My Life, My World, My Stories

This blog was originally posted on my main site at EricSchuetz.com a few weeks ago.  I am posting it here…finally.

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Trying to figure something out here.  I have my blogs.  First my personal blog at EricscShuetz.com and my personal tech blog at Tech.EricsShuetz.com.  I am trying to decide here.  What should I do?  I have been seeing numerous bloggers jump on the bandwagon and started using Google+ as their official blog forum.  However, I am not entirely ready to do this.  Why?  Because of the stories that Google doesn’t keep a lengthy backlog of your posts.  I do not know if that is entirely true, as I have not personally investigated this yet.

What I am truly waiting for is when Google integrates Blogger.com into Google+.  Why?  Because then I would have more control over my content.  With Google+, it still feels like a “post” on a social network.  I can not dictate the positioning of images in the posts.  I don’t post a lot of pictures on my personal blog, but I do use images on my Tech Blog for that attempt at a polished look and feel.  Blogger allows this freedom as well, and that is what I want.

I wouldn’t mind using my vanity URL as a means to redirect back to my Google+ profile, or even my G+/Blogger blog.  That would work perfectly fine as well.

So what are the benefits of going the route of using G+ as a blog tool?  Exposure!  Anyone that wants to write a blog for any reason is wanting exposure.  They want to have someone read it, share it, follow it, and even comment on it.  It’s a way for everyone to have their little slice of popularity and fame.  Not to much to ask for, is it?

I am actually writing this post on Google+ as an experiment.  I am also going to post on my blog.  Why?  Just for the archival purpose for now, really.  I feel that I will be doing this more often just to see what reaction I can get from it.  This will also be my way of getting more active on Google+ beyond just posting occasionally.  Could be a fun little experiment.