Starting a personal blog? If so, WordPress.com may become your blogging platform of choice.
Interesting news in Free Space to Three Gigabytes « WordPress.com; Matt Mullenweg says:
“Today, one of those developments comes to fruition — everyone’s free upload space has been increased 60x from 50mb to 3,000mb. To get the same amount of space at our nearest competitor, Typepad, you’d pay at least $300 a year. Blogger only gives you 1GB. We’re doing the same thing for free.
Our hope is that much in the same way Gmail transformed the way people think about email, we’ll give people the freedom to blog rich media without having to worry about how many kilobytes are left in their upload space.”
I’ve just read the Terms of Service again, and this is a concern:
Termination. Automattic may terminate your access to all or any part of the Website at any time, with or without cause, with or without notice, effective immediately. If you wish to terminate this Agreement or your WordPress.com account (if you have one), you may simply discontinue using the Website.
The TOS no longer seems to specifically prohibit commercial blogs on WordPress.com, however the “termination” clause packs a lot of punch, and makes your WordPress.com blogs vulnerable.
My advice? Get your own domain name and hosting; it’s safer.
Freelance Blogging: Fun, Easy and VERY Profitable
Want a new career? Become a freelance blogger.
I’ve been blogging since 2001, and for the past 12 months I’ve been swamped with offers of blogging gigs, and so have other freelancers who are highly visible on the Web. Blogging has huge returns on investment for businesses, so they’re hiring bloggers to update their blogs each day – often several times a day.
My new ebook, “Blogging for Dollars: How to become a career blogger — in your PJs, if you want”, teaches you how to blog for money.
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