Which Blog Platform to link to an eCommerce site is best?

[tutugirl]

I just hired a content writer to blog on my site, but I want to make sure I have the right blog set up properly before doing so.

I currently have my blog on my own domain. http://alturl.com/ixd7p   It's a pretty crappy blog, to be quite frank.  (The link to the blog is in the footer).  It doesn't allow me to change category titles so it's throwing duplicate content - not good.

I am seriously considering getting a self hosted Wordpress blog and linking that to my site instead at 3dcart- so it will be blog.domainname.comMy CONCERN.... I always heard that it's best to have the blog right right on the eCommerce site (just as I have it now) because it keeps feeding the domain fresh content.  If I have a self hosted Wordpress blog and have it linked to my site, will it still feed my site fresh content?

[TheeDigital]

The reason why many people have an on site blog is that when Google then crawls your website they will see that your website is updating and adding fresh content which it likes.

Are you talking about creating your blog as a subdomain?  If so that'll work, if not I recommend keeping your blog on your website.

You mentioned that your blog has a few things wrong with it, so you might be able to fix these issues in the same amount of time that it will create to get a new blog implemented on your website.  Also you might want to rename your blog and give it an overall theme, such as Free Giveaways or company news!  People will like a better defined news section than just a "blog".

[tutugirl]

Tech team at 3dcart said there is no way of fixing their blog.  Pretty crazy they released it like that.

Is it better to create a subdomain blog.domain name or can I just put the self hosted WP blog in a folder to my site like this:  domainname/blog?

I just want  Google to see fresh content to my site all the time, I'd go with whichever one works best.