Comments on: WordPress.COM vs. WordPress.ORG — Which Is Better for Writers?

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By: Jay Donovan

Jay Donovan — Mon, 04 Aug 2014 18:40:40 +0000

In reply to Amrish.

It is a major PITA to migrate from Blogger to other platforms. It’s possible, but it isn’t as easy and clean as bouncing from WP.com to a hosted WP.org solution.

And now that it’s easy to also migrate subscribers from wp.com to a wp.org site, it’s a no-brainer.

Kristen and I are looking at migrating her site over to hosted wp.org with us.

By: Jami Gold

Jami Gold — Mon, 04 Aug 2014 18:13:07 +0000

In reply to Amrish.

Kristen makes a great point about being *ready* for success. The other option–the one I recommend for those going with WP.com–is to spend the money for the domain name upgrade, which removes the wordpress(dot) from the site’s name.

That one change alone will make it SO much easier for the person to move to WP.org, Blogger, or anywhere else down the line if they change their mind. That’s the issue that causes problems for Kristen’s wish to move. She still has the wordpress(dot) in her domain name, so she can’t move without losing her traffic and external links. For those who go with that upgrade, it’s no issue at all. 🙂

By: Author Kristen Lamb

Author Kristen Lamb — Mon, 04 Aug 2014 13:07:39 +0000

In reply to Amrish. The problem is you can POOF suddenly have a large following and then you are STUCK. I blogged for almost two years and no one really cared then BOOM. Now it's a bit of a mess. For as inexpensive as it is, just go with the paid one first. That's my opinion.

By: Amrish

Amrish — Sat, 02 Aug 2014 15:32:12 +0000

I really like wordpress.org. Even though it’s a little daunting having to deal with hosting and all the one-off issues of being on your own, it’s really not that difficult for newbies. My only issue with it is time. When I had blogs in the .org format, it was a lot more time consuming to maintain.

While I like wordpress.com, you can’t monetize it and paying out of pocket to remove ads makes little sense when you can get a Blogger blog for free that you can monetize (at least from my perspective).

I’m not really in blogging for the money and I have a lot to learn about how to be a better blogger, but, at the basic core of the business side of my brain, I can’t wrap my head around the sense in using WP.com.

I would recommend that if you have the time to actually develop and maintain a WP.org site, it’s the best avenue out there for newbie bloggers. But, and this goes back to the basic Blogger v WP debate, if you don’t have the time, and if you don’t mind the restrictions that go along with developing on Blogger, I’d opt for Blogger. Just my opinion.

By: Jami Gold

Jami Gold — Tue, 20 Aug 2013 04:28:26 +0000

In reply to unredundant. Congratulations! Have fun. :)

By: unredundant

unredundant — Tue, 20 Aug 2013 03:42:14 +0000

In reply to Jami Gold.

I done did it. My blog is now http://www.puremalarkey.com

I chose the name cuz um I’m good at writing all kinds of malarkey.

By: Should you use WordPress.org or WordPress.com?Alta Peterson | Alta Peterson

Should you use WordPress.org or WordPress.com?Alta Peterson | Alta Peterson — Thu, 15 Aug 2013 23:22:25 +0000

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