How to start blogging?
What is a blog?
The word blog is derived by combining web + log. It has earned popularity as a personal publishing platform. A very easy to use, casual / serious content management system.
Why blog?
To share your ideas about anything / everything on the cyber world.
You can blog for fun or profit.
Talk about your hobbies,
Keep a live journal. You obviously have a choice about the privacy of your blog.
Difficulty level:
Blogging is very easy. You won’t have to be a computer geek or need to have html knowledge for this.
How to blog?
There are many options.
I’ll mention the most preferred ways.
1) Widely used is wordpress. I use wordpress. The best way, you will never regret is to install wordpress on your own domain name.
Start with registering a domain name. A domain name with this registrar comes with a free hosting a/c.
Usually most hosting providers have access to install wordpress through the control panel. You just need to browse around the control panel, FAQs or ask them. In a few clicks your blog is ready.
How much does it cost?
Not much. Let’s calculate. A domain name should come for anywhere below $10. If your domain name comes with a free hosting a/c, then $0 for the hosting. WordPress is absolutely free. Total = <$10
Advantages:
You are the king/queen of your blog.
Widely used therefore widely supported
Loads of widgets, plugins available
Thousands of themes to choose from
Easy to use
Eblogger
The next option is a blog on eblogger. This is yet another google stuff. Go to www.eblogger.com , enter your gmail id and password, choose a template for your blog, walk through the process and you are ready to use your blog.
Cost: free
Other similar options like eblogger are you can host a blog on wordpress.com; movabletype, livejournal, typepad etc
My Recommendation:
wordpress installed on your own domain
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