Tuesday, October 6, 2009

It's Official: I'm leaving TypePad for Blogger

I've been trying out all kinds of blogging platforms - Blogger, Squarespace, Wordpress.com, Typepad, and probably others I can't remember right now.  Although I haven't tried the self-hosted Wordpress, I do plan to at some point, just not right now.

I actually do like all the blogging platforms, but none are 100% perfect.  For a number of reasons, Blogger is the right choice for me.  It fits everything I need right now.

Here's the three main reasons I choose Blogger:

  1. Cost. I don't have enough funds right now to sink into anything at all such as yearly fees, hosting or anything else.
  2. Time.  I have even less of that.  No time for a learning curve whatsoever.  Too much going on in my life and I need to get down to business!
  3. Google Sidewiki.  This may not make sense right now, but I can see amazing value in using Sidewiki to post to our blogs on Blogger.  As time goes on, I believe this will get clearer to more people.
Typepad is nice, but their templates are not easily customizable at all.  After much wrangling and struggling to get everything to work, I finally threw in the towel.  I simply don't have time to struggle with anything.

Which blogging platform do you use?  I'd love to hear your thoughts and insights on the various blogging platforms.

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