Comments on: Hosting Your Blog – I Recommend Dreamhost or VPS.net http://www.artofblog.com/hosting-blog/ The Art of How to Start and Run a Blog Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:32:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Markus Urban http://www.artofblog.com/hosting-blog/#comment-12053 Markus Urban Mon, 17 May 2010 14:05:49 +0000 http://www.artofblog.com/?page_id=513#comment-12053 you get what you pay for. most of the time they put ads on your pages. $7 is not very expensive if you're serious about starting a site. you get what you pay for. most of the time they put ads on your pages. $7 is not very expensive if you’re serious about starting a site.

]]> By: roberto http://www.artofblog.com/hosting-blog/#comment-12011 roberto Mon, 17 May 2010 03:44:01 +0000 http://www.artofblog.com/?page_id=513#comment-12011 well, this is great post, what's the consequences using a free host? well, this is great post, what’s the consequences using a free host?

]]> By: Markus Urban http://www.artofblog.com/hosting-blog/#comment-3737 Markus Urban Sat, 26 Dec 2009 16:25:06 +0000 http://www.artofblog.com/?page_id=513#comment-3737 This article is about a week old. With VPS.net I went with 3 nodes. You can go with 2 nodes and it should be plenty. The site is FAST. When it comes to shared hosts, all of them have terrible reviews out there. Show me one that's been around longer than a few years that doesn't, then show me a unicorn :) Experiences are always wildly different and you can always go with Bluehost, Hostgator, Westhost, or Midphase but with shared hosting - it's rolling the dice. In our experience Dreamhost has been the most solid compared to all the other shared options we tried. This article is about a week old. With VPS.net I went with 3 nodes. You can go with 2 nodes and it should be plenty. The site is FAST.

When it comes to shared hosts, all of them have terrible reviews out there. Show me one that’s been around longer than a few years that doesn’t, then show me a unicorn :) Experiences are always wildly different and you can always go with Bluehost, Hostgator, Westhost, or Midphase but with shared hosting – it’s rolling the dice. In our experience Dreamhost has been the most solid compared to all the other shared options we tried.

]]> By: Gina http://www.artofblog.com/hosting-blog/#comment-3731 Gina Sat, 26 Dec 2009 13:22:03 +0000 http://www.artofblog.com/?page_id=513#comment-3731 I don't know how old this article is, but I checked out VPS and the price is nowhere near $40 a month -- it's $90; that's kind of the MINIMUM they suggest. Perhaps you could include some other hosts that aren't as bad as Dreamhost (some of the reviews I've read are terrible), or as expensive or unnecessarily luxurious for beginning bloggers as VPS??? I don’t know how old this article is, but I checked out VPS and the price is nowhere near $40 a month — it’s $90; that’s kind of the MINIMUM they suggest.

Perhaps you could include some other hosts that aren’t as bad as Dreamhost (some of the reviews I’ve read are terrible), or as expensive or unnecessarily luxurious for beginning bloggers as VPS???

]]> By: How to Start a Blog http://www.artofblog.com/hosting-blog/#comment-3377 How to Start a Blog Fri, 18 Dec 2009 17:54:01 +0000 http://www.artofblog.com/?page_id=513#comment-3377 I strongly believe a paid, self-hosted blog is the way to go. It is always annoying having to tell your friends "yea, my blog is at ...blogspot.com or ...wordpress.com". It really isn't that impressive if you can't OWN your blog. I have setup well over 30 blogs by now and have gone through the technical setup process so many times I could do it in my sleep : ). If you would like me to set it up for ya, I do it for free at http://www.how-to-start-a-blog.org. Happy Blogging! - John I strongly believe a paid, self-hosted blog is the way to go. It is always annoying having to tell your friends “yea, my blog is at …blogspot.com or …wordpress.com”. It really isn’t that impressive if you can’t OWN your blog.

I have setup well over 30 blogs by now and have gone through the technical setup process so many times I could do it in my sleep : ). If you would like me to set it up for ya, I do it for free at http://www.how-to-start-a-blog.org.

Happy Blogging!

- John

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