Domain Name, Transfer to Wordpress or not!
I have a lot of topics I would like to talk about.. but somehow, just like many bloggers who would like to post more, cannot find the time to put it all together! In the meantime, I will say some things that I have been thinking about and doing!
I was looking for some cool blog publishing applications and read somewhere that with windows live, you can see exactly how the post would look on your page, without first publishing it! So, yesterday I downloaded Windows Live to see how the application works! During configuration, it asks you to provide it with your blog’s user id and password so your blog can be configured with windows live! Once the blog was configured with it, everything looked pretty good..
During the configuration process, a message popped up that the software publishes a test post to the blog which gets automatically deleted immediately! But when I went to the blog, this weird test post was still up! So hope a few of my subscribers that are out there, don’t think I am going nuts and posting things that don’t really make sense!! Of course, I deleted the test post right away!
Until I find some time in making my articles readable, I did want to say something very important that is on my mind! I see in the mybloglog widget in the right sidebar a lot of new faces each day! But most of you are going away without saying a hi or bye :) I wish there was a widget that I could display to welcome you all but since that isn’t there, let me say that
And, I want to ask whoever lands up here to please not be shy and say a simple ‘Hi’ and please take a few seconds to tell me what you think of this blog….
Do you think I should move to wordpress? Or keep spending time in editing blogger?
Is it even worth spending time on blogger modifications? I was kind of wishing (positive thinking) that may be one day I will wake up and see that Google really decided to make blogger look and feel better and easier than wordpress! Do you think its wishing too much?
In the mean time, I am looking into a good domain name! Knowing that the url is Fresh-Perspectives.blogspot.com and the name of the blog is Interesting Observations, I’d like to hear suggestions on what my domain name should be! Fresh-Perspectives.com is NOT available!
I need ideas and advice! I saw kumiko has moved over to wordpress, but she says she spent more than 17 hours to complete the transfer and other things! Now I understand she probably had much more information and data to transfer over, and I may not have to spend those many hours.. but I am double minded about it!
But I would love to hear what it took you to transfer over to wordpress, if you did.
I moved to Wordpress from Blogger and it took me less than one hour. Wordpress has the option of importing posts from Blogger. What it does wrong: all the permalinks will be some long numbers, so you’ll have to edit them by hand, in case you wish to do so for SEO reasons – I have chosen not to change them.
Hi Simonne – does it also import all the comments? less than an hour doesn’t sound too bad.. I do worry when I read people say all night or 17 hours! that sounds insane amount of time to me!
I recently looked at moving to wordpress, blogged about it today actually. It seems to cost a lot of money for stuff blogger does for free.
Yes, blogger templates are not very pretty but there are some out there.. I just found a site with a few nice ones but there’s a lot of sites out there.. http://www.bloggertemplates.org/
I’ve made the decision for my blog that I’m not doing it. It just doesn’t make sense to me to pay for something which you can have for free. :) I suggest create one and fully check it out before making the decision..
Snoskred
http://snoskred.blogspot.com/
Hi snoskred: I hear ya… thats what I am starting to do actively now! research! I realize the cost involved, but I am thinking of this in the long run! Or may be I’ll stay right here, who knows!
I hear so much abt wordpress though, its hard not to want to do something about it..:)
I am going to look at the site you recommended.. thank you so much..
PS: btw.. your aussie community won’t allow me in being that I’m not from there ;) I thot it would’ve been nice to get to know more people from there :)
I have a blogger blog and a wordpress blog. The blogger blog is so easy to take care of. The Wordpress blog takes more work.
I own the URL that makes up my blogger name so I may move it one day.
I think people give more relevance to self hosted blogs on other software.
If you think you might need to move eventually you might want to do it now, the longer you wait the bigger your blog gets.
Everyone is moving to WordPress from other blogs because WordPress is easier. WordPress also has the option of transferring blogger files to WordPress format. Anyways good luck.
I’ve been doing a self-hosted WordPress blog since the beginning over a year ago. Getting a domain name and reliable hosting can be very cheap (less that $50 USD in some cases). If you don’t mind setting it up the first time, you’ll be much happier doing it that way. As for domain names, don’t limit yourself to a .com suffix. You can also use .net as well as your country code. Your domain name should be the same as what your blog name is going to be. You can use the domain with or without a dash connecting the words for even more options.
Hi Joey: I am thinking that too that if I have to move eventually, why not now! I also don’t have the domain yet, which is a decision I need to make in a day or two..:) thank u :)
thank you desi baba ;) yes, thats the intent but see what snoskred is saying here :) so I get double minded easily ;) but easy is what I am looking for .. thanks for stopping by!! tc and kit
hey rt: I couldn’t see your site.. no link there! you are so right not limiting to .com, but i was reading some SEO blog the other day that talks about .com being the most that people want to type so if you have a .net and your competitor has a .com, you are surely losing traffic that easily :) so I’m not sure which one to go for, im still learning..!!
It’s definitely a good idea to switch to WordPress and get your own domain name ;)
Blogger won’t show my URL because I don’t have a blogger blog, if that makes any sense. My website is http://www.untwistedvortex.com/ – take a look if you’re so inclined.
A lot of SEO preaches the .com mantra, but it really isn’t so if the .com version isn’t a blog. People tend to click on links and bookmarks, not type in .com anyway. The choice is always yours, these are just my slightly experienced thoughts on it (I used a .net domain for 5 years).
I have toyed with the idea of word press just for the creativity of it.But then blogger is free and I guess I would be in the optimistic camp where I think that that google will be getting better.
Why would you want the change? For your own domain name?
Hi rt: I had found your website btw and earlier had famed it on bloggingtofame!! i really like your site and will be coming back to read more!
I agree with you point thoroughly though! and of course i won’t argue with your experience ;) I will buy the domain before the weekend is over regardless :) and then decide whatever happens!
thank you soo much for coming back again and providing your input.. i really appreciate that! tc and kit!
Hi Jenny – I want to stay optimistic too ;) but for some reason I am feeling the pressure of moving – guess you nailed it – more creativity with wordpress?!? I don’t know! but the domain name I am definitely getting this weekend.. I am getting more and more votes for wordpress even though Blogger is free, so I am really in a huge dilemma here on what to do! :(
Hi Pearl,
We are friends on Bumpzee
Carazariah
:) I host 3 blogs that are mine or my families on my own hosting and use standalone Wordpress.
To Simonne’s comment about the weird permalinks, with long numbers, that is editable in the Wordpress setup, just change from the default to the new date and name option in the general setup and Wordpress will re-write those for you.
(You may have to add a Post Plug to the posts, but that’s doable, and Wordpress, will modify your posts on the fly)
You also need access to your .htaccess file to do this automatically but your hosting provider should be able to help.
Some of your links are already kicking to fresh-perspectives.net and it gets a parked domain on Go-daddy, so I guess you may have already started the process.
If you haven’t chosen a host, I would highly recommend someone with Direct Admin or C-Panel, those both include automatic installers that make the Wordpress installation a Snap!. . . Literally 3 minutes to install the blog software, then your ready to start finding your template, making the modifications and importing from blogger.
:) Good luck and feel free to email or ask if you have any questions.
glenn@interfaithnetworking.com
My wordpress blog is
http://www.interfaithnetworking.com/myblog
:)
Glenn
(C)
Hi Glen – thanks for stopping by and yes I did start the process :) feels good already but I don’t know how long its gonna take! I am really pressed for time too so for the next few weeks Im thinking I’ll keep it at blogger but will be looking for a good host! yes I do see some of the links already going to the new domain and that somehow started making me a bit nervous :D but anyway, thanks for the offer, i might email you!! come back again :) tc
Hey Pearl – thanks for stopping by my site and being THE FIRST to post a comment…wow, I feel like we’re family! I would mostly echo what glenn scott said, and it sounds like, as I write this you’ve already made the decision so congrats on that. I think you’ll find WP to be a better outlet for your obvious creativity. I still have a personal blog on Blogger which I’m sure I’ll keep there, but for trying to get more polished results I do feel I made the right choice coming to WP…oh and I use BlueHost in case you’re looking at hosting options…so far so good.
Hi Pearl..just wanted to throw one beautiful post about the subject to you in case you missed it, though I doubt that. Armen knows what he’s talking about and here’s what he wrote about it
http://iffect.net/2007/06/07/why-wordpress-is-the-only-blogging-platform-id-recommend/
also, if there’s a better way to relay a link like this, and there probably is, please tell me how…thanks Pearl!
I totally recommend the transfer to WordPress on your own domain. I wrote about it on Upper Fort Stewart if you’d like to get my experience. Long story short: much better all around.
Oh, and there’s also a WordPress plugin called “What Would Seth Godin Do?” that you can use to welcome new visitors to your blog. How’s that for incentive?
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I’ve used wordpress at http://www.domainnamesoup.com/dontfollow and I’m well impressed. Quite a few plug ins too
I use both blogger and wordpress, and must admit when first starting out, I found blogger to be far easier.
But now,with a few more miles under my tires, I much prefer Wordpress. I just like the integration with my website and that its all handled under one cpanel. I also like the plugins available.
You might like to check out my website if you’re looking for domain names. I love playing with words, which will be evident once you visit!
My domain names are for sale, and you can also pick up a free special report on how to turn your domain names into dollars – yet another way to make money online. For those (like me) who love words, its a really fun way to make a lucrative living!
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If you have not already done so DO move to WordPess – excellent product with an ever increasing arsenal of themes and extensions.
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