Thanks Ryan,

I also use Joomla and AceSEF looks perfect!

Thanks Ryan.

So basic rule is - If at all possible, keep your blog within your domain.

On a brief aside, you said in you last post "With a single site, there is software which can automatically generate all your internal links as appropriate."

Are you able to tell me which software?

Hi.

Sorry Cassi, my post doesn't answer your question for you but raises another one based on Ryan's answer.

The main attraction for using 3rd party blogging solutions is the ease at which they can be set-up compared to setting up a blog on a domain from scratch even with the help of wordpress.

Some blogging services such as Posterous will allow you to use a sub-domain address for your blog. Would this help? or would this still be classed as splitting the blog away from the site?

I use Rank Tracker to check hundreds of keywords each day for multiple sites. The best thing for me is the ability to schedule Rank Tracker to automatically check rankings throughout the night.

I'm not sure how limited the free version is but well worth seeing if it suits your purpose.