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By: Rocco Sifredi

Rocco Sifredi — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 00:54:24 +0000

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By: Dave Lu

Dave Lu — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 11:29:16 +0000

Hi Kian Ann,

I’ve got a site that i’m thinking of turning into a blog for my offline business. And after reading thru and comparing the prices for hostgator, they really win hands down..

my question is: are their support services good? downtime? i was thinking of going to their site, but it might be biased so i thought i ask a third party.and by the way, my domain is a .com.my site…is hostgator able to host country level domains as well?

thanks dude.
dave

By: Kian Ann

Kian Ann — Thu, 03 May 2007 18:18:38 +0000

Hey Richard,

Yes, your own domain certainly helps to show that you are professional in your dealings. Blogger actually allows you to host it on your own domain, whether it is through domain mapping or FTP

By: Richard

Richard — Thu, 03 May 2007 14:48:54 +0000

Hey Kian Ann,

I’ve used my own domain for my blog for a while now and I just think that it adds a little more ‘professionalism’.

Obviously sites like blogger are great for people who just want to have a blog, but depending on your needs and potential market, having a blog on your own domain is the way to go.

Just my 2 cents

Richard

By: Should you use a free blog? « Jalaj P. Jha

Should you use a free blog? « Jalaj P. Jha — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 13:19:10 +0000

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By: Kian Ann

Kian Ann — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 20:11:08 +0000

Thanks Engtech,

Now actually both Blogger and WordPress allow you to map a domain over to a blog hosted on their servers. I haven’t explored the Blogger one, but WordPress charges just $10 a year for that mapping.

So, if you are confident with your CSS tweaking skills, you can get a website up with $8.95 (domain) + $10 (mapping) a year, and nobody will know its hosted on WordPress.com!

By: engtech

engtech — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 19:15:53 +0000

You *definitely* shouldn’t use a free blogging provider for a small business… you lose all kinds of ability to control your own destiny.

At the very least you should get your own domain name off the bat so that you have the opportunity to move hosts transparently.

By: Kian Ann

Kian Ann — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 17:21:38 +0000

Haha… Easton, I didn’t know I’d rank well for “Kian!”

By: Easton Ellsworth

Easton Ellsworth — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 17:16:38 +0000

And 6th for Kian.

You typically get what you pay for. It’s worth it to spend a few bucks and get your own domain name. More power goes with it.