New To Blogging

[ronnie]

Originally Posted by balls_deep

Getting a unique domain will depend of weather you are going to start a real blog or just a splog.

Huh? How does that matter? You can put a blog or a splog anywhere you want.

If you want the best chance of a blog doing well, get a domain for it and put the blog on the index of the domain. and make sure to use the latest version of wordpress. Plus give it a few months to get going.

As far as a real blog or not, seems that is more up to the surfer. I have blogs that have ads all over and in most every post, but many surfers think it's a real person blogging, or a real blog..

[Licker4U]

Damn, my host has it all set up but I threw them a curve, I got a domain for the blog so now they have to move the info to the new domain

[ronnie]

Originally Posted by Licker4U

Damn, my host has it all set up but I threw them a curve, I got a domain for the blog so now they have to move the info to the new domain

Probably not. All they needed to do was set up a database for you. If all your domains including a new one are on the same account, you can access the database from any domain.

[Licker4U]

Originally Posted by ronnie

Probably not. All they needed to do was set up a database for you. If all your domains including a new one are on the same account, you can access the database from any domain.

Well that's kewl, I guess I'm good to go. Just need the new domain to propogate or whatever

[ronnie]

Originally Posted by Licker4U

Well that's kewl, I guess I'm good to go. Just need the new domain to propogate or whatever

That's how it's worked for my last couple hosts, can't say 100% for yours. If it's "localhost" for the database host/server, then you should be set, just need the DB name, user name and password.

Give you time to upload wordpress. Make sure to go to wordpress if you haven't already and get the latest. Last I saw it was 2.3.3

[walrus]

Originally Posted by ronnie

If you want the best chance of a blog doing well, get a domain for it and put the blog on the index of the domain. and make sure to use the latest version of wordpress. Plus give it a few months to get going.

Actually, the blogs I get the most traffic on are the ones that I piggy backed with one of my blog directories.

[ronnie]

Originally Posted by walrus

Actually, the blogs I get the most traffic on are the ones that I piggy backed with one of my blog directories.

Like I said, from my experience, guess millage will vary..

Just what I've seen from my blogs, comparing index placed blogs and sub directory blogs.