Comments on: Blog Hosting – Which Hosts Top Blogs Use

By: stoned34

stoned34 — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 00:12:12 +0000

I use blogger for now and I am wanting to host it on my own website. I have enjoyed blogger tremendously, but its lacks the pages and control I want.
I like a lot of wordpress themes and have learned enough css through modifying my own blogger blog template that I think I can make it look like I want. The issue is my content is adult oriented and I don’t want any downtime due to traffic surges or just the fact there is adult content.

Seems like the best option for me is to grab my own domain, install wordpress and modify away. This will be my first time trying to host, so I assume I have to upload everything. I guess once I get it all set-up I would have time to post, but I am not looking forward to spending alot of time messing with programming and sorts.

Any recommendations?

By: Stephen Henry

Stephen Henry — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 06:48:48 +0000

I agree with United Voices. CSSGarden is hosted on MediaTemple and they are an excellent host. One ‘not-so-good thing’ about them is that their price seems to be a little bit pricey…:)

I would just stick with ASPHostCentral.com. The pricing structure looks excellent and the performance and reliability of the servers are excellent as well.

By: Michael Aulia

Michael Aulia — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 14:49:35 +0000

I’ve been using Lunarpages as my hosting for several years now on multiple accounts. They’ve got the best support ever and I’m very happy with their service so far.

PS: And No, I’m not a Lunarpages’ representative

By: United Voices

United Voices — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 05:09:23 +0000

I’ve also heard quite a lot about mediatemplate. Sites like csszengarden use them I guess.

By: Dan Mihaliak

Dan Mihaliak — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:38:57 +0000

Since I have multiple blogs/websites I need a hosting service that takes little time to start as well as minimal cost. GoDaddy seems to work for me and until they prove otherwise I will be their customer.

By: Stephen Henry

Stephen Henry — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 05:26:00 +0000

if you want a free blog site, you may consider WordPress (http://www.wordpress.com) . You can easily setup your first online blog site within 10 minutes.

If you want to have a professional layout of your blog (just like problogger.net), you may consider getting BlogEngine.NET tool from ASPHostCentral (http://www.asphostcentral.com)

Hope this helps.

By: Simple Technique to Dominate the SERPS

Simple Technique to Dominate the SERPS — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 02:01:21 +0000

Hmm..that is very interesting, I always look at it this way, not hosting a blog on your own domain, is like remodeling an apartment you’re renting, it will never be yours. I have tried many hosts, and Hostgator is the absolute best with the best service and NO down time.
Thanks Darren,
JR

By: Guy

Guy — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 01:24:31 +0000

Thanks for the wonderful advice. I am surprised that nobody mentioned 2Leaf. They are what I use and are great. They even offer unlimited bandwidth which is a huge plus. I also have some experience with Dream Host, but they are not as good. Both companies seem to be very environmentally friendly though which is important to me.

By: Little Breakaway

Little Breakaway — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:29:58 +0000

That’s very true about not hosting high traffic blogs on bluehost or something like that.

For my blog, it’s cataloging my summer of driving on a road trip to California and the fun pictures…. In the end I wanted more control over the pictures and the content to be able to take away. So I chose to go with bluehost. Only 107 a year with unlimited bandwidth usage. Obviously that doesn’t mean high simlutaneous bandwidth necessarily but if people decide to refresh the page many times each days downloading big pictures, I didn’t wanna have to more up to higher price plan.

By: Blogger.com Help

Blogger.com Help — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:33:14 +0000

Nice to see that Blogger is up there! Thanks Darren!

By: thesportsaffiliate.com

thesportsaffiliate.com — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:45:45 +0000

I use godaddy. I been considering bluehost and host gator but not worth the trouble to migrate everything over.

the beauty of blogspot is you can have ablog up within minutes. The other service providers you actually have to do some where like picking the right host OS and installing wordpress. Installing wordpress on godaddy involves 4-5 clicks steps, then you have to wait 20-30 minutes for it to queue and install. If you’re not computer savvy it make seem intimidating. Bloghost, all you have to do is register and go.

By: charles

charles — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:36:42 +0000

Technorati rankings is based on what? I think it is not based on rankings but based on something.

Thanks for the great idea. I will try to research about this things. Keep it up darren. Dont let other bloggers leave you behind.

http://www.resourcesandmoney.blogspot.com

By: AS

AS — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:50:49 +0000

I truly understand and before I started blogging I wondered if I should start with a free blog or a paid one, I realised that starting with a free one understand the basics of blogging, and get well versed with how to get traffic to the blog and then get into a paid and a quality blog where I can customize it to me need. And anyways while I write on E-BUSINESS i have to focus on content rather than the look and feel of it.

Cheers

By: Green & Clean Mom Sommer

Green & Clean Mom Sommer — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:23:17 +0000

Word Press and Aiso.net solar powered

By: Sire

Sire — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:36:31 +0000

Thanks Ezine, I have actually removed those links from the themes except for the last one which I am considering purchasing so that I can remove those as well.

By: Internet Affiliate Marketing Programs

Internet Affiliate Marketing Programs — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:24:35 +0000

I am glad that I have my blog on my own domain name. Most people who see “Blogspot” in a domain name will think “Can’t be bothered to make better arrangements”

Dave

By: Ezine-Today

Ezine-Today — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 07:24:10 +0000

@ Sire and Ethan,
As a beginner blogger I used a free template for my blog but since it’s free, the developper of the templates tends to place links and ads spread out on the template, with his referral links instead of yours. I had little to nothing knowledge of HTML editing, but when I read those codes for the links it just said: Ads.com/ref: (code). Be sure to have a good look at it , else you are just making him rich instead of yourself.
I would recommend buying a proffessional one for like 5 euro or a bit more, and you wouldn’t have any problems.

By: Khairil

Khairil — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 06:50:43 +0000

The report is misleading. WordPress.com does not own its own data center but there are among those listed hosted on WordPress.com VIP hosting e.g. icanhascheezburger.com, Giga OM, Robert Scoble.

By: Sire

Sire — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 06:27:42 +0000

@Ethan Their is no reason why you should stick to the standard wordpress theme as their are hundreds of free themes available on the net. I am sure that you can find one you like. Many can be configured to some degree without having any knowledge of css by changing the header image etc. May take some time but it is definitely worth the effort.

By: Ethan Stanislawski

Ethan Stanislawski — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 06:02:20 +0000

I transferred my blogspot blog to an FTP server hosted by hostmonster, but have used blogspot since I signed up for it back in 2005 with no knowledge of how to promote a blog. I’ve grown very attached to my design, however, and I hate the standard WordPress look. Can you link me to something that would convert my blog to wordpress technology without sacrificing my design? I don’t think i have enough CSS experience to tweak it successfully on my own.