If you currently have a free blog host such as Blogger or WordPress then at some stage you are going to need to think about hosting your blog yourself. The sooner you do it the better too. Free blogs are fine but come with limitations. You have to follow their rules and you never really own what you put into it.

By hosting your own blog, you own the domain name and everything you put into it is yours. Hosting is always the big issue. Finding a host, setting everything up and then running it can be a hassle. There is a web hosting service that has made running a blog very easy for first time bloggers, or for those looking to transfer their blogs from one of the free services - and yes, you can often transfer your blog to your own host.

JustHost is the name of the host service and for a little less than $4 a month, that's less than $50 a year, you can host your own web site and/or blog. That $4 includes the cost of a domain name - for the life of the hosting. If you host your blog with them for the next ten years, you don't have to pay for your domain name -ever.

There are a lot of other pluses. The service is listed by WordPress as one of their preferred hosting services. You get unlimited domains, unlimited storage, unlimited bandwidth. I could go on. You can even take advantage of free advertising credits from Yahoo, Google and others.

This hosting service is perfect for mom and dad blogs. They can hold your hand through most of the work and if you want your free blog transferred to your new hosting account - just ask them. JustHost - the perfect host for bloggers. How do I know - I now have an account there and I am slowly transferring all my sites across. I have had no down time at all with JustHost, unlike my current server that seems to have a 20% outage problem.