Switching from Wordpress to Medium
While I created a MedTech IoT project, I wanted to write guides about AWS cloud issues I was solving, like the following:
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In the past, I had a personal site created with Wordpress at dantasfiles.com. I mostly used it to publicize research results.
But Wordpress was overkill for the static pages that I was creating. I was also unsure whether I was complying with the specifications that websites must satisfy these days to ensure visibility and discoverability on search indices. Finally, I was concerned that if I attempted to enable new features by changing settings and experimenting with plugins, I could open up a vulnerability on my site.
So, much like my decision not to run a personal email server, I decided to place my technical guides on a third-party blogging site. I examined the popularity of several sites using Amazon’s Alexa web traffic analysis. I could post on a site that was well-visited but not dedicated to technology, like Medium, or on a less-visited, specialty technology site like DEV.
Both had similar editing tools, and I didn’t have much preference there. There were plenty of technology articles on Medium, so anything I posted wouldn’t be out of place there.
I decided to go with the well-visited, not dedicated to technology site, to get as much reach as possible, and chose Medium.
https://medium.com/@dantasfiles