Comments on: Blog 101 : getting started

By: Gill

Gill — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 08:48:50 +0000

Thank you, Lynne! I think I’m starting to get the hang of it a bit more now

By: Josordoni

Josordoni — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 07:25:29 +0000

Gill, brilliant blog, really useful content too….

well done you!

By: Gill

Gill — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 22:20:35 +0000

Oooh – I missed this post too – good job I saw your comment, Jade

Hmmmm I hear what you say, Sue. However blogspot has been doing just what I want it to for my blog atm, which is basically to promote my website. I found it really easy to set up & get going, and it is straightforward for my little brain to get to grips with.

I found it hard to know what to say to start with – I never know what to write in email newsletters, either (other than ‘come buy my stuff’, which seems a little on the unsubtle side…).

I am getting more into it now though, and hope to focus on more interesting content such as step by step projects & the like in future (and if I could teach the cat to operate my camera, I could even include a video or two as well ). Real people might actually want to read it then, as well as google

http://foilplay.blogspot.com/

By: Store Your Stuff aka Jade

Store Your Stuff aka Jade — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 19:48:29 +0000

Don’t know how I missed this post, but I just wanted to say “thank you” for taking the time and trouble to write it. It’s very useful.

I am one of those who wants to write a blog, but I want it to have a purpose rather than just be a rant page. It’s not having too little to say for thats the problem, it’s having too much to say! As anyone who knows me will vouch for!

By: Blighty

Blighty — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 09:34:22 +0000

Now I’m getting to grips with WordPress (Stop sniggering Sue!), I think I like it a lot.

I still need to make it look pretty etc, but mine is

http://www.atasteofblightyblog.com

By: Randy Smythe

Randy Smythe — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:19:25 +0000

Was this written specifically for me

I like blogger just fine (for now)

By: Sue Bailey

Sue Bailey — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 12:56:57 +0000

Thierry, as I’ve said above, wordpress.com is absolutely useless to anyone who wants to include commercial content; that will include most of our readers. I’ll be looking at SEO techniques for WordPress at a later date maybe, but as a general point, Google picks up *blogs* quickly. It likes blogs: lots of words and regularly updated content. And WP code is not bad straight out of the box anyway.

The intention was not to compare the two services, but to outline two different approaches to getting started blogging. I’m sorry if it was not useful for you.

By: Thierry

Thierry — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 12:33:40 +0000

Hello
I don’t think you are comparing the right softwares, if you are comparing blogger vs wordpress, you should compare it against the wordpress hosted solution (www.wordpress.com )

I am using wordpress.com and found it A LOT better for google, as the tags generated by wordpress.com are picked up by google so quickly

If you want traffic quickly, go for wordpress.com but if you want adsense and good control over the HTML then go for blogspot