by theuniek1 » Sat Nov 05, 2005 10:34 pm
I personally prefer having my blog on my own servers because it affords me a lot more control over the blog itself.
As for which will rank higher or faster in the search engines, it really does depend. There are a lot of factors which go into rankings - number of inbound links, the actual content, the template coding, etc. - that said, I've not had a problem getting any of my non-hosted/non-blogger blogs ranking well for their specific keywords.
I did notice however that joining Yahoo's publisher network boosted the site I had placed their ads on...coincidence? Most likely, but it was neat to see my site go from page 10 to page 1 virtually overnight...LOL.