I currently have a free wordpress blog without a domain name it is blogname.wordpress.com I was wondering if I decided later if I could transfer the information from that blog to a blog that has its own domain. I have one more question are there people that will build a blog for you if you give them the information? I just downloaded the publishing kit from wordpress and it looks pretty intimidating.
Thanks
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Free services offer a sub-domain, not a real domain name. This means your site address will be something like http://yourblog.blogspot.com, not http://www.yourblog.com. This way your weblog doesn’t look professional. On the other hand, there are some limitations with free blog hosting services. In a word, if you want to have a serious presence on the web, you must pay for it. I recommend get a reliable company to do that in return for a few dollars.
As you may know a domain name is just a name, not a real website/weblog. If you are going to create your blog website: 1- Buy a domain name. A domain name is a name you want to call your website (ex: http://www.yahoo.com). To get a domain name, you have to pay an annual fee to a registrar for the right to use that name. 2- Buy a web hosting service to provide your online space and enable you to get your blog online at your purchased domain name.
If you’re going to start your blog at your own domain with different pages, you need a web host providing wordpress.
Take a look at:
http://www.threehosts.com/blog
There you can reach the three reputable companies that are leaders in the blog/wordpress website hosting industry.
Another useful link:
http://www.threehosts.com/create
There you can find a step-by-step guide to start your website.
Hope this helps.