Comments on: If You Don’t Take Control Of Your Site Now, You’ll Hate Yourself Later

By: Donna

Donna — Sun, 16 May 2010 01:06:09 +0000

Just like to remind everyone to keep *their* sites within *their* control, as much as is possible. I hate seeing people lose what they’ve worked so hard on. It doesn’t happen often, but it happens.
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By: Ileane

Ileane — Sun, 16 May 2010 00:28:01 +0000

Hi Donna, I’m a fan of WordPress.com and I’m familiar with most of the points you mentioned here. I also have a Blogger blog and I must admit that I’ve heard many horror stories about Blogger blogs being shut down by Google and all access being taken away. On the flip side I’ve never heard anyone say this about WordPress.com. It’s true they might decide to shut down or start charging for WordPress.com blogs one day.

It’s always good to be reminded that I need to get a host soon.

Thanks.
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By: Shyla Riise

Shyla Riise — Wed, 12 May 2010 02:15:34 +0000

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Best wishes.

By: Donna

Donna — Wed, 05 May 2010 22:16:16 +0000

Are you referring to the fact that if you changed your whois information within the past 60 days, GoDaddy will deny a transfer of the domain for security reasons? If so, then yeah, transferring a domain would need to wait but I’m not sure what you mean by saying bye-bye to the 2 months. And of course, if you haven’t changed the whois info in the past 60 days, then the rule just doesn’t apply. Although it can be annoying, it does make some sense in terms of trying to prevent someone from stealing your domain. Maybe not perfect sense, but some at least. If I’ve misunderstood your question, let me know.
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By: Phil

Phil — Wed, 05 May 2010 22:06:54 +0000

This is an interesting read, but I do have a concern…how do you get around the 60 lock-in that godaddy enforces?

Do you just say bye-bye to those 2 months?
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Storytelling: Emotional Marketing | DazzlinDonna — Wed, 05 May 2010 12:43:02 +0000

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By: Donna

Donna — Tue, 04 May 2010 13:36:59 +0000

Yes, Hostgator does offer one button installs as do many other hosts. The bad thing about custom management panels, is that the rest of the world can’t help troubleshoot or guide. If someone needs to know how to password protect a directory in Cpanel, for instance, or create a backup, a bazillion people and probably hundreds of tutorials can tell/show them how because Cpanel is ubiquitous. Also, if someone ever has to move to another host, it’s a lot easier to adjust if the management panel stays the same.

Also, I feel very strongly about not not using the same registrar and hosting service. User-friendly means nothing if you lose everything in one fell swoop. That’s just too much control over everything you own being placed in one company’s hands. I’ve seen it happen. It’s not pretty.
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By: Randy Duermyer

Randy Duermyer — Tue, 04 May 2010 13:27:21 +0000

Donna:
I think the post is spot on – except for one thing. I’m not a fan of cPanel – I find it archaic. I’ve been hosting with GoDaddy on multiple domains and now that I’ve got the hang of it, I like the managment panel better than cPanel. I don’t know if Hostgator does this or not, but GoDaddy offers one-button installation of WordPress (and other blog platforms) with their hosting plans. For less technically inclined newbies, this can be a very good thing to get themselves onto their own domain. Plus, using the same domain registrar and hosting service also makes it user-friendly instead of having to manage these things in two places.

Otherwise, I’ve been battling for months to try to get a clients site out of Blogspot hell – Google insists the blog is spam, yet despite now 7 times going through the verification process, they still don’t get back to me or the client. Meanwhile, the blog sits idle and cannot be accessed at all. That’s just plain mean because we can’t even export the content.

Hosting our own blog is the way to go. If you’re not comfortable with that immediately, then do it as soon as you are.
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