Recommended website solutions for home businesses

“I'm just about to sort out websites/email etc and wondered if you have a particular online company you recommend? I don't need e-commerce and have looked at some artist photographer template sites but if you have one you have tried and tested I would rather go on recommendation?”

Answered this question for someone today and thought some of you may like the answer too

Personally I would go with a blog rather than a website – definitely the way to go.

Either use typepad as a hosted blogging platform or use wordpress.com and host it yourself.  Hosting it yourself is more powerful for SEO (search engine optimisation) but if you don’t want to faff around with uploading files to your web host, then typepad is brilliant. 

I run my blog here on typepad and my new email newsletter site on wordpress www.HowtodoEmailNewsletters.com.

If you do just want a basic template website then you can’t really go wrong with www.mrsite.co.uk.

Webhosting – I would recommend www.1and1.co.uk

I’ve also got a great audio download on low cost websites if you are interested – www.kick-assteleforums.com/lowcostwebsites.php

Comments

[Lisa C]

I can recommend Squarespace, http://www.squarespace.com for a professional looking blog or website. It is easy to use and the support system is excellent. You can trial it free for 14 days without any obligation to buy.

[Alice Elliott]

May I suggest that it is best to look for a UK based hosting service for your website, such as http://www.34sp.com, which would help with your SEO in this country.

Alternatively, you could create a blogsite (hosted blog) via http://www.wordpress.org which would give you a blog and website in one, also excellent for your SEO. I'm currently investigating into whether 34sp.com will be able to host blogsites - watch this space...