a groovyweb » agroovyweb http://agroovyweb.com Social Conversations: The Art of Listening, Marketing 2.0 and Newish Technology & Media Tue, 14 Jun 2011 12:49:20 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Why I Moved To a Self-Hosted Blogging Platform http://agroovyweb.com/2009/11/19/why-i-moved-to-a-self-hosted-blogging-platform/ http://agroovyweb.com/2009/11/19/why-i-moved-to-a-self-hosted-blogging-platform/#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:33:43 +0000 Isman Tanuri http://agroovyweb.com/2009/11/19/im-continuing-my-thoughts/ I am almost finished setting up this blog and happy to welcome you to my new domain!

Why I Went Self-Hosted?

I felt constrained being on the WordPress.com platform at http://groovygenie.wordpress.com, although it is a simple and easy to use blogging platform. The inability to customise themes or add plugins to WordPress.com really felt punishing and suffocated the geek in me. I had to break free!

Web Analytics is Dope

But most importantly, I would like to deepen my learning in web analytics and the only way to do this is to have control over my blog, this blog. I see this as a worthwhile investment, got to walk the talk, baby!

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Vanity is Evil

Then again, a really nice URL to call my own is pretty sweet as well! I am using Host Gator for my hosting needs. Highly recommended by tweeples.

Well, things have been going swimmingly well so far, so if anyone need some pointers on setting up your self-hosted WordPress, I am happy to share! Drop me a mail or tweet me anytime.

So I welcome you to the new A GroovyWeb by Isman Tanuri! Do stick around ya’ll!

Yours sincerely,

The Groove Master

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