My goal was to have my “.com” ready by January 2026.
That’s not happening.
Technically, the site is already live. If you want to visit today and read reviews, you can. But most of the content isn’t ready for prime time, and the official rollout is now pushed well into next year. Realistically, I don’t expect the site to be fully finished until summer 2026 at the earliest.
The reason is simple: GoDaddy’s blogging tools are bad. I knew they weren’t great when I signed up, but I didn’t realize just how bad until I was deep into the process. Coding a blog post correctly takes far more time than it should, especially when it comes to making everything work on mobile. And mobile is the real problem.
By default, the site places post categories at the top of the page. On mobile, clicking a category doesn’t take you to the content you selected. It just highlights the category, and you have to scroll all the way to the bottom of the page to see that anything even happened. It’s unintuitive and frustrating.
To work around this, I created an archive that organizes content by alphabetical range. That’s been a lot of work, since each post has to be manually re-categorized. And I haven’t even finished transferring all the content yet. I also built a “reviews by brand” section, with separate pages for each brand, so readers aren’t forced to hunt for content after clicking on it. Again, more work.
The upside is that GoDaddy allows for a cleaner, more professional-looking layout than anything Blogger offers. Visually, it’s a big step up.
You might be asking, “Bryan, if you knew it was this bad, why did you go with GoDaddy?” The answer is that my plan is long-term and two-tiered. I want From Pyrgos to continue for many years as a blog. But eventually, I also want to use the same site to sell my own fragrances. That’s where GoDaddy shines. Its retail tools are strong, and launching a store there will be much easier than on most other platforms. What I lose in blogging convenience, I gain in future marketing and sales potential. Having my own fragrance brand accessible to the public could help fund the blog itself.
So stay tuned. As work continues on FromPyrgos.com, I’ll keep publishing here on Blogger. When the new site is fully ready, this address will be retired, and visitors will be redirected to the new home. Until then, you can keep enjoying my content here.
Happy New Year, everyone!