A blog is a web log. In fact the word blog was created by combining the words "web" AND "blog". The A2 Posting is a live example of a blog. In our day and age, the blog is the best medium to have your thoughts and opinions reach the masses. That's because blogs have essentially become the newspaper editorial for the 21st century.

A blog can be anything from a personal journal, a platform for posting news or even just a place where you can publish your thoughts and ideas all on a single website. The potential topics for your blog are endless! Blog solutions are easy to use, even for users who have never run a website before. You'll be able to publish content with just a few clicks of your mouse. Even updating the look of your blog will be easy with a quick change of a theme.

Blogging is a quick and easy way to create an online presence. After attracting an audience, a blog can become quite profitable by placing online advertisements on it. While often times done for business purposes, blogging doesn’t have to necessarily be a commercial venture. Many bloggers do it for personal recreation. It is common for hobbyists to create blogs based on their own personal interests. A blog can also be used to compose personal thoughts for your own enjoyment or for close friends and family. The reason you create a blog and the topic of the blog is entirely up to you.

Blog hosting is a service provided by hosting companies that allows you to park your blog site on their servers and equipment while also providing you with a domain and software to manage website and server management features.

When selecting a blog hosting site, there are a number of factors to consider. These include:

Traffic: Your blog hosting plan should be able to give exceptional speed, avoid slow page loads, and minimise downtime. The Turbo plans are suitable for high traffic areas. A2 Hosting's Turbo Boost and Turbo Max plans provide unlimited storage, scheduled backups, data recovery, and user-friendly servers.

The Total Number of Websites: If you administer many websites, your hosting provider should enable an unlimited number of domains. All three A2 hosting plans support an unlimited number of domains.

Blog Site Uptime: In order to avoid downtime and loss of opportunity, a good site should always maintain 99.94%  uptime. A2 Hosting commits to an uptime of 99.9% for all hosting plans

Support: Having competent, reliable, and speedy support is essential to quickly resolve any issues. A2 Hosting's professional team is available 24/7/365 to quickly resolve any hosting difficulties, allowing you to focus on running your blog.

Beginning your blog at A2 Hosting couldn’t be easier. A2 Hosting offers all of the tools you need to get your blog up and running within minutes, without the hassle. All of our Web Hosting accounts include the award winning cPanel control panel for management of your website. Within cPanel, you’ll find a program called Softaculous that auto installs a number of web programs, including blogs. Softaculous offers an array of blogging software options including b2evolution, WordPress, Ghost and many more!

The time it takes to launch a blog is minimal and best of all, these blogging software solutions are free! And if you have any problems along the way, the A2 Hosting Guru Crew support team is more than happy to provide a helping hand. Selecting A2 Hosting to be your blogging host is the easiest decision you can make.

WordPress powers more than 40% of websites, thus you should put it at the top of your priority list. For those who want a code-free approach, WordPress is a terrific option. It offers chosen themes and pre-installed plugins that make the process of putting together a website both straightforward and simple. It also relies on how familiar you are with the backend of the software. 

If you choose A2 Hosting, you may choose between two plans, A2 Shared Web Hosting and A2 WordPress Managed Services. A2 Managed WordPress Hosting is a good choice if your site receives a lot of traffic and you prefer a hands-off approach to backend management. A2 Hosting offers a wide range of alternative platforms like Joomla and Drupal, allowing you to tailor your website to your specific needs.

Of course previous blogging experience is always good, but minimal prior knowledge is definitely helpful. The blogging software options available to you with Softaculous, particularly WordPress, make blogging extremely easy. Once installed, the easy to use WordPress interface allows you to start posting your thoughts immediately. Just log in and start blogging.

It's important to note that the actual process of posting to a blog, called blogging, should be done a consistent basis. This helps to keep the audience engaged as well as create additional content that can rank well in search engines.

Once you get your blog installed, you're not on your own! Our 24/7/365 Guru Crew Support team is available if you have any blog hosting questions. We also know that making sure the site is secure and fast are two concerns of many bloggers. Our exclusive A2 Optimized plugin has got you covered on both fronts!

Page load speeds impact everything from your visitor satisfaction to your bounce rate. You need a fast blog host! When you choose A2 Hosting for your WordPress blog hosting, your site comes A2 Optimized! That means it comes pre-configured with the best speed settings. Many times a blog will be loaded with so many speed optimization plugins that they actually have the opposite intended impact on the blog. A2 Optimized means you don't have to worry about a thing because our team has already done the testing and the legwork on how to get the fastest page loads! You get features like built in caching for increased speeds and can even choose our Turbo Servers for your blog for up to 20X faster page loads.

On the other side of things, it can be an absolute pain to fix a hacked blog. Hacked blogs can also be expensive to clean up. A2 Optimized works to auto-harden your site so you don't have to deal with malicious hackers. A2 Optimized auto-configures your site with the best security settings. You get features like a unique URL for your login page as well as recaptcha added to your login page and comments!

Your migration request will be handled by the A2 Hosting migration team, and it will be finished within 24 to 48 hours on average. Migrations that are more complicated may take longer in some instances. If you're switching from another host, you'll need at least 7 days between when you open your A2 Hosting account and when you close your old one. By doing this, you will minimise the amount of time your website will be unavailable while it is being migrated.

If you have the following signs, you are ready to upgrade your Blog Hosting plan:

• The speed of your website is decreasing.
• The volume of traffic to your website is increasing
• There's a shortage of storage space on your website.
• You require more domains and features to enhance the management and performance of your website.