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]]> By: flOampPatfepe http://ahkong.net/are-you-a-blogspotcom-or-wordpresscom-blogger-ever-wanted-a-domain-of-your-own-domain-and-hosting-sponsorship-program-by-icalyvncom/#comment-22072 flOampPatfepe Fri, 24 Sep 2010 07:16:46 +0000 http://ahkong.net/are-you-a-blogspotcom-or-wordpresscom-blogger-ever-wanted-a-domain-of-your-own-domain-and-hosting-sponsorship-program-by-icalyvncom/#comment-22072 Hi everyone, I just wanted to say hi to everyone from sunny USA. Its my first time using this forum and I hope that I can share knowledgeable information and ideas with the members here. Yours In True Success, ------------------------------------------- <a href="http://serwisgier.pl" rel="nofollow">Gry online</a> <a href="http://onlinegry24.pl/" / rel="nofollow">Gry</a> <a href="http://jobbers.pl" rel="nofollow">Oferty Pracy</a> <a href="http://pozycjonowanie.lagata.pl" rel="nofollow"> Pozycjonowanie</a> <a href="http://pobieranie.wordpress.com/" / rel="nofollow"> Internet Explorer 9</a> Hi everyone,

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]]> By: curryegg http://ahkong.net/are-you-a-blogspotcom-or-wordpresscom-blogger-ever-wanted-a-domain-of-your-own-domain-and-hosting-sponsorship-program-by-icalyvncom/#comment-3391 curryegg Fri, 21 Mar 2008 06:38:48 +0000 http://ahkong.net/are-you-a-blogspotcom-or-wordpresscom-blogger-ever-wanted-a-domain-of-your-own-domain-and-hosting-sponsorship-program-by-icalyvncom/#comment-3391 Hello ahkong.. you've a really nice blog here. A friend of mine introduce your blog to me... Learning about entercard from you... Happy blogging.. :) Hello ahkong.. you’ve a really nice blog here. A friend of mine introduce your blog to me… Learning about entercard from you…
Happy blogging.. :)

]]> By: kljs http://ahkong.net/are-you-a-blogspotcom-or-wordpresscom-blogger-ever-wanted-a-domain-of-your-own-domain-and-hosting-sponsorship-program-by-icalyvncom/#comment-3387 kljs Fri, 21 Mar 2008 01:52:58 +0000 http://ahkong.net/are-you-a-blogspotcom-or-wordpresscom-blogger-ever-wanted-a-domain-of-your-own-domain-and-hosting-sponsorship-program-by-icalyvncom/#comment-3387 For the beginners though, blogger.com is sufficient. However, when your blog gets more popular, it is when the limitations comes in the form of you suddenly find that some cool stuff you can do with wordpress can't be done in Blogger. And the whole layout system is one huge learning curve. or something like that. For the beginners though, blogger.com is sufficient. However, when your blog gets more popular, it is when the limitations comes in the form of you suddenly find that some cool stuff you can do with wordpress can’t be done in Blogger. And the whole layout system is one huge learning curve. or something like that.

]]> By: Deimos Tel`Arin http://ahkong.net/are-you-a-blogspotcom-or-wordpresscom-blogger-ever-wanted-a-domain-of-your-own-domain-and-hosting-sponsorship-program-by-icalyvncom/#comment-3372 Deimos Tel`Arin Thu, 20 Mar 2008 11:34:06 +0000 http://ahkong.net/are-you-a-blogspotcom-or-wordpresscom-blogger-ever-wanted-a-domain-of-your-own-domain-and-hosting-sponsorship-program-by-icalyvncom/#comment-3372 <b>@Michael Park:</b> Dunno about Haloscan but yeah blogspot's comment system is terrible. :???: ====================================================== <b>@kljs:</b> That's the major pain in the rear end limitation of using a blogspot blog! :arrow: ====================================================== <b>@Wan Kong Yew:</b> Them are being thirfty la, not cheap. :razz: True, being thirfty does not mean they are not serious. :wink: I see many self hosted blogs which are not quite serious too. :roll: ====================================================== <b>@kljs:</b> Right on! It does means they are thrifty bloggers though. :razz: Correct, that limit is quite a pain in the rear end aye? :shock: ====================================================== <b>@BaseGuardian:</b> Aiya? That's it? Nothing else to add? :neutral: Try to share your own opinions too mah. :smile: ====================================================== <b>@Anonymous Pinoy:</b> They are still cheap by not getting their own domain and hosting. :lol: ====================================================== @Michael Park:
Dunno about Haloscan but yeah blogspot’s comment system is terrible. :???:

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@kljs:
That’s the major pain in the rear end limitation of using a blogspot blog! :arrow:

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@Wan Kong Yew:
Them are being thirfty la, not cheap. :razz:
True, being thirfty does not mean they are not serious. :wink:
I see many self hosted blogs which are not quite serious too. :roll:

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@kljs:
Right on! It does means they are thrifty bloggers though. :razz:
Correct, that limit is quite a pain in the rear end aye? :shock:

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@BaseGuardian:
Aiya? That’s it? Nothing else to add? :neutral:
Try to share your own opinions too mah. :smile:

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@Anonymous Pinoy:
They are still cheap by not getting their own domain and hosting. :lol:

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]]> By: Anonymous http://ahkong.net/are-you-a-blogspotcom-or-wordpresscom-blogger-ever-wanted-a-domain-of-your-own-domain-and-hosting-sponsorship-program-by-icalyvncom/#comment-3369 Anonymous Thu, 20 Mar 2008 11:11:09 +0000 http://ahkong.net/are-you-a-blogspotcom-or-wordpresscom-blogger-ever-wanted-a-domain-of-your-own-domain-and-hosting-sponsorship-program-by-icalyvncom/#comment-3369 :roll: having a domain and a self-hosted blog is not a ticket to bash other subdomain blogs, well in fact those subdomain blogs are even better contentwise and trafficwise, to some self hosted blogs. :roll: having a domain and a self-hosted blog is not a ticket to bash other subdomain blogs, well in fact those subdomain blogs are even better contentwise and trafficwise, to some self hosted blogs.

]]> By: BaseGuardian http://ahkong.net/are-you-a-blogspotcom-or-wordpresscom-blogger-ever-wanted-a-domain-of-your-own-domain-and-hosting-sponsorship-program-by-icalyvncom/#comment-3360 BaseGuardian Thu, 20 Mar 2008 04:03:40 +0000 http://ahkong.net/are-you-a-blogspotcom-or-wordpresscom-blogger-ever-wanted-a-domain-of-your-own-domain-and-hosting-sponsorship-program-by-icalyvncom/#comment-3360 @kljs & Wan Kong Yew; I agree :cool: @kljs & Wan Kong Yew; I agree :cool:

]]> By: kljs http://ahkong.net/are-you-a-blogspotcom-or-wordpresscom-blogger-ever-wanted-a-domain-of-your-own-domain-and-hosting-sponsorship-program-by-icalyvncom/#comment-3354 kljs Thu, 20 Mar 2008 01:22:13 +0000 http://ahkong.net/are-you-a-blogspotcom-or-wordpresscom-blogger-ever-wanted-a-domain-of-your-own-domain-and-hosting-sponsorship-program-by-icalyvncom/#comment-3354 I agree with Wan Kong Yew...... blogging with free services doesn't mean you are a lesser blogger or something like that. The real issue with free services is wherever there is a limit you can blog with it. ;) I agree with Wan Kong Yew…… blogging with free services doesn’t mean you are a lesser blogger or something like that.
The real issue with free services is wherever there is a limit you can blog with it. ;)

]]> By: Wan Kong Yew http://ahkong.net/are-you-a-blogspotcom-or-wordpresscom-blogger-ever-wanted-a-domain-of-your-own-domain-and-hosting-sponsorship-program-by-icalyvncom/#comment-3353 Wan Kong Yew Thu, 20 Mar 2008 01:11:14 +0000 http://ahkong.net/are-you-a-blogspotcom-or-wordpresscom-blogger-ever-wanted-a-domain-of-your-own-domain-and-hosting-sponsorship-program-by-icalyvncom/#comment-3353 @ Deimos I was mostly responding to the other commentators, not you in particular. Of course they're cheap. Who would want to spend money on something if they legally get the same thing for free? That shouldn't be a point of criticism at all. What annoys me is when people say that those who run blogs on free sites aren't being serious or aren't "real" bloggers, as if somehow paying for a domain name and hosting space is the passport to being a "real" blogger. @ Deimos

I was mostly responding to the other commentators, not you in particular. Of course they’re cheap. Who would want to spend money on something if they legally get the same thing for free? That shouldn’t be a point of criticism at all. What annoys me is when people say that those who run blogs on free sites aren’t being serious or aren’t “real” bloggers, as if somehow paying for a domain name and hosting space is the passport to being a “real” blogger.

]]> By: kljs http://ahkong.net/are-you-a-blogspotcom-or-wordpresscom-blogger-ever-wanted-a-domain-of-your-own-domain-and-hosting-sponsorship-program-by-icalyvncom/#comment-3349 kljs Wed, 19 Mar 2008 23:16:40 +0000 http://ahkong.net/are-you-a-blogspotcom-or-wordpresscom-blogger-ever-wanted-a-domain-of-your-own-domain-and-hosting-sponsorship-program-by-icalyvncom/#comment-3349 When Blogger.com updated to some new template system, is when I find out I can't really do much with it or something like that. When Blogger.com updated to some new template system, is when I find out I can’t really do much with it or something like that.

]]> By: Michael http://ahkong.net/are-you-a-blogspotcom-or-wordpresscom-blogger-ever-wanted-a-domain-of-your-own-domain-and-hosting-sponsorship-program-by-icalyvncom/#comment-3344 Michael Wed, 19 Mar 2008 21:33:07 +0000 http://ahkong.net/are-you-a-blogspotcom-or-wordpresscom-blogger-ever-wanted-a-domain-of-your-own-domain-and-hosting-sponsorship-program-by-icalyvncom/#comment-3344 I simply hate Blogspot... commenting system is as horrible as Haloscan. I simply hate Blogspot… commenting system is as horrible as Haloscan.

]]> By: Deimos Tel`Arin http://ahkong.net/are-you-a-blogspotcom-or-wordpresscom-blogger-ever-wanted-a-domain-of-your-own-domain-and-hosting-sponsorship-program-by-icalyvncom/#comment-3330 Deimos Tel`Arin Wed, 19 Mar 2008 09:00:09 +0000 http://ahkong.net/are-you-a-blogspotcom-or-wordpresscom-blogger-ever-wanted-a-domain-of-your-own-domain-and-hosting-sponsorship-program-by-icalyvncom/#comment-3330 <b>@B Carter:</b> kljs is a guy. :neutral: ======================================================= <b>@bendz:</b> Ah, that real estate, yeah. :cool: Doing sponsored reviews, are you? :arrow: Even if the site is not monetized, having an own domain is better. :smile: Well, provided that the domain name is short and easy to remember. :twisted: ======================================================= <b>@toingks:</b> Glad to hear that you are happy with the transfer. :mrgreen: There is no free lunch but there are lots of free blogging platforms! :???: ======================================================= <b>@BaseGuardian:</b> It sure feels good to be a self hosting blogger aye? :cool: I skipped blogspotting and jumped straight into Wordpress! :shock: ======================================================= <b>@kljs:</b> Online Real Estate aka Web Host, gotcha! :wink: True, though blogspot blogs can be greatly customized, there is still a limit. :roll: ======================================================= <b>@Margaret:</b> Have seen some good blogspot or wordpress blogs so not all are noobs. :twisted: I still think they are "cheap" for not getting their own domain and hosting. :razz: That true? The TOS about the content not belonging to them? :shock: ======================================================= <b>@Michael Aulia:</b> Seems like most Bloggers used some free blogging platforms in the past. :idea: ======================================================= <b>@Lis:</b> You are no longer a cheapskate yo! :grin: ======================================================= <b>@Max:</b> Getting a good and easy to remember domain name helps too! :cool: ======================================================= <b>@Wan Kong Yew:</b> I agree that there are many good blogs on blogspot.com or wordpress.com :smile: Cheap as in not wanting to spend moolah on domain name and hosting. :neutral: They can self host their own blogs and not in it for the moolah, right? :cool: Lum is being "cheap" because he didn't want to pay for the bandwidth aye? :razz: Actually, "cheap" is a not a nice word, can provoke and offend people. :shock: Thrifty, on the other hand, would be a nicer word to use, right? :oops: She could do much better if she gotten her own domain and hosting. :cool: ======================================================= @B Carter:
kljs is a guy. :neutral:

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@bendz:
Ah, that real estate, yeah. :cool:
Doing sponsored reviews, are you? :arrow:
Even if the site is not monetized, having an own domain is better. :smile:
Well, provided that the domain name is short and easy to remember. :twisted:

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@toingks:
Glad to hear that you are happy with the transfer. :mrgreen:
There is no free lunch but there are lots of free blogging platforms! :???:

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@BaseGuardian:
It sure feels good to be a self hosting blogger aye? :cool:
I skipped blogspotting and jumped straight into WordPress! :shock:

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@kljs:
Online Real Estate aka Web Host, gotcha! :wink:
True, though blogspot blogs can be greatly customized, there is still a limit. :roll:

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@Margaret:
Have seen some good blogspot or wordpress blogs so not all are noobs. :twisted:
I still think they are “cheap” for not getting their own domain and hosting. :razz:
That true? The TOS about the content not belonging to them? :shock:

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@Michael Aulia:
Seems like most Bloggers used some free blogging platforms in the past. :idea:

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@Lis:
You are no longer a cheapskate yo! :grin:

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@Max:
Getting a good and easy to remember domain name helps too! :cool:

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@Wan Kong Yew:
I agree that there are many good blogs on blogspot.com or wordpress.com :smile:
Cheap as in not wanting to spend moolah on domain name and hosting. :neutral:
They can self host their own blogs and not in it for the moolah, right? :cool:
Lum is being “cheap” because he didn’t want to pay for the bandwidth aye? :razz:
Actually, “cheap” is a not a nice word, can provoke and offend people. :shock:
Thrifty, on the other hand, would be a nicer word to use, right? :oops:
She could do much better if she gotten her own domain and hosting. :cool:

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]]> By: Wan Kong Yew http://ahkong.net/are-you-a-blogspotcom-or-wordpresscom-blogger-ever-wanted-a-domain-of-your-own-domain-and-hosting-sponsorship-program-by-icalyvncom/#comment-3328 Wan Kong Yew Wed, 19 Mar 2008 06:13:07 +0000 http://ahkong.net/are-you-a-blogspotcom-or-wordpresscom-blogger-ever-wanted-a-domain-of-your-own-domain-and-hosting-sponsorship-program-by-icalyvncom/#comment-3328 A couple of examples of what I mean: Lum the Mad's blog, an MMO developer who was previously at Mythic and is now at NCSoft. He owns the domain name but the blog is hosted for free at wordpress.com. He used to self-host it but the bandwidth usage grew too much and he didn't want to pay for it so he moved it to Wordpress.com http://brokentoys.org/ Jed Yoong blog, an independent Malaysian journalist. She only started it in November last year and now it's already one of the hottest Malaysian political blogs around. Hosted on Wordpress.com and doesn't even own her own domain. http://jedyoong.wordpress.com/ A couple of examples of what I mean:

Lum the Mad’s blog, an MMO developer who was previously at Mythic and is now at NCSoft. He owns the domain name but the blog is hosted for free at wordpress.com. He used to self-host it but the bandwidth usage grew too much and he didn’t want to pay for it so he moved it to WordPress.com

http://brokentoys.org/

Jed Yoong blog, an independent Malaysian journalist. She only started it in November last year and now it’s already one of the hottest Malaysian political blogs around. Hosted on WordPress.com and doesn’t even own her own domain.

http://jedyoong.wordpress.com/

]]> By: Wan Kong Yew http://ahkong.net/are-you-a-blogspotcom-or-wordpresscom-blogger-ever-wanted-a-domain-of-your-own-domain-and-hosting-sponsorship-program-by-icalyvncom/#comment-3326 Wan Kong Yew Wed, 19 Mar 2008 05:57:49 +0000 http://ahkong.net/are-you-a-blogspotcom-or-wordpresscom-blogger-ever-wanted-a-domain-of-your-own-domain-and-hosting-sponsorship-program-by-icalyvncom/#comment-3326 Don't necessarily knock on people using Blogspot or Wordpress. There are tons of really good blogs with many thousands of daily visitors being run on sites like those. Saying that these people aren't serious is just silly. I know that these people have way more traffic that I ever will. Not everyone is in it for the money. Don’t necessarily knock on people using Blogspot or WordPress. There are tons of really good blogs with many thousands of daily visitors being run on sites like those. Saying that these people aren’t serious is just silly. I know that these people have way more traffic that I ever will. Not everyone is in it for the money.

]]> By: SiteHoppers http://ahkong.net/are-you-a-blogspotcom-or-wordpresscom-blogger-ever-wanted-a-domain-of-your-own-domain-and-hosting-sponsorship-program-by-icalyvncom/#comment-3311 SiteHoppers Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:48:33 +0000 http://ahkong.net/are-you-a-blogspotcom-or-wordpresscom-blogger-ever-wanted-a-domain-of-your-own-domain-and-hosting-sponsorship-program-by-icalyvncom/#comment-3311 Definitely get out of blogspot or wordpress free sites if you are serious about making yourself more visible online. :twisted: Definitely get out of blogspot or wordpress free sites if you are serious about making yourself more visible online.
:twisted:

]]> By: Lis http://ahkong.net/are-you-a-blogspotcom-or-wordpresscom-blogger-ever-wanted-a-domain-of-your-own-domain-and-hosting-sponsorship-program-by-icalyvncom/#comment-3308 Lis Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:22:08 +0000 http://ahkong.net/are-you-a-blogspotcom-or-wordpresscom-blogger-ever-wanted-a-domain-of-your-own-domain-and-hosting-sponsorship-program-by-icalyvncom/#comment-3308 Uh yeah I was a cheapskate until I bought my own domain in January. Heh. Uh yeah I was a cheapskate until I bought my own domain in January. Heh.

]]> By: Michael Aulia http://ahkong.net/are-you-a-blogspotcom-or-wordpresscom-blogger-ever-wanted-a-domain-of-your-own-domain-and-hosting-sponsorship-program-by-icalyvncom/#comment-3302 Michael Aulia Tue, 18 Mar 2008 13:19:46 +0000 http://ahkong.net/are-you-a-blogspotcom-or-wordpresscom-blogger-ever-wanted-a-domain-of-your-own-domain-and-hosting-sponsorship-program-by-icalyvncom/#comment-3302 Well I was with Google Blogger before until I decided to get more serious with blogging and move the blog to my own domain name and installed Wordpress Well I was with Google Blogger before until I decided to get more serious with blogging and move the blog to my own domain name and installed WordPress

]]> By: Margaret http://ahkong.net/are-you-a-blogspotcom-or-wordpresscom-blogger-ever-wanted-a-domain-of-your-own-domain-and-hosting-sponsorship-program-by-icalyvncom/#comment-3300 Margaret Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:58:56 +0000 http://ahkong.net/are-you-a-blogspotcom-or-wordpresscom-blogger-ever-wanted-a-domain-of-your-own-domain-and-hosting-sponsorship-program-by-icalyvncom/#comment-3300 I think people using blogger or wordpress.com are just noobs who are delving into blogging and not sure of where they're going. They've read some of the other blogs there and don't really know they can do all this other stuff. It's not until they get involved with something like Entrecard that they discover just what they're missing by not having their own domain name and hosting. Then they get frighted by the idea of "going it alone" -- after all, if something goes wrong with their site, they only have to contact blogger or wordpress to get it fixed. So, no I don't think they are all necessarily cheapskates, although I'm sure some of them are. What they need to be aware of is that when they signed that TOS (that they probably didn't read all of it), they agreed basically that their content is not their own, but that of blogger or wordpress. If the powers that be at either organization decide you have violated the TOS, then your blog is gone. Vanished. No more. Some people have lost years worth of blogging and sacrificed page rank of 3 or higher because of this. So, my advice is -- if you're currently using one of these services and you think you're going to continue blogging, or you are using this as a source of income, get your own domain and hosting ASAP, because you never know when the big man will pull the rug out from under you. Margaret I think people using blogger or wordpress.com are just noobs who are delving into blogging and not sure of where they’re going. They’ve read some of the other blogs there and don’t really know they can do all this other stuff. It’s not until they get involved with something like Entrecard that they discover just what they’re missing by not having their own domain name and hosting. Then they get frighted by the idea of “going it alone” — after all, if something goes wrong with their site, they only have to contact blogger or wordpress to get it fixed.

So, no I don’t think they are all necessarily cheapskates, although I’m sure some of them are.

What they need to be aware of is that when they signed that TOS (that they probably didn’t read all of it), they agreed basically that their content is not their own, but that of blogger or wordpress. If the powers that be at either organization decide you have violated the TOS, then your blog is gone. Vanished. No more. Some people have lost years worth of blogging and sacrificed page rank of 3 or higher because of this.

So, my advice is — if you’re currently using one of these services and you think you’re going to continue blogging, or you are using this as a source of income, get your own domain and hosting ASAP, because you never know when the big man will pull the rug out from under you.

Margaret

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