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Post by J on Jan 4, 2013 19:54:15 GMT -5
So I think I'm going to start a blog... I really need something to focus on right now, hopefully this will be it.
My question is this. What is the best site I can go with (Blogger, Wordpress)? My entries will probably be a bit on the long side. If anyone that's had experience blogging can give me any advice I would appreciate it. Thanks!
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Post by Big Daddy Bad Booking on Jan 4, 2013 22:38:14 GMT -5
Use Blogger via Windows Live Writer. It all syncs together when you put the information in. May also be helpful to include social media plug-ins to expand the potential reaching power of said blog. My blog, whose link is in the signature, is made from this process.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2013 22:53:30 GMT -5
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Post by cruiserfan on Jan 5, 2013 10:40:19 GMT -5
All the ones named are equally easy and good, pick your favourite.
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Post by J on Jan 5, 2013 18:36:03 GMT -5
Thanks for the responses guys. I'm very interested in Medium. But since it isn't open for people yet (plus I'd have to bite the bullet and finally get on Twitter) I suppose I'll be starting on Blogger.
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Post by JCBaggee on Jan 5, 2013 18:39:47 GMT -5
If you just want to play with it and build a reasonable fanbase without a huge commitment just yet, Tumblr is how a lot of websites are going.
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Post by DZ: WF Legacy on Jan 5, 2013 19:38:13 GMT -5
You can do a lot with Blogger. My entire site is run off of it (click my sig), and it looks more like a "website" than a blog. I've used WP and Blogger extensively over the years, so here's my take on it.
Blogger is nice because it's very fast, and it gives you unlimited picture hosting under a very generous size limit (1,000-something pixels wide) plus additional options for anything larger. It's all free hosting (Google), and if you decide to get a domain name, they offer a very simple way to do that in the options, and it's quite inexpensive (<20 a year). That's the advantage of not hosting yourself - I've done off-site hosting before, and while there's more widgets and customization options with something like Wordpress, security is always an issue and updating regularly is essential. Plus, it costs a lot more. There's pluses and minuses to the two main options. I say for individual websites and blog sites, Blogger is better. For bigger websites where you have multiple people working on it, and it has a sizable userbase, Wordpress might be a better choice. Just depends.
I recommend also having a supplementary Tumblr account, too. Websites aren't as useful to most people as they once were, where people actively seeked information. Nowadays, people sort of expect that information to come to them in some way. So, you need a way to get your stuff available with proper meta tags and in a easily consumable format. Tumblr fits the bit quite nicely for that. Just make sure to always link your core site in any post you make so people know you offer more than some quick blog posts.
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Post by J on Jan 6, 2013 15:51:13 GMT -5
You can do a lot with Blogger. My entire site is run off of it (click my sig), and it looks more like a "website" than a blog. I've used WP and Blogger extensively over the years, so here's my take on it. Blogger is nice because it's very fast, and it gives you unlimited picture hosting under a very generous size limit (1,000-something pixels wide) plus additional options for anything larger. It's all free hosting (Google), and if you decide to get a domain name, they offer a very simple way to do that in the options, and it's quite inexpensive (<20 a year). That's the advantage of not hosting yourself - I've done off-site hosting before, and while there's more widgets and customization options with something like Wordpress, security is always an issue and updating regularly is essential. Plus, it costs a lot more. There's pluses and minuses to the two main options. I say for individual websites and blog sites, Blogger is better. For bigger websites where you have multiple people working on it, and it has a sizable userbase, Wordpress might be a better choice. Just depends. I recommend also having a supplementary Tumblr account, too. Websites aren't as useful to most people as they once were, where people actively seeked information. Nowadays, people sort of expect that information to come to them in some way. So, you need a way to get your stuff available with proper meta tags and in a easily consumable format. Tumblr fits the bit quite nicely for that. Just make sure to always link your core site in any post you make so people know you offer more than some quick blog posts. I already have a Tumblr account, just never used it. That is a great idea to use it to supplement my blog. It will just be me working on this thing. I also don't anticipate too many people reading it, so i'm not too worried about the size of a fan base. My idea for the blog is this: I've got quite the stack of games that I haven't come close to finishing. Mostly because I go months without playing anything at all. I keep looking at this stack and I want to use it as a catalyst for something. Some kind of life change perhaps. So I would use this blog to document the experience of getting through these games. Also using that as a jumping off point to write about other things (life, whatever).
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