts
- Ecommerce options
- CPanel, Fantastico, simple scripts and more
- Tons of software support
- Tons of free software
- Excellent customer service
- 30 day money back guarantee
- Sign up for a LunarPages web hosting package
LunarPages is upward scalable. Should you outgrow the basic hosting plan, you can opt for one of LunarPage’s more robust hosting packages, which range from $10/month and up, depending on the plan and your needs. You won’t outgrow LunarPage’s hosting options anytime soon.
Other hosting options. As I mentioned, I have been very satisfied with LunarPages – good value for your money, I think it’s the best option. But I also have accounts with Blue Host and Host Monster, and they are solid hosting companies with reputable services.
Host Gator is another hosting company that has good reviews from their customers, you mighty want to have a look at them too. These webhosts offer similar services in terms of software, add-on and sub domains, and other features. However, they may be slightly more expensive than LunarPages, and I haven’t used their customer support. But my friends swear by them, so I figured I would mention them. Take a look at all the plans and purchase whichever plan is the best for you.
Next up! we are going to see how to set up a blog using WordPress.
This was very helpful post, as I read through I learned lots of good stuff, and now I have made a decision as to which hosting company to use.
Can you please make a tutorial on setting up a blog or something about wordpress setup. Just to have a complete package for new blogger like me.
Nice job Phesto.
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