On top of that,
even if the primary design of the mother site can be approximated, their URLs can be disjointed
with the rest of the site because they are not hosted locally, as you can see in
Figure 9-2??”although some hosted solutions allow clever redirecting or full DNS capability.
Finally, hosted solutions run a slight risk of data loss simply because content is being
entrusted to a third party. While hosted solutions run their own backup systems, if the
service ever folds, copies of the content might be difficult to obtain. To help prevent this
worst-case scenario, many hosted systems provide manual backup options.
Also consider content restrictions. If the host company interprets any post to be offensive
or running into the naughty section of their Terms of Use, individual entries or entire blogs
can be taken down without explanation or justification, whether you consider the action
warranted or not.
Even after all these appreciable deficiencies, hosted blogs remain a viable option because
their free, elegant systems allow rapid publishing with little resistance, avoiding some of
the headaches that can arise with an internally managed platform.
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