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Wordpress.com versus Wordpress.org

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Juan



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PostPosted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 10:47 am    Post subject: Wordpress.com versus Wordpress.org Reply with quote
What is the difference between the two versions of wordpress from a Seo point of view?. The hosted version is at wordpress.com and the version you must install on your own server space is wordpress.org. I believe wordpress.com sets your blog up as a subdomain and I am not completely clear on the SEO implications of this.
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 12:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
using wordpress.com, your blog seems to have some advantage on SE spider the content faster compared to hosting your own blog on new domains
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 14, 2007 5:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Definitely an SEO advantage and more traffic too with the internal tagging / blogrolling system.

But with Wordpress.com it's difficult to make money because they don't allow many type of advertising programs including Google Adsense.
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 14, 2007 6:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
You are right, wordpress rules donīt allow Adsense.

Joel Comm, however, suggest using Phil Hordīs plug in to get around this problem. What do you think?.

Are you implying,then, using Blogger rather than Wordpress for monetizing your blog?
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 14, 2007 6:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I think it's a matter of Wordpress.com policy to discourage advertising as they want "pure" bloggers that blog for non-monetary purposes.

If you use a workaround, and they get wind of it, they could just as easily terminate your account. I personally know one affiiate marketer who got her blog deleted for using affiliate links.
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 14, 2007 7:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thank you for your answer. I just started my blog with Wordpress, but I had in mind to place some adsense on it.

Will you recommend me then switching to blogger?

Thank you for your advice.
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 11:42 am    Post subject: Get your own domain! Reply with quote
What I recommend is to invest $9 in your OWN domain, and then adding a blog on a subfolder:


http://www.mysite.com/blog

This work really great for SEO.
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 6:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
That's right, get your own domain name dude. If you dont' want to spend $9 just dont bother with making money online.
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 1:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Best to use your own domain name and host privately.
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PostPosted: Sat Sep 22, 2007 5:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
It is best to register your own domain and monetize your blog the way you want. Its also good idea to register to wordpress.org to get an API key free that is required by some plugins.
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 21, 2007 4:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Yes A blog on your own domain is the way to go. Some hosting accounts will even give you a free domain if you sign on for a year for around $70.

You can import the content from the WordPress.com blog to your self-hosted blog too.
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 1:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
If you want to make some money, invest a little atleast $5/month so that you could host your domain.
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 9:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
If you host your wordpress page you will have the freedom to do so many more things to your page. Hosting your wordpress page with wordpress will not allow you to change and customize your template. It really is worth the $5 to host your site.
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 12, 2008 4:23 am    Post subject: Host It Yourself Reply with quote
I agree with getting your own shared hosting and domain. I'm not knocking anything that someone else is doing, but for the minimal cost, why not go with your own hosting ?

It's much more professional.
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