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I recently praised Typepad for being the best blog provider available today. Well, I should have bitten my tongue because now it seems that Typepad may be no better than Google's Blogger.com -- only problem is that Typepad isn't free to use, while Blogger is.

Not a day goes by that I don't have to post some support ticket. Today, for example, the three most recent posts were simply removed from the main page of my Typepad-hosted blogs, leaving readers scratching their heads and wondering why I have not written anything knew or, if they visited earlier in the day, why I have deleted my latest posts.

Clearly, this sort of bug isn't good for "business" -- not to mention reader loyalty.

I am beginning to think that they must have hired Blogger.com staff at Typepad, because those daily headaches are something I remember clearly from the time I was blogging on Blogger.com.

I hate to say this, but I have to retract my praise for Typepad. Right now, it is not any better than Blogger.com -- actually, it is worse because you now encounter the same number of bugs and with the same frequency as on Blogger.com, but with Typepad you also pay for the "privilege".

If they don't get their mess under control soon, they will lose a long-time and paying customer.