http://manojranaweera.wordpress.com (last posted on 29/01/07) continues to be more popular than http://www.manojranaweera.com. Here is a comparison of the two blogs: WordPress hosted Hits: 16,082 Google page rankings: 5 Technorati rankings: Rank: 129,676 (104 links from 31 blogs) Self-hosted (somewhere on earth) Hits: 14,841 Google page rankings: 0 Technorati rankings: Rank: 462,695 (15 links from 9 blogs) This is frustrating! The question I keep asking myself is should I shut down the old blog? Bit of advice: If you are thinking of starting a blog and can read your future, do make the effort to host it under your own URL…
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