GoDaddy's cheap accounts are hosted on Windows, and you have no access to the server to do 301 redirects, etc.  There's also some kind of caching so changes might not "take" immediately.  Overall it's a real pain, and not Wordpress-friendly at all.

Kevin and Eric,

Performance issues aside, I prefer the simplest URL structure:

http://sitename/postname

Unless you really need advanced categorization, siloing, etc., bringing your content up one level and having shorter URLs is always better, IMO.

I use Bluehost a lot.  They're a great value for a basic (shared) hosting package, with good support.  No complaints.

I'll second what EGOL says if you have more than a few thousand users per day.  In that case you'd probably want to go to a CDN.

I'll second just about everything that Frank said.

Use an XML sitemap and pinging services.  I haven't tested it formally, but my Wordpress and Drupal sites that incorporate this get indexed instantly and completely, while some other sites seem to lag.

Consider featuring your best or most important posts.  Lists of popular posts are easily automated, but are they really your best or most important, or about your most important keywords?  Some posts make a big splash then fade away, while others may grow in popularity over time.  By putting direct links to this content on the home page, it'll continue to get traffic, social media shares, and links, and continue to build rank.  (Besides being in front of users, more rank will flow into it from the home page.)  Every month, re-evaluate which pages should have direct links.