See the 2008 Blog Comparison Challenge posts #1 to #7 here.
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Well, it's official: you can now find this blog on www.blogcastgirl.com. I now have my own domain...and therefore my own "brand."
It was a pretty easy process. The TypePad Knowledge Base had some great screenshots that walked me through the domain mapping process at GoDaddy.com. I bought the domain before I started the BlogCastGirl Challenge, it just took me a while before I decided which platform to map to.
After considerable hemming and hawing, I decided to map to the TypePad site instead of Wordpress.com site for several of reasons. I'll post those reasons separately.
I followed your experiment with interest, but decided to cancel my TypePad account because while I like the software, most of the templates look scabby to my eye, very amateurish and unprofessional. Next, I decided to try and design my own "look" and what do you know, you have to upgrade to the "Plus" package, When that offer only redimentary control of design, I looked again and I wuld need to upgrade to the next level of design control--$14.95/month now.
To make a long story shot, that ticked me off enough to decide there wasn't enought to offer over WordPress, and if I wanted to pay this much I might prefer Squarespace, which really looks and acts like a new generation of CMS.
Anyway, thanks for your trouble.
Posted by: Pier Rodelon | March 20, 2009 at 01:28 AM