So I finally migrated another part of my life onto Google’s servers, and I noticed several great things (as well as bad minor issues) with Blogger’s Custom Domain.

Here are the great things about it:

• Retain all of Blogger’s new features without messing with FTP on your domain
• Google hosts your blog for free! All you have to pay for is your domain
• You do not lose your Blog*Spot placement, preventing spammers from capitalizing on your efforts
• Google automatically forwards your Blog*Spot domain to your new one, so users visiting old posts go directly to the post on your domain

Here are some of the bad minor issues with it:

• Site not listed on the world wide web (compare InsideOrkut.com with www.InsideOrkut.com)
• Another user could claim your domain via Blogger, preventing you from using it (see my theory for details on my second thread response)
• Your Google Page rank drops (which means you’ll have to resubmit it everywhere again)

Now, in my opinion the good definitely out weighs the bad, and I would seriously recommend any serious blogger to consider switching over as it does have a way of making your site feel a little more professional.

Note: Is it me, or did Blogger just become cooler than WordPress?

Update: Inserted bullet points on “minor issues.”

I never thought I would ever say this, but it seems that Google (or rather Blogger) has once again reinvented the way blogging is done!

(Blogger Buzz) The new version of Blogger now supports using a custom domain for serving your blog. If you already own a domain named, say, mysite.com and want your blog to be served at that address instead of at a blogspot.com address, we can host your blog on that domain for you — for free. Your old Blog*Spot address will forward to your new custom domain, so the switch will be seamless for your readers.

I’ve already purchased several domains I would love to try this on (those being InsideOrkut.com, DarnellClayton.com, ColonyWorlds.com, IsraGood.com) and I will move my blog over to the self hosting later on today (after I get some sleep).

Is it me, or is Blogger really freakin’ cool!

It looks like Blogger in beta is no longer beta! That is really good news to hear, as the old blogger was–barely surviving.

Here is a snippet from Blogger Buzz:

The new version of Blogger is metaphorically bursting with features, from the big guns like drag-and-drop template editing and post labels [...]

to little polishes like a better-designed Dashboard or that you no longer need to solve a word verification CAPTCHA to post a comment on your own blog.

Good to see Google finally improving on “old hardware.” Now, if they could only bring that finesse to Picasa (i.e. more features, public search, 25 Gigs of space, etc.).

Google (or rather Blogger) seems to be not showing my personal journal. Sigh…and I try so hard.

:*-(

It looks like the Google Earth team has recently added a new Geographic Web layer which basically allows you to see comments about locations from Wikipedia, the Google Earth forum and Panoramio.

Google is becoming like the Borg (except a friendlier version of them). Assimilating all information and making it usable for the masses.

But with this latest addition to Google Earth, should it be classified as a social network like MySpace and Orkut?

Love the new look Google! Now I can not only catch up with what my friends are saying, but also with what is happening around the world as well.