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yukon

Banned 16 years ago

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Blaine Moore 16 years ago

I wouldn't put any site I cared about on blogspot or wordpress.com or any of those third party platforms...they get to decide if you get shut down or not.

I'd rather just spend the $10/year for a domain and self host. Much safer, much more control, and much less of a hassle. (I've already got a few hosting accounts so adding one more blog doesn't make a big difference there - but if you don't have hosting then you can start with ~$8/month pretty easily.)
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Matt Helphrey

16 years ago

It is definitely better to have a self hosted website off of any platform where you have no control as to what happens to it.

Let the new year represent a new beginning. Learn from your mistakes and move on.

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maryparker

16 years ago

Originally Posted by Matt Helphrey

It is definitely better to have a self hosted website off of any platform where you have no control as to what happens to it.

Let the new year represent a new beginning. Learn from your mistakes and move on.

True, it's definitely better to have a self hosted website. According to WordPress.com support, mapping your domain to a WordPress.com account will not avoid the blocks that ban by IP address. The request goes to the WordPress.com name servers which trigger the blocks. So adding the Domain Mapping feature will not get around the bans.

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auradev

16 years ago

Yeah, never use those guys to host a blog... it leads to major problems down the road if your site ever does take off. Just pay the $50 per year to have your own site and own your domain.

There are a ton of cheap cpanel hosts that will work great.

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mrcool2012 16 years ago

Can you suggest any good ones auradev please? Thanks
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Barcelona19

16 years ago

Thanks for the tips, I guess my friends were right. The reason why I didn't start from scratch was Wordpress' SEO optimized ability, I thought I'd rank better using their platform, that's all. But i don't know if its worth it now. It really sucks, I talked to their admin, and they were quite strict, they would not listen to reason, they just said we don't like bloggers to comment on other blogs with links to other sites in the name area, so any blog backlinking is a complete no-no to them.

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navyseal

16 years ago

Hi can I ask?

Does anyone would like to help me?

What is the difference about wordpress.com blog and the wordpress that is uploaded via ftp?

Which is the most SEO friendly?

Im kinda confuse about this...

Hope you can give me a brighter answer...

Hope you don't mind.

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Bingo123

16 years ago

Wow I never realised they would ban you for that. Just doesn't make sense, especially if your posts are relevant to the blog as you say. I do that all the time. Really odd one.

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Barcelona19

16 years ago

Originally Posted by Bingo123

Wow I never realised they would ban you for that. Just doesn't make sense, especially if your posts are relevant to the blog as you say. I do that all the time. Really odd one.

You comment on others' blogs all the time, but do you have a backlink to your own blog in your name tag? I think this might just be the crucial factor here.

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SEO Coach

16 years ago

this is one of those things which is like the sun rising in the east...don't fight it!

as mentioned, you can set up a blog with hostgator in seconds and it only will cost you $4.95 a month for the baby account.

Plus the wordpress.com site won't allow you to monetize the site in case you ever want to start making $$$

think of the free blogs as practice....now you're ready for the big time!

and please come by and leave appropriate comments on my posts any time! LOL

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Barcelona19

16 years ago

Originally Posted by SEO Coach

this is one of those things which is like the sun rising in the east...don't fight it!

as mentioned, you can set up a blog with hostgator in seconds and it only will cost you $4.95 a month for the baby account.

Plus the wordpress.com site won't allow you to monetize the site in case you ever want to start making $$$

think of the free blogs as practice....now you're ready for the big time!

and please come by and leave appropriate comments on my posts any time! LOL

Thanks mate. Yes, looking on the bright side, it was certainly a valuable experience. I like using Emmanuel Kant's law (one of my fav philosophers) in my actions. Kant's law states that you should look at two things to decide whether the action is appropriate or not. First, if everybody does what you are doing, would you like it? Second, if somebody does this back to you, would you like it? What I did passed both these two tests for me. I would welcome any constructive comments contributing to my blog with a backlink back to their website, the backlink should however not point to a competitor's site, that would cross the line for me. I would not post any of my backlinks on a competitor's site.

I've only a month's experience in SEO, so maybe learning the ropes through the free WP platform is still needed. When I'm ready to progress, I will definitely create my own website, not even a self-hosted wp blog, by then hopefully even the onsite SEO of Wordpress will be basic to me.

Right now, and i guess you can see it for yourself on my sig, I have another free blog similar to the banned one, but this one's got no blog backlinks, lets see if this blog can get good positions in google search results. I exported the contents from the banned blog to this one, which I don't even know if its a good idea, will Google think that it is duplicate content and penalize my new blog?

As for the new blog, I am not risking another blog getting deactivated, I refuse to blog comment any longer. This is especially tough on me because I really like making creative, unique blog comments that I hope the author would like. I guess on-site optimization, social bookmarking, article writing, and directory submission are my only choices left. Forum backlinks maybe, but extreme care is required. I don't know much about link wheel or other complex linking structures yet, as for black hat SEO, that would definitely get my blog banned before I say Happy New Year

Cheers.

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seoforu

16 years ago

Self hosted websites are much safer than blogs on other platforms.I would rather pay for my own site than to be dependent on third party platforms.Blogger or wordpress is suitable for newbies or for some housewives who want to earn something without spending anything.If you are planning for a full time professional business site..then having a self hosted website is better.

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Barcelona19

16 years ago

Originally Posted by seoforu

Self hosted websites are much safer than blogs on other platforms.I would rather pay for my own site than to be dependent on third party platforms.Blogger or wordpress is suitable for newbies or for some housewives who want to earn something without spending anything.If you are planning for a full time professional business site..then having a self hosted website is better.

I am a newbie in the SEO game, and I heard that wordpress is already search engine optimized, that is why I chose it in the first place, everything is already there, very user-friendly, such as tags, header, title, body, category, and other html stuff. I am starting to wonder that in using wordpress, I probably don't even need to backlink at all...

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JMSD

16 years ago

Originally Posted by Barcelona19

I am a newbie in the SEO game, and I heard that wordpress is already search engine optimized, that is why I chose it in the first place, everything is already there, very user-friendly, such as tags, header, title, body, category, and other html stuff. I am starting to wonder that in using wordpress, I probably don't even need to backlink at all...

There is no reason to avoid Wordpress because it's Google-friendly and easy for even a newbie to set up but DON'T host it with WordPress or any free blogging hosting sites. That's where you went wrong as these self-hosting sites have rules which you clearly violated. Hence the ban.

Instead:

Buy a domain of your own - go to Godaddy or cheapnames.
Subscribe to a shared hosting plan - Hostgator (Baby would be fine) or Bluehost from as little as $3.99/m - you need to check the current rate. Check to see if there are any discount vouchers you can use which will save you even more money.

Create WordPress sites using Fantastico Deluxe or its equivalent from your host cPanel
You'll then be free to post whatever you want and also post on other people's WP sites provided you offer valuable content.

If you don't know how to do any of that, simply type in "How do I do x" in Google's search box and away you go with free information and video demos.

Good luck.

James

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Barcelona19

16 years ago

Originally Posted by JMSD

There is no reason to avoid Wordpress because it's Google-friendly and easy for even a newbie to set up but DON'T host it with WordPress or any free blogging hosting sites. That's where you went wrong as these self-hosting sites have rules which you clearly violated. Hence the ban.

Instead:

Buy a domain of your own - go to Godaddy or cheapnames.
Subscribe to a shared hosting plan - Hostgator (Baby would be fine) or Bluehost from as little as $3.99/m - you need to check the current rate. Check to see if there are any discount vouchers you can use which will save you even more money.

Create WordPress sites using Fantastico Deluxe or its equivalent from your host cPanel
You'll then be free to post whatever you want and also post on other people's WP sites provided you offer valuable content.

If you don't know how to do any of that, simply type in "How do I do x" in Google's search box and away you go with free information and video demos.

Good luck.

James

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navyseal

16 years ago

Thanks man!

Now I know...

Cheers!

Originally Posted by seoforu

Self hosted websites are much safer than blogs on other platforms.I would rather pay for my own site than to be dependent on third party platforms.Blogger or wordpress is suitable for newbies or for some housewives who want to earn something without spending anything.If you are planning for a full time professional business site..then having a self hosted website is better.

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iresh

16 years ago

if you are depending on there free service, yes you should be prepare for that, get simple host for you, thats the best thing

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samual james

16 years ago

i have 3 blogs on wordpress and all are banned due to violation of rules and regulation. when i mailed them what is the reason behind banned me they just say u are violate our rules and after that no reply. its better if you can host blog

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RealEcon

16 years ago

Never use free blogging sites as your money sites.

Why invest your time and energy into something you dont own. Its like building an addition onto a house your renting. Why would you do that? Free blogging sites are for gaining backlinks and traffic to your money sites.

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brettb

16 years ago

As someone who is getting fed up with self serving comments I have to applaud wordpress on this.

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Barcelona19

16 years ago

Originally Posted by ruby taylor

As someone who is getting fed up with self serving comments I have to applaud wordpress on this.

Yes, but what if the comments benefit both the blog and the commentor? The comment brings a constructive, interesting issue to discuss, while the comment also has a backlink to the commentor's blog in the name tag. Mutual benefits, both sides gain from this. It is not a zero-sum game mate, it can be mutually beneficial.

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joelwalters

16 years ago

Sorry to hear that, I've never heard of someone getting banned from wordpress for comment spamming.

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tribros

16 years ago

I never like to work or use anything that don't have much control and I've been in the similar situation myself and there is nothing you can do except just move on and re-start. So, I would advice you to move on with your own domain and hosting and learn from your mistakes.

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logoonlinepros1

16 years ago

Blogspot and wordpress has very strict policy you must follow it if you break it policy and rules or regulation so they warn you and on next mistake you will be kick out from this blog service.
must try to post unique content or to post a link spam on comment box.

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michelsteve

16 years ago

Wordpress follow a strict rule to prevent spammers. SEO Blogs focused on search engines not for humans , Scraper Blog republishing others content, Affliate Marketing Blogs driving traffic for affliate program are strictly banned by Wordpress.

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Bharathipriya

16 years ago

Wordpress is really good. I am having two blogs, i wont spam anyway, so its going very well. They wont ban you, when you wont spam them. In addition to this, they just want us to use wordpress rather than preventing from using wordpress.

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chiwawa

16 years ago

It is better to have a self hosted website but at the same time word[ress is great. Just follow their rules and you wont have issues with them

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iresh

16 years ago

Hmm did i see the same problem again, this is happening because you are posting links with the comments ..

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Barcelona19 16 years ago

Originally Posted by iresh

Hmm did i see the same problem again, this is happening because you are posting links with the comments ..

Yep, it sucks. I posted a comment on many blogs (about 50-60 blogs over the month maybe even more), but I tried to make all my comments constructive and relevant to the blog I posted in. If one or two of those 60 blogs felt that my comment was not contributing enough to warrant a backlink, the comment becomes classified as spam, the WP admin is notified and my blog is immediately deactivated. The risk is high, just one mistake and you're out. That's why I am not taking these risks any longer.
Like almost all of you said, self-hosting with Wordpress app is a much more attractive option.

Also, it occurred to me now that when I post a comment I use my Thai target keyword as my name, I assumed the author of the blog can not read Thai so wouldn't know whether its my name or my target keyword. Maybe some of them knew how to type Thai and realized I was using my keyword as my name. I think this might be the reason I got flagged as spam.
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clwest

16 years ago

Heck,

All my sties are wordpress front ends with various templates that I have self hosted. Most hosting sites allow you to install wordpress fairly easily to your domain (at least my hosting provider does.) That way, I am 100% responsible for everything, and do not have to worry about the host splitting revenue (If I made $100 last month, how much did wordpress, etc make?) Don't leave money on the table

CW

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jslee

16 years ago

With wordpress you can not have a nice domain anyway. If you only want to blog for fun, free blogs are OK. Otherwise, get a domain and have your money site on that. Then install a WP blog on it and you are done. You have the best of both world.

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