Wordpress Props
Wordpress is in my opinion the best free blogging service there is. Its spam blocking is amazing. It almost never fails to catch the spam comments I get - it’s caught 390 comments in the 6 months I’ve been using it. The stats are great - detailed without being completely exhaustive. And it has a third option between moderated and unmoderated comments - you can moderate the first comment from a specific person, and the rest of their comments come up automatically after that. It’s great. Plus, any changes you make come up immediately without your having to republish the whole site (something you’ll understand if you use Blogger).
I think I would like to switch to Typepad someday if my blog starts getting a bigger audience, but for now, I’m really happy with this free service. I would also like the ability to customize the theme more without having to purchase upgrades or my own domain (which I’ve tried before), but I’m willing to sacrifice that for the rest of the features! I know, this post is like a commercial, but you should really consider switching if you’re using another free service.
Filed under: Miscellaneous on November 24th, 2007
grr… just what I needed. One more little “shove” towards changing to Wordpress. Thanks a lot.
if you have any advice about converting blogger archives, I might seriously consider it…
Glad I could help.
If you sign up for a Wordpress blog, there will be an “Import” option that will help you to make the switch. http://faq.wordpress.com/2006/11/09/import-from-blogger-typepad-mt-lj/
I am have a developer account with Typepad at the moment.
I just got a web hosting account with Media Temple so now I am trying to decide between Wordpress and Typepad. We shall see how it comes about.
I love Wordpress. It is wonderful not having to republish your whole site every time you update something.
~Kelsey
Go WordPress!