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Ask HN - Where should a startup host its blog?
* Wordpress
* Tumblr
* Posterous
* Others?
- virjog 14y agoSquarespace, I've heard, is also very good.
- zbruhnke 15y agoIf you're on rails try out the new gem I just wrote ... Bloggy! http://github.com/zbruhnke/bloggy http://github.com/zbruhnke/bloggy
- dangrossman 15y agoOn your own server, but stick it on a VPS in a different data center from the main site so that it's online when your startup isn't.
- factorialboy 15y agoAny reason why self hosted blogs are preferred? Why should a start-up host and maintain a blogging software? I know its not very difficult to do, but shouldn't a start-up focus on its core?
- jack7890 15y agoSEO. To fully realize the SEO benefit of inbound links you need to self-host.
- factorialboy 15y agoHadn't thought of that, good point
- ig1 15y agoYou can just use a reverse proxy to get the seo advantages, without getting the security problems associated with self-hosting.
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- nreece 15y agoBasically, having a blog at yoursite.com/blog is more SEO-friendly than something like blog.yoursite.com
- verelo 15y agoWPEngine...done and done. Failing that, AWS gives a micro server (600mb ram) free as part of every account. Thats a lot of server for very little...
- mikeburrelljr 15y agoThe world runs on Wordpress.
- willpower101 15y agoHow much time do you have? I see a lot on tumblr just for convenience. It's just super simple and that's really all you need.