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Re:Ask HN - Where should a startup host its blog? by dangrossman on Saturday May 05, 2012 @01:02AM (#3931397)
On your own server, but stick it on a VPS in a different data center from the main site so that it's online when your startup isn't.
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Re:Ask HN - Where should a startup host its blog? by factorialboy on Saturday May 05, 2012 @01:51AM (#3931470)
Any reason why self hosted blogs are preferred? Why should a start-up host and maintain a blogging software?

I know its not very difficult to do, but shouldn't a start-up focus on its core?

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Re:Ask HN - Where should a startup host its blog? by jack7890 on Saturday May 05, 2012 @02:04AM (#3931488)
SEO. To fully realize the SEO benefit of inbound links you need to self-host.
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Re:Ask HN - Where should a startup host its blog? by ig1 on Saturday May 05, 2012 @04:30AM (#3931659)
You can just use a reverse proxy to get the seo advantages, without getting the security problems associated with self-hosting.
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Re:Ask HN - Where should a startup host its blog? by factorialboy on Saturday May 05, 2012 @03:19AM (#3931567)
Hadn't thought of that, good point
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Re:Ask HN - Where should a startup host its blog? by nreece on Saturday May 05, 2012 @02:20AM (#3931511)
Basically, having a blog at yoursite.com/blog is more SEO-friendly than something like blog.yoursite.com
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