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"I don't think most people, first starting out working with the web directly, understand the implications of selecting the name for where to place their work...Thinking through a bit on what you want for your site and its name will pay big dividends later," Scot Herrick advises all domain-name seeking authors. 

So you finally decided to hang up your old freely hosted website over at  www.johndoeisagreatwriter.bloghoo.googpress.com.net. After you carefully consider different domain names, you are ready to buy something simpler like www.johndoe.com. How do you do it?

I'm not here to endorse specific brand names, but I'll tell you how I did it. My personal webpage (jasonboog.com) runs on the WordPress blog engine. They did all the set-up work for me, offering plenty of design options with easy controls. If you have a favorite blog company, chip in the web address in the comments section.

As for picking a place to keep my webpage, I used WordPress' and long, detailed list of hosting companies where you can register your domain name and build your digital home.

Check it out... 

"There are hundreds of thousands of web hosts out there, the vast majority of which meet the WordPress minimum requirements ... We've dealt with more hosts than you can imagine; in our opinion, the hosts below represent some of the best and brightest of the hosting world."