Comments on: My Gripe With Blogger/Blogspot Blogs http://www.imjustsharing.com/my-gripe-with-blogger-blogs/ Social Media, Blogging, Writing, Affiliate Marketing and anything else that tickles my fancy. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:15:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mia Anderson http://www.imjustsharing.com/my-gripe-with-blogger-blogs/#comment-37735 Mia Anderson Thu, 17 Nov 2011 02:51:07 +0000 http://www.imjustsharing.com/?p=622#comment-37735 I wouldn't say I hate blogger blogs though they have the same styles but we are still bloggers that have the same intention to get well known in the internet. I love your post Mitch, I learn a lot of things. I wouldn’t say I hate blogger blogs though they have the same styles but we are still bloggers that have the same intention to get well known in the internet. I love your post Mitch, I learn a lot of things.
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]]> By: Mitch Mitchell http://www.imjustsharing.com/my-gripe-with-blogger-blogs/#comment-34588 Mitch Mitchell Tue, 28 Jun 2011 23:02:55 +0000 http://www.imjustsharing.com/?p=622#comment-34588 Thanks Diane; I hope I see the indication of the link sometime tomorrow. lol Thanks Diane; I hope I see the indication of the link sometime tomorrow. lol

]]> By: Diane Dohrn http://www.imjustsharing.com/my-gripe-with-blogger-blogs/#comment-34585 Diane Dohrn Tue, 28 Jun 2011 22:02:34 +0000 http://www.imjustsharing.com/?p=622#comment-34585 I loved this article! It has certainly hit home to many I am sure. I realize this was posted a few years ago, but I just found it during a Google Search to link back to my artice for today! I have subscribed to your feed via Google Reader. I loved this article! It has certainly hit home to many I am sure. I realize this was posted a few years ago, but I just found it during a Google Search to link back to my artice for today! I have subscribed to your feed via Google Reader.

]]> By: Mitch http://www.imjustsharing.com/my-gripe-with-blogger-blogs/#comment-15480 Mitch Wed, 23 Jun 2010 21:54:13 +0000 http://www.imjustsharing.com/?p=622#comment-15480 People get used to something and sometimes they'll stick with it. Depends on what it is you really want to use your blog for. Your blog is for chronicling your life, and thus it works just fine on Wordpress. If you were looking to make money or gain publicity, though, self hosting would be the way to go. As you see, I find workarounds to get certain things done, but it would be better if I didn't have to go through that sort of thing at all; and, obviously other people think that type of thing as well. But if we like what we read and want to comment, it's there for us. People get used to something and sometimes they’ll stick with it. Depends on what it is you really want to use your blog for. Your blog is for chronicling your life, and thus it works just fine on WordPress. If you were looking to make money or gain publicity, though, self hosting would be the way to go. As you see, I find workarounds to get certain things done, but it would be better if I didn’t have to go through that sort of thing at all; and, obviously other people think that type of thing as well.

But if we like what we read and want to comment, it’s there for us.

]]> By: Val http://www.imjustsharing.com/my-gripe-with-blogger-blogs/#comment-15474 Val Wed, 23 Jun 2010 16:45:18 +0000 http://www.imjustsharing.com/?p=622#comment-15474 First of all, if you have a google account, then you have a blogger sign in. Google owns Blogger. There are a lot of different ways to comment in Blogger, all of them up to the individual blogger. There are some I have to ignore and those are the ones who don't offer a name/URL option as my ability to comment with openID is limited on Blogger. (Why am I temped to call it 'Booger'?) I don't know if it's the same for Wordpress.org blogs, but on WP.com blogs we have a section of our dashboard on which we can log the the URLs of blogs we 'trust' with our openID. I've a lot of blogspot blogs there, but even with that, I'm still sometimes unable to comment. It is a buggy site and I hate it! The major problem is that those people who say that nobody comments on their blog really don't know - until told, in email - which I have done several times in frustration at not being able to get a comment to post, that the reason they're not receiving comments is because their bloghost isn't working properly. That said, there are a few blogger/blogspot blogs I like to read, so what I do is attach a couple of characters to the front of each blogname in my feedreader which instantly tells me which I can and which I can't comment on. This prevents me wasting my time! As for the name and URL - if you don't mind risking someone possibly deleting it as spam, you don't have to put a website URL in there, you should be able to put a post link in instead. Or does that not work? I use my blog URL. There are some nice blogger styles, but they are imported in from elsewhere. There are very very few offered on blogger, and most of them are - yawn - really boring. The pop up comment box that is away from the main post is the only one that will accept my comments! The one that's below the posts won't accept them, from either openID or my google account. Crazy. I'm with you one wanting to have the post to refer back to. If your memory at nearly 50 is letting you down, think how mine is at nearly 59! ;) I prefer wordpress too - though for now I'm sticking with WP.com, not WP.org. A lot of blogger bloggers (!!) say how much they hate the apparent 'coldness' of wordpress and, when I first considered using it I thought of it like that too, but I don't anymore. To me, it feels quite warm and hospitable. .-= Val´s last blog ..<a href="http://absurdoldbird.wordpress.com/2010/06/22/motherpearl/">Motherpearl</a> =-. First of all, if you have a google account, then you have a blogger sign in. Google owns Blogger.

There are a lot of different ways to comment in Blogger, all of them up to the individual blogger. There are some I have to ignore and those are the ones who don’t offer a name/URL option as my ability to comment with openID is limited on Blogger. (Why am I temped to call it ‘Booger’?) I don’t know if it’s the same for WordPress.org blogs, but on WP.com blogs we have a section of our dashboard on which we can log the the URLs of blogs we ‘trust’ with our openID. I’ve a lot of blogspot blogs there, but even with that, I’m still sometimes unable to comment. It is a buggy site and I hate it!

The major problem is that those people who say that nobody comments on their blog really don’t know – until told, in email – which I have done several times in frustration at not being able to get a comment to post, that the reason they’re not receiving comments is because their bloghost isn’t working properly.

That said, there are a few blogger/blogspot blogs I like to read, so what I do is attach a couple of characters to the front of each blogname in my feedreader which instantly tells me which I can and which I can’t comment on. This prevents me wasting my time!

As for the name and URL – if you don’t mind risking someone possibly deleting it as spam, you don’t have to put a website URL in there, you should be able to put a post link in instead. Or does that not work? I use my blog URL.

There are some nice blogger styles, but they are imported in from elsewhere. There are very very few offered on blogger, and most of them are – yawn – really boring.

The pop up comment box that is away from the main post is the only one that will accept my comments! The one that’s below the posts won’t accept them, from either openID or my google account. Crazy. I’m with you one wanting to have the post to refer back to.

If your memory at nearly 50 is letting you down, think how mine is at nearly 59!
;)

I prefer wordpress too – though for now I’m sticking with WP.com, not WP.org. A lot of blogger bloggers (!!) say how much they hate the apparent ‘coldness’ of wordpress and, when I first considered using it I thought of it like that too, but I don’t anymore. To me, it feels quite warm and hospitable.
.-= Val´s last blog ..Motherpearl =-.

]]> By: Mitch http://www.imjustsharing.com/my-gripe-with-blogger-blogs/#comment-12583 Mitch Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:53:57 +0000 http://www.imjustsharing.com/?p=622#comment-12583 It's possible you don't see it as being intrusive; I not only don't want to be tracked, but making people register just to participate when we want people to participate in the process is off-putting. I eschew anything that might prevent someone from making a comment on my blog. It’s possible you don’t see it as being intrusive; I not only don’t want to be tracked, but making people register just to participate when we want people to participate in the process is off-putting. I eschew anything that might prevent someone from making a comment on my blog.

]]> By: jan geronimo http://www.imjustsharing.com/my-gripe-with-blogger-blogs/#comment-12573 jan geronimo Thu, 25 Feb 2010 08:23:22 +0000 http://www.imjustsharing.com/?p=622#comment-12573 Can't say I hate blogger blogs even with its poor commenting system. And if they use Disqus or Intense Debate it's fine by me. It will take more than that to prevent me from sharing my thoughts. Maybe because I used to have a blogger blog? Could be. Or perhaps jumping through hoops is my preferred virtual work out. .-= jan geronimo´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Writingtoexhale/~3/wG-14RPK78A/heres-why-i-unfriended-darren-rowse-in-facebook.html">Here’s Why I Unfriended Darren Rowse in Facebook</a> =-. Can’t say I hate blogger blogs even with its poor commenting system.

And if they use Disqus or Intense Debate it’s fine by me. It will take more than that to prevent me from sharing my thoughts.

Maybe because I used to have a blogger blog? Could be. Or perhaps jumping through hoops is my preferred virtual work out.
.-= jan geronimo´s last blog ..Here’s Why I Unfriended Darren Rowse in Facebook =-.

]]> By: Mitch http://www.imjustsharing.com/my-gripe-with-blogger-blogs/#comment-8658 Mitch Tue, 08 Sep 2009 05:55:28 +0000 http://www.imjustsharing.com/?p=622#comment-8658 Cool; I appreciate that, and it should show that, as you said, great minds think alike. ;) Cool; I appreciate that, and it should show that, as you said, great minds think alike. ;)

]]> By: Sire http://www.imjustsharing.com/my-gripe-with-blogger-blogs/#comment-8655 Sire Tue, 08 Sep 2009 05:31:04 +0000 http://www.imjustsharing.com/?p=622#comment-8655 Yep, and just to male up for it I linked to this post so that people can get a different spin on things. .-= Sire´s last blog ..<a href="http://wassupblog.com/why-i-dont-comment-on-blogger-blogs/">Why I Don’t Comment On Blogger Blogs</a> =-. Yep, and just to male up for it I linked to this post so that people can get a different spin on things.
.-= Sire´s last blog ..Why I Don’t Comment On Blogger Blogs =-.

]]> By: Mitch http://www.imjustsharing.com/my-gripe-with-blogger-blogs/#comment-8647 Mitch Tue, 08 Sep 2009 00:38:55 +0000 http://www.imjustsharing.com/?p=622#comment-8647 It was funny, Sire, because so many other people commented on it, but you were strangely missing. I've certainly referenced the post often enough, though. And yes, we absolutely do agree on it. It was funny, Sire, because so many other people commented on it, but you were strangely missing. I’ve certainly referenced the post often enough, though. And yes, we absolutely do agree on it.

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