Self-Hosted or Hosted WordPress?

When it comes to your wordpress website you have two options.  Hosted on WordPress.com or self-hosted on your own domain and servers.  Now before you say, "That's easy, I have no servers", let's look at the pros and cons of each because there are a lot of advantages to hosting it yourself and its not as hard as it sounds.

Self-Hosted WordPress

With self-hosting you are loading the full WordPress apllication, which can be downloaded free, to your web server.  This allows you to use your own domain name and gives you complete control over your website without limitations.  Although WordPress is still free you will need to pay for a domain name and hosting, h...