Comments on: The Costs of Running a Blog http://meta.baeldung.com/the-costs-of-running-a-blog Marketing experiences growing Baeldung Tue, 12 Apr 2016 12:40:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.7 By: Eugen Paraschiv http://meta.baeldung.com/the-costs-of-running-a-blog#comment-103 Tue, 12 Apr 2016 12:40:00 +0000 http://meta.baeldung.com/?p=462#comment-103 In reply to Tito George.

Hey Tito – thanks for the suggestion, we’re going to try it out. Cheers,
Eugen.

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By: Tito George http://meta.baeldung.com/the-costs-of-running-a-blog#comment-102 Mon, 11 Apr 2016 06:44:00 +0000 http://meta.baeldung.com/?p=462#comment-102 Why not use http://uptimerobot.com/ instead of pingdom. uptimerobot is free (5 minute checks). Even the pro plan with One minute check is 4.5$/m.

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By: Justin http://meta.baeldung.com/the-costs-of-running-a-blog#comment-90 Fri, 10 Jul 2015 19:39:00 +0000 http://meta.baeldung.com/?p=462#comment-90 In reply to Eugen Paraschiv.

hehe cool will do. Not leaving links here as don’t want to use your site to re-direct traffic 😉

I’ll send you an email (y)

Cheers,
Justin

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By: Eugen Paraschiv http://meta.baeldung.com/the-costs-of-running-a-blog#comment-89 Fri, 10 Jul 2015 19:36:00 +0000 http://meta.baeldung.com/?p=462#comment-89 In reply to Justin.

Yeah, I’m definitely aware and have used them for quite some time. So, don’t let cost hold you back from blocking – showing up and putting work out there is the main thing. Costs can be kept way down – maybe even at 0 if you go with a static site, or something like hosting it on wordpress.com.
Best of luck with the new site. And do reach out when you have something up. Cheers,
Eugen.

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By: Justin http://meta.baeldung.com/the-costs-of-running-a-blog#comment-88 Fri, 10 Jul 2015 19:09:00 +0000 http://meta.baeldung.com/?p=462#comment-88 In reply to Eugen Paraschiv.

ah that makes sense 🙂

I was pretty sure you were aware of cheaper alternatives. Just left the comment as cost was one of the reasons I didn’t want to get into blogging (though, I wouldn’t say I’m a “real” blogger). – that and too many choices for how to go about it!!

Yes, there is definitely the learning experience aspect, even if it’s just a static site 🙂

(btw – the new site isn’t up yet – I am taking it easy ^^;)

Cheers,
Justin

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By: Eugen Paraschiv http://meta.baeldung.com/the-costs-of-running-a-blog#comment-87 Fri, 10 Jul 2015 16:32:00 +0000 http://meta.baeldung.com/?p=462#comment-87 In reply to Justin.

Hey Justin – you definitely don’t need all of these services when you’re starting out. Baeldung was running much lower for the first few years – and I definitely could be running lower now as well. The reason I chose to go for these services is the learning experience, especially on the marketing side. So – congrats on the new site. Cheers,

Eugen.

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By: Justin http://meta.baeldung.com/the-costs-of-running-a-blog#comment-86 Fri, 10 Jul 2015 14:37:00 +0000 http://meta.baeldung.com/?p=462#comment-86 Ouch… that is expensive…. I did take your advise regards starting to blog but I did not go to this extent.

Currently, I have a “not too impressively styled” static site for the blog and hosting on a paid service… but will be moving over to Github (opted for the former because of Tuts+ membership with the offer at the time). So it will be free hosting when I finally get round to it.

Not saying one is better than the other. To who it may concern, if your needs aren’t too big, you can get by with a free (but personal – i.e. not something like Blogger) blog.

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