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Neptune by Hashnode



 It's a blogging platform -- As you know (Well, as you know now), I have been looking for places to export all of this to another platform, one with SEO (Search Engine Optimization) and modern editing capabilities that is actually maintained by its owners. Check it out here on Product Hunt.

You use Markdown to write; As someone who is used to the highlighter and change stylistic appearances way of things, it's a bit of a change. I'm not sure I've used markdown more than 4 or 5 times in my career -- 8 times in my life.

Grammarly is built in;

Technically, they're right.


Similarly to Notion, we can type "/" for commands to appear.

I can't format text the way I like to.


The image may not show up on the final product as I used the hyperlink of the image hosted here.


Ideally, this text 'new and SEO improved!' would be directly under the image and smaller, as a caption. Notion can do that. 


One thing Notion cannot do that Neptune can (or will be able to, as of this writing, it's in alpha preview) -- Is generating outilnes and summaries of your article with AI;


I have seen a program that can do something similar (And I don't recall the name) -- So I see this as a tool, not a replacement. I still have to do the research, write it, and make it understandable to you!

 

 

There's an 'Insert HTML' button, and I'm not sure what's wrong; The ⅰ bubble does not work yet.

This is what happens after I hit preview.

I love the variety of embeds they have!




What are they? Well, a gist is a code snippet. The rest? We'll find out!

How do you use the SEO options? When you get ready to publish, scroll down this pop-up pane;



I think it's a very good start! The built in SEO and ability to connect to a domain for free are great. While I can't style some parts of my post as I'd like (Mainly centering text), that's a very minor complaint. The AI parts have potential.

Neptune seems very based upon being a platform for programmers; There's an option to hide posts from the Hashnode Community and post it on your blog only. I Don't know how the SEO will work in that case, but SEO is based on the wider web and searching through engines, so I don't imagine it will affect your ranks adversely.

Check out my first post here!


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