Comments on: Counterpoints to “7 Blogging Beginner Mistakes” http://www.idratherbewriting.com/2007/10/06/counterpoints-to-7-blogging-beginner-mistakes/ Technical Communication Blog / Technical Writing Blog Fri, 19 Mar 2010 08:58:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Tom http://www.idratherbewriting.com/2007/10/06/counterpoints-to-7-blogging-beginner-mistakes/comment-page-1/#comment-107501 Tom Thu, 21 Feb 2008 06:56:21 +0000 http://www.idratherbewriting.com/2007/10/06/counterpoints-to-7-blogging-beginner-mistakes/#comment-107501 [Un]Fortunately, WordPress doesn't allow commercial ads (we're talking about freely hosted wordpress.com sites, not self-hosted wordpress.org sites). See this post from newspaper grl: <a href="http://www.newspapergrl.com/2007/09/18/my-wordpress-blog-disappears/" rel="nofollow">http://www.newspapergrl.com/2007/09/18/my-wordpress-blog-disappears/</a> and also the comments. But why would you want to use wordpress.com anyway, when you can get your own web host and install your own wordpress site for $7/month? I recommend Blue Host (has excellent live support). One more thing: you won't make much off ads until you have thousands of hits per day. [Un]Fortunately, WordPress doesn’t allow commercial ads (we’re talking about freely hosted wordpress.com sites, not self-hosted wordpress.org sites). See this post from newspaper grl: http://www.newspapergrl.com/2007/09/18/my-wordpress-blog-disappears/ and also the comments.

But why would you want to use wordpress.com anyway, when you can get your own web host and install your own wordpress site for $7/month? I recommend Blue Host (has excellent live support).

One more thing: you won’t make much off ads until you have thousands of hits per day.

]]> By: Alpay Erturkmen http://www.idratherbewriting.com/2007/10/06/counterpoints-to-7-blogging-beginner-mistakes/comment-page-1/#comment-107137 Alpay Erturkmen Wed, 20 Feb 2008 12:30:17 +0000 http://www.idratherbewriting.com/2007/10/06/counterpoints-to-7-blogging-beginner-mistakes/#comment-107137 Great post, thanks for the great tips. One think your post made me wonder, is it really not possible to use ads on wordpress? Great post, thanks for the great tips. One think your post made me wonder, is it really not possible to use ads on wordpress?

]]> By: Blogging about blogging « Word Wrangling http://www.idratherbewriting.com/2007/10/06/counterpoints-to-7-blogging-beginner-mistakes/comment-page-1/#comment-93232 Blogging about blogging « Word Wrangling Mon, 28 Jan 2008 19:43:27 +0000 http://www.idratherbewriting.com/2007/10/06/counterpoints-to-7-blogging-beginner-mistakes/#comment-93232 [...] the meantime, here’s some homework… Blogging Techniques Blogging Beginner Mistakes and counterpoints Writing Style for Blogging Usability [...] [...] the meantime, here’s some homework… Blogging Techniques Blogging Beginner Mistakes and counterpoints Writing Style for Blogging Usability [...]

]]> By: Idetrorce http://www.idratherbewriting.com/2007/10/06/counterpoints-to-7-blogging-beginner-mistakes/comment-page-1/#comment-76271 Idetrorce Sat, 15 Dec 2007 10:48:10 +0000 http://www.idratherbewriting.com/2007/10/06/counterpoints-to-7-blogging-beginner-mistakes/#comment-76271 very interesting, but I don't agree with you Idetrorce very interesting, but I don’t agree with you
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]]> By: Point and Counterpoint in Mistakes Beginner Bloggers Make « Lorelle on WordPress http://www.idratherbewriting.com/2007/10/06/counterpoints-to-7-blogging-beginner-mistakes/comment-page-1/#comment-61930 Point and Counterpoint in Mistakes Beginner Bloggers Make « Lorelle on WordPress Sat, 20 Oct 2007 11:41:16 +0000 http://www.idratherbewriting.com/2007/10/06/counterpoints-to-7-blogging-beginner-mistakes/#comment-61930 [...] Been a whine of mine for a long time. In part two of the debate, Tom Johnson of I’d Rather Be Writing plays devils advocate. You can tell that he believes much of what Puiu said, but pushes the concepts with examples of how the traditional concepts are often broken by those who do not follow conservative form and function, like my “free and limiting blog” that you are reading, in Counterpoints to 7 Blogging Beginner Mistakes. [...] [...] Been a whine of mine for a long time. In part two of the debate, Tom Johnson of I’d Rather Be Writing plays devils advocate. You can tell that he believes much of what Puiu said, but pushes the concepts with examples of how the traditional concepts are often broken by those who do not follow conservative form and function, like my “free and limiting blog” that you are reading, in Counterpoints to 7 Blogging Beginner Mistakes. [...]

]]> By: Tom http://www.idratherbewriting.com/2007/10/06/counterpoints-to-7-blogging-beginner-mistakes/comment-page-1/#comment-60367 Tom Tue, 16 Oct 2007 03:02:45 +0000 http://www.idratherbewriting.com/2007/10/06/counterpoints-to-7-blogging-beginner-mistakes/#comment-60367 Thanks for the comment, Lorelle. It is always an honor to receive a comment from you. I listened to the latest episodes of the <a href="http://wordpresspodcast.org">WordPress podcast </a>and noticed you joined in. It's great to hear your voice. Here's a question for you: I have a podcast separate from this blog (techwritervoices.com). Should I combine them, or keep them separated? Combining them would minimize blog maintenance time, but I feel like the audio content is easier to find if I keep it separate. Your thoughts? Thanks for the comment, Lorelle. It is always an honor to receive a comment from you. I listened to the latest episodes of the WordPress podcast and noticed you joined in. It’s great to hear your voice.

Here’s a question for you: I have a podcast separate from this blog (techwritervoices.com). Should I combine them, or keep them separated? Combining them would minimize blog maintenance time, but I feel like the audio content is easier to find if I keep it separate. Your thoughts?

]]> By: Lorelle http://www.idratherbewriting.com/2007/10/06/counterpoints-to-7-blogging-beginner-mistakes/comment-page-1/#comment-59225 Lorelle Fri, 12 Oct 2007 06:57:34 +0000 http://www.idratherbewriting.com/2007/10/06/counterpoints-to-7-blogging-beginner-mistakes/#comment-59225 I have several blogs, self-hosted and otherwise, and fame follows me where ever I go. :P HA! Thanks for the kind words, guys, and for the debate over my site. Both of you have made very good points on all sides, but the best one remains that content is king, or in my case, queen. :D I also believe that you get out of it what you put into it, if you put the right ingredients in it and spend a lot of time with it. A blog is like planting a garden. You put the right ingredients into your garden and it flowers beautifully. Screw up the PH with too much acid or an unbalanced mix of junk, and the whole garden is ruined. It takes a bit of fertilizer to grow some really good plants. Thus, a blog is garden of trial and error as you work to get it right. :D I have several blogs, self-hosted and otherwise, and fame follows me where ever I go. :P

HA! Thanks for the kind words, guys, and for the debate over my site. Both of you have made very good points on all sides, but the best one remains that content is king, or in my case, queen. :D

I also believe that you get out of it what you put into it, if you put the right ingredients in it and spend a lot of time with it. A blog is like planting a garden. You put the right ingredients into your garden and it flowers beautifully. Screw up the PH with too much acid or an unbalanced mix of junk, and the whole garden is ruined.

It takes a bit of fertilizer to grow some really good plants. Thus, a blog is garden of trial and error as you work to get it right. :D

]]> By: Tom http://www.idratherbewriting.com/2007/10/06/counterpoints-to-7-blogging-beginner-mistakes/comment-page-1/#comment-57199 Tom Sun, 07 Oct 2007 15:57:59 +0000 http://www.idratherbewriting.com/2007/10/06/counterpoints-to-7-blogging-beginner-mistakes/#comment-57199 You're right about the Wordpress-hosted bloggers excluding themselves from ad revenue possibilities. I hadn't thought of that. I recently read <a href="http://www.newspapergrl.com/769/my-wordpress-blog-disappears/">a post from a blogger whose entire Wordpress.com account disappeared</a> because she posted some ads on it. Overall thanks for the thought-provoking post. You’re right about the Wordpress-hosted bloggers excluding themselves from ad revenue possibilities. I hadn’t thought of that. I recently read a post from a blogger whose entire Wordpress.com account disappeared because she posted some ads on it.

Overall thanks for the thought-provoking post.

]]> By: Tibi Puiu http://www.idratherbewriting.com/2007/10/06/counterpoints-to-7-blogging-beginner-mistakes/comment-page-1/#comment-56815 Tibi Puiu Sat, 06 Oct 2007 18:48:43 +0000 http://www.idratherbewriting.com/2007/10/06/counterpoints-to-7-blogging-beginner-mistakes/#comment-56815 Hey Tom, thanks a lot for taking the time to read to my article and actually posting a reply to it. You've made some pretty solid arguments yourself, but I'll have to disagree with the self-hosted issue, Lorelle and other similar top bloggers such as herself has extraordinary content and no matter what domain she would've used, she would've been big anyway. She could've prolly achieve more if she was self-hoste d (i.e. more money, as wordpress hosted blogs can't put google ads because they don't run javascript). If you to make a decent blog buy yourself a domain and hosting plan, you'll regret it sooner or later if you don't. The other replies are spot on. Regards Hey Tom, thanks a lot for taking the time to read to my article and actually posting a reply to it. You’ve made some pretty solid arguments yourself, but I’ll have to disagree with the self-hosted issue, Lorelle and other similar top bloggers such as herself has extraordinary content and no matter what domain she would’ve used, she would’ve been big anyway. She could’ve prolly achieve more if she was self-hoste d (i.e. more money, as wordpress hosted blogs can’t put google ads because they don’t run javascript). If you to make a decent blog buy yourself a domain and hosting plan, you’ll regret it sooner or later if you don’t.

The other replies are spot on. Regards

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