[Speed Gibson,
Wednesday October 21, 2009 at 8:53pm]
Lost My Lease
What a shame. PowerBlogs is hanging it up on November 30, so I have barely a month to find a new blog host.
I started blogging in 2004 using Blogger.com, which I still use for two other blogs. Back then, Blogger was up and down, fast and slow, and I decided to spend a little to get a quality service, which I think Powerblogs has been. It's not fancy but it works, the only real outage being a major fire at the server farm they use in Houston.
Since then, Blogger.com has improved significantly, with many nice features, and it's still free. Still, I'd like to consider some alternatives if they're worth the money. One key requirement is that it be entirely web based as I use 4 different computers.
*** UPDATE ***
I know many have migrated away from it, but a quick survey had me looking at TypePad, and that's in fact my decision. Follow the link in the banner, but bear in mind job one is to move the content.
I started blogging in 2004 using Blogger.com, which I still use for two other blogs. Back then, Blogger was up and down, fast and slow, and I decided to spend a little to get a quality service, which I think Powerblogs has been. It's not fancy but it works, the only real outage being a major fire at the server farm they use in Houston.
Since then, Blogger.com has improved significantly, with many nice features, and it's still free. Still, I'd like to consider some alternatives if they're worth the money. One key requirement is that it be entirely web based as I use 4 different computers.
*** UPDATE ***
I know many have migrated away from it, but a quick survey had me looking at TypePad, and that's in fact my decision. Follow the link in the banner, but bear in mind job one is to move the content.
I know you hit lots of computers to update blog posts but if you haven't looked at Live Writer its super cool. Little windows app that connects to your blog, all of your posts are on all of your computer, can update anywhere and can insert images, maps, video, basically anything and it publishes automatically to the web. I was a big "must be web only" guy but live writer has changed my life.
DJ
Blogspot must have improved during the last few years. In the last 12 months I have had no outages, slow downs, etc. (knock on wood...)
I started on Word Press last year for the Vote Yes work. The problem was that I needed to drive hits quickly, since I did not open shop until October. And WP seemed a little challenging to get the right Google code put in the HTML... So, I moved on quickly.
Since, Blogspot is affiliated with Google. It seemed to help me get in their search engine faster. Another benefit is that it is easy to edit in HTML when advantageous.
I'll miss Power Blog though, creating links in the comments is so nice and easy. No need to type that HTML text...
Keep us informed. Someday I probably need to upgrade to a full blown web page where I can post "useful" documents. Not just screen shots that need to fit in a 2 X 3 area...
Still no decision yet, more input welcome!