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BackupMyBlog
After my misadventures in server admin the other day I found myself wondering why someone hasn't built a service to automagically backup blog databases. Since blogs are still about as complicated to manage technically as they were five years ago and the median blogger is trending less and less tech-savy, this seems like a golden opportunity for someone.
Amazingly just as I was thinking that Doug Martin left a comment about his new web service backupmyblog.com. After a quick sign-up process they install a small bit of software on your server that backs up your blog's database every day. Right now it is in beta and is free, but it will eventually be $20/3 months of daily backups. If you have several years worth of blog posts this may be a nice little service to give you peace of mind.
Needless to say, I've signed up.
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Thanks for signing up. If you have an comments or suggestions during the beta period just drop a note on the support forum.
Comment by Doug Martin — March 23, 2006 @ 7:39 amOr if you prefer to do it yourself, here are some guidelines:
http://blogtweaks.com/general/200603-how_to_start_a_blog.html
Comment by Péter Szász — March 30, 2006 @ 9:05 am[...] BackupMyBlog is a service by Doug Martin who is also the owner of LookLater, one of my favorite bookmarking tools. I could not find a price at BackupMyBlog for when it’s out of the free beta stage, but a post over at Mark Allen’s states that it may be $20/3 months of daily backups. Not bad at all, but no word on official pricing as of yet. [...]
Pingback by BackupMyBlog: Auto Remote Backups for Blogs » Solution Watch — May 11, 2006 @ 10:49 pm[...] In it’s beta stage, you get free access, though Mark Allen has said this may increase to $20 for 3 months of daily backups. I wouldn’t do this, though I’m sure many people would. There’s no official word, though. [...]
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