Linda Tewes Google products have very good quality. Google will not shut down Blogger because it is popular and brings profit to the company. This year Google enabled https connection of custom domains on Blogger. Blogger platform becomes better every year.
The best option is one that's not controlled by other people. Google keeps shutting down services and their support is virtually non-existent. Twitter is trigger happy with suspensions and banning for "wrong think". However, I DO recommend having an account there, but posting elsewhere and sharing a link from your other place TO your Twitter account. That way, you accomplish multiple goals:
1. Get the reach of Twitter. 2. Direct people OFF of Twitter. 3. Increase awareness of your other platform. 4. Not be harmed as much when Twitter bans you.
The future and the safer places are decentralized services where others can't shut you down. For social networks, there aren't any popular ones yet that are fully decentralized. However, minds.com - Minds is somewhat decentralized and fully open source and vows to never shadow ban. Diaspora is another one. Minds.com also supports blogging. But for blogging, I highly recommend registering your own domain (a .com domain is only about $10/year), then finding a cheap and/or free web hoster. Some free blogging platforms let you point your own domain name to your blog. So, even if they kill your blog, you just put it up on another hoster, using the same domain name. You lose nothing but a little of your time setting up the new site with your old content.
Stripes The Tiger Google doesn't appear to know what Google is doing with its foolhardy G+ termination. Who knows how many Google threads will unwind? Not Google. Hardly reassuring!
Kenneth Thompson The popular alternatives for blogging are WordPress and Wix, I believe. Do either of them handle the Android environment any better than Blogger? How so?
Here's another question for anybody who reads this. Are blogs themselves passe? I use a laptop, not a phone, but I'd like to stay as relevant as possible. What is replacing blogs, if anything? On your phone, how do I best get your attention?
Jeff Diver nobody really "blogs" anymore per the original definition (web log). They use "blogging" software as an easy front end to a website where they can post anything. I use WordPress... The software, not the site, hosted on a regular web hosting site with my own domains. I post mostly tech tip articles on my blog website .
And yes, the WordPress software UI is a responsive UI and is mobile friendly... For READING content, not really for creating or editing it.
A service being highly popular, is not enough reason for Google not to shut down. Best example is probably Google Reader. It needs to earn money with minimum risk. Not sure how Blogger is earning Google money...
Twitter will suspend anybody attacked by a bot army for any reason. I was suspended from Twitter for using the phrase "gun loon" to describe a gun loon.
Even hugely popular posters on Twitter like Stonekettle Station have been temporarily suspended by bots. That makes Twitter about as reliable as gas station sushi.
Filip H.F. Slagter It would have been trivial to include ads in Google Reader of the type found on YouTube. Google's leadership went haywire when Sergey Brin stepped down.
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Blogspot is Blogger. Blogger is a Google product.
ReplyDeleteLinda Tewes Google products have very good quality. Google will not shut down Blogger because it is popular and brings profit to the company. This year Google enabled https connection of custom domains on Blogger. Blogger platform becomes better every year.
ReplyDeleteThe best option is one that's not controlled by other people. Google keeps shutting down services and their support is virtually non-existent. Twitter is trigger happy with suspensions and banning for "wrong think". However, I DO recommend having an account there, but posting elsewhere and sharing a link from your other place TO your Twitter account. That way, you accomplish multiple goals:
ReplyDelete1. Get the reach of Twitter.
2. Direct people OFF of Twitter.
3. Increase awareness of your other platform.
4. Not be harmed as much when Twitter bans you.
The future and the safer places are decentralized services where others can't shut you down. For social networks, there aren't any popular ones yet that are fully decentralized. However, minds.com - Minds is somewhat decentralized and fully open source and vows to never shadow ban. Diaspora is another one. Minds.com also supports blogging. But for blogging, I highly recommend registering your own domain (a .com domain is only about $10/year), then finding a cheap and/or free web hoster. Some free blogging platforms let you point your own domain name to your blog. So, even if they kill your blog, you just put it up on another hoster, using the same domain name. You lose nothing but a little of your time setting up the new site with your old content.
Igor Marinovsky bwahahahahhaha. Google won’t shut down blogger.... hahahahahhahah... ded.
ReplyDeleteStripes The Tiger Google doesn't appear to know what Google is doing with its foolhardy G+ termination. Who knows how many Google threads will unwind? Not Google. Hardly reassuring!
ReplyDeleteJeff Diver exactly my point. It’s foolish to believe otherwise.
ReplyDeleteChris Harpner People can register domain for free at freenom.com - Freenom - A Name for Everyone Personally I use https://minds.com for promotion of my website. I think Minds.com is good option for people who like blogging ...
ReplyDeleteI mean, really? Blogger ?? C'mon, used their Android app lately? "Sucks!" is being too kind!
ReplyDeleteKenneth Thompson The popular alternatives for blogging are WordPress and Wix, I believe. Do either of them handle the Android environment any better than Blogger? How so?
ReplyDeleteHere's another question for anybody who reads this. Are blogs themselves passe? I use a laptop, not a phone, but I'd like to stay as relevant as possible. What is replacing blogs, if anything? On your phone, how do I best get your attention?
Jeff Diver nobody really "blogs" anymore per the original definition (web log). They use "blogging" software as an easy front end to a website where they can post anything. I use WordPress... The software, not the site, hosted on a regular web hosting site with my own domains. I post mostly tech tip articles on my blog website .
ReplyDeleteAnd yes, the WordPress software UI is a responsive UI and is mobile friendly... For READING content, not really for creating or editing it.
A service being highly popular, is not enough reason for Google not to shut down. Best example is probably Google Reader.
ReplyDeleteIt needs to earn money with minimum risk. Not sure how Blogger is earning Google money...
Chris Harpner Thanks for the update!
ReplyDeleteTwitter will suspend anybody attacked by a bot army for any reason. I was suspended from Twitter for using the phrase "gun loon" to describe a gun loon.
ReplyDeleteEven hugely popular posters on Twitter like Stonekettle Station have been temporarily suspended by bots. That makes Twitter about as reliable as gas station sushi.
Filip H.F. Slagter It would have been trivial to include ads in Google Reader of the type found on YouTube. Google's leadership went haywire when Sergey Brin stepped down.
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