as someone who's brought a niche blog into the mainstream (in my niche at least), just use something like WordPress. If you're already worrying about SEO, you'

as someone who's brought a niche blog into the mainstream (in my niche at least), just use something like WordPress. If you're already worrying about SEO, you're losing. your focus should be nothing beyond generating great content and getting readers. i stared on Blogger, then moved to WP hosted on a dedicated host, and its never been a regret. focus on the content. if you're talking about writing scripts, you should probably be coding instead of blogging. good CMS systems exist already so don't reinvent the wheel.