Where should I host my blog?

Optimally, you would have a business blog on its own domain on a separate server so that when you blog and link to your business projects they would count for maximum search engine optimization value. (There is evidence that Google gives higher value to a link from a website on a different server than a link from another site on the same server.)

If incoming links aren’t of great importance to you, you could still grab a domain name and host the blog on your main hosting site. If you have an existing website, it is also totally appropriate to install the blog script into a sub-directory on that site.

Don’t use Blogspot.com or WordPress.com for a business blog. Your customization options are very limited and you won’t get decent statistics on your blog activities. You can install secondary stat tools but why go to that extra effort?

There are some hosting sites that don’t work with WordPress. Before you sign up for hosting, ask customer support if they are WordPress friendly.

At Girly Website Hosting we do offer FREE WordPress installation with your website hosting package purchase. Affordably priced, our hosting packages start at just $3.95 per month and are designed to help you get a professional self hosted WordPress website/blog.

Click here to view our package pricing, and if you have any questions then please feel free to submit a support ticket.