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If you are serious about starting your own blog, then it is necessary that you have a great idea to write about making your blog attractive and good.It is also necessary that you take the services of a self hosted blog to improve your blog quality, which would make more readers come to read your blog. Here are 10 reasons to use a self hosted Wordpress blog.

1. Blogging means freedom of expressing yourself and coming up with ideas and issues that would generate public curiosity and awareness. It is very essential to have a control over your own blog and self hosting is the best way of doing it. Hosting basically means that you own space on the server, so that you can put up your ideas and express yourself in a way that you want to.

2. Another way of extending your reach to the people is through plug-ins. With plug-in you can integrate twitter, facebook etc etc. You need to have a custom CMS unique which is different from all the other bloggers.

3. When you are using a free blog the theme support that you get is limited. But with Wordpress blog you have the ability to use many custom made and premium themes as they have a large amount of Wordpress specific designers. The possibility of themes and ideas is endless if you are using the Wordpress blog.

4. Also the possibility of sharing personal videos or photographs is endless if you are using the Wordpress blog. This helps you to decorate your blog and make it more magnificent and attractive for the readers. The storage capacity that your blog has is also enhanced if you are using the Wordpress blog.

5. Every service provider has his own set of rules and policies that may tie down your endeavor but with a self hosted blog you do not have to worry about the rules and policies as you are the one who set the terms and policies as per your requirements.

6. Free blog providers mostly force you to put their advertisements on your blog / sites so that they can generate revenue from the advertisements. With a self hosted blog you can decide which advertisement to put in your blog and which not to. You can also join publisher program, like Adsense and start generating revenue for yourself from the day you start your blog. You can also advertise for different services and products available in the market thus making you rich.

7. SEO is a very good way of reaching out to many people. When your blog is optimized by search engines, it gets ranked and indexed, and many people are able to visit your site as it becomes more accessible. Such accessible blogs get a lot of advertisement from different companies to advertise their products and services thus making your blog a revenue generating blog.

8. If you decide to sell of your blog you can do so because the site belongs to you alone and you can take a decision without being bogged down by the rules and regulations of the service provider.

9. It is also easier to switch to Wordpress from any other platform as compared to the other service providers.

10. Last but not the least, free blog service is for amateurs, but if you are a serious blogger a self hosted blog is the thing for you in the long run.

If you are looking to start a blog then this article might help you in choosing the right platform, if you run a blog already then this article will give you an idea “why a lot of bloggers use custom hosted wordpress.org blogs.

Nokia 5800 Xpress Music Edition

I know I might be late this time, but I don’t review a product until I have used it myself. I have recently bought the Nokia 5800 Xpress Music edition and now I have been using it for almost three weeks, so I decided to write a review about Nokia 5800.

My Personal Review:

Nokia 5800 Xpress Music is a fully loaded smart phone. Sound and Camera quality is really good. The features which I like the most are: wifi and 3G. The three types of online keyboards really make it special. I really love the Full Screen QWERTY Keyboard as I am more addicted to typing emails and messages on the computer keyboard, but my friend likes the Alphanumeric Keyboard as he is more addicted to typing messages on mobile phones. So the idea of providing 3 different kind of keyboards is basically to fulfill all kind of requirements.

Being a Symbian phone, it is really easy to find applications for Nokia 5800. The top 10 applications which I recommend for Nokia 5800 Xpress Music are:

• Opera Mini: Almost all of you must be knowing about this particular application. Opera Mini is a symbian mobile phone browser.

• Fring: Fring is a complete pack for a social networking addict. Fring allows you to connect with your online friends. One can sign in to his gtalk, yahoo messenger, facebook, twitter, msn, skype, aim, icq and cs all together at once. A person using Fring on his Nokia 5800 can chat online and can make free calls from gtalk, yahoo messenger, skype etc.

• Easy Reject: Easy Reject is a symbian application which allows the user to add numbers to his blacklist, and whenever the user get a call from a blacklisted number it will be rejected automatically.

• Paint Pad: Paint Pad is a symbian application similar to the Microsoft Paint in windows.

• WaveSecure: WaveSecure is an application which allows a user to backup the important data and it also helps in securing the phone from theft.
• GreenCharging: This application provides information about the charging status of battery. It also makes a sound when charging is complete.
• Gmail: This application allows the user to check his gmail account on mobile phone.

• BrightLight: Bright Light application works like a torch. It allows a user to switch on or switch off flash of the camera.

• Vlingo: Vlingo functions as per the voice commands given by a user, vlingo can be used for making calls, typing messages and notes, etc.

• Skype: Though one can use Fring for all kind of social networking, but the reason I recommend skype is that skype can make a better quality phone call and a faster video call.

So, at last I would say that the phone is really great to use, nokia 5800 is a good phone for a person who is addicted to internet or music.

My Personal Ratings:

Features: 9/10
Battery: 7/10

As we all know “Health is Wealth”, but when it comes to real life, people are busy with their work and they usually don’t have time for their health.

Blogging and Health doesn’t go hand in hand, bloggers are usually concentrating more on their blogs and are ignoring their health status.

Nowadays bloggers are facing many helath related problems because their job is to sit and write, they don’t get time for physical activities. The common health problems which are being faced by bloggers these days are obesity, joint pains and weak eyesight.

How can a Blogger get rid of these health problems?
The solution to these health issues are really simple, a blogger should always dedicate a few hours out of his precious time to his health.

A blogger should:

- go out for a morning walk and should join a gym.
- have a fixed sleeping time.
- take breaks between work.

The above points can really help in getting a healthy body.

Your health is more important than your blog.