Apples vs Oranges

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Posterous vs Wordpress vs Blogger

How do you compare blogging platforms?

What about Typepad, Blogger, Tumblr, Ning to name a few. 

Is one better that the other?

I have a self hosted Wordpress, where I can do this: A bar on top of any link.

I have Wordpress.com account. It's another blog.

Its there because of Akismet and I have to have the API key.

I have another blog in Blogger.

1. Posterous for quick updates via email.
2. Journeyman Journeys for expanded content.
3. Articles posted in Journeyman Journeys get autoposted to Posterous.
4. Posterous autopost to other social networks including the two other blogs.
5. Posterous does not autopost to Journeyman Journeys.
6. Blogger does not autopost to Posterous.

Get it?

To me Posterous is like a scooter, it gets me around fast and my self-hosted Wordpress is like a car, carries more and far more convenient.

Both still get me to my destination: Which is to reach out to more readers.

There, can you tell which platform is the best or better?

What about Squidoo? where does it fit?

It's all up to you. Hosted or Self-hosted.

Or just use Facebook as your blog or even Twitter.

Blogging boundaries have just been blurred.

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Main Blog: Journeyman Journeys
FanPage: Facebook FanPage

Related articles on the net

• Posterous vs Blogger vs Wordpress (journeymanjourneys.com)
• Can Posterous be all things to all people? It's trying (econsultancy.com)
• Waging war on Wordpress (guardian.co.uk)
• Review Of The Top Three Blogging Platforms - WordPress, TypePad and Blogger (thoughtmechanics.com)
• Tumblr Topples Typepad (blogherald.com)
• The Social Media Grafting Process (onemanandhisblog.com)

Double oops

It seemed yesterday multiple post from Journeyman Journeys have affected Blogger.

The usual thing is that whenever I post to Posterous, Blogger will also be updated. This morning, I've posted two entries.

It appeared in Wordpress.com and not in Blogger.

The two post are:

1. Updates from Journeyman.
2. Evolution of Gaming.

Check Posterous Autopost setting and it shows:

Failed

Updates from Journeyman

Reason: request error 400: Blog has exceeded rate limit or otherwise requires word verification for new post

Next attempt in about 4 hours

Failed

Evolution of Gaming

Reason: request error 400: Blog has exceeded rate limit or otherwise requires word verification for new post

Next attempt in 8 minutes

Saw the word verification at the bottom of Blogger editor.

If you make a large number of posts in a single day, you will be required to complete word verification. After 24 hours, the word verification will automatically be removed.

I guess this morning multiple blog posting triggered Blogger anti-spam measures. I just have to wait 24 hours. It sucks. My hosted Wordpress blog is unaffected.

Anyway, Blogger was notorious for spam blogs or splogs. Some people created multiple blogs, just to take advantage of Adsense.

Initially, they did gained some money, then Google wised up. Its good that Google is cleaning up its act.

Even today, there are some people who believe that the can create multiple blogs and pump in stolen content, in the hope that people will read (Splogs) and click on the advertisement. And they say they are sharing the knowledge.

Splogs are like Junk mail and must be first thrown in the rubbish.

Multiple Lifestream Events

Oops. Testing out new plugin for posting from my main blog: JourneymanJourneys.com to Posterous.

I'm running a Lifestream plugin on my main blog. It seemed to autopost itself over and over.

Switched off the Lifestream plugin.

That will probably drive anybody mad. 

Cleaning up on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Blogger.

Sorry about that.

Cleaning up Old Town Spring