Originally Posted by paperwastage

how technical are you to do things?

(eg you're ok installing operating system & installing wordpress/plugins/update-security holes/themes/SSL/DNS), or rather pay someone to do all the technical stuff and only focus on publishing pages

Originally Posted by gfunkdave

If you just want a blog why not use Blogger, which supports custom domains and is free? If you buy your domain through Google they will also handle that integration.