With the thousands of web hosts available, it appears to be a big task to select good web hosting that meets the WordPress minimum requirements and provides excellent customer service. Discover the pros and cons of self hosting, how to find the correct one and the best hosts according to Wordpress and online feedback.
Benefits and Disadvantages of Hosting Own Blog
Operating a free blog on WordPress has some advantages such as always being updated, no coding skills are needed, easy access to themes, plugins and statistics counters. The biggest advantage is that it is free for everybody. Disadvantages include the inability to edit CSS for free, limited choice of themes, lack of plugins and the use of a subdomain can appear less professional. Notably moving to a hosted account from wordpress.com, can have a negative impact on Google ranking & SEO due to the change of domain names.
