Terapad Aims to Change the Blogging Game

A new UK-based hosted blog service came out of private beta last week and is now open for business. according to CEO Stephen Tual, is a game-changing offering:

[] Blogging has been technologically very active recently, but feature-wise it's been completely stagnant. We've capitalized on this and added all the features of major corporate websites to the blogging equation. Indeed the feature list of the London-based do it yourself' service appears never-ending: online shop, discussion forums, image gallery, job search, and even integration with a host of big-name third party services, such as Google Analytics and Paypal. This certainly isn't your average blog.

As Tual says, this isn't just a hosted blog service but an all-embracing offering that takes in broader content management features for managing a complete website. I've signed up for the trackbacks are not offered at all. You don't have a choice. That's a big mistake, in my view, one that's unlikely to appeal to many business bloggers as trackbacks are one of the fundamental aspects of linking and connecting between blogs. At least provide the choice. TypePad or Yahoo! hosted blog service based on terms and conditions before you click the next' button. Heavyweight conditions here, especially those relating to Stephan Tual Ltd's rights to materials provided by users. Some businesses may not be too comfortable with this one in particular. [Edit: I linked to the wrong T&C - see the Cold Fusion if the .cfm file extension of all the pages is any indicator. I've set up only a blog for the moment, called let me know. It might be fun to experiment together. (NevilleHobson.com blog which focuses on business communication and technology.

Neville is currentlly the VP of New Marketing at NevilleHobson.com