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Hosted or Self-Hosted?

I am looking for recommendations. I have read many many articles across the web but they are not from actual bloggers.
Do you have a hosted or self-hosted blog?
Why did you choose what you did and have you since thought about changing anything including the actual host?

Tags: Blog, hosted, self-hosted

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Permalink Reply by The Coupon "High" Mom on January 8, 2010 at 11:54pm

I was just coming to ask a similar question, so thank you for all your help. I have a blog actually, but it's currently through blogger and I think it's time to change.

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Permalink Reply by Nile Flores on January 24, 2010 at 1:22am

I am self-hosted and have been since 2003. Before that, I was a geocities freehost. Now...I actually have my own servers and I sell webspace about 5GB diskspace and 25GB bandwidth for $25 per year. I have been doing this since 2006. It makes it easy on those who really cannot afford a hefty $75 for space they will never use or from a host who will not tell them how much resources they have used until they went over.

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Permalink Reply by Melissa J on January 24, 2010 at 10:14am

I am ready to make a switch to WP (self hosted) but I am a little overwhelmed. Can anyone lead me in the right direction?

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Permalink Reply by Nile Flores on February 24, 2010 at 6:17am

I have been helping people switch over, Melissa.

With WordPress, there is a way to import your posts, and comments received. With Blogger, I believe you can export those. That would be the file to transfer/ import.

Sometimes Blogger generated URLs do not transfer well, so you may have to install and use the plugin called Redirection.

You will definitely have to gear your layout's theme to be able to use WordPress. If you want to keep your current layout, I could take a look at and insert the WordPress script needed for your theme to function correctly.

If you have any questions, just send a message to me. I actually was going to do a tutorial on my site WPAddict.net about this. I work a lot with my own clients and they have enjoyed WordPress.

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Permalink Reply by Erin Boudreau on February 24, 2010 at 2:32pm

I used to use hosted (Blogger) site but went to a self-hosted Wordpress site. My blog mainly functions to draw attention to my business/store. I did a lot of research that said for companies, a self-hosted blog was better, since the more you posted on topics related to your business, the better rankings and findability your site would have with search engines, since the blog is actually a part of your website and not hosted by someone else. Hope that helps!