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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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Depending on what you are looking to do with it, why not host it on-site? Simple websites don't need a lot of oomph behind them and you'd be in complete control of the server and data. You'd only have to worry about DNS, security and your ISP's reliability. Your ISP is also a possibility.

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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.