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Choosing a blogging service: Blogger, Tumblr or Wordpress

Mindjumpers

There are pros and cons for all of them, but it depends a lot on whether you want to spend any money, want to have your own domain name, what kind of options and functionalities you want and what kind of skills you have in doing the design and maybe programming. I will go through to most widely used blogging services.

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Prepare Your Website for Geolocation with WordPress

Kikolani

When you consider all that needs to be done before you can launch your website – completing keyword research, creating branding and messaging, purchasing a domain name and mapping website architecture, it is vital to use a hosting platform that is easy to maintain and update. How to Promote Your Business, Blog or Website on Twitter.

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How to Set Up Twitter Newsletters and Why Newsletters Aren’t Going Anywhere

Buffer Social

Revue is an online publishing platform aimed at writers and publishers that Twitter acquired in 2021. Now, Twitter users have access to an integration that allows them to set up and display their newsletter on their profile quickly. Custom domains : You can get a Revue domain name or connect your custom domain.

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When DIY Blogging isn’t for You: 5 Alternatives to Self-Hosted WordPress

ProBlogger

Here on ProBlogger, we’ve always recommended self-hosted WordPress (aka WordPress.org) as the very best platform for blogging. Many of the world’s largest blogs and websites run on self-hosted WordPress. But for some bloggers, self-hosted WordPress might not be the best choice. Here are WordPress’ instructions on how to do it.

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Why’d You Choose That Domain Name?

ProBlogger

Now I’ve got my first domain and I have no idea how to use it.” ” Well at some point, no thanks to GoDaddy, we find Blogger or WordPress. Your first domain name most-likely had a.blogspot or.wordpress in it. wordpress and basically think the world will rejoice over our decision. Hello, new blog.

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How to Block Semalt.com from Accessing Your Website Using.htaccess

Bill Hartzer

And it’s even being reported as being a botnet: They are using a hacked botnet and @vote4obama2012 on twitter put up an image showing that they were offering a firefox extension which infects computers – very serious. I have entered a domain name as a test to see if it will keep coming back. https://twitter.com/search?f=realtime&q=%23semaltcom&src=typd.

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Are You a Digital Landowner or Sharecropper?

Waxing UnLyrical

When MySpace launched, it was full of promise, Many people, businesses, and artists flocked to it, creating pages and in some cases, taking down their websites and pointing their domain names to their MySpace page. Some recovered because they saw the writing on the wall early on, and moved back to their own domains.

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