Newbie Blog Question

**2gould** · 11-09-2007 01:54 PM

Okay guys, sorry for the basic question, but I am completely new to the world of blogging.
I understand most people on this website like and endorse wordpress; however, what if I want to blog off of my personal domain name. Can I have my blog hosted by godaddy and then upload wordpress onto it? How does this work?!?
Thanks, I appreciate it.
Charley

**strategy** · 11-09-2007 02:06 PM

Absolutely. You dont host it, you direct your domain name to the blog. In fact - Wordpress encourages users to buy domain hosting as it 'increases success and popularity'.

**consueent** · 11-09-2007 02:09 PM

It's always better to use your own domain name if you can. I don't know about godaddy, but I personally use yahoo to host my site. I then activate a wordpress blog right inside yahoo. All works great for my two blogs.

**2gould** · 11-09-2007 02:12 PM

Thanks for the reply. One more question. How does the title of the blog work with the domain name. For example, many bloggers have their name as the domain but the blog is titled and basically known as something else. I hope my question makes sense.
Thanks

**consueent** · 11-09-2007 02:19 PM

I guess it just depends on what you want to do. For branding purposes, you are probably best to use the same name and blog url. think problogger.net.

**strategy** · 11-09-2007 02:21 PM

It's completely up to you. Some people want to get a good domain name, some want an accurate and others want a cocky and cunning name that would bring in traffic. It's completely up to with you, the title should be the name of your blog.

**2gould** · 11-09-2007 02:38 PM

Great. Thanks for all the quick replies. I will probably set up the hosting with godaddy, upload wordpress and see what happens. I will keep ya posted...

**strategy** · 11-09-2007 03:09 PM

Originally Posted by 2gould

Great. Thanks for all the quick replies. I will probably set up the hosting with godaddy, upload wordpress and see what happens. I will keep ya posted...

Goodluck.

**richkid** · 11-09-2007 04:25 PM

Hope everything runs smoothly, let me know if you have any questions!

Originally Posted by 2gould

Great. Thanks for all the quick replies. I will probably set up the hosting with godaddy, upload wordpress and see what happens. I will keep ya posted...