As anyone who has been here before I have been covering the basics of site building using Blogger. Blogger is the best way to start IMO for a couple reasons. One it easy for a beginner and 2 before you apply to affiliate networks you must have a site with content. If you are just starting out you will find you may be denied for some advertisers and the affiliate networks themselves. Sense we already took these steps its time to build a self hosted site.

What is a self hosted website? Well it’s on a host. A host is a server were your websites / file are kept so users can access them. Basically you move files from your computer to the host. A web site is just a directory or files kept on your host.

For the purpose of this blog I will be using Hostgator WordPress Premium Hosting as the host. You can find 1000′s of hosts even free ones, but Hostgator is what I use and it comes with tools like CPanel and Fantastico which has a easy WordPress installation. couple clicks and its installed. This site is WordPress. If you don’t know WordPress is the preferred platform for professional bloggers and developers. Inherently WordPress is SEO friendly and can be modified to anything you can think of.

Before you run out and look for hosting companies try to think about a few things.

Are you in this for the long hall?

Will you want to sell your sites?

Will you have more than 10 sites?

If your answer is yes to any of the questions consider starting with a reseller account. Why? Many reasons. With a account like a Babycroc on HG you have one main site and the rest are even addon domains or sub domains. This makes it difficult to move sites around. A set up like a baby is good to start with because you can put a unlimited amount of sites on it, but if you intend on having 10 or more sites I would recommend a resellers account. With a Reseller Account each site gets its own CPanel. After you do site building for a few months you will find its much easier to deal with a large amount of sites. You can still install addon domains and sub domains for each sites CPanel. I have a BabyCroc and 2 Reseller Accounts now.

A good Host is essential and Hostgator has all the tool you need. Some people run out and buy Website Scripts like Build A Niche Store or PHPBay and don’t realize that not the core of site building. It’s your hosting account that is the base for all that you will do.

Click HERE and enter the coupon code ” wordpress ” and get your first month for 1 cent. Thats right one penny. This doesn’t limit you to only building blogs. Fantastico come with site building tools for many platforms not just wordpress.