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Web hosting involves more than just the Web server.  "Rapid employment growth is expected in Web search portals and data processing, hosting, and related services, while employment in Internet service providers is expected to decline," according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

With thousands of Web hosting companies, often working on small margins, you may rapidly find an affordable Web hosting service. To decide on whether a particular Web hosting company is reliable, especially over a period of many years, may not be so easy.  Many horror stories and recommendations about Web hosting services are available to you in the blogosphere.

Although not always the most recommended choice, the quality of free Web hosting may be adequate for some purposes. Seattle.gov informs: "The city provides free Web hosting for neighborhood groups and nonprofit organizations on the City’s Web site."

Quite a few bloggers favor Web hosting companies that provide paid personal assistance with quick installation of blogging software. Wordpress.net has information on installing. Some bloggers point out that a rush to automatically update your software may not always be the best course of action.

How often do you make full backups or partial backups of all your online data, especially your rapidly-changing SQL databases? Multiple backups can be helpful when fixing glitches. Offline backups may make it easier for you to move your blog to another Web hosting company.

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