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I'm considering starting a blog to help market to my business. I've played around with wordpress before and could probably figure that out. I have a domain already. I don't know much about SEO, but any services that make this easier would be helpful.

Basically, I'm not sure what to look for in a host other than price and native wordpress hosting. What should I be thinking about to help narrow the choice down? Or does it really not matter?

Background info that might be helpful: I'm considering starting a blog to help market to my business. I've played around with wordpress before and could probably figure that out. I have a domain already. I don't know much about SEO, but any services that make this easier would be helpful. Basically, I'm not sure what to look for in a host other than price and native wordpress hosting. What should I be thinking about to help narrow the choice down? Or does it really not matter?

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I didn't realize my ISP could be a host.

On-site meaning on my own computer? I don't think I would be able to run anything 24/7, and I don't want to have to fix it when it breaks if that's the case.

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On-site meaning on a computer in a server room. I don't know how your business is setup so I don't know if you have a server room. If you don't want to be responsible for fixing it, then you will want to go hosted.

The problem then becomes are they trustworthy - there are several hosting solutions, sorry but I don't remember their names, that have horrible security and turn on backdoors for the Chinese. By horrible security, I mean they'll upload all kinds of illegal crap to share and get your business in trouble.