Should I Leave Blogger?

by Wurmwood

Posted: 15 years ago 13 replies

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This might be a silly question, but would my blogs be more profitable if I left blogger and set up my own site on wordpress and threw in some affiliate links? I've got my blogger blogs monetized with Adsense, but I don't think I've made anything off of them. I'd have more control over my content and affiliate links and other monetization options, too, wouldn't I?

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dvduval 15 years ago

I think of my own blogger sites as a place I can add extra content in a focal area and sometimes link out to my other content. I do get adsense revenue. For example, today i had one click work $2.22. Not a lot, but add it up over time and it was certainly worth my initial effort.
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- Todd Sampson 15 years ago
  
  In a word...yes.
  
  By using blogger you are limiting yourself and running the risk of losing everything. Say you build up this nice blog bringing in a tidy amount of money a month, and then blogger changes their rules and decides your blog is no longer welcome. Say bye bye to your income (and this has happened to many people).
  
  If you have your own site, you never need to fear someone else deciding on what you can have on your site and how you can monetize it. Honestly it only cost like $8 for a domain name and then $5-$10/month for hosting. Blogger is great as kind of a practice ground or to use to add links to your main site, but not a good idea to host your money page there.
  
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  JaySchmidt 15 years ago
  
  Host the blog yourself rather than relying on Google. They can remove your blog for various reasons, some of which are not under your control. If you self-host, you're safe. You don't have to go far to find horror stories of people losing out because of Google banning a blog.
  
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grannywriteswell 15 years ago

You definitely have more control when you have your own site, and yes you could increase your monetization efforts as well.

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DeborahDera

15 years ago

Originally Posted by Wurmwood

Monetization options are better on your own site, as are design and layout options. And, as noted, you won't have to worry about waking up one day to find that Blogger has removed your site for some reason.

I think that self-hosting presents a more professional face as well.

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RickDayle 15 years ago

I don't know if you should leave blogger, but perhaps start your own blog(s) on your own domain. You could always point the blogger blogs to your own blogs once you get some posts in place.

Short term, blogger is fine, but if you want to get serious, the few dollars it takes to have your own domain and hosting is worth what you can do down the road.
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RentItNow 15 years ago

More control with own site but harder to get rid of spam. I dont know why and it is unscientific but one of my blogger sites is terrible for SEO while the same subject is high on my own WP install. Most hosts now make it easy to setup WP now as well and can be less than $3.50/mn. Check out link below for one.
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Manuelcrc 15 years ago

Did you say leave?...Run!
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mahesh2010 15 years ago

Hi,
Really blogs are more profitable but depends on what you blog and
Where you post your blog and visitors to the blog make profit
Not to leave your blog and better change any of above mentioned points
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- VanessaB 15 years ago
  
  I started out with Blogger blogs. I found them very easy to set up, very easy to monetize.
  
  I've only ever in 5 years, lost 2 of them, both of which did violate Bloggers TOS, I just didn't know that at the time.
  
  I have several that make money, and one good money maker.
  
  When the good money maker became profitable I was worried about the exposure of leaving it on Blogger, but didn't want to have to work and wait for new search engine rankings for a brand new site.
  
  I found a solution that lets me use Blogger blogs all day long to test out niches. If they become profitable, I can move them without losing any of the rankings or link juice I worked for.
  
  Check my sig to see how.
  
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Sweely99 15 years ago

You should really leave blogger and migrate to Wordpress. Self-hosted Wordpress.
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jakchrist 15 years ago

I use Weebly, personally. I don't like any websites runned by google, since they require me to give them my phone number which is information I don't want in their hands.
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yukon Banned 15 years ago

I just bought a $1,165.00 LED tv thanks to Blogger/Adsense.

Am I bragging, no!

Does Blogger make money, yes!
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