More on Blogger vs TypePad – a comparison of hosted weblog solutions
Saturday, February 26th, 2005 at
4:46 pm
Filed under: Blogger • Templates • TypePad • Weblogs
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This is SO great! I can’t wait to read more. I just switched over from Blogger to Typepad, and it’s great to see that someone else agrees that T is better than B. (I don’t know why most of my blogpals are all “you won’t find anything better over there…”–fear of change, maybe.)
Added you to my Typepad People list, and hope to become a regular visitor. This is all really helpful…
Hi Emily, I just now read your comment on my post concerning your site. I’m still searching, but I want to thank you for offering this excellent treasure on the Internet. Luc (The Bit Cruncher).
Luc and Esther – You’re both quite welcome! Thanks so much for the great feedback
Emily
Thanks for this article, Emily.
I just knew someone else had already done the research. You’re really filling a niche.
Tom
I agree with your conclusions, which is why I use Typepad.
But, I do run into limitations, and sometimes Typepad can be slow, which can lose readers.
Thanks for sharing what you’ve learned and are learning with us. I’ve bookmarked your site, and will be reading more of it as I have time.
Hey
thank you so much for doing this comparative analysis. I was having nightmares on choosing the free versus the paid blogs. Now I know I have to go with typepad as I was searching for the category setting and you have answered my questions
thanks so much
Chiraz
Your site is fantastic. I have been thinking of making the switch to typepad. I am currently on blogger. I have recently tried blogsome.com which uses WordPress, but it is full of bugs. The picture uploading appears flawed.
As to the problem of uploading files on blogger, I have solved that problem, though it is tedious. I simply made a separate blog for pic uploads, then I insert image with the thumbnail and link to the larger picture in the body of my post. Its tedious but it serves its purpose.
Another your welcome to all of those with kind words regarding my site and this post in particular. I am so glad that my research is helping others in their blogging adventures! Thank you all so much for the feedback! And I promise to be adding much more to this site as time permits (I’ve been unbelievably busy with work lately and there is only so much computing I can do per day due to my RSI..)
@Taiwantroll – I shot you an email, but you should really check out TypePad’s free trial (use promo code MOVABLE to extend the free trial to 90 days) since it has a lot of built in templates to choose from that incorporate photos (with thumbnails) into the site automatically.
You have very interesting stuff here… I am trying to create a SIMPLE blog to post pictures and stories to my family, as I am studying abroad. I am using Blogger with the simplest settings and template, and I want to add pictures to it. I am using Hello, and I have successfully done it. But the picture gets “inserted” as a new post, instead of as part of the last post, and I am not sure how to change this. I would like to know if it is even possible to do it, and may be to insert pictures in a previous, old post. Can you help me?
Interesting set of comparisons. I’m waiting for blogger to add categories too (but at least now we have pictures!!) In the meantime, I know of 3 ways to integrate categories into blogger using del.icio.us and technorati tags. Check out my post on Freshblog for the scoop.
Your first hand knowledge and autonomous insite is exactly what I am looking for.
Could you please tell me if I have a URL, but no web site, can I use my blog as my site content by using TypePad, or should I go with a MoveableType hosting partner to accomplish “blog.mywebsite.com” vs. “myblog.typepad.com”? Please keep up the good work! As my eventual blog will help “buyers” as yours does, we have that in common.
My wife and I, as you do, have three cats (all abysinian), and I left Long Island years ago too.
Thanks,
Bill
Thanks Emily.
Wish I had the know-how to switch from Blogger. I think I’ll give John’s integrated categories a try first…
By the way, I just opened a geocities website (just for use of the filemanager) and never set one up so that I could store blog photos. I simply log in to geocities, upload my files, and highlight and copy my links so I can insert them in my posts with minimal html. This goes really quickly… although I am sure you pro-bloggers can beat me with lots of tricks I don’t know. I was busy raising little ones when the blogosphere hit warp speed… so I just opened my first blog a few months back.
I am not sure what to do and maybe you can help a girl out. You can see I have several blogs on fragilemusings.net but it’s frustrating working thru several blogs when I’d like to have it all in one but categorized. I found blogsome but am curious about wordpress or whatever. Can you direct me in the best direction. You can email me…that’s fine if you’d rather. I’m really lost. Ps. Whatever I do I’d like to be able to upload all my old posts from blogger and use my current domain.
emily,
your comments and blog have been an invaluable resource to a newbie blogger like myself. mega kudos and best of luck. looks like you’re going to leave a nice footprint in the blogging world!
i actually have an article on my site comparing some of the blogging resources (but you go into much more detail) and it is how i found your site and i’m glad we agree! i decided to go with TypePad, paid, not Pro, for many of the reasons you outlined here. I tried WordPress, which was my first choice, but it unfortunately was buggy and didn’t run well on my server, I also tried b2evolution and Blogger. TypePad for me was like “Blogging for Dummies” yet gives a very polished appearance right out of the box. So far I’m enjoying the experience. I just wish there was auto trackback, customizable pings and the email to friends option. I’d go PRO if they offered that solution!
Cheers,
java jane
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hi, i randomly found your site through google. i like your review. i was starting something similar. i just switched from xanga to blogger. i did consider typepad for a split second, but i wasn’t sure about forking over the dough just yet. i do wish that blogger would offer categories, but at least i can google my own blog now (as opposed to xanga). i may have to reference you in my blog in the near future.
Taiwantroll’s comments above that Blogsome picture uploading is somehow flawed might be news to the thousands of users that have managed to fiture it out. Indeed after he made the comments above he went back to using Blogsome for several months (with lovely pictures I might add) before buying his own domain. He forgot to come back here and set the record straight.
Blogsome is still the host of choice for those who wish to be able to edit their templates, have categories, comments etc.
what about audio and video posting? Because Blogger has a phone # to call and leave a message that is posted on ones blog. Quality is bad, but easy to do.
Excellent posting Emily. But you are way to kind to Blogger. Our company has two fairly popular blogs, both of which are hosted on Blogger which we set up a few years ago. We chose Blogger because Google had recently purchased them and we assumed (incorrectly) that Google would bring Blogger to the next level. Fact is, Google has done nothing – which is odd because one would expect more from Google and they could easily turn Blogger into a profitable cash cow. We would not even consider Blogger today for a new blog. But now we are kind of stuck as it is difficult to move a blog (and its history) to a new platform.
Wow! Very informative post out there. Hmm.. for me, both typepad and blogger platforms are quite good. But I find myself to use Blogger a lot than any platform except for my self-hosted WordPress Blog.
Blogs are so interactive where we get lots of informative on any topics…… nice job keep it up !!
Wonderful article, thanks for putting this together! “This is obviously one great post. Thanks for the valuable information and insights you have so provided here. Keep it up!”
‘Course the typepad is better than the others, for many many reasons, and that’s correct, the free typepad it’s like a beta one!!!
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I really liked your article. Keep up the good work.
I love when I have the opportunity to read blogs as interesting as this. really thanks and congratulations.
I think everyone is getting used to them. The library was the first installment but they’re hoping to transition all labs on campus to thin clients in the near future.
This is obviously a great post. I like this article and I will keep it for future reference.