July 18th, 2006

One More Reason Not To Use Blogger/Blogspot

Just a couple of days back (or is it yesterday?), the Indian blogosphere, and to an extent the international blogosphere, started simmering with the news that the Indian government was clamping down on several “radical” sites - most notable among them being Blogger, Geocities (and even Typepad it seems).

Some commenters are asserting that this is merely a temporary operation, but whatever it is, this is one good reason why you should be self-hosting your own blog - and not tie yourself down to the fate of Blogger, Typepad (which you have to pay for too) or any other service.

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Posted by ZMAng

Filed under Blogger / Blogspot, Hosting, Misc., News

5 Comments

  • 1
    If You’re Late to The Party, What Should You Do? | blogHelper
    July 18th, 2006 at 7:18 am

    […] But in my opinion, unless there’s just so much that you have to catch up on, go semi-linkblog-style. This means your post should be short (concise-type-of-short, of course) but not a one-liner, should contain authoratative links to more detailed articles, and of course, the hugely important personal take on the issue. I’m no expert at this, but my post right before this one was written in this format. […]

  • 2
    t2ed
    July 20th, 2006 at 10:30 am

    What do I like most about this post?

    The blogger.com link in the advertising on the site.

    Context is everything.

  • 3
    ZMAng
    July 20th, 2006 at 11:23 am

    Lol, indeed, if you take context to mean an unintended/automatic reference. I would think that the conscious decisions made, including the use of WordPress, would be better context, but that could just be me. :)

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  • 4
    Book and Movie for Blogger of One Red Paperclip Fame | blogHelper
    July 30th, 2006 at 11:18 am

    […] Edit: Kyle MacDonald has posted some tips on starting your own trading blog. Admittedly, this is one of the few instances where setting up your blog on a free blog host can be more advantageous than forking out cash for your own host. Otherwise, I still think that it can be very painful to be tied down to an external service you can’t control at all. +Del.icio.us +Furl It +Spurl +Tag!RawSugar +My Web […]

  • 5
    Cathy Edgar
    May 1st, 2007 at 3:05 pm

    Blogger sucks!

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