4th of September 2012 Darren Rowse

Why I Switched Blog Hosting Companies (and Who I’m With Now)

One of the most common questions I’m asked about how I run my blogs is, “What web host do you use and recommend?” Over the past ten years I’ve used around eight different hosting services, ranging from the very early days of relying upon free host Blogger, through to my ...more
Blogging Tools and Services
23rd of June 2012 Guest Blogger

How to Back Up and Move a WordPress Blog

This guest post is by Caimin Jones of Genius Startup. Sometimes you’ll need to move your blog from one host to another. It’s a bit of a pain and might seem a daunting task if you’ve never done it before. But transferring a site is a fairly straightforward process that ...more
Blog Networks
21st of August 2008 Darren Rowse

Blog Hosting – Which Hosts Top Blogs Use

Who is Hosting This has put together a great little study into the blog hosts of the top 100 bloggers (according to Technorati). On top of the list is Media Temple, Datagram, BlogSpot and Six Apart. Yes you heard it, 8 of the top 100 blogs use Blogspot and 4 ...more
Miscellaneous Blog Tips
30th of July 2008 Darren Rowse

Blog Hosting Recommendations – Who Hosts Yours?

Editor: Check out this post on Darren’s updated recommendations for best blog hosting options for bloggers in 2018 “Can you give me advice on which host to go with to host my blog?” It’s a question that I’m asked a lot – but one that I can’t offer a lot ...more
Blogging Tools and Services