One of the reasons I recommend Hostgator is because of their 1-click installation of WordPress. While WordPress isn’t particularly difficult to install manually, it can still be confusing for a “newbie”. The 1-click install is much faster and more convenient.

In the following video, you can watch me set up a brand new blog, from start to finish – including the actual purchase of a domain on Namecheap and a hosting account on Hostgator.