I just started with BlueHost and am building a "blog" that looks like a website with a "store", from a purchased template that works in Wordpress. It's for the business where I work. Sort of a specialty market with it's own set of unique shipping cost challenges. Take a look if you like >>>
http://www.cactusjoeslasvegas.com/ (still tweaking it.) Also welcome and comments. From what I understand, blogs that get updated often are more apt to show up in search engines than are static websites these days.