blog-site questions....

[Gary Kline]

On Thu, Jan 06, 2011 at 08:29:48AM -0800, Chip Camden wrote:
> Quoth Gary Kline on Wednesday, 05 January 2011:
> > Guys,
> > 
> > If there are any people who are into maintaining web logs/blog, this
> > might be _the_ place to ask.  O/wise, type 'd' now.
> > 
> > One thing I've heard several times is that blogging is a good way of
> > promoting one's own books.  (I've got at least three books either
> > published or to-be-published. [[ ... .]])  Now, outside this list
> > nobody knows me--and that's fine, except that  with a just published
> > ebook, it's time to make my name and ebook public.  Before I rush
> > out and sign up with some blogging websites, would be be better to
> > use a FBSD port and do it myself?
> > 
> > Ill be open about this: I'm still not _entirely_ sure whata blog is.
> > But I'm a fast study :)
> > If there are better places to ask about web logs, URL's please... .
> > 
> > gary
> > 
> > PS: Any reason why nobody here has read my ebook?  It is for geeks
> > and about op en source stuff, so, like , v'mon, people 
> > 
> > 
> > -- 
> >  Gary Kline  kline at thought.org  http://www.thought.org  Public Service Unix
> >            Journey Toward the Dawn, E-Book: http://www.thought.org
> >           The 7.97a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org
> > 
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> 
> I use WordPress hosted on my own domains.  As others have mentioned, it's
> pretty easy to maintain.  It also does a lot of the SEO for you.  For
> instance, when you add new content, the default configuration
> automatically notifies various ping servers so that aggregators (and
> Google) pick up the new content right away.  Extensions can be found for
> just about anything you need, and they aren't that hard to write if you
> don't find what you're looking for.
> 
> OTOH, WordPress can be pretty heavy on page loads unless you go to some
> pains to optimize it.  For most people, that isn't a concern -- but if
> you were to have the enviable problem of getting a few thousand or more
> hits per day then it could become an issue.


	T.Y! WOrdpress it is.  (Last time I checked, I gave up at
	once--maybe sooner.  Time for a more serious look.)

	gary

> 
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-- 
 Gary Kline  kline at thought.org  http://www.thought.org  Public Service Unix
           Journey Toward the Dawn, E-Book: http://www.thought.org
          The 7.97a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org