Comments on: The Perils of Blogging on Free Sites

By: James Joyner

James Joyner — Tue, 06 Dec 2005 18:44:08 +0000

"Easy" is a relative term, I guess, but all the major blogging software (certainly, Movable Type and WordPress) allow pretty easy migration of old posts.

By: cyndi

cyndi — Tue, 06 Dec 2005 18:34:48 +0000

I have 2 blogs with blogger, both hosted with my site's hosting company -- verio. I checked to see if my blogs were still up and my account and blogs are fine -- probably because I host them elsewhere.

But it makes me scared that they can delete my account. However, I have no clue on how to move to a new blog service or software because I don't want to loose my posts and archives. Is there an easy way to move my posts to Wordpress?

By: avi

avi — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 09:09:26 +0000

Happened to me with eBloggy, about a year ago.
Today I am paying some $20/year to IsraBlog, and backup my blog every 10 posts or so.

By: American Daughter

American Daughter — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 03:40:54 +0000

We started on Blogspot on 9/10/04 and I quickly realized the danger. Not be anything they did, just that "trapped in a blind canyon with no way out" feeling. By October we had moved from americandaughter.blogspot.com to americandaughter.com. Still, just to be safe, I bought an external hard drive and kept duplicates of everything that I uploaded. Then this past spring we had problems with the new host, and I had to rehost yet again. Have not reloaded all the archives, but they are still in my possession, awaiting a slow day.

The good news, am now at POWWEB, with bonus for 2 year signup comes to about 6.29/mo and they have WordPress available for one-click install on their servers. I'm loving it.

I'm also enjoying your articles on topics about blogging.

By: McGehee

McGehee — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 05:11:35 +0000

Wow. I guess I rescued the archives of my "lost" pre-blogoSFERICS weblog in the nick of time.

By: Blog Mavens » The Perils of Blogging on Free Sites

Blog Mavens » The Perils of Blogging on Free Sites — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 02:46:47 +0000

[...] As if you needed another reason to leave Blogspot, here’s one for you: They can delete your site without notice and won’t even respond to your inquires. ***more*** [...]

By: James Joyner

James Joyner — Tue, 29 Nov 2005 22:06:59 +0000

Most of the software, including WordPress, is free. Reliable hosting is available for well under $10 a month.

By: bithead

bithead — Tue, 29 Nov 2005 21:02:12 +0000

That's odd.... Knock wood, I've not been having the problems you guys have.

Frankly, at this stage, I dunno as I'd be able to afford the software and the web space, too.
Still, the prices are coming down...

By: aaron ::

aaron :: — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Go look at what YOUR favorite blogs used to look like. Michelle has reported on Google’s bias before: GOOGLE NEWS: NOT SO FAIR AND BALANCED GOOGLE BOWS TO CHINA GOOGLE’S DEMOCRATS See also: Blogspot Sites Disappearing - Outside the BeltwayThe Perils of Blogging on Free Sites - Outside the Beltway The Incredible Suckitude Of Blogger - Ex-Donkey Blog