what you guys think about free hosted blogs?

twn · 2007-06-05, 05:09 PM

Yup, it is good and it has its uses, even for experienced webmasters, thumblogger is almost in business 3 years now. But you didn't expect a different answer from me

Don't worry about places where you can submit your blog, there are many places that do accept thumblogger blogs, especially when they are "good" blogs. And above all you really don't need to submit your blog to 50 blog directories, 15 to 20 good ones is all you need to get the fun going.

Finding blog trades won't be a problem neither, just post a message on the support board and depending on your blog you will have some nice trades. Or use Blog Trade Finder ( http://www.adultblogresource.com/tradefinder/ ). Or just post a message on a webmaster board, when you have a good blog link trading won't be a problem.

It of course all depends on your blog, most people won't trade with a bad looking blog that is not handwritten or doesn't have something special (like pagerank). But the same applies to a blog on your own hosting.

walrus · 2007-06-05, 06:45 PM

Most of the users I've spoken with are very happy with thumbblogger and like twan said there are plenty of places that will accept it and trade with it.

But free hosts are not free. You give up the top ad placement on the blog to the host. With thumbblogger it's a small strip across the top of your blog. What that means is that a percentage of traffic that you work to get will go to the host.

I've broken the numbers down here in another thread which shows that if you build a goog blog that over the course of a year you would actually "pay more" in lost sales for a free hosted site than if you would have registered a domain and paid the hosting yourself.

2007-06-05, 05:09 PM	#1
twn Shut up brain, or I'll stab you with a Q-tip! Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 118	Yup, it is good and it has its uses, even for experienced webmasters, thumblogger is almost in business 3 years now. But you didn't expect a different answer from me Don't worry about places where you can submit your blog, there are many places that do accept thumblogger blogs, especially when they are "good" blogs. And above all you really don't need to submit your blog to 50 blog directories, 15 to 20 good ones is all you need to get the fun going. Finding blog trades won't be a problem neither, just post a message on the support board and depending on your blog you will have some nice trades. Or use Blog Trade Finder ( http://www.adultblogresource.com/tradefinder/ ). Or just post a message on a webmaster board, when you have a good blog link trading won't be a problem. It of course all depends on your blog, most people won't trade with a bad looking blog that is not handwritten or doesn't have something special (like pagerank). But the same applies to a blog on your own hosting. __________________ * Blog Submitter * Free WordPress Last edited by twn; 2007-06-05 at 05:14 PM..

2007-06-05, 06:45 PM	#2
walrus Oh no, I'm sweating like Roger Ebert Join Date: May 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 1,773	Most of the users I've spoken with are very happy with thumbblogger and like twan said there are plenty of places that will accept it and trade with it. But free hosts are not free. You give up the top ad placement on the blog to the host. With thumbblogger it's a small strip across the top of your blog. What that means is that a percentage of traffic that you work to get will go to the host. I've broken the numbers down here in another thread which shows that if you build a goog blog that over the course of a year you would actually "pay more" in lost sales for a free hosted site than if you would have registered a domain and paid the hosting yourself. __________________ Naked Girlfriend Porn TGP free partner account