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Where to set up a blog
self | 02/20/09 | self

Posted on 02/20/2009 2:49:15 PM PST by omega4179

Where is a good unbiased host to set up a blog? I keep hearing about google censoring or removing them.


TOPICS: Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: blog

1 posted on 02/20/2009 2:49:15 PM PST by omega4179
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To: omega4179

You can always buy your own domain, and then host with just about anybody. There is plenty of good blogging software out there to make it easy for you - I think Wordpress is pretty popular?


2 posted on 02/20/2009 2:52:25 PM PST by kc8ukw
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To: omega4179

why not blogspot ? it’s free...


3 posted on 02/20/2009 2:56:52 PM PST by devane617 (Republicans first strategy should be taking over the MSM. Without it we are doomed.)
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To: omega4179

I’ve tried blogspot and wordpress. From a purely hobby blogging standpoint, the platform at wordpress.com is pretty good. Blogspot lets you use java, which means you can customize it with widgets and such, but blogger support is almost non-existent.

I suggest wordpress.com. It’s free and very user friendly.


4 posted on 02/20/2009 3:04:07 PM PST by grandpa jones (L.O.M.A. (loyal opposition my azz))
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To: omega4179

Wordpress has more flexibility than blogspot.


5 posted on 02/20/2009 7:33:37 PM PST by Paul Heinzman ("Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end; then stop.")
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To: Paul Heinzman

I use blogspot, which has worked until this week when I lost all my google juice. If you use blogspot, I will tell you that you should use the custom domain option from the start. It’s only $10 a year to maintain your custom domain name and believe it or not, some people will not give your blog the credit it deserves with at a blogspot address...The hosting is still free, and you can still use the blogspot software, it just doesn’t appear as a blogspot address. If you wait, and then switch to a custom domain, you’re going to have all kinds of problems. As I am having now.

Here is my blog, hosted by blogspot, but with a custom domain address

www.thebigfeedblog.com


6 posted on 02/20/2009 8:55:14 PM PST by The Big Feed
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To: omega4179
You can also get a free blog at Vox.
7 posted on 02/20/2009 11:24:07 PM PST by smokingfrog ( Dear Mr. Obama - Please make it rain candy! P.S. I like jelly beans.)
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I am thinking of opening a blog, too. I was emailed this conservative blog and found it informative.

http://delphiseer.blogspot.com/


8 posted on 02/26/2009 9:41:18 AM PST by cowboy_code (Note for visitors at Arafat's grave - first dance, THEN pee.)
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