Free Blogs

[Beaver Bob]

I see services like this as something that can be used kind of as a supplement to what you are doing. Creating feeder blogs and what not. Definitely not where you want to focus all your time or energy, but it serves its purpose.

[walrus]

Originally Posted by krash

First off, if anyone is using my service as the only way to TRY and make money in porn that is mistake number one.

Which is why I'm posting its not that I have anything against your or your service, it's because otherwise a newbie trying to get into blogging and doesn't know better doesn't realize this.

There are people who have been totally wiped out because they didn't know this and built their business on free hosts

Being honest, is your heading for this post really aimed at attracting experienced webmasters or people just trying to get a start in the business.

Originally Posted by krash

Secondly, it's good that you own your own domains and pay for your own hosting, so why do you attack me for running my own site and doing my own thing. Do you get some sort of gratification out of attacking someone on a forum.

No, I get no gratification out of attacking anyone and like I said, this isn't personal. I've got much better things I could use my time for. I just think that the terms used by people who operate this type of service is misleading. People should go into using it with their eyes wide open

Originally Posted by krash

As far as advertising goes I have a very simple text link at the top of my site and at best I might get 10 hits on them a day. People do not go to porn sites to read the text at the top of the blog. Most people don't even see the link. People go to porn sites to look at pictures not read links.

Ok, so your going broke running this service. Nobody clicks those links...THEN WHY HAVE THEM!

Originally Posted by krash

Don't look now dude but every site you link to on your sites is stealing your traffic and you linked to them voluntarily. You think just because you get these visitors to your site they are going to stay on your site and generate you sales? I think not.

At least I entered into those trades with my eyes open and they are positioned on my site where I chose and I can promise you they are not in prime ad space.

Originally Posted by krash

As far as my business decisions go, I know that there are people who use my service and much of what I decide to do takes them into account, so don't talk to me about MY business. I don't provide this service with any warranty or guaranty so anyone who uses it does so at their own risk. What I do expect is people to have the common decency to leave me alone about my site if they don't like it, or just not use it would be ok by me. I don't come to your job and throw rocks at you. All I want to do is make a service that other people can use. If you are so concerned about the people loosing everything they have done on my site go register www.donotusetriplexblogs.com and warn them that you have taken on the responsibility of getting the word out about using so called FREE blog services. Do the world a favor. (I've checked, the domain is available.)

This isn't a personal attack. I don't have a clue as to who you are. I'm not even trying to dissuade people from using your service. You could very well run the very best blog hosting service available and those that choose to use such a service may find that it's very profitable to use it.

I just think that they should not be mislead into thinking they are getting something for nothing. Nothing more, nothing less.

I actually hope your site, your service, works well for you.

Originally Posted by krash

When it comes to other services out there I don't care, I am not those services. All I want to do is make a service that other people can use. Blogger was never meant to have porn on it and as far as getting hacked goes...no one is immune to that.

Again, this isn't personal, never was meant to be. I'm sure you run a great service and take all the precautions possible to protect those that entrust their work in your hands.

Originally Posted by krash

If what you want to read me type is that my service is not provided free, your going to have a long wait. Any response you have to this is just going to be ignored so if you do respond it, your response will just be pandering to the public because I'm done with this I have better things to do.

Which is exactly what I've been doing since I first posted. My intent was not to attack you or your service, my intent was to point out to the webmasters (as I doubt much of the public really come in here), particularly the newer webmasters just beginning to think about blogging as a solution, that the term FREE HOST was misleading and that they should be prepared to pay for that service with something other than cash.

Now I'm done so I could give a shit whether you chose to respond or not

Originally Posted by Beaver Bob

I see services like this as something that can be used kind of as a supplement to what you are doing. Creating feeder blogs and what not. Definitely not where you want to focus all your time or energy, but it serves its purpose.

Personally, I think this is one of the biggest myth's that continues to surface in the blogging community.

Why not supplement what you are doing by building other quality sites that may not take as much work to update as a blog does. Why not supplement what your doing with sales pages, free sites, mini-sites SEO pages and what not that can generate traffic on their own but require little to no future updating.

But that's probably a topic for a different post

[whitey]

Originally Posted by walrus

Why not supplement what you are doing by building other quality sites that may not take as much work to update as a blog does. Why not supplement what your doing with sales pages, free sites, mini-sites SEO pages and what not that can generate traffic on their own but require little to no future updating.
But that's probably a topic for a different post

Years of experience in one sentence for those that are wise enough to take heed.

[Beaver Bob]

Originally Posted by walrus

Personally, I think this is one of the biggest myth's that continues to surface in the blogging community.

Why not supplement what you are doing by building other quality sites that may not take as much work to update as a blog does. Why not supplement what your doing with sales pages, free sites, mini-sites SEO pages and what not that can generate traffic on their own but require little to no future updating.

But that's probably a topic for a different post

You could very well be right. Its not a method I've used much myself, but I've talked to a lot of webmasters who do utilize these services and swear by them. I myself haven't done much with sploging or free hosted services.

[anasporn]

Originally Posted by Beaver Bob

You could very well be right. Its not a method I've used much myself, but I've talked to a lot of webmasters who do utilize these services and swear by them. I myself haven't done much with sploging or free hosted services.

IMO, the ones who "swear by" splogging and using FBHs firmly belong in the "throw enough shit against the wall" school of thought and are only after traffic for traffic's sake. I have puzzled over the popularity of splogging for years now, and finally asked a couple of sploggers to show me what they had that they considered successful. Let's just say I was underwhelmed, and even tried to point out to one of them that he was completely missing opportunities for sales by his method. His answer? "Who cares, it gets traffic into my network."

FWIW.