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Blogger/Blogspot Blackout
I’m sure by now that most of you have noticed that Blogger/Blogspot blogs have been non-functional going on two days now. I suspect there will be a lot of new WordPress blogs starting up now, here’s mine:
I used the new blog to blog about the Blogger blackout here:
The Great Blogger/Blogspot Outage
Feel free to come back here to comment, if you like.
I’ll still be using the Zilla blog when Blogger fixes their stuff, I’m fortunate to have not posted anything new there since Wednesday, because they removed all posts and comments from everybody’s blogs posted after Wednesday morning. No word yet on if they’ll put them back. I had been thinking of starting a new WordPress blog for a while anyway, so this seemed like a good time to do it, there are a lot of neat features that Blogger doesn’t offer, but I’m a little out of my element on WordPress when it comes to design so the new place is a work in progress. I’m a little confused over how to do the widgets and blogroll.
So if you are a Blogspot blogger or your favorite blogs are hosted there, how have you weathered the outage? Will you be looking into other platforms as well?
UPDATE: As of 1:05 PM, it looks like Blogger is back up & running – at least at my place, anyway.
loopyloo305, 
Potluck 
jill 7:49 AM on 05/13/2011 Permalink |
Thanks, Zilla. I’ve been busy and just noticed the Blogger problem this morning.
My back-up WordPress blog is here:
http://punditandpundette.wordpress.com/
I’m working on my morning post now.
Posterous.com is another option.
fuzislippers 8:04 AM on 05/13/2011 Permalink |
Hmmm, sounds like I may need to have a second blog hosting site, too.
zillaoftheresistance 8:07 AM on 05/13/2011 Permalink |
Well thanks to Potluck, I already have a WordPress account, so starting a new blog with that platform was the easiest option for me. Once Blogger fixes their stuff, I’ll run both blogs, just another outpost for my imaginary empire. I made a TypePad microblog too. Heh.
Retriever 8:12 AM on 05/13/2011 Permalink |
I have one too, but have forgotten a lot of the wordpress stuff (hence troubles posting here. :) )
I am pretty fed up w Blogger tho. I’ve debated setting up my own domain as I have a server, etc but have been too lazy/ busy to investigate.
Cynthia 8:21 AM on 05/13/2011 Permalink |
I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST ME!!! GLAD TO KNOW IT ISN’T. I post a daily blog -as in EVERY DAY- so this is a real problem!!
Sherry 10:00 AM on 05/13/2011 Permalink |
figures. yesterday I began hosting a segment for family and faith live, had my best blog day ever for traffic and now it is gone.
SignPainterGuy 10:07 AM on 05/13/2011 Permalink |
No good deed go un-punished, as they say ! ;-)
Chris Wysocki 10:28 AM on 05/13/2011 Permalink |
I’ve blogrolled your new site!
I like being my own host and having control over my destiny, even though it’s more of a pain to maintain a custom site than to use blogger or wordpress.com. But that’s only feasible if you’re a digit-head. Otherwise it’s too much like work.
zillaoftheresistance 10:57 AM on 05/13/2011 Permalink |
Thanks, Chris! I have my own domain, but the tools that it came with to design a website are pretty lame. Although I use the domain instead of blogspot addresses, they remain Blogger blogs, I wish I could make it otherwise but I just don’t know how and haven’t found a free way to learn.
Mauimandy@The Grains of Paradise 11:55 PM on 05/13/2011 Permalink |
OMG I’m laughing now….I thought I slept walked last night and deleted yesterday’s post! Glad to know it wasn’t me!!
loopyloo305 5:24 AM on 05/14/2011 Permalink |
I keep two blogs, with blogger being my backup. I usually post the same thing on both, always just felt that I should have a back up. I keep wordpress as my main one. I was annoyed at being unable to access blogger but didn’t miss it that much.
iainswife 3:16 PM on 05/14/2011 Permalink |
Is it sad I didn’t notice?