Just a few days one of my younger sisters was asking me about webhosting providers.  I guess I’m the ‘experienced’ go-to-gal in my family, having owned a couple of business websites and now run this blog along with two others in an administrative capacity for immediate family members.  I’m always happy to share though, it’s a big domain-hosting-world out there and the scene is constantly shifting with new providers, a stunning array of options, and forever dropping prices.

Ah, okay – I’m back.  I just about lost myself wandering through a new web hosting website I found, it’s amazing. You can sort by your needs, view uptime charts, read customer reviews, pricing etc. Truly, it’s boggling how quickly providers change – seems I’m behind the times and need to catch up!  I just found a webhost for only $1.99/month there, incredible.

If you’re just thinking about getting your own domain and host (something I HIGHLY recommend to any blogger, so much better than blahblah.blogspot.com), the blog at Webhosting Geeks has truly valuable information (not just filler content) from how to choose a domain name to e-commerce and security issues.

Even mommy-bloggers like us should value our time enough to invest in our own hosting and domain names rather than using a pre-existing platform.  It may be free, but in the long run branding yourself for visitors to come back again with an easy url, and the search-engine-optimization benefits are well worth it.  Happy blogging!