It’s been a while since I posted here, but too much work kept me from typepadusers.com.

In this old post I wrote that in the last 4 years there have been no blog posts about WordPress vs Typepad, or the change from TP to WP. If you do a search on Google about it now, you will see how many are actually changing while giving an explanations about their reasons for the change, and how they managed to do it.

You could read on the FortyFirst about the change of TP to WP for their SavvyMarketers blog, and this is but one of the many.

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Looks like there is  an increasing need for some website owners to change TypePad for WordPress lately, and on Foliovision is a very useful guide on how to do just that.

In the above article Alec Kinnear is writing about the rescue of his older Uncoy.com blog. Alec is an independant writer and photographer next to his web design and marketing business Foliovision.

In the Moving from Typepad to Wordpress: 2009 Guide he is adamant about how awful Typepad is as a blog platform for anything but the most basic weblog needs. The reasons for his move to WP were: that images look terrible on TypePad blogs, and the CSS is difficult to alter, plus stats are unreliable, as well as the tech support is one of for the worst on the web.

I am not agreeing or disagreeing with his arguments, but suffice it to say, that should you go to read his above mentioned Guide, you could read in the comments how many were grateful to him for the provided info and help.

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Any idea how come in the last 4 years there have been no blog posts about WP vs Typepad? Or is it just me that did not find more recent once than from 2005?

This post that I found on Tikun Olam…: Make The World a Better Place was also written in 2005, and I think that what was said than is still valuable today. WP still has it’s community, and many plugin’s are still being developed and available for everyone. The growing commerce in blogs and blog networks has increased so much in the last 4 years that many of the developed plugins are not free anylonger, but obviously, most bloggers spend only on plugin’s that will increase their earnings.

Talking about the ease of use while having a blog’s network with WP is so well explained in these posts of Barry Bell. And a more recent post, from 2008, on the Warrior Forum is about the difference about WP being free and opensource against the options and possibilities with Typepad while a paid platform. And Seth Godin and his use of Typepad was mentioned there too.

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I had to come up with the most interesting Typepad user in the very beginning, or, why calling this blog the way I did otherwise? Besides, Seth’s blog is ranked by Technorati as the #1 blog in the world written by a single individual, which is making it even more real. And Seth Godin is not only “interesting,” no, he is among the brightest personalities that I have had the pleasure to read books by, or watch a video with. And I fell in love with his brain… (even though he hates cats, while I love them)

A few days ago I read on his blog that the post was his post #3,000 in a row! Now I wonder if this number rings any bells in your mind too? If an year has 365 days, than how many times will 365 go into 3000? 9 years or so - while writing daily I would say, and trust me – that even if I am very passionate about my blogging – I wouldn’t be able to keep up with it as Seth does. Writing daily will be too much for me, and at times even once a week will be more than I am willing to handle.

The here above video, called - All Marketers Are Liars has it’s name also on a blog of Seth Godin and what I find remarcable in it is that he himself as an entrepreneur is teaching marketing to marketers, but the guy is above everything else so very honest. Than the advices he is giving to companies (and for free), like the one to Amazon about Kindle, is one that makes everyone a winner – customers, and publishers, and Amazon of course too.

The only thing left to say for now is – if you are not following Seth’s blog, or haven’t read any of his books – go and check them out today. You’ll be glad you did

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 If you decide to start your blog on something else than WordPress, or Blogger – than you might want to try using Typepad. There are plenty of tutorials and guide lines on “How to…” and this video here will be very helpful if you prefer to act on it without reading all about it first .

 You could also check out the official tutorials and videos on the Typepad site

But why should you choose Typepad? Maybe you should take a look at what

Typepad is claiming:

You Get More With TypePad

No hidden fees. Total control. Find out why your blog is better on TypePad.

Wordpress and Blogger offer a basic blog for free, while TypePad charges a subscription fee. Why? Because TypePad offers you more: professionally designed themes, control over your content, and ways to make money. Best of all, everything is included in one up-front fee. You really do get what you pay for.

But since I am a WordPress user I do not agree with everything Typad is saying on the above page in regards to WP. And maybe they are talking about the free WP blogs and not the WP blogs installed on your own hosting or server.

I am really curious what newbe users of Typepad have to say about the features, and resources next to the pricing and what are the real benefits compared to WordPress.

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