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Wed, 09 Jan 2008 23:47:58 +0000

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By: Ruth Lanham

Ruth Lanham — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 23:12:14 +0000

Wow…I’m so glad I ’stumbled upon’ your blog! Thanks.

By: Carlo

Carlo — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 03:55:02 +0000

I think I realized this after being hosted by someone else for some time.

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By: Jenny

Jenny — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 17:56:45 +0000

That’s interesting. I never knew that that is what happened on a free host. It’s pretty scary if you think about it. I’m gonna pass this along to my friends. Thanks for the post.

By: Sebastian

Sebastian — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 08:57:14 +0000

Thanks for mentioning that, Jill. Actually that happens not only to totally legit blogs whilst gazillions of splogs do fine at Blogger, their weird filters catched even a corporate Google blog a while ago and deleted it (see Google splogoscoped).

By: Jill

Jill — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 02:55:05 +0000

Not to mention that blogger can and will just delete your blog for no reason at all if they feel like it. Just happened to a friend of mine.

Perfectly normal blog for 2 years. Not about SEO, nothing spammy, not even any ads on it. *Poof* simply removed by Blogger with no explanation other than a supposed “automated filter.”

Get off blogger now while you still can!

By: James

James — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 13:12:17 +0000

Great post, I’m forwarding this to one of my website clients who insist on using Blogspot instead of a Wordpress or Drupal blog on their own domain. I tried convincing them but they didn’t listen, hopefully your post will bring them back to reality.

By: Sebastian

Sebastian — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 10:31:58 +0000

Clangnuts, on your own domain, for your needs and with your topic you’re doing fine with Blogger. Actually, Blogger covers this type of blog perfectly. I’m not bashing Blogger at all, what I say is that you get what you pay for. In your case this payment seems acceptable. In my case it was not, and the same goes for all corporate blogs, other somewhat commercial blogs, and bloggers who just can’t live within Blogger’s boundaries.

By: Clangnuts

Clangnuts — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 09:55:47 +0000

I’ve been very happy with the way Blogger has functioned for me. It’s not perfect - but ease of use, and how much Google search likes Blogger blogs is a bonus.

I have a wordpress blog as well - but I don’t like the way I’m restricted on the wordpress hosting service. I don’t have the time or the inclination to host my own WP blog. I want something quick and easy to use - and Blogger gives me exactly that.