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29
Dec
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Google defeats the blogosphere

In this 2,000+ word, massive article, 12 Google services fight their non-G alternatives to boost your blogging career. Way beyond first blood.

1. Blogger vs. Wordpress

The first dilemma when launching a new blog comes pretty early. You have to decide which one of the numerous blog engines you want to choose to provide the CMS background for your blog. Although there are a number of available options, the vast majority of bloggers tend to pick one of the two (three, really, but I only want to cover free services here so that disqualifies Movable Type immediately) most popular blog engines: Blogger or Wordpress. The subject of which one you should choose has an extensive literature on the web, so I’m not going to dive deep into details here.

Wordpress

Wordpress

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09
Dec
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IT background and a couple of domains. What starting from zero means

In my previous posts I’ve already suggested that I’m about to start a whole new adventure with this blog. I have also suggested that I’m starting from scratch, although I haven’t yet stated explicitly: my current Internet revenue is zero.

So when I say I’m starting and building up things from nothing, I mean it. But while I’m starting from zero in terms of revenue, that doesn’t necessarily mean that I don’t have any blogging or internet-background. In fact, I do. Let’s see what base can I build this future revenue on.
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