Comments on: The Problem with Hosted Blog Platforms http://www.problogger.net/archives/2006/02/09/the-problem-with-hosted-blog-platforms/ Make Money Online Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:20:07 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Emily http://www.problogger.net/archives/2006/02/09/the-problem-with-hosted-blog-platforms/comment-page-1/#comment-1040989 Emily Thu, 29 Mar 2007 21:36:59 +0000 http://www.problogger.net/?p=2175#comment-1040989 Hi and thanks so much for linking to my blog on ‘How to Blog’!! My site has moved, so I am writing to ask if you could please update your link to reflect the new permanent URL? Whereas ‘How to Blog’ used to be located at http://blogging.typepad.com, it has moved permanently to: http://www.emilyrobbins.com/how-to-blog/ Can you please change your link to How to Blog to reflect its current URL (http://www.emilyrobbins.com/how-to-blog/) Thanks so much in advance!! Best regards, Emily from How to Blog How to Blog: Blogging tips, tricks, templates, tutorials, and more! http://www.emilyrobbins.com/how-to-blog Hi and thanks so much for linking to my blog on ‘How to Blog’!!

My site has moved, so I am writing to ask if you could please update your link to reflect the new permanent URL?

Whereas ‘How to Blog’ used to be located at http://blogging.typepad.com, it has moved permanently to:

http://www.emilyrobbins.com/how-to-blog/

Can you please change your link to How to Blog to reflect its current URL (http://www.emilyrobbins.com/how-to-blog/)

Thanks so much in advance!!

Best regards,

Emily from How to Blog

How to Blog: Blogging tips, tricks, templates, tutorials, and more!

http://www.emilyrobbins.com/how-to-blog

]]> By: adria http://www.problogger.net/archives/2006/02/09/the-problem-with-hosted-blog-platforms/comment-page-1/#comment-600519 adria Wed, 15 Nov 2006 17:23:13 +0000 http://www.problogger.net/?p=2175#comment-600519 I just started my wordpress.com blog about a month ago, but it is already gaining steam, averaging about 40 visitors per day. I was initially confused about the difference between wordpress.org and wordpress.com, and I just now realized that I will not be able to monetize my blog unless I move it. I am really worried about losing the momentum I have, does anyone have advice for moving a blog (I have to change the domain), without losing my readers. I don't think wordpress lets you map your domain, but maybe there are other options here? I just started my wordpress.com blog about a month ago, but it is already gaining steam, averaging about 40 visitors per day. I was initially confused about the difference between wordpress.org and wordpress.com, and I just now realized that I will not be able to monetize my blog unless I move it. I am really worried about losing the momentum I have, does anyone have advice for moving a blog (I have to change the domain), without losing my readers. I don’t think wordpress lets you map your domain, but maybe there are other options here?

]]> By: Links Roundup for February 2006 « Mediator Tech http://www.problogger.net/archives/2006/02/09/the-problem-with-hosted-blog-platforms/comment-page-1/#comment-257984 Links Roundup for February 2006 « Mediator Tech Tue, 18 Apr 2006 22:53:05 +0000 http://www.problogger.net/?p=2175#comment-257984 [...] The Problem with Hosted Blog Platforms: Should you get your own domain name or use a free hosted service? [...] [...] The Problem with Hosted Blog Platforms: Should you get your own domain name or use a free hosted service? [...]

]]> By: » Links Roundup for 13 February 2006 | MediatorTech http://www.problogger.net/archives/2006/02/09/the-problem-with-hosted-blog-platforms/comment-page-1/#comment-232001 » Links Roundup for 13 February 2006 | MediatorTech Sat, 25 Feb 2006 15:15:26 +0000 http://www.problogger.net/?p=2175#comment-232001 [...] The Problem with Hosted Blog Platforms: Should you get your own domain name or use a free hosted service? [...] [...] The Problem with Hosted Blog Platforms: Should you get your own domain name or use a free hosted service? [...]

]]> By: Eric Scalf http://www.problogger.net/archives/2006/02/09/the-problem-with-hosted-blog-platforms/comment-page-1/#comment-228996 Eric Scalf Wed, 15 Feb 2006 10:45:57 +0000 http://www.problogger.net/?p=2175#comment-228996 What about when you have your own hosting that allows subdomains? Through a twisted quirk of fate, I now have free web hosting for my domain. Unfortunately, I am unable to add any new domains to that hosting plan. Rather than pay for additional web hosting and domain names, I've started two additional blogs using subdomains. One is http://politics.fyreplace.com, a political blog. The other is a yet-to-be-opened blog co-authored by myself and my fiance, on the topic of our moving across the country, finding jobs, and starting our lives together. To me, this seems a perfectly reasonable alternative. You can build a name for yourself with your base domain, and the subdomains can make your "brand" immediately recognizable. What about when you have your own hosting that allows subdomains?

Through a twisted quirk of fate, I now have free web hosting for my domain. Unfortunately, I am unable to add any new domains to that hosting plan. Rather than pay for additional web hosting and domain names, I’ve started two additional blogs using subdomains. One is http://politics.fyreplace.com, a political blog. The other is a yet-to-be-opened blog co-authored by myself and my fiance, on the topic of our moving across the country, finding jobs, and starting our lives together.

To me, this seems a perfectly reasonable alternative. You can build a name for yourself with your base domain, and the subdomains can make your “brand” immediately recognizable.

]]> By: Crafty Cat http://www.problogger.net/archives/2006/02/09/the-problem-with-hosted-blog-platforms/comment-page-1/#comment-228404 Crafty Cat Mon, 13 Feb 2006 04:54:05 +0000 http://www.problogger.net/?p=2175#comment-228404 I started using wordpress and other blogging tool and found myself listed in the to 10 search engines in less than a month. If you want to find out how I did it log onto www.craftycat.org This is a new blog and I will leave a 4 part startegy on how I did it and what tools I used. This blog is new and as soon as I recieve a few comments from your strategies or questions I will post the rest of my 4 parts on how these power tools work together. Leave a comment, This will be a new forum on SEC strategies. I started using wordpress and other blogging tool and found myself listed in the to 10 search engines in less than a month. If you want to find out how I did it log onto http://www.craftycat.org This is a new blog and I will leave a 4 part startegy on how I did it and what tools I used. This blog is new and as soon as I recieve a few comments from your strategies or questions I will post the rest of my 4 parts on how these power tools work together. Leave a comment, This will be a new forum on SEC strategies.

]]> By: Peter T Davis’s Small Business Blog » I think you’ve missed the point. http://www.problogger.net/archives/2006/02/09/the-problem-with-hosted-blog-platforms/comment-page-1/#comment-228286 Peter T Davis’s Small Business Blog » I think you’ve missed the point. Sun, 12 Feb 2006 17:01:37 +0000 http://www.problogger.net/?p=2175#comment-228286 [...] As is common in the blogosphere, one rant begits thousands. I’ve read a few of them,here, here, and here. The rant of the day seems to be “buy a domain, don’t under any circumstances blog with a subdomain of blogspot, typepad, or any other service you do not own. Bah. Poppycock. I think you missed the train. It’s not about what domain you use, really. Of all the things to worry about, getting your own domain for your blog is not something that need to be a huge priority. [...] [...] As is common in the blogosphere, one rant begits thousands. I’ve read a few of them,here, here, and here. The rant of the day seems to be “buy a domain, don’t under any circumstances blog with a subdomain of blogspot, typepad, or any other service you do not own. Bah. Poppycock. I think you missed the train. It’s not about what domain you use, really. Of all the things to worry about, getting your own domain for your blog is not something that need to be a huge priority. [...]

]]> By: quaisi http://www.problogger.net/archives/2006/02/09/the-problem-with-hosted-blog-platforms/comment-page-1/#comment-227930 quaisi Sat, 11 Feb 2006 05:29:11 +0000 http://www.problogger.net/?p=2175#comment-227930 I`m on a .blogspot.com domain. One advantage that I can see is that if it were to suddenly get a large influx of visitors, it wouldn`t go down as a site hosted on a cheap package might. I`m on a .blogspot.com domain. One advantage that I can see is that if it were to suddenly get a large influx of visitors, it wouldn`t go down as a site hosted on a cheap package might.

]]> By: brem http://www.problogger.net/archives/2006/02/09/the-problem-with-hosted-blog-platforms/comment-page-1/#comment-227914 brem Sat, 11 Feb 2006 04:36:47 +0000 http://www.problogger.net/?p=2175#comment-227914 aviad: it's hard to tell what is better to do because every case is different and I don't know exactly what is your situation. aviad: it’s hard to tell what is better to do because every case is different and I don’t know exactly what is your situation.

]]> By: Kevin Kennedy-Spaien http://www.problogger.net/archives/2006/02/09/the-problem-with-hosted-blog-platforms/comment-page-1/#comment-227818 Kevin Kennedy-Spaien Fri, 10 Feb 2006 19:32:40 +0000 http://www.problogger.net/?p=2175#comment-227818 What I've done to mitigate the pain of moving a blog from a free host is this: Make a final post, announcing the change. That will stay as the new index page of the old site. Then, as I move each post, I backdate them on my domain to match the original date, and in the old blog, ireplace the content of each original article with boilerplate to the effect of: I am proud to announce that my blog, xxxx, has graduated to a new domain of its very own! The post you were looking for is now at hxxp://www.newdomain.com/permalink. A good number of people will click through (I was surprised how many did) and the spiders will find you, too. There may initially be a duplicate content penalty, but when the spiders eventually realize the old site no longer has the info, it should eventually clear up. What I’ve done to mitigate the pain of moving a blog from a free host is this:
Make a final post, announcing the change. That will stay as the new index page of the old site. Then, as I move each post, I backdate them on my domain to match the original date, and in the old blog, ireplace the content of each original article with boilerplate to the effect of:

I am proud to announce that my blog, xxxx, has graduated to a new domain of its very own! The post you were looking for is now at hxxp://www.newdomain.com/permalink.

A good number of people will click through (I was surprised how many did) and the spiders will find you, too. There may initially be a duplicate content penalty, but when the spiders eventually realize the old site no longer has the info, it should eventually clear up.

]]> By: Emily from How to Blog http://www.problogger.net/archives/2006/02/09/the-problem-with-hosted-blog-platforms/comment-page-1/#comment-227811 Emily from How to Blog Fri, 10 Feb 2006 17:58:06 +0000 http://www.problogger.net/?p=2175#comment-227811 Hi Darren, I'm honored to see that you've not only been reading my blog but that you've referenced one of my posts :) To clarify to the many who have commented, my original post should have stated "Do not use a subdomain off of a hosted service". I.e., do not get something like myblogname.typepad.com or myblogname.blogspot.com or myblogname.wordpress.com The post was not intended to suggest that using a subdomain of YOUR OWN domain was problematic. The intent of my post was purely to say that wherever your blog is hosted, it's URL needs to be based off of a domain that you own. I'll have to update my post to clarify that. Thanks to everyone for the editing help :) And for those who have ever made the switch from a URL they didn't own to their own domain on an established blog -- how long did it take to recover your traffic, SE rankings, pagerank, backlinks, etc? Did you feel that it was worth the move? I am dying to move 'How to Blog' to a WordPress blog running on my own server but I've got hundreds of links in, PR 6, etc on my typepad subdomain... Hi Darren,

I’m honored to see that you’ve not only been reading my blog but that you’ve referenced one of my posts :)

To clarify to the many who have commented, my original post should have stated “Do not use a subdomain off of a hosted service”. I.e., do not get something like myblogname.typepad.com or myblogname.blogspot.com or myblogname.wordpress.com

The post was not intended to suggest that using a subdomain of YOUR OWN domain was problematic. The intent of my post was purely to say that wherever your blog is hosted, it’s URL needs to be based off of a domain that you own. I’ll have to update my post to clarify that.

Thanks to everyone for the editing help :)

And for those who have ever made the switch from a URL they didn’t own to their own domain on an established blog — how long did it take to recover your traffic, SE rankings, pagerank, backlinks, etc? Did you feel that it was worth the move? I am dying to move ‘How to Blog’ to a WordPress blog running on my own server but I’ve got hundreds of links in, PR 6, etc on my typepad subdomain…

]]> By: Kevin Kennedy-Spaien http://www.problogger.net/archives/2006/02/09/the-problem-with-hosted-blog-platforms/comment-page-1/#comment-227768 Kevin Kennedy-Spaien Fri, 10 Feb 2006 15:12:15 +0000 http://www.problogger.net/?p=2175#comment-227768 The original post seems to confuse two issues, using a free host and using a subdomain. Most, if not all free hosts do use subdomains, though. I made the mistake of using Blogger for a few blogs. My most profitable blog at one point was on blogger, and it went bye-bye. I was able to use the google cache and MSN's cache to retrieve all the old posts, and I moved them to my own Dreamhost account. (Props to DreamHost!) Needless to say, I'm not putting any additional sites there. Subdomains in and of themselves have issues, even on your own domain. While that falls outside the realm of this discussion, let me just say that it is harder to promote subdomain sites, as most web directories won't list them (unless you're willing to pay). The original post seems to confuse two issues, using a free host and using a subdomain.

Most, if not all free hosts do use subdomains, though. I made the mistake of using Blogger for a few blogs. My most profitable blog at one point was on blogger, and it went bye-bye. I was able to use the google cache and MSN’s cache to retrieve all the old posts, and I moved them to my own Dreamhost account. (Props to DreamHost!) Needless to say, I’m not putting any additional sites there.

Subdomains in and of themselves have issues, even on your own domain. While that falls outside the realm of this discussion, let me just say that it is harder to promote subdomain sites, as most web directories won’t list them (unless you’re willing to pay).

]]> By: Aviad Ben Dov http://www.problogger.net/archives/2006/02/09/the-problem-with-hosted-blog-platforms/comment-page-1/#comment-227692 Aviad Ben Dov Fri, 10 Feb 2006 07:41:15 +0000 http://www.problogger.net/?p=2175#comment-227692 Brem: Seriously? So what is better? I host both blogs on the same host service. Since they don't require a lot of bandwidth, it works for me. I'm not sure if that service provides for virtual hosts... So what are options? Brem: Seriously? So what is better? I host both blogs on the same host service. Since they don’t require a lot of bandwidth, it works for me. I’m not sure if that service provides for virtual hosts…

So what are options?

]]> By: brem http://www.problogger.net/archives/2006/02/09/the-problem-with-hosted-blog-platforms/comment-page-1/#comment-227578 brem Thu, 09 Feb 2006 23:40:15 +0000 http://www.problogger.net/?p=2175#comment-227578 I guess my comment is only valid if you redirect from this "common" domain to another, such as blogger. If you keep blogs inside the same domain, I guess it's alright. Although what would appear on your main page? A selection of the blogs is a bad idea as the pagerank will suffer. I guess my comment is only valid if you redirect from this “common” domain to another, such as blogger.

If you keep blogs inside the same domain, I guess it’s alright. Although what would appear on your main page? A selection of the blogs is a bad idea as the pagerank will suffer.

]]> By: brem http://www.problogger.net/archives/2006/02/09/the-problem-with-hosted-blog-platforms/comment-page-1/#comment-227576 brem Thu, 09 Feb 2006 23:38:12 +0000 http://www.problogger.net/?p=2175#comment-227576 Aviad: Google's pagerank will not like that and possibly penalise your ranking as a result. Aviad: Google’s pagerank will not like that and possibly penalise your ranking as a result.

]]> By: Aviad Ben Dov http://www.problogger.net/archives/2006/02/09/the-problem-with-hosted-blog-platforms/comment-page-1/#comment-227553 Aviad Ben Dov Thu, 09 Feb 2006 21:56:20 +0000 http://www.problogger.net/?p=2175#comment-227553 What about having your own domain and having some blogs as subdomains of That domain? Like, I have two blogs hosted as subdomains of "crazyredpanda.com". Is that considered bad? What about having your own domain and having some blogs as subdomains of That domain?

Like, I have two blogs hosted as subdomains of “crazyredpanda.com”. Is that considered bad?

]]> By: Mike http://www.problogger.net/archives/2006/02/09/the-problem-with-hosted-blog-platforms/comment-page-1/#comment-227551 Mike Thu, 09 Feb 2006 21:28:23 +0000 http://www.problogger.net/?p=2175#comment-227551 I think there are advantages to going either way. I have a blog at wordpress.com as well as one I host myself. My only regret (so far) with the hosted one is the lack of control over plug-ins and the template...so I can't make extra cash on it - but if you just want to blog, then it's quick and EZ. I think there are advantages to going either way. I have a blog at wordpress.com as well as one I host myself. My only regret (so far) with the hosted one is the lack of control over plug-ins and the template…so I can’t make extra cash on it – but if you just want to blog, then it’s quick and EZ.

]]> By: Kevin http://www.problogger.net/archives/2006/02/09/the-problem-with-hosted-blog-platforms/comment-page-1/#comment-227527 Kevin Thu, 09 Feb 2006 17:45:10 +0000 http://www.problogger.net/?p=2175#comment-227527 I own webgoonies.com and all of my other blogs are subdomains. This seems to work out for me currently and allows me to maintain the "Goonie Family" feeling that I wanted. I wanted a place where people could find links to other blogs of mine and still know they are within my realm. I own webgoonies.com and all of my other blogs are subdomains. This seems to work out for me currently and allows me to maintain the “Goonie Family” feeling that I wanted. I wanted a place where people could find links to other blogs of mine and still know they are within my realm.

]]> By: Squirrelinabox http://www.problogger.net/archives/2006/02/09/the-problem-with-hosted-blog-platforms/comment-page-1/#comment-227505 Squirrelinabox Thu, 09 Feb 2006 16:31:54 +0000 http://www.problogger.net/?p=2175#comment-227505 I had a hosted blog at blogger for about a month, then started reading ProBlogger... switched to my own domain and my own host and have never looked back. Honestly, this was such a good thing to do. When I read some articles here I could tell Darren didn't like blogger so much so I did more research on SEO and domains and decided it was worth losing some people and disrupting the search spiders to make a move to my own host and to WordPress. I mean, what is easier for people to type and remember http://officehumor.blogspot.com or http://www.officehumorblog.com? Obviously it wasn't as hard a decision for me to make the move since my blog was very new (only about a month) so I wasn't fully indexed by search engines yet and my readership was still very low. I don't know if I could have done the move if my blog was a year or so old. Oh and a big fat thank you to Darren for pushing WordPress and to discouraging use of Blogger! I had a hosted blog at blogger for about a month, then started reading ProBlogger… switched to my own domain and my own host and have never looked back. Honestly, this was such a good thing to do.

When I read some articles here I could tell Darren didn’t like blogger so much so I did more research on SEO and domains and decided it was worth losing some people and disrupting the search spiders to make a move to my own host and to WordPress. I mean, what is easier for people to type and remember http://officehumor.blogspot.com or http://www.officehumorblog.com?

Obviously it wasn’t as hard a decision for me to make the move since my blog was very new (only about a month) so I wasn’t fully indexed by search engines yet and my readership was still very low. I don’t know if I could have done the move if my blog was a year or so old.

Oh and a big fat thank you to Darren for pushing WordPress and to discouraging use of Blogger!

]]> By: Guy http://www.problogger.net/archives/2006/02/09/the-problem-with-hosted-blog-platforms/comment-page-1/#comment-227475 Guy Thu, 09 Feb 2006 15:26:20 +0000 http://www.problogger.net/?p=2175#comment-227475 Amen Peter! Amen Peter!

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