I could be mistaken but I believe that the 'self hosted' part of these sites is that the individual controls a lot of the functionality however because it is a third party site, I would still consider them to be the host.
I think branding is the biggest win with having your own domain - being able to publish the title of your book as your URL, too makes a big impression. Makes you more legit!
I've always been on blogger and use go daddy but I've been thinking about making the switch to self hosted. I'll have to keep these in mind.
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DeleteI thought "go daddy" was a self hosted domain? can you clarify for me. thanks.
ReplyDeleteI could be mistaken but I believe that the 'self hosted' part of these sites is that the individual controls a lot of the functionality however because it is a third party site, I would still consider them to be the host.
DeleteI think branding is the biggest win with having your own domain - being able to publish the title of your book as your URL, too makes a big impression. Makes you more legit!
ReplyDeleteWow, thanks for this post! I was actually talking to my husband about domain names the other day for my other various websites! This is awesome!
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