Comments on: Why blogspot is like cat pee http://www.mulley.net/2008/03/25/why-blogspot-is-like-cat-pee/ Invisible people have invisible rights Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:55:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Robert Synnott http://www.mulley.net/2008/03/25/why-blogspot-is-like-cat-pee/comment-page-1/#comment-720323 Robert Synnott Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:58:31 +0000 http://www.mulley.net/2008/03/25/why-blogspot-is-like-cat-pee/#comment-720323 If your new blog is on a domain you own, then you can have blogger redirect traffic to that domain (see advanced publishing options). As for blogspot magically getting higher search positions, that has not generally been my experience. I wouldn't be amazed if it did better than wordpress.com because of that service's bizarre linking setup (tags on users' posts generally link to a GLOBAL tags page; for a while this shoved many wordpress tag pages to the top of various common searches, but Google seems to have dealt with it now), but I certainly haven't seen any such effect with self-hosted Movable Type and Wordpress blogs. If your new blog is on a domain you own, then you can have blogger redirect traffic to that domain (see advanced publishing options).

As for blogspot magically getting higher search positions, that has not generally been my experience. I wouldn’t be amazed if it did better than wordpress.com because of that service’s bizarre linking setup (tags on users’ posts generally link to a GLOBAL tags page; for a while this shoved many wordpress tag pages to the top of various common searches, but Google seems to have dealt with it now), but I certainly haven’t seen any such effect with self-hosted Movable Type and Wordpress blogs.

]]> By: adam http://www.mulley.net/2008/03/25/why-blogspot-is-like-cat-pee/comment-page-1/#comment-688970 adam Thu, 27 Mar 2008 02:07:21 +0000 http://www.mulley.net/2008/03/25/why-blogspot-is-like-cat-pee/#comment-688970 if you want your blogspot blog to stop stealing your SERP, you need to remove it's content. (don't go deleting posts, you never know when you might need an archive). Edit your template to remove the code for the posts themselves, as well as the archives in the sidebar. change the header (h1) link to link to your new blog, and use a javascript/flash rss reader to syndicate your new blog's feed, and your blogspot blog starts flowing all the good search engine juice towards your new blog. not quite as good as being able to set up 301's, but close. <a href="http://sunburntkamel.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">example</a> if you want your blogspot blog to stop stealing your SERP, you need to remove it’s content. (don’t go deleting posts, you never know when you might need an archive). Edit your template to remove the code for the posts themselves, as well as the archives in the sidebar. change the header (h1) link to link to your new blog, and use a javascript/flash rss reader to syndicate your new blog’s feed, and your blogspot blog starts flowing all the good search engine juice towards your new blog.

not quite as good as being able to set up 301’s, but close. example

]]> By: Paul O Mahony http://www.mulley.net/2008/03/25/why-blogspot-is-like-cat-pee/comment-page-1/#comment-688558 Paul O Mahony Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:41:23 +0000 http://www.mulley.net/2008/03/25/why-blogspot-is-like-cat-pee/#comment-688558 Agreed, though I would say that blogspot is important in that it's 'piss easy' to set up and leads a lot of people into blogging and online culture. I just wish they'd make a greater effort on features. Average price of a basic website is min EUR1000 i guess. The more people realise that you can get effective online presense through blogs, the better for the culture of online entrepreneurship in Ireland. Template choice and commenting system are poor on Blogspot and many of the reasons mentioned above. Agreed, though I would say that blogspot is important in that it’s ‘piss easy’ to set up and leads a lot of people into blogging and online culture. I just wish they’d make a greater effort on features.
Average price of a basic website is min EUR1000 i guess. The more people realise that you can get effective online presense through blogs, the better for the culture of online entrepreneurship in Ireland.
Template choice and commenting system are poor on Blogspot and many of the reasons mentioned above.

]]> By: MJ http://www.mulley.net/2008/03/25/why-blogspot-is-like-cat-pee/comment-page-1/#comment-688383 MJ Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:18:22 +0000 http://www.mulley.net/2008/03/25/why-blogspot-is-like-cat-pee/#comment-688383 Sigh. I wish this post (& comments) was around to read before I signed up for my new Blog(spot) a few weeks ago... Sigh.

I wish this post (& comments) was around to read before I signed up for my new Blog(spot) a few weeks ago…

]]> By: Darragh http://www.mulley.net/2008/03/25/why-blogspot-is-like-cat-pee/comment-page-1/#comment-688320 Darragh Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:16:33 +0000 http://www.mulley.net/2008/03/25/why-blogspot-is-like-cat-pee/#comment-688320 @Paul McClean Says: Does anyone even use blogspot anymore? http://postsecret.blogspot.com http://googleblog.blogspot.com http://indexed.blogspot.com and my own effort. I'm happy enough with blogspot. I wouldn't consider myself as a "serious" blogger and am just happy with my little space in the bloggopolis. Once I get the time to move everything over it will be Wordpress for me but for now I'm content. Unread, but content ;-) @Paul McClean Says: Does anyone even use blogspot anymore?

http://postsecret.blogspot.com
http://googleblog.blogspot.com
http://indexed.blogspot.com

and my own effort.

I’m happy enough with blogspot. I wouldn’t consider myself as a “serious” blogger and am just happy with my little space in the bloggopolis. Once I get the time to move everything over it will be Wordpress for me but for now I’m content. Unread, but content ;-)

]]> By: 73man http://www.mulley.net/2008/03/25/why-blogspot-is-like-cat-pee/comment-page-1/#comment-688308 73man Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:01:42 +0000 http://www.mulley.net/2008/03/25/why-blogspot-is-like-cat-pee/#comment-688308 I was going to make the WP move but then I figured I had socks to iron instead so I thought better of it. I was going to make the WP move but then I figured I had socks to iron instead so I thought better of it.

]]> By: ellen http://www.mulley.net/2008/03/25/why-blogspot-is-like-cat-pee/comment-page-1/#comment-688264 ellen Wed, 26 Mar 2008 08:25:01 +0000 http://www.mulley.net/2008/03/25/why-blogspot-is-like-cat-pee/#comment-688264 When I first read your statement about blogger being like cats piss I felt an uneasy feeling inside me, like I would if someone said my daughter had very large feet indeed and then I remembered that post I did recently which required several photographs and how blogger kept me waiting hours to download the photos ONE BY ONE and then refused to post several of them at all. That was when those buried feelings of resentment towards blogger rose to the surface and I thought Yea, he's right. In fact they're shite. So shite that they should be shot with their own balls of shite. I can understand why you left. I'm considering leaving them also. When I first read your statement about blogger being like cats piss I felt an uneasy feeling inside me, like I would if someone said my daughter had very large feet indeed and then I remembered that post I did recently which required several photographs and how blogger kept me waiting hours to download the photos ONE BY ONE and then refused to post several of them at all.

That was when those buried feelings of resentment towards blogger rose to the surface and I thought Yea, he’s right. In fact they’re shite. So shite that they should be shot with their own balls of shite.

I can understand why you left. I’m considering leaving them also.

]]> By: Ben http://www.mulley.net/2008/03/25/why-blogspot-is-like-cat-pee/comment-page-1/#comment-687620 Ben Tue, 25 Mar 2008 22:10:33 +0000 http://www.mulley.net/2008/03/25/why-blogspot-is-like-cat-pee/#comment-687620 I used blogspot until recently. Sites are gradually changing over but it can be a pain and you loose settings comments etc RedMum is still blogger and i think thats where shes staying AFAIK. Roy (IRish Taxi ) just recently moved over too I used blogspot until recently. Sites are gradually changing over but it can be a pain and you loose settings comments etc

RedMum is still blogger and i think thats where shes staying AFAIK. Roy (IRish Taxi ) just recently moved over too

]]> By: Niall O'K http://www.mulley.net/2008/03/25/why-blogspot-is-like-cat-pee/comment-page-1/#comment-687602 Niall O'K Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:47:05 +0000 http://www.mulley.net/2008/03/25/why-blogspot-is-like-cat-pee/#comment-687602 Would the fact that google own blogger have anything to do with the blogspot sites being ranked so highly? Would the fact that google own blogger have anything to do with the blogspot sites being ranked so highly?

]]> By: Keith Gaughan http://www.mulley.net/2008/03/25/why-blogspot-is-like-cat-pee/comment-page-1/#comment-687601 Keith Gaughan Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:45:53 +0000 http://www.mulley.net/2008/03/25/why-blogspot-is-like-cat-pee/#comment-687601 It's worth noting that <a href="http://code.google.com/apis/blogger/" rel="nofollow">the Blogger GData API</a> could be used for automating the move by pulling down the data and replacing the entries with redirects of some kind, most likely using JavaScript or something along the lines of <code><meta http-equiv="refresh" content="1; url=http://example.com/"></code>, along with a link. It’s worth noting that the Blogger GData API could be used for automating the move by pulling down the data and replacing the entries with redirects of some kind, most likely using JavaScript or something along the lines of <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="1; url=http://example.com/">, along with a link.

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