is anyone else having issues commenting on blogger?

[misdee]

it wont let me comment on anyones. really annoying.

[butterflyexperience]

In what way?
Are you able to comment via URL?

[Violet5]

I am on wordpress and i always have problems commenting on blogger, i get msg's saying i don't own my I.D and then other times it just doesn't send. I press send comment sometimes about 8 times before i get a msg saying comment will appear after approval.
That's the problem i get anyway, don't know if your problem is similar ? it's v frustrating.

[FlamingoBingo]

Hate commenting on blogger blogs :(

[MmeLindor.]

Yes, quite a lot.

Blogger has a lot of problems at the moment. I switched to WP cause I got so annoyed at not being able to post, or not being able to upload pics.

[Overreactionoftheweek]

Ah so this is why my blog's not getting the hundreds of comments it deserves

Sounds like a switch over is needed. Is wordpress much better?

[FlamingoBingo]

Yes, wordpress is much better!

Once you've set up the blog, you can export everything you've done on blogger already over to the WP blog.

[MmeGuillotine]

I don't usually comment on Blogger blogs as it is so difficult!

I actually started off on Blogger and lasted two posts before I realised that I hated it and it wasn't up to what I wanted to do. I moved off to Wordpress, where I have been ever since.

[MmeLindor.]

I was happy with Blogger for over two years, but then a couple of months ago they had awful problems, as I said earlier. I got so hacked off with them that I moved to Wordpress, and self-hosted there. Am very glad that I did.

[Overreactionoftheweek]

Does self-host mean you have to pay for your site name? ok, will try and move over to wp over the next few days...thanks for the advice everyone

[MmeLindor.]

Overreaction
You can selfhost at wordpress.org or have you blog hosted by wordpress at wordpress.com

So if you self host then your url looks like this: www.saltandcaramel.com

and if you don't your url looks like this: www.wordpress.saltandcaramel.com

Yes, you do have to pay for hosting, but it is not too expensive. I paid:

1 @ 83.40 - Web Hosting (saltandcaramel.com)
1 @ 11.95 - Domain Registration (saltandcaramel.com)
1 @ 9.00 - Domain Privacy (saltandcaramel.com)

That is for the year.

Possibly not worth it unless you know that you will continue blogging, I guess a lot of people start and then get fed up.

[FlamingoBingo]

Its's a little easier with wordpress.com, Overreaction, and you can pay £10 per year for your own domain name so long as the one you want is available.

Mine is hosted by wordpress.com

[MmeGuillotine]

You don't have to self host to have your own URL. I have my blog with Wordpress but pay them a pittance every year to point it at a URL that I also pay for from a hosting company. It costs me about £15 a year in total, I believe so I get to have my own name madameguillotine.org.uk but none of the faff of self hosting.

[MmeGuillotine]

I've been with Wordpress for just over two years now and so can't remember why I loathed Blogger so much - I think we just didn't get along. I've never regretted absconding so quickly though as most Blogger users that I know seem to do little but complain about it.

[Tee2072]

I've never used Blogger but I lurve Wordpress!

And I also rarely post on Blogger blogs because it says I don't have a Wordpress login or other silly stuff.