Month: March 2012

The Use of Sub-domains

Blogging in general

When blogging was just starting to boom, not everyone had a personal domain name to use. If I am not mistaken, at least 30% of bloggers that time had a personal domain. So what did we do bloggers who also wanted a personal domain but couldn’t afford or didn’t know how to go about it? We requested sub-domains from kindhearted bloggers!

I was once blogging under sasha.akoni.info under Ate Ghee’s akoni.info. It was my first ever personal domain and I truly am thankful until now for the use of that sub-domain. When I opened up this blog, sasha-says.com, I also opened a couple of sub-domains for friends but since a network I joined became strict with the use of sub-domains, I was left with no choice but to cut short the existence of domains under this blog.

Sub-domains are still being used to this day, especially business websites.

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Choosing the name Sasha

Blogging in general

When I began blogging in 2004, I had every intention of being anonymous. My main reason why I wanted to blog was to rant and rave about my life. Mostly rant actually. So why would I reveal who I was when I would be sharing specific stuff about me? But, of course, one cannot blog without a name, right? I thought and searched and I found the name Sasha. It’s from an animated cartoon show that I saw on TV and perfect timing as I wanted a name close to my real one.

So when I opened my very first blog, I used Sasha as my name. From then on, other bloggers, visitors and casual commentators in my blogs have known me as Sasha.

But along the way, I got closer to some bloggers, I revealed my real name to them. I met them and, of course, I introduced myself not as Sasha but the real me. Some still call me Sasha even though they already know my real name and I don’t mind. I think I will keep on using Sasha for as long as I blog.

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