I get quite a few emails asking me how to go self hosted with a blog. I also notice quite a few people asking about it in various groups and forums. So, I thought I would write about my experience and share a little insight into what it all means and how easily you can go self hosted too.
When I first started blogging I was on Blogger, it was fine at first but I soon became frustrated with the lack of design options. There are many more themes available these days so that isn’t so much of an issue but in the end I think I still would have decided that being my own boss is better than ‘belonging’ to Google. Don’t panic if you are on Blogger, I am not saying it is the worst option at all, you just need to be aware of a few things. Many a Blogger-user are hugely successful but I personally prefer the look and feel of WP so the other technicalities are a bonus.