Comments on: Starting New to WordPress : Initial Reactions

By: Robert Taff

Robert Taff — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 18:37:52 +0000

Thank you for this post. I’m currently with Blogger but have been thinking of making the switch to my own hosting. I too have Dreamhost as my hosting and domain company for other sites but not yet for my blog. I wanted to switch before I really settle into attempting to draw traffic to my site, etc.However, what will I lose when I switch? Will I lose the people who subscribe to my feed? Will I lose my links, etc? I’m assuming you think it is still worth moving even though things may be lost, better now than later? Thanks for the help.

By: Rob

Rob — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 18:51:32 +0000

Im just setting up my own WordPress site too… I cant for the life of me figure out why i cant get feedburner to accept my feed though… did you have that trouble? i have wordpress in its own folder, eg mysite.com/wordpress.
where should my wp-rss2.php file be? i just keep getting errors.

By: Teli Adlam

Teli Adlam — Fri, 19 May 2006 18:49:54 +0000

I’m a little late to this party, but I’ve been noticing quite a few people moving from Blogger to WordPress and I’m glad to hear, in each case, the move wasn’t that difficult.

I agree with Captain Hops though, users should probably start off with their own hosted blogs instead of Blogger because some rankings and PR can end up lost. That was actually a concern for Lynn Terry and because of it she decided to leave her Blogger blog intact and start fresh with her WordPress blog.

Thanks for sharing your experiences and getting others motivated to move to their own hosted blog solutions. Hopefully, your blogging with WordPress only continues to get better. :)

~ Teli

By: Rose

Rose — Sun, 07 May 2006 15:16:53 +0000

I too moved from blogger to wordpress and I love it. Thank you for sharing your experience.

By: Tony

Tony — Wed, 15 Mar 2006 23:59:02 +0000

And it just keeps getting better…Just upgraded one of my sites to WordPress 2.0 (from 1.5), and love it. Plan on upgrading the other 2 sites soon…

By: Captain Hops

Captain Hops — Wed, 15 Mar 2006 20:22:16 +0000

Congratulations on the move. I just moved from Blogger to WordPress a week or so ago.

I am very pleased with the move (although I lost a PR of 5) and recommend that even newcomers start with their own host and domain names to avoid that problem.

You can get a domain name for $8 a year and I get cheap hosting for $12 a year (really). Even if you lose interest after a month you are only out 20 bucks. If you don’t lose interest and become successful, you are in complete control to grow as you see fit.

By: Jesse

Jesse — Wed, 15 Mar 2006 17:26:38 +0000

Pretty cool, isn’t it. I felt the same way when I finally had the chance to switch. the support base is incredible