Use Paid Or Free Blog When Start Blogging?
Every blogger has their reasons to using paid or free blog when start blogging. Free blog like; Blogger.com, WordPress.com, Blog.com, and many others. So what the different of paid and free blog? is it true using free blog is best part to start blogging?
Using Free Blog To Start Blogging
At first time to blogging, many blogger will prefer to choose free blog (including me ). This is because saving money, and also liable to easy to use for beginner. You dont have to install any script, dont have to configure basic setting (like database etc). Just register for free, and start blogging.
Upgrading To Paid Blog
After using free blog, you will found that free blog has some restrictions. For example in wordpress.com, you cant installing many plugins or themes as you want, place ads or embeed some code in your widget and others function.
Also if you want to have own domain, because having own domain looks personal or unique.
But, when you start to upgrading/convert into paid blog, you will face several technical problem:
- You may lose Google Page Rank from your old free blog
- If you cant handle, you also will lose traffic while your blog moving.
- Your SERP rank will falling down (because domain name change)
So Which Is The Best Part To Start Blogging?
Based my own experience, i will suggest you to start blogging with your own domain name, but still using free blog services. Today you can got your own domain with only from $7 to $10.
Make sure that you buy domain with managed DNS services access included. This is because you will integrate Blogger.com, free blog service, into your own domain using Canonical Name (CNAME)
With that solution, you will:
- Not losing your future page rank
- Not losing SERP rank if move to self hosting
- Easily to export post into other blog platform
- Doesnt need to consider security issues (like plugins update, etc).
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