<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" ><channel><title>Social Media Examiner | Why isn’t your blog self hosted? | Topic Replies</title> <atom:link href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/why-isnt-your-blog-sef-hosted/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/why-isnt-your-blog-sef-hosted/feed/</link> <description>Why isn’t your blog self hosted? - Forum Topic in the Group Blogging</description> <pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 06:42:12 +0000</pubDate> <generator>http://buddypress.org/?v=1.5.5</generator> <language>en</language> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/why-isnt-your-blog-sef-hosted/#post-4325</guid><title><![CDATA[jim syyap replied to the forum topic Why isn&#039;t your blog sef hosted? in the club Blogging]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/why-isnt-your-blog-sef-hosted/#post-4325</link> <pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 04:02:43 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/jimsyyap/" title="jim syyap" rel="nofollow">jim syyap</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/why-isnt-your-blog-sef-hosted/" rel="nofollow">Why isn&#039;t your blog sef hosted?</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/" rel="nofollow">Blogging</a> It's the writer that people follow, not the content. My blogs are hosted with blogspot.com and I am happy with that. I am not worried if blogspot takes down my site and I lose all the content I have written. I'd [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/why-isnt-your-blog-sef-hosted/#post-4316</guid><title><![CDATA[Kristi Hines replied to the forum topic Why isn&#039;t your blog sef hosted? in the club Blogging]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/why-isnt-your-blog-sef-hosted/#post-4316</link> <pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 03:52:01 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/kristi-hines/" title="Kristi Hines" rel="nofollow">Kristi Hines</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/why-isnt-your-blog-sef-hosted/" rel="nofollow">Why isn&#039;t your blog sef hosted?</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/" rel="nofollow">Blogging</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/blogsbyheather/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/blogsbyheather/' rel="nofollow">@blogsbyheather</a> Oh I definitely understand why others choose the hosted platforms (Blogger, WordPress.com, Tumblr, etc.). &#160;When I started out blogging, I tried Xanga, Vox, Livejournal, Blogger, and WordPress.com. [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/why-isnt-your-blog-sef-hosted/#post-4232</guid><title><![CDATA[Heather Wright-Porto replied to the forum topic Why isn&#039;t your blog sef hosted? in the club Blogging]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/why-isnt-your-blog-sef-hosted/#post-4232</link> <pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 01:33:59 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/blogsbyheather/" title="Heather Wright-Porto" rel="nofollow">Heather Wright-Porto</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/why-isnt-your-blog-sef-hosted/" rel="nofollow">Why isn&#039;t your blog sef hosted?</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/" rel="nofollow">Blogging</a> <span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/kristi-hines/" rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/kristi-hines/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/kristi-hines/' rel="nofollow">@kristi-hines</a>&#160;<a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/dakotalocal/" rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/dakotalocal/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/dakotalocal/' rel="nofollow">@dakotalocal</a>&#160;<a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/juleswebb/" rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/juleswebb/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/juleswebb/' rel="nofollow">@juleswebb</a>&#160;<a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/amyhallbiz/" rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/amyhallbiz/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/amyhallbiz/' rel="nofollow">@amyhallbiz</a></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><a class="mention" href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/donpurdum/" title="Mention Don Purdum" rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/donpurdum/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/donpurdum/' rel="nofollow">@donpurdum</a>&#160;</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">I'm with Jules on this one…where most of my customers have gone with Blogger due its easy of use (very user friendly) and that its free and owned by [&#8230;]</span></div> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/why-isnt-your-blog-sef-hosted/#post-3953</guid><title><![CDATA[Don Purdum replied to the forum topic Why isn&#039;t your blog sef hosted? in the club Blogging]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/why-isnt-your-blog-sef-hosted/#post-3953</link> <pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 15:20:44 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/donpurdum/" title="Don Purdum" rel="nofollow">Don Purdum</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/why-isnt-your-blog-sef-hosted/" rel="nofollow">Why isn&#039;t your blog sef hosted?</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/" rel="nofollow">Blogging</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/kristi-hines/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/kristi-hines/' rel="nofollow">@kristi-hines</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/dakotalocal/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/dakotalocal/' rel="nofollow">@dakotalocal</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/juleswebb/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/juleswebb/' rel="nofollow">@juleswebb</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/amyhallbiz/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/amyhallbiz/' rel="nofollow">@amyhallbiz</a>Great points everyone! I have seen so many companies and sole proprietors lose their content because they wanted to be more cost efficient. I always recommend [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/why-isnt-your-blog-sef-hosted/#post-3924</guid><title><![CDATA[Kristi Hines replied to the forum topic Why isn&#039;t your blog sef hosted? in the club Blogging]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/why-isnt-your-blog-sef-hosted/#post-3924</link> <pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 14:03:16 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/kristi-hines/" title="Kristi Hines" rel="nofollow">Kristi Hines</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/why-isnt-your-blog-sef-hosted/" rel="nofollow">Why isn&#039;t your blog sef hosted?</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/" rel="nofollow">Blogging</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/amyhallbiz/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/amyhallbiz/' rel="nofollow">@amyhallbiz</a> I always suggest going self-hosted.  There are so many terms of service you could violate on a platform like wordpress.com or blogger.com that you may not know about.  The result of doing so would be [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/why-isnt-your-blog-sef-hosted/#post-3832</guid><title><![CDATA[Jules Webb replied to the forum topic Why isn&#039;t your blog sef hosted? in the club Blogging]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/why-isnt-your-blog-sef-hosted/#post-3832</link> <pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 08:05:10 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/juleswebb/" title="Jules Webb" rel="nofollow">Jules Webb</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/why-isnt-your-blog-sef-hosted/" rel="nofollow">Why isn&#039;t your blog sef hosted?</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/" rel="nofollow">Blogging</a> Hi<div></div><div>I'm a freelance web developer and the only reason I think that people turn to these platforms is because of they're free and easy to use. If you're not tech savvy just setting up&#160;WordPress&#160;on an [&#8230;]</div> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/why-isnt-your-blog-sef-hosted/#post-3827</guid><title><![CDATA[Jon Behrens replied to the forum topic Why isn&#039;t your blog sef hosted? in the club Blogging]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/why-isnt-your-blog-sef-hosted/#post-3827</link> <pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 07:47:54 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/dakotalocal/" title="Jon Behrens" rel="nofollow">Jon Behrens</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/why-isnt-your-blog-sef-hosted/" rel="nofollow">Why isn&#039;t your blog sef hosted?</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/" rel="nofollow">Blogging</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/amyhallbiz/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/amyhallbiz/' rel="nofollow">@amyhallbiz</a> I'm glad you brought this thread up as in another thread someone mentioned that they suggested to a client to use Wordpress.com as it was better for them.&#160; I personally can't see what the advantage [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> </channel> </rss>