Google+ -vs- Blogging (5 posts)

Topic tags: blogging, blogs, Google+
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    Becky Flansburg-Virtual Assistant Services said
    11 months, 3 weeks ago:

    Greetings everyone :) I have been a blogger for 5 years and I have recently had clients opt to create a presence in Google+ instead of starting a blog. I’d love to hear everyone’s thoughts on this. Is one better than the other etc?

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    Rich Brooks said
    11 months, 3 weeks ago:

    @beckyflansburg

    I would suggest that’s a terrible idea. G+ should SUPPLEMENT your blog, not replace it.

    What if G+ goes under next year? Where all your content then?

    What? You say. Google would never let G+ fail? 

    Um…Google Wave. Google Buzz. 

    Own your own content. Host at a domain you control (not myblog.blogger.com or myblog.wordpress.com.)

    Just my .02.

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    Becky Flansburg-Virtual Assistant Services said
    11 months, 3 weeks ago:

    EXCELLENT response @rich-brooks! I think just because “it’s Google” people think it will be around forever. You raise a very good point about all content going bub-bye if Google+ disappears. Thanks so much.

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    Dea Irby said
    11 months, 3 weeks ago:

    I agree with Rich! Google+ should supplement not replace. Great question to raise, Becky. @beckyflansburg @rich-brooks

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    Laura Christianson, Blogging Bistro said
    11 months, 2 weeks ago:

    Totally agree with Rich @rich-brooks. Your blog gives you a long-term, “googleable” presence on the web. Google+ gives you a short-term opportunity to engage in discussions, but it’s more of a “here today, gone tomorrow” sort of thing.

    Google, while a wonderful and inventive company, does a lot of “testing” of various products, and then retires them after a couple of years, or when they under-perform, whichever comes first.

    I’d stick with the platform that I can own. And that’s a blog.

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