Oh my — the ongoing story of moving blogs to @wpengine — from the safe heaven of Wordpress and Blogger

Update: I did ask for help, and was directed to a migration site, where a specialist in migration, should do the work. I was asked if I wanted a Multi Site, ie. with simplified management. Since I will run 3 blogs with the same theme, this was an easy one. But they warned of some added complexity. But, as all other things seems to go smooth, I take that.

When the import is done, I’m going to need help to add the theme, and to start the multisite.
I’m more calm now. No panic still. Stay tuned….

Original post: I’m just feeling stupid, leaving the safe harbor of wordpress.com and blogger.com and entering into a Wordpress hosting provider. I’ve heard on @5by5 that @wpengine don’t let people down, so I’ve written and asked for advice and help. So now I’m just knitting thumbs and waiting for instructions…

It was a miracle how this cite for google made impact on my partners:

Google says they lose 20% of their traffic for each additional 100 milliseconds it takes a page to load. Speed matters. Google also incorporates your page-load time into your site’s search rankings. 

That’s however the truth. I never wait long for a website anymore. If it doesn’t come, I just drop it.
I did discuss that speed issue with Lars Monrad Krohn, one of the founders of Norsk Data, a successful providers in the 60–70 in the Mini market, but who didn’t survive the PC market. He told me that in 1963 the pain-point for waiting for response was 7 seconds!

I will follow up the history, until I’m on air with both blogs!