In fact, I'd go so far as to say (just to see what happens to this industry): On all these "job posting" sites, [Your Website] should be a Required Field for Web Developers. Period.
Show me that you take the time to register a domain, configure a host, log in to that Linux box, and build the Web.
A more pertinant question is: Why would you hire a Web Developer who has no place on the Web? It has to be Your Domain, Your Place on the Web. You. What genuine rebuttal is there against this? (There has to be a pretty Good Reason to hire a Web Developer who does not have a Website.)
Forget the "online portfolio" debate; build the Web and actually be about that.
I will not put my real name online in a public forum. Especially not linked with my CV that has a lot of personal information on it. I am afraid of harassment and stalkers, and I really want to control the amount of personal information that gets out there. I don't have a LinkedIn for that reason. I know a lot of that can be found if someone is digging hard enough, but I am extremely uncomfortable with just anyone finding my CV with a Google search. I am really uncomfortable with my work history being public information. In theory I could make that information password protected I guess.
Does it limit me? Probably.
My ideal, if you search for my name in a search engine and NOTHING comes back.
Show me that you take the time to register a domain, configure a host, log in to that Linux box, and build the Web.
A more pertinant question is: Why would you hire a Web Developer who has no place on the Web? It has to be Your Domain, Your Place on the Web. You. What genuine rebuttal is there against this? (There has to be a pretty Good Reason to hire a Web Developer who does not have a Website.)
Forget the "online portfolio" debate; build the Web and actually be about that.