Which blogging site should I trust?
By Gina
@Gina145 (3949)
Johannesburg, South Africa
July 25, 2016 8:45am CST
With new blogging sites seemingly popping up faster than the old ones collapse, I find I'm constantly checking terms and conditions to see whether the latest "hot new thing" is a site worth trying. Frankly they're leaving me confused right now.
One big question for now: would you join a blogging site which doesn't allow you to edit or delete your published content?
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@miniam (9154)
• Bern, Switzerland
25 Jul 16
This is what l always say.
If you are serious about blogging get your own domain,can be bought as cheap as $2 from go daddy,then find a reliable hosting company and you are ready to go.
Hosting as far as l know can also be shopped for and if you look well, you`ll find a good company with a reasonable price.
Why your own site? a website of your own is like real estate,as time goes, it increases in value if you add quality content.
I bought a site about 4 months ago,after working on it l checked 3 days ago, could not believe my eyes when they said my website is now worth $700.
Even if l sell it for $100,this will be a profit l could not have made had l been at some free blogging site.
But you decide what`S best for you
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@Gina145 (3949)
• Johannesburg, South Africa
25 Jul 16
@miniam I'm not ready to pay for hosting a blog, but I've moved my main blog (about bonsai) from BlogJob to Blogger, where hopefully it will be safe. But for other topics I really like the social aspect of being part of a blogging community, which is why I'm looking for something similar to BlogJob. I'm just not sure there's a site I trust.
@crazyhorseladycx (39515)
• United States
25 Jul 16
i'd ne'er join a place that didn't allow such. what they're basically sayin' 's they own yer words/content/pictures.
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@Gina145 (3949)
• Johannesburg, South Africa
25 Jul 16
@crazyhorseladycx That's the way I see it too, but the site in question has some members who are much more experienced bloggers than I am and I was wondering why they're prepared to accept those terms.
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@Gina145 (3949)
• Johannesburg, South Africa
25 Jul 16
@crazyhorseladycx I'm happy to do that for my bonsai blog, but there are other subject I want to write about and I really don't know how to promote those posts.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39515)
• United States
25 Jul 16
@Gina145 i dunno?? fer myself, i jest prefer to've my own lil bloggin' place 'n not've to deal with all 'that' which seems to come 'long. don't pay worth a flip, but't least all's my own'n i can do with't what i wish.
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@Gina145 (3949)
• Johannesburg, South Africa
1 Aug 16
@shaggin I'm really finding it tough to work out what belongs where. I used to write a lot of cricket reviews at Bubblews, but most of my income from those came from traffic generated through social media rather than from members. I've tried that at several other sites and it doesn't work when you get paid for interaction, not views.
When I joined BlogBourne recently I was hoping to try that kind of post there, but now they've added a requirement that new posts have to be approved, which means that my posts will be out of date before anyone sees them.
@epiffanie (11326)
• Australia
12 Aug 16
I am not comfortable with any site that won't let us edit or delete our posts .. I'm glad MyLot let us do all that ..
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@Gina145 (3949)
• Johannesburg, South Africa
12 Aug 16
@epiffanie I feel the same way. The only reason I've been looking elsewhere is because myLot isn't really the place to write long posts in specialist niches. I've got a blog about bonsai at blogger. I don't think those posts would do well here.
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@Gina145 (3949)
• Johannesburg, South Africa
25 Jul 16
@Inlemay I know what you mean. Time is definitely an issue. But I feel like what I'm doing here is chatting rather than real writing. At Bubblews I used to write for an outside audience as well as for members (especially when I wrote about cricket), and I still want to do that.
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@Inlemay (17713)
• South Africa
26 Jul 16
@Gina145 well I do private writing - social media sites or these chat rooms are not for serious writers and most of what you write is just chatter as you say. However it pays well, and if you are looking for an easy payout with your chatter, then this is the place to be. I wrote some wonderful things on Bubblews and its was plagiarized by so many - it seems those serious sites are full of plagiarists
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@acelawrites (19273)
• Philippines
31 Jul 16
Why would they not allow you to edit or delete your works? You own it so you have the right over it.
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@Gina145 (3949)
• Johannesburg, South Africa
1 Aug 16
@acelawrites The site in question isn't one I've ever signed up to, but I've read that's the way they work. If you read the terms and conditions carefully, many sites take perpetual right to your work even if it's not exclusive and that can make it difficult to reuse it. Other sites like BlogJob (while it was paying) allowed members to delete their content but deducted points if they did.
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@LovingMyBabies (85127)
• Valdosta, Georgia
25 Jul 16
I just stick with Mylot because it's the only one I trust. As for your question-no I wouldn't write anything anywhere that I couldn't change or delete if I wanted to.
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@Gina145 (3949)
• Johannesburg, South Africa
25 Jul 16
@LovingMyBabies I'm glad you feel the same way as I do about that. I love myLot and don't plan to leave, but not everything I write is suited to this site.
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