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| May 15, 2005 3:31 pm |
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re: re: Which blog services are the most SEO friendly? |
Adrian Fusiarski
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Its highly unlikely that having a blog on Blogger gives you slightest bit of advantage with search engines, and the PR will reflect more on the fact that your blog is sat on a sub-domain of blogspot/blogger and isn't as 'authentic' (wrong word I know) as having PR for your own domain.
Blogger/Blogspot already has a PR of 9 so, its true, any sub-domain is likely to be rated 'favourably' in that respect.
http://www.iprcom.com/papers/pagerank/
Back to an earlier comment on this thread about Word Press. Well if people find the thought of installing new software on remote server space, not to worry, there are some very easy shortcuts.
Firstly you'll need to find a webhost that uses CPanel and Fantastico. Basically CPanel is an online administration control panel for webmasters to admin their websites, add email addresses to their domains etc. Fantastico is a CPanel 'plug-in' which installs extra scripts for you at the click of a mouse.
Now these webhosts are everywhere because CPanel is the number one web control panel in the biz (Plesk is the second favourite). So anyway, one of the scripts that is installed as standard on Fantastico is Word Press.
http://www.cpanel.net/
http://www.netenberg.com/fantastico.php
http://www.sw-soft.com/en/products/plesk7
Fantastico has a choice of blogging software.As well as WP they usually have
Nucleus http://nucleuscms.org/
B2 Evolution http://b2evolution.net/ and
PMachine Free (also known as Expression Engine)
http://www.pmachine.com/
Both B2Evolution and PMachine you'll find are similar to Movable Type of which Word Press is a derivative of too.
There's a breakdown of some more software here:
http://www.asymptomatic.net/blogbreakdown.htm
http://www.opensourcecms.com/
Back to the webhosts. Its a buyers market out there so make sure you choose your host very, very wisely, especially if you intend to use your site for business. Never be seduced by lowest price or claims of 'unlimited bandwidth'. Unlimited bandwidth is a myth, anyone trying to sell you on this is either trying to hoodwink you or doesn't know what they're talking about. Usually both.
Always search out the background on a proposed webhost. Always. Check reputable hosting forums first. Search the forums for the name of your host and see what feedback they get from users. Also, just be aware, never, never take things that you read on forums as the abslute last word and gospel. Most forums are packed with anonymous trolls, lurkers, spammers and moles so just use comments as a guide-line.
A forum mole? Basically someone you'll see a lot of on webmaster forums, either hyping up their own or shooting down a rival firm at popular forums. SEO forums are popular for these guys.
Anyway, these are the ones that are the most 'reputable'.
http://webhostingtalk.com/
http://www.webmasterworld.com/category39.htm
http://webhosting.devshed.com/
http://www.hosthideout.com/
And if you want a 'guideline' price to have your own blog software on a reliable host with Cpanel/Fantastico, allow $10 a month.
Dont pay more than $10 a year for your domain names either. Ever. If you pay more than $10 a year you're paying too much.
http://www.godaddy.com and
http://1and1.com are both around $8 a year.
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