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What blog software should I use on my site.

by cmo140
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I want to add a blog in the back end of my site and I was wondering what software should I use to do this. The e-book I am selling my wife does everyday and she finds great finds, you can image the money she makes doing this. She bought a purse for 2 dollars and sold it for $500 because is was alligator. So instead of auto blogging I thought I can have her blog once a day about her finds.


Also if anyone knows a good script to add when they leave to send them to the blog would be great also.
#blog #site #software
  • Profile picture of the author Suzanne Morrison
    Your best bet is WordPress - WordPress › Blog Tool and Publishing Platform

    Cheers,
    Suzanne
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  • Profile picture of the author Sumit Menon
    I don't know what the hell you're talking about but I'd echo Suzzane. Actually, don't even bother giving others a thought.
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    • Profile picture of the author cmo140
      So what do you think is good to use?


      Originally Posted by Sumit Menon View Post

      I don't know what the hell you're talking about but I'd echo Suzzane. Actually, don't even bother giving others a thought.
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      • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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        • Profile picture of the author cmo140
          What about quickblog from godaddy. I used it before and I thought just using it again. Any thought on that.


          Originally Posted by Alexa Smith View Post

          Peronsally, in these circumstances with an existing site, I would go for self-hosted Blogger as an add-on to what you already have there. Having tried both, I found it very much easier to learn, and far more user-friendly than Wordpress.

          You can also get loads of add-ons and free templates for it and make it look however you want it to look, which might be nothing like the standard "Blogger look" (I find that nearly all Wordpress blogs look like "Wordpress blogs", myself). Here's an example (not one of mine) of what self-hosted Blogger can look like, added on to someone's website.
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          • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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            • Profile picture of the author cmo140
              Its hosted on godaddy already, what is wrong with godaddy?

              Originally Posted by Alexa Smith View Post

              I haven't seen it. Can it really be added on to another site already hosted elsewhere or do you have to host the whole site at GoDaddy (I certainly wouldn't want to do that, myself)?
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            • Profile picture of the author cmo140
              Its hosted on godaddy already, what is wrong with godaddy?

              Originally Posted by Alexa Smith View Post

              I haven't seen it. Can it really be added on to another site already hosted elsewhere or do you have to host the whole site at GoDaddy (I certainly wouldn't want to do that, myself)?
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        • Profile picture of the author Sumit Menon
          Originally Posted by Alexa Smith View Post

          Peronsally, in these circumstances with an existing site, I would go for self-hosted Blogger as an add-on to what you already have there. Having tried both, I found it very much easier to learn, and far more user-friendly than Wordpress.

          You can also get loads of add-ons and free templates for it and make it look however you want it to look, which might be nothing like the standard "Blogger look" (I find that nearly all Wordpress blogs look like "Wordpress blogs", myself). Here's an example (not one of mine) of what self-hosted Blogger can look like, added on to someone's website.
          But, Wordpress has all the plugins and it takes care of most of the SEO.

          I would've believed Blogger did that before Matt Cutts himself said it.

          But, yeah, you can't compare the learning curve. Wordpress is a kind of a challenge if you're a technophobe. Not very hard, but not a cakewalk either.
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          • Profile picture of the author Loren Woirhaye
            I know there's a cult of devotion to WordPress - and I use
            it sometimes myself - but I think it's significantly harder
            to learn than WP boosters want to admit.

            Blogger is pretty darned easy to use. Which is right for
            you depends on your goals. The truth about having a
            highly visible blog (in SEO terms) is that you'll get a ton
            of comment spam. I know a lot of folks feel getting a lot
            of random traffic to your blog is the idea of having one -
            but that's not true of every situation.
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            • Profile picture of the author cmo140
              Can I add word press onto my site already?

              Originally Posted by Loren Woirhaye View Post

              I know there's a cult of devotion to WordPress - and I use
              it sometimes myself - but I think it's significantly harder
              to learn than WP boosters want to admit.

              Blogger is pretty darned easy to use. Which is right for
              you depends on your goals. The truth about having a
              highly visible blog (in SEO terms) is that you'll get a ton
              of comment spam. I know a lot of folks feel getting a lot
              of random traffic to your blog is the idea of having one -
              but that's not true of every situation.
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  • Profile picture of the author Loren Woirhaye
    Yeah, probably - I cannot say whether you will find it
    easy to install or not. I don't know how your hosting
    is set-up.

    If you want your blog to look just like your site that's
    a theme-design issue.
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    • Profile picture of the author cmo140
      How about this, I get a pop up script that when they leave it can take them to the blog. So what would you suggest for blog software then.

      Originally Posted by Loren Woirhaye View Post

      Yeah, probably - I cannot say whether you will find it
      easy to install or not. I don't know how your hosting
      is set-up.

      If you want your blog to look just like your site that's
      a theme-design issue.
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  • Profile picture of the author Loren Woirhaye
    Whatever you feel up to learning how to install and
    manage. Blogger is much easier to learn.
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    • Profile picture of the author cmo140
      If I do a blog I want to own it, not let blogger get all the traffic.



      Originally Posted by Loren Woirhaye View Post

      Whatever you feel up to learning how to install and
      manage. Blogger is much easier to learn.
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      • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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        • Profile picture of the author cmo140
          What do you suggest?


          Originally Posted by Alexa Smith View Post

          That's one of the many reasons why you should host it on your own site and not use their free hosting at Blogspot.com. (Every time you start a new Blogger blog it asks you whether you want it to be self-hosted or hosted on their Blogspot hosting.)
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