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89 Comments on ActiveRain Launches ActiveBlogs, a Multi-Author Blogging Platform for Real Estate Industry Professionals
I will read all the other posts but I have been wanting two blogs - the free "Outside Blog" that I have with my own domain and another that I have been trying to set up with my own domain and the wordpress format and don't understand how yet - and so I have delayed. Will this be as good as having a separate blog like wordpress and keep my present set up. Probably shouldn't ask all this until I read everything - off to do that now.
Jason and Amber: Just curious, but why would a warning be necessary if your current Outside Blog didn't change? You aren't being forced to pay anything. The upgrade is optional. I agree that the link on your 'My Home' page for the Outside Blog should still be there, and allow you to make changes as you did before. I wil check into that for you.
Just when you thought..there...its one of the earth's seven wonders...(BOING) they do it again. Keep tweaking, poking, punching and improving the voice we broadcast!
I was willing to pay for an ActiveRain blog in 2007 when they first started talking about them. Rich J said that paid blogs would not work to monetize AR back shortly after Local sponsorships were sold. Wondering what has changed?
Sounds interesting. Like many others on here I need to find out more. Off to read the other posts.
My power has been out and the first thing I read when I was back up and running were several emails from AR friends suggesting new group blogs! Sounds like fun and will enjoy watching this unfold. I have several of my own blogs and one group blog for my community so it will be interesting to compare the results.
Jeff,
I signed up for the upgrade last night. I can't update the them, nor can I add the custom URL (no matter what I try). Is there a help of FAQ area that is easily accessible??
Reporting from LaGuardia Airport in NYC...
As with any and every product release, there will be bugs...which our programmers are acutely (and chronically) aware of, and are diligently fixing. Many of the bugs ID'd in these comments have already been rectified.
A detailed FAQ post will manifest early next week, but a few things before I jump a flight:
If you have any detailed questions, please don't hesitate to email me.
Jorgen & Jeff--why should we change our blog name/domain name? Can't we continue to use the AR-assigned domain? Is there a good reason to change it?
Hi there. I need the domain name for another purpose that my outside blog is currently using. How can I delete my AR outside blog and simply go back to using the AR free blog? Will we still get good Google juice if we use the original blog format? Thanks!!!
Risa: Is there a good time tomorrow that I can call you and get this issue resolved? Let me know rich@activerain.com
I notice my current outside blog does not have rss symbol anymore, and also notice my widget is not updating anymore everytime I post a blog, the post do show up on my outside blog, but not my widget like it used to, matter of fact, my widget lost all its post back to Oct 2008, it this because I am still using the free version? My widget still has the setting to be fed from my outside blog, not sure what is going on, I am thinking because of the recent "free" to "pay" for outside blog changeover. Any help would be appreciated.
Which widget are you speaking of Brad and Angela?
RSS Feeds are undergoing some fixes as I type this, and should be reconciled by early in the week...
It is the widget at http://www.widgetbox.com/widget/nc-piedmont-triad-real-estate-blog
The widget is set to be fed from my outside blog http://nchomesforsaleblog/rss
Hopefully, the RSS feeds will be fixed this week and my widget will be updating correctly.
Thank you for sharing this.
I was wondering why I never run into my "new paid for Blog" - in search engines? I still always come up as the old blog within activerain. I want to make sure that I am not missing something - is there something I should be doing? Thanks. Nicky Dou
Also - is there a way to customize more than just the standard backgrounds you guys have - like on the other AR Blog (the free one?) Thanks!
Let me get this straight, Jeff. I am paying you a monthly free for my outside blog http://memphisrealestate20.com and now in the upper right corner in a prominent visual position is a search box that takes readers away from the blog and my site and directs them to an AR vendor. Sorry, but that is not acceptable!
Jeff, sorry for my rant. I just discovered the widget feature, which, I swear, was not there the last time i looked at my outside blog.
Is there some place we can go to get updates on what you are doing with the outside blogs, like the widget add, or can i sign up for updates??
When you refer to an outside blog... are you referring to any blog other than Active Rain. We have a blog on our Point2 website, is this what you mean.
Also when you refer to a "Team" are you referring to a husband and wife that work together. If so the price seems to high.
Thanks,
I post my blogs on more than one platform. It's amazing to me how many times Active Rain blogs are first in the google search. Active Rain Rocks!