Why I Use Wordpress Blogs on My Own Hositng Accounts
By WebMann
@WebMann (4731)
Canada
May 21, 2009 8:55am CST
I just read a discussion that brought back a memory that involved having my blogs shut down by blogger.com because someone complained about something. They didn't eve check my site they just shut it down and I had make a request to have it reactivated after a human checked it.
That was the last day I used free blogging accounts. It's my living they are playing with and they don't give a crap about you or they would check to see if the complaint was legit, right?
Now I host my own domains over 3 different hosting accounts and 8 IP addresses.
I don't blog about anything that would ever get me shut down but that obviously doesn't matter does it.
I love Wordpress blogs and the many plugins that make my blogging for profit a lot easier and more search engine optimized.
Do you use Wordpress for your blogging platform and if so what plugins do you use. I don't mean Wordpress.org either, I mean you have your own domains hosted and use Wordpress as for you blogging.
6 people like this
6 responses
@diamania (7011)
• Netherlands
21 May 09
If one worries about losing his/her blog then indeed hosting your own blog is a good solution.
Anyway I think you mean wordpress.COM instead wordpress.ORG. The .com offers free blog hosting and the .org one requires your own hosting. :)
@WebMann (4731)
• Canada
21 May 09
Well I guess that just shows you how long it's been since I stopped using them. :) I never had a problem with Wordpress.com but stopped using them as well. I wasn't taking any chances with my income again.
thanks for correcting me.
I never worried about losing a blog before Blogger shut down my sites. I don't blog anything this is offensive, I don't swear, I don't put people down, no reason but it just took one person to complain about, well I never found that out, and they will shut you down without notice.
2 people like this
@Canellita (12029)
• United States
21 May 09
I decided to start with Blogger because it was free, simple and easy. I hope to not encounter any problem like the one you described because I would be terribly upset that all my work could disappear so easily and without any warning.
I looked into Wordpress but downloading was involved and it seemed more complicated than what I was ready to get into at the time.
When your blog was shut down were you at least given a reason?
@WebMann (4731)
• Canada
21 May 09
On my hosting accounts I have Fantastico as part of the control panel. It allows me to install Wordpress in about 1 minute flat, no software to deal with at all.
I never enjoyed it when I had to download the software and install. It just intimidated me and I have been a computer instructor for more than 20 years, so I could imagine how non-techies feel.
3 people like this
@SunlightSwoon (1060)
• United States
21 May 09
@Canellita-WebMann's description covers it completely...you see when you find a company to host your blogs/websites on, part of what that company will make available to you is a control panel that allows you too do just about anything n everything imagineable to your blog/website.
And you gain that access to do these incredible things, from a control panel...one of the items on that control panel is called Fantastico and what this does is makes it possible for you to set up a wordpress blog. And it really isn't that hard to do ... and the only reason I am stating that is because I have 5 thumbs and I got through it [LOL]...8o)
2 people like this
@Canellita (12029)
• United States
21 May 09
What is Fantastico? Is that something else to be downloaded?
2 people like this
@WebMann (4731)
• Canada
22 May 09
I won't be as active over the next 5 months as it's fishing and garden season here now and that's where I will spending my time.
It's going to be a great summer and I will have lots of content for my fishing and gardening blogs. Maybe even a few for my travel blog.
Have a great summer Zed
2 people like this
@scheng1 (24649)
• Singapore
22 May 09
Oh dear, sounds horrible. I think blogger.com should at least give reason for shutting down a blog.
It is very painful to build up a blog, and got shut down for no reason at all. Wordpress.org did shut down some blogs, at least they clarified the violation of TOS led to the shutting down.
1 person likes this
@ayameyokomi (638)
• Philippines
29 May 09
Oh, I'm sorry to hear about that. Honestly, I didn't know Blogger was like that..
Yes, I also use Wordpress as my blogging tool because it's more powerful and advanced that those free blogging tools out there such as Blogger, Live Journal, and such. Wordpress is very good compared to Blogger, which can't create separate pages for those pages that needs pages. I know how to create pages with Blogger but I kinda didn't like it.. Then I decided to switch to Wordpress instead. At first I was really confused in using Wordpress but as time passed by, I got the hang of it.
I use many plugins. Such as Simple spoiler, Gravatar, Lightbox, Recent Posts and Comments, Most Commented Posts, Site Statistics, Wordpress Download Manager, and etcetera. I used to use a lot of Wordpress plugins but I realized that a blog or site would look much better and simpler without a lot of plugins so I deactivated some of the plugins I'm using.
So there, Happy myLotting! 
@kryzell (921)
• Philippines
13 Jun 09
A few days ago, I made a discussion here about blogspot vs wordpress. I just am not sure of how to work out in each... or which is better since I am a newbie in blogging.
However, when I checked blogspot, I found out how convenient it is to sign up for someone new. I also signed up for wordpress, yet I have know idea how and where to start. Also, I love personalizing my template and I thought, that's something I can't do with wordpress. Or maybe I;'m worong, and just failed to check this feature?
