Comments on: Book Review: *Blog Blazers* by Stephane Grenier http://www.sheistoofondofbooks.com/2009/01/13/book-review-blog-blazers-by-stephane-grenier/ and it has addled her brain Sun, 12 Feb 2012 05:42:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: J. Kaye http://www.sheistoofondofbooks.com/2009/01/13/book-review-blog-blazers-by-stephane-grenier/comment-page-1/#comment-5086 J. Kaye Sun, 25 Jan 2009 03:25:39 +0000 http://www.sheistoofondofbooks.com/?p=3155#comment-5086 I'm with Ladytink_534. This is just a hobby. I want to feel I can walk away from it any time I want. I honestly can't see myself still doing this in three years...lol! Writing will be part of me always, but I hope to be in a better place. ;) I’m with Ladytink_534. This is just a hobby. I want to feel I can walk away from it any time I want. I honestly can’t see myself still doing this in three years…lol! Writing will be part of me always, but I hope to be in a better place. ;)

]]> By: sheistoofondofbooks http://www.sheistoofondofbooks.com/2009/01/13/book-review-blog-blazers-by-stephane-grenier/comment-page-1/#comment-4789 sheistoofondofbooks Thu, 15 Jan 2009 17:20:58 +0000 http://www.sheistoofondofbooks.com/?p=3155#comment-4789 Stephane - thanks for visiting! yes, I switched to self-hosted after about 6 months on wordpress.com. It took several months to "catch up" to where I had been with Technorati stats, despite being diligent about updating links (and asking several people to update the links in their blogs) ladytink - isn't it something, that we can "know" other peole via our blog conversations ... Ali - it is very timely for me to read this, with my update/improvement in mind. The sites mentioned again and again by the interviewees are worth visiting. Stephane – thanks for visiting! yes, I switched to self-hosted after about 6 months on wordpress.com. It took several months to “catch up” to where I had been with Technorati stats, despite being diligent about updating links (and asking several people to update the links in their blogs)

ladytink – isn’t it something, that we can “know” other peole via our blog conversations …

Ali – it is very timely for me to read this, with my update/improvement in mind. The sites mentioned again and again by the interviewees are worth visiting.

]]> By: Ali J http://www.sheistoofondofbooks.com/2009/01/13/book-review-blog-blazers-by-stephane-grenier/comment-page-1/#comment-4758 Ali J Thu, 15 Jan 2009 02:21:56 +0000 http://www.sheistoofondofbooks.com/?p=3155#comment-4758 Good information. Thanks for posting about this book! Good information. Thanks for posting about this book!

]]> By: Ladytink_534 http://www.sheistoofondofbooks.com/2009/01/13/book-review-blog-blazers-by-stephane-grenier/comment-page-1/#comment-4716 Ladytink_534 Wed, 14 Jan 2009 02:53:15 +0000 http://www.sheistoofondofbooks.com/?p=3155#comment-4716 I don't think I would like to be get to the top in the blogging world. I love it when I have commenters but I like being able to "know" my visitors. Or at least most of my visitors... I don’t think I would like to be get to the top in the blogging world. I love it when I have commenters but I like being able to “know” my visitors. Or at least most of my visitors…

]]> By: Stephane Grenier http://www.sheistoofondofbooks.com/2009/01/13/book-review-blog-blazers-by-stephane-grenier/comment-page-1/#comment-4704 Stephane Grenier Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:55:50 +0000 http://www.sheistoofondofbooks.com/?p=3155#comment-4704 Hi all, I'm the author of the book Blog Blazers reviewed here, and I too strongly believe that self-hosting and owning your own domain is very important, just like the people I interviewed. That being said, I think Andy Brice, one of the people interviewed, has a great post showing some of the issues you can encounter if you don't go with self-hosting. You can find it at: http://successfulsoftware.net/2007/10/19/normal-service-resumed/ Basically it goes that along the lines that they can lock you out of your account at any time for any reason. And if they do that, remember that the content is on their network, so you could lose everything. What he also didn't mention in his post is that if you eventually do move to your own domain (above the self-hosting issue), then all the prior links you had going to your blog are no longer valid (for example http://myblog.wordpress.com will not point to your new blog myblog.com). You'll lose all your SEO efforts, all your link building, etc. Just a couple of things to think about ;) Hi all,

I’m the author of the book Blog Blazers reviewed here, and I too strongly believe that self-hosting and owning your own domain is very important, just like the people I interviewed.

That being said, I think Andy Brice, one of the people interviewed, has a great post showing some of the issues you can encounter if you don’t go with self-hosting. You can find it at: http://successfulsoftware.net/2007/10/19/normal-service-resumed/

Basically it goes that along the lines that they can lock you out of your account at any time for any reason. And if they do that, remember that the content is on their network, so you could lose everything.

What he also didn’t mention in his post is that if you eventually do move to your own domain (above the self-hosting issue), then all the prior links you had going to your blog are no longer valid (for example http://myblog.wordpress.com will not point to your new blog myblog.com). You’ll lose all your SEO efforts, all your link building, etc.

Just a couple of things to think about ;)

]]> By: sheistoofondofbooks http://www.sheistoofondofbooks.com/2009/01/13/book-review-blog-blazers-by-stephane-grenier/comment-page-1/#comment-4701 sheistoofondofbooks Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:10:14 +0000 http://www.sheistoofondofbooks.com/?p=3155#comment-4701 Kathy - Stephane Grenier (the author/interviewer who wrote the intro and summary) didn't advocate for owning your own domain name, but it was cited by several of the contributors. I switched to self-hosted so I could have ads on my site. I don't have a lot (just the few to divert to First Book), but Wordpress doesn't allow any advertising or solicitation. Serena - the closest we get is library technology! Maybe in the 2nd edition :) Kathy – Stephane Grenier (the author/interviewer who wrote the intro and summary) didn’t advocate for owning your own domain name, but it was cited by several of the contributors. I switched to self-hosted so I could have ads on my site. I don’t have a lot (just the few to divert to First Book), but WordPress doesn’t allow any advertising or solicitation.

Serena – the closest we get is library technology! Maybe in the 2nd edition :)

]]> By: Serena (Savvy Verse & Wit) http://www.sheistoofondofbooks.com/2009/01/13/book-review-blog-blazers-by-stephane-grenier/comment-page-1/#comment-4699 Serena (Savvy Verse & Wit) Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:15:53 +0000 http://www.sheistoofondofbooks.com/?p=3155#comment-4699 sounds like an interesting book...though I wonder why there are no book reviewing bloggers included? sounds like an interesting book…though I wonder why there are no book reviewing bloggers included?

]]> By: Kathy http://www.sheistoofondofbooks.com/2009/01/13/book-review-blog-blazers-by-stephane-grenier/comment-page-1/#comment-4697 Kathy Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:10:46 +0000 http://www.sheistoofondofbooks.com/?p=3155#comment-4697 It sound like an interesting book. Why does he think owning your own domain name is so important? I know a lot of people have been switching to self-hosting, but I don't understand the advantage of it. It sound like an interesting book. Why does he think owning your own domain name is so important? I know a lot of people have been switching to self-hosting, but I don’t understand the advantage of it.

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