by Lili Petkova | Jun 04, 2012
If micro-blogging is not your thing and you want to try something that is not as traditional and well-known as Blogger or WordPress, this post is exactly for you. We’re going to look through some other popular blogging platforms, which maybe you haven’t heard about – not because they’re not worthy, but because people don’t talk about them as often as they do about WordPress.
LiveJournal
LiveJournal is somewhere in between blogging and social networking. But not in the way that other micro-blogging platforms offer this combination. In LiveJournal you can maintain your own blog, journal or diary and participate in polls, create networks and interact with other users alongside your blog – which are in your friends list. Each blog post has its own web page, which includes the comments left by other users. Each user on the other hand has a user info page and journal page, which shows all of their most recent journal entries.
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In fact, the main thing that makes LiveJournal a good choice for blogging software is its unique combination of blogging platform and social network. In Russia, for example, over 80 of the top 100 Russian blogs are hosted on LiveJournal. In every country the community that uses LiveJournal is different, so do your research before choosing this platform. If you want to have a blog about your dental clinic and the community in your country tends to be more interested in entertainment-related issues, this platform is not the best choice, right?
Movable Type
Movable Type is a powerful blogging platform like WordPress and in fact these two platforms have a lot in common. It powers more than just blogs – it is a fully-functional web site and content management system. Movable Type offers plug-ins to customize the experience for both the blogger and the reader, including Twitter and Facebook integration, code sanitization and photo galleries. Movable Type also comes in two versions – the .com version is for non-developers who want their blog hosted for free by Movable Type, and the .org version is for people who want to host their site using external services for greater control. The .org version is recommended for developers who want an advanced open source platform upon which to build, extend and customize.
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Movable Type powers some of the largest and most influential websites and blogs on the web. There are a lot of similarities between Movable Type and WordPress, so it’s a matter of really doing your research and figuring out which service offers the features, plug-ins and support that you need.
Typepad
Typepad is the blogging platform of choice for a lot of big and well-known companies – like Amazon, Zynga, Yelp, Salesforce, Discovery channel and many more. These names speak for themselves – Typepad is a reliable and flexible platform. Typepad is based on Movable Type’s platform, with the two sharing the same templates, technology and APIs. Unlike most blogging sites, Typepad isn’t free. In an age where almost all blogging services offer numerous features in their free versions, this platform seems to be lagging behind.
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In short, if you don’t want to worry about the technical part of maintaining a blog, if you want to have customer support for every problem you might have and if you don’t have anything against paying for all this – try Typepad!
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