M and L Adventures

Find Hosting and Getting a Domain Name

So you want to start your own blog, but you’re lost in a sea of web hosting choices. Luckily for you, I’ve already spent a lot of time researching and have decided to share my knowledge and experience to save you some time and trouble.

Picking a web host is one of the first decisions (and most expensive) you will have to make when starting your own site. Since hosting isn’t easy to change once it is setup and it is typically the most expensive aspect of starting a blog, it is scary choice to make–one that requires knowledge and deliberation.

Hosting essentially has two aspects. One, of course, is what company to go with. The second is technical specifications. In reality, the technical side is just as important as the cost side of the equation. Without the correct technology your site will be setup for failure before you even begin building it. Continue reading

Update: The series is now complete. For your convenience, I’ve updated the outline below to include a link to all of the posts.

It seems like there is plenty of information floating around the blogosphere about how to make your blog more successful, but not enough on how to build one from scratch. This post is the official start of my new series, “Starting a blog.” The goal of this series is to help non-techies and those unfamiliar with launching a web site learn how to start there very own blog. This series will be geared to newbies, but many of the resources that I plan to provide will be useful to veteran web developers.

Below I’ve provided a tentative outline of the series.

• Find hosting and getting a domain name
• One CMS to rule them all?
• tools of the trade
• where to get help
• Installation and setup
• Promoting your site
• monetizing your site
• Keeping track of visitors

If you have any thing else you would like to see let me know and I’ll do my best to include it add it to the series.