Do you have a website or blog?

@raydene (9871)
United States
May 19, 2007 4:20pm CST
How did you get your website? Do you pay for it or use one of the free ones? Which one is the best place to get one? Do you use it for person stuff or to promote your online businesses? What are the good and bad things to look for . I want to have a website but am sorta a dummy about these things. Any suggestions? I would also like to have a couple of blogs about different things. Can anyone here help me?
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@peaceful (3294)
• United States
19 May 07
Your best bet is to go to Blogger: http://www.blogger.com and let their excellent admin guide you thru the whole process... you have to spend the time, but you'll be better off for it... they will even show you how to make money with your new blog and how to set up as many as you may need... Yes, i do use my blogs and websites to promote my business, which involves helping people just like you, in getting started... You are very fortunate, in that you have stuff available to help you, that didn't exist at the time I decided to start a business. Take full advantage of it ! :) http://www.raydene.youaremighty.com
@mummymo (23706)
20 May 07
peaceful - that was such a lovely thing to do! You must know my adopted Mom - she is mighty and wonderful and I do not know what to do without her! So thank you peaceful for what you did for her! And Mom remember that you ARE mighty and we love you! xxx
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@raydene (9871)
• United States
20 May 07
OMG,I am so overwhelmed..I'm speachless... Did you design that? OMG Thank You so much... I don't know what to say..... OH MY GOD....That is so nice
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@weemam (13372)
20 May 07
Peaceful , that was awesome pal , just awesome xx
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@Kythe42 (1412)
• United States
19 May 07
It's always better to use paid web hosting rather than free web hosting. Paid web hosting looks more professional. It also give you more storage, more bandwidth, and it's more reliable. You can check out my blog for cheap webhosting options if you want to go with the paid option. There are lots of good sites to get free blogs. www.blogger.com is probably the easiest one to set up and you can have multiple blogs on the same account. ~Kythe42 http://lemurianphoenix.blogspot.com/
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@raydene (9871)
• United States
19 May 07
Thanks.I am so stumped.I was doing ok with angelfire but I just don't speak the language.I don't know how to do some things that the site assumes I should know.I am taking a website building class at out local college in September but it seem a long time away.
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@34momma (13882)
• United States
19 May 07
you are right paid website are the best way to do. and i have not only made money from my website but i get paid when others sign up for a website
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@mr_ilham (1608)
• Indonesia
23 May 07
this is my blog thank you http://mrezanailham.blogspot.com
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@weemam (13372)
20 May 07
Hiya sis yes I do have a website it is free and I love it , Ross built it for me and he did a great job but the host went out of business and he is building it for me again , he had a lovely page all about Scotland with pictures I took myself but he is gradually rebuilding it , The Scotland page is a bit of a mess at the moment and there are just some pictures stuck all together , its a free site but you really have to know what you are doing he did it with dreamweaver , the link is under my Avatar , BLOGS ? , I know absolutely nothing about lol , xx
@weemam (13372)
21 May 07
I will have to read them then , By he way its nice you calling me doll . thats what hubby calls me too xx
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@raydene (9871)
• United States
21 May 07
Well you will be proud of me Sis because I have made some.I have used blogspot which is free and even a dummy like me can do it.I am learning more.I will go look at your again to see the changes.Love Ya Doll
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@34momma (13882)
• United States
19 May 07
if you are looking for a website the best way to go is paid. i have two and they are great and i am doing so well from them. try this one http://website.ws/34momma i think they are the best because you can make money a few ways with them. and it is only $10 a month
@34momma (13882)
• United States
23 May 07
it is so easy to follow. i mean it is like doing a blog, but you can really make alot of money from this. I know i am doing very well
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@raydene (9871)
• United States
21 May 07
I will read it over tomorrow.It does look interesting . I just don't know if I am smart enough to make it work.Do you know alot about these things or was it very easy to follow?
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• United States
20 May 07
I've hade a free business website for over 4 years. It's provided by a business and social group I belong to called AdlandPro. It's called http://www.lloydsgourmetfoods.com Check it out and tell me what you think about it. Lloyd
• United States
23 May 07
Thanks for the compliment. I am not a chef. I just wanted to provide a site that offers great gourmet foods. I made arrangements with all the suppliers on my site and I earn a little money every month from them. LLoyd
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@raydene (9871)
• United States
23 May 07
Lloyd,You site is very attractive.Do you do well with it?I think you must because it is so well done.Are you a chef or do you just sell the foods?Site was great.Thanks for sharing it.
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• Malaysia
20 May 07
I don't have any. But I love try to make one. But I don't the steps
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@raydene (9871)
• United States
23 May 07
You can go to www.blogspot.com.It is easy and free.Have fun and come back to tell us how you did and where we can see it when you are done.
@mehale (2200)
• United States
23 May 07
I have both a website and two different blogs. You might find one of my blogs: Writing 4 $Dollars$ (http://www.writing-4-dollars.blogspot.com) especially useful; it focuses on making money writing and blogging and has several helpful posts about starting a blog. My other blog is also a blogger blog. The link for it is: http://www.meh-this-n-that.blogspot.com. Both of them are hosted on blogger. It is a free host and is very simple to set up and post to. My website is for our horse ranch and has our available horses and colts that are for sale as well as our brood stock. It is hosted on a site that has a fairly simple to use web builder and is fairly inexpensive. It only cost me around $50 a year for hosting. You can visit it here: http://www.walkingh.com I would recommend using a web host that supplies a web builder - it is much simpler for a beginner. Also I would recommend using blogger for your blogs - it is free and user friendly. Hope this helps.
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20 May 07
i do have a blog http://hiteshrawat.blogspot.com/ i got that from the http://blogspot.com and one of the several services provided by goole mail. well,my blog is new and haven't been working on it regularly so wouldn't find anything interesting there. but you can use if you have a gmail account to create a blog and its easy,convenient to use.
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@whiten (11)
• Indonesia
20 May 07
Its so nice to response you. if you want to get a website you can buy it from a bank,ar you can use cc(credit card). but at this time,many free blogs.I think buying website for your businesses is a good idea.
@mada9898 (193)
• United States
20 May 07
Well, I am a uniformed service member and I have a blog about personal finance that pertains to military members. However, I do give good advice for everyone so come ans visit my site!!! I am at a conference in Maryland so I just have a minute to type. I use a free blog until I am able to build a lot of traffic and learn the ropes of a blog. www.usactivedutymilitary.blogspot.com
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• India
20 May 07
I HAVE A COUPLE OF BLOGS.U CAN CREATE UR BLOG THRU http://www.blogger.com visit my blogs http://www.get-ur-money.blogspot.com http://www.forexonmove.blogspot.com
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• Malaysia
20 May 07
I got mine from blogspot.com, quite good if you ask me.
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@PsychoDude (2013)
• Netherlands
19 May 07
I have a blog on a free hosting service, but own domain. In a couple of weeks I'll also be transferring it to a paid hosting service along for better stability. It wasn't my first site by far, even not first blog. My third of fourth blog or so I believe but definitely longest running so far. As for sites, uncountable how many I had already by myself and what I adminned along. These days I'd say paid hosting has become so cheap and compared to free hosting so advanced it in many cases might simply be your first choice, for blogs you could also use wordpress.com in example although you lack some customizability then which you might want to see.
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@raydene (9871)
• United States
20 May 07
I hate to pay for a site that I might noy know how to build.I will most likely practice on the free sites until I know what I'm doing.Sounds like you are very good at it.Maybe you should give some of us lessons...haha
@takkea (393)
• United States
20 May 07
My blog is at blogger.com. I got it free. You can check it out http://antwoned.blogspot.com
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@reinydawn (11643)
• United States
20 May 07
I have always had a personal web page out there that I have done myself. My ISP offers web space so I've always taken advantage of it. It's not great, but it's good enough for what I do with it. I try to keep it updated and current, but don't always have the time. http://mysite.verizon.net/reinydawn/ I also have a couple websites for my business. They're free to me - the company pays for them. I do have to pay for the domain name though - through godaddy.com - and I have it redirected to my sites. www.HappyWithSuccess.com and www.HappyWithHealth.com I have never blogged, but would like to try it one day. It seems pretty interesting.
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@emeraldisle (13139)
• United States
20 May 07
I have to agree with a few others that stated that a paid one is much better to go with. I use http://godaddy.com for my hosting needs. I have their mid-range plan but it allows me to host several domains in one plan instead of several separate ones. I got a great deal and I love it. I host several sites with them and I've had no complaints at all. I would suggest staying away from Powweb, I was with them for a while but they got bought out in the last year and went down big time. If you want to check out one of my sites I have one listed in my profile and here is one of my others: http://emeraldisles.us If you have any questions about Godaddy or websites I'll be glad to help.
@Tarrish (562)
• United States
20 May 07
I had a personal website in the past that I used to post my writings on. After that I had a Nightmare on Elm Street website, and now I work on a website for my school's club, The Alliance. I should blog online because my life is a stupid circus. Horrible. I'm just thinking about tonight, and I could write an amazing blog. lol
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@tellus (1441)
• Finland
20 May 07
i have a blog: http://www.linkbucks.com/link/fd94960b and a website: http://www.linkbucks.com/link/ff3c4630
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• China
20 May 07
i am useing the blog from the microsofte. its' name is msn space. it is free. i think it is enough for me. if u like the beautiful surface, i mean u wanna make ur space more attrative and beautiful. there are many documents availably in the net. here is my space: http://cccufo.spaces.live.com good lcuk, i think u get lots of things to know...:)
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• United States
20 May 07
I have two free blogs at Blogger.com, and I really like the service. I use my blogs to promote my work at Associated Content. But if I were going to set up a full website, I would definitely use a paid service -- free servers don't generally have good support, and the sites won't look as nice.
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