Once we decided to have a website or blog, and already understand the terms of blogging, set a niche, and selecting a domain name, of course we must fill our blog with content. But our content must be stored somewhere so that other people can see. This storage is called hosting.
We can have our own hosting by creating our own server or we can ride on a server other people for free or paid.
Hosting Types
There are a variety of hosting services that are available, from a free, cheap, to expensive. Everything has advantages and limitations, so we use the type that should be in accordance with our needs.
Free web hosting
This service is not paid, so we do not have to pay anything but usually a lot of ads appearing on our website and some do not allow us to have a personal domain. Web Hosting offered by various companies with very limited services when compared to paid hosting. Example of free web hosting is bythost.com, 000webhost.com, etc. Examples of free hosting provider for blogs or blog hosting are wordpress.com, blogger.com or blogspot.com. (continue reading…)