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Ask HN: Which blogging platform for startups?
I'm in the process of evaluating a few blogging platforms for my startup's blog. I have experience with self-hosted blog engines, but am now considering hosted platforms as well. My logic is that if my main site were to go down, I could at least communicate the issue through my blog hosted elsewhere. Do you have any thoughts or recommendations on this?
- noodle 17y agoobligatory http://posterous.com/ http://posterous.com/ comment
- annie_hall 17y agoI was looking at Postereous, but it's not clear to me what's the advantage over something like blogger.com. I hope someone can clarify this for me. Are they any good for displaying code?
- noodle 17y agoposterous' strength is in its ability to post via email and its streamlined integrations. its just easier, you don't have to log in to an admin panel or do any of that sort of thing. just send it what you want it to post, and it posts it for you.
- JeremyChase 17y agoHaving your blog hosted by a third party is a good idea for redundancy. You need to make sure your DNS will still resolve in the event of your startup's machines going down though. I have experience with wordpress.com and tumblr.com so I can speak to those. For wordpress.com you must have a paid account to do a lot of layout customization, which is annoying. For tumblr you have a lot more latitude in regards to customizing design, but the functionality may not be what you want for a company blog.
- tokenadult 17y agoFor wordpress.com you must have a paid account to do a lot of layout customization And I think WordPress's free defaults have not been helpful to the site of one organization I care about, where, alas, I am not the main webmaster. To make a site user-friendly (or staff-friendly, if there is staff-contributed content) takes usability study on the part of the webmaster, especially if the site is intended to promote a business with paying clients.
- visakhcr 17y agoI would say that it depends on your budget. If you are willing to shell out some money for your blog, then go for third party hosting. Otherwise, if you are looking for a medium to communicate with users with update, then go for Wordpress/Blogger (similar platforms). Startup Linkspank.com is having their blog on Blogger - http://linkspank.blogspot.com/ http://linkspank.blogspot.com/ (It seems to be dead now!!)