'Moving home' services for Yahoo! 360

Yahoo Vietnam has officially announced that Yahoo! 360 blog service will be closed from July 13. The period of nearly a month and a half from now until then is enough for bloggers to find a new alternative blog service, but this 'move' is not easy.

Not simply because Yahoo 360 is a service that is too close to Vietnamese bloggers. Therefore, they have spent a lot of enthusiasm in the past for their articles, and can say to the 'hot blogs', the amount of posts and comments is not huge. No blogger wants to lose posts, just one post, or one comment. Therefore, the first criterion that bloggers choose in alternative solutions is that it must support the 'move home' to the fullest. The next criterion is that 'moving house' must be convenient, with little effort.

Based on the above criteria, we will provide a list of the hottest blogging services today (including Vietnamese blog service) for you to choose. Among these blogs, you will come across quite popular names but not necessarily suitable for you. It is best to base on their characteristics, then determine what your specific requirements are to find the most appropriate blog service. In addition to the need to 'move', when choosing a blog, you need to determine who your blog readers are, and what content you intend to provide, so that you can categorize and have them. The best choice.

1. Blogger ( http://www.blogger.com )

Why did we put Blogger at the top of the list? It's easy to understand because this is the 'multi-tree tree' in the previous and present 'blogging village'. The name 'Blogger' is the word for bloggers (bloggers), and it is considered the original platform that helps the blog concept become popular today. The biggest advantage of Blogger.com is its simplicity, light operation and many extra features. You can easily edit HTML, change themes freely, add many small utilities ., and in general Blogger.com gives you more creative opportunities than other blog services.

2. Facebook ( http://www.facebook.com )

Recently, Facebook has emerged as an all-powerful social network and has attracted the attention of many users. In addition to being a social network, Facebook's blog service is also highly appreciated in simplicity and fast. This service is considered one of the top choices of 'Yahoo!' 360 residents in the context of the growing and expanding Facebook community in Vietnam.

However, Facebook still has many weaknesses that bloggers should pay attention to, it is that it does not support HTML code, does not support video and music insertion - 3 of the factors are considered quite important to current bloggers. . Tips for you: if you're just planning to blog for fun, then choose Facebook; If Facebook intends to become a professional blogger, Facebook is not a reasonable choice. Facebook lacks tools to help your imagination fly farther when decorating and customizing your 'home'.

3. Wordpress ( http://wordpress.com/ )

Like Blogger.com, Worldpress (WP) is a long-standing and well-known blogging service. Therefore, the WP community is the largest in the world today. All you need about blogs is available on WP. There are things that other blogs don't have that can be found on WP. In addition, the advantage of WP is located in the convenience and gentle operation. WP is open source so anyone can write their own plugins or tools at will.

4. Opera ( http://my.opera.com )

First of all, it is necessary to say that if you are an 'art' follower, want to decorate your blog beautifully, Opera is the first choice. Opera supports HTML code, full keyboard shortcuts, easy photo and video sharing, and a user-friendly interface. However, although it has been available since 2001 and is one of the first blog services that Vietnamese users have access to, but the current Opera user community is not much. The main reason is because Opera requires users to have knowledge of the Web, especially CSS. Therefore, Opera is only really suitable and useful for users who have knowledge and experience in Web design (most Vietnamese bloggers are not in this category), otherwise you should choose a service for yourself. another blog.

5. Multiply ( http://multiply.com )

Although it sounds strange to Vietnamese users, there have been a large number of Vietnamese bloggers 'researching' this blog service. This is because Multiply has a myriad of convenient features for users, especially Yahoo! 360. One of those features is the ability to 'import' the entire blog (including blogs with a large number of posts and comments) in just a few minutes. In addition, Multiply also keeps the colors, sizes, fonts and photos in the article.

6. Yahoo 360 Plus ( http://blog.yahoo.com )

Being introduced to Vietnamese blogger community in mid-April 2008, Yahoo Vietnam now officially recommends that users should switch to this service. Yahoo Vietnam also confirmed that Yahoo! 360plus will be the official replacement for Vietnamese bloggers. In fact, Yahoo! 360 Plus is only for Vietnamese with Vietnamese interface with basic features supposed to be the next trip from Yahoo 360 to. Yahoo! 360 Plus is also said to be "Vietnameseized" from Yahoo's blog in Hong Kong, so sometimes Chinese characters (due to poor Vietnameseization) remain.

Although there are some new features such as allowing direct upload of entry albums, using emoticons, being consistent in using fonts (Unicode - Uni F8 only), but Yahoo! 360 Plus is still quite limited. Specifically, it does not import all images inserted in Yahoo! 360 to "new home". Also, sometimes Yahoo! 360 Plus suffers from an access error that makes the whole website blank.