What Is A Domain? What Difference Does It Make To My Blog?
When starting your blog you will need to decide where it will live, or be hosted, on the internet. Your blog needs a place where all your information (photos, videos and text) will be stored and displayed for the entire world to see. This area will be on your web host's servers. Your web host will store all the files that make up your web site. Your readers will find your blog by entering your domain name. Your domain name is the address to your site. Owning your own domain can make the difference in your success.
Domain Providers: Should I Pay For My Domain?
Here is the rule of thumb: sub-domains are usually free and top level domains are not. An example of a sub-domain is: myblog.wordpress.com. An example of a top level domain (TLD) is myblog.com. Blogging platforms (company's that offer free blogging tools) provide free sub-domains to all of their users.
