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Blogger with Own Domain

by StephenGB
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The course I am doing recommend using blogger with your own domain name rather than WP. Their reasoning is that blogger is favored by Google on searches as it is owned by Google. I see a lot of threads here recommending WP but these are two or three years ago and things may have changed.
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  • Profile picture of the author Tom Addams
    I'd drop the course, then.

    The main problems with Blogspot:

    1. You don't own the blog. It can be taken away.
    2. You look unprofessional. Hurts traffic growth & sales conversions.
    3. You have no support for CMS extensions. See above (2).

    Google favours a good site over a bad site, irrespective of CMS employed.

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    • Profile picture of the author StephenGB
      I believe may be I should ditch the course 1800 pounds for this course and they have no idea about copyright. The only reason I am sticking with them is to expose them at he end and warn others.
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      • Profile picture of the author Tom Addams
        Originally Posted by StephenGB View Post

        I believe may be I should ditch the course 1800 pounds for this course and they have no idea about copyright. The only reason I am sticking with them is to expose them at he end and warn others.
        1,800 quid? Jeebus. You'd think they'd throw in hosting. LOL
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        • Profile picture of the author StephenGB
          Originally Posted by Tom Addams View Post

          1,800 quid? Jeebus. You'd think they'd throw in hosting. LOL
          They are 1 year but that is peanuts. I don't who they use but I thinking of going to Bluehost.
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        • Profile picture of the author Frank Donovan
          Originally Posted by Tom Addams View Post

          1,800 quid? Jeebus. You'd think they'd throw in hosting. LOL
          And maybe an iMac.



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          • Profile picture of the author StephenGB
            I like your signature "We Go the Extra Mile" being not good for a taxi company.

            My friend had a construction company in Hawaii it was called Blockhead Construction, the slogan was "Slow but Expensive".
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            • Profile picture of the author Andre Slater
              One thing you have to be careful of is the Terms Of Service when using those services especially the free ones.

              Most of them don't want you to sell anything on the site..

              Make sure you read them.

              Google's ULTIMATE goal is to END Search

              When you put in a search request they want the first page results primarily the first result to answer the inquiry.

              It's not about who favors who its more so a concern is are you providing good content and answering the keyword to the fullest.

              Google will favor you if you provide valuable content and answer the inquiry without trying any dumb tricks
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            Originally Posted by Frank Donovan View Post

            And maybe an iMac.



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            Well a decent startup can be pitched...
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  • Profile picture of the author Ashley Skuse
    I'm sorry to say that you've been misinformed by the course you're on.

    Blogger does not automatically rank higher just because it's owned by Google. In fact, it continues to decrease in popularity, while WordPress reigns supreme.

    I highly recommend self-hosting a WordPress blog. That way, you own the website and can monetize it as you please.
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  • Profile picture of the author federal06
    Blogspot can give you a lot of traffic from google (Yes is true, because i have a blog and every month ginme 1000 weekly traffic for free from google) i recomend more using blogspot in niche, not to promote work at home and making money products, the more unique you create you blogspot, the more results you can get with google.

    If you are planing in creating a business is more recomend to use Wordpress.org (Because you become you own boss) you can post any content that you want, without problem.
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  • Profile picture of the author Tom Addams
    Andre makes some really great points.

    I will say, though, if you're even remotely new to IM, Stephen, I'd avoid too much concern over SEO. You'll be months waiting to receive any ROI. (Video SEO would be a different story.) If I were you, I'd stick to learning a few key areas and go from there:

    1. Site Development.
    2. Email Marketing.
    3. Social Marketing.
    4. Content Creation.
    5. Ad Copy.
    6. Viral Marketing.

    Once you get good at those, SEO will actually be a lot easier, since these days social signals play an immensely strong role. Could be argued (pretty easily), the biggest role.

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  • Profile picture of the author zdebx
    OMFG, you spent almost 2 grand on a course that tells you to use Blogger, because Google favours it?

    Get a refund, if you can, or if not, then make sure to send some gorilla poop to their head office > poopsenders - the ULTIMATE gag gift - SWEET revenge at its finest

    Any course that tells you to lick Google's a$$ so you can get ranked higher is retarded. How can you make your business dependant on something that you have no control over? Does that make any sense to you?

    There's a right reason why people recommend self-hosted Wordpress blogs, because you know it's YOURS and no one can mess around with it. Who cares what Google likes or doesn't?

    If you are blogging to satisfy Google, then you might as well stop now and get back to your day job. Think of traffic generation methods that are NOT dependant on Google - forums, socials, blog comments, guest posting, etc. That's how you get exposure, not Google...
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  • Profile picture of the author Rory Singh
    I heard of a lady who 'invested' [5 YEARS] into blogger. Then for some reason, all her stuff got pulled down. Blogger also doesn't like affiliate links that much.

    Do yourself a favor and forget that course (or at least the part about telling you to use blogger).

    Get your own domain and WP.
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  • Profile picture of the author Tyler Pratt
    Ya not good advice, you have to own and control your property 100% online.
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  • Profile picture of the author Ilenia Internet Marketer
    Hy StephenGB

    you should ask for a refund of the course and stop frequent it, to get you rankings comment threads on forums, write quality content on your blog, comment on your social pages, produce video with keyword in the headline, create a community of followers who ate around trust ...
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  • Profile picture of the author Randall Magwood
    Originally Posted by StephenGB View Post

    Their reasoning is that blogger is favored by Google on searches as it is owned by Google.
    Good content and a competent blogger is favored by Google.

    Surprisingly, these same things are also favored by Bing and Yahoo.
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