Saturday, 20 October 2012

What is a blog?

What is a blog?

A blog (a portmanteau of the term web log)[1] is a discussion or informational site published on the World Wide Web and consisting of discrete entries ("posts") typically displayed in reverse chronological order (the most recent post appears first).

How do I setup a blog?

It is very easy.  Pick one of the following platforms for you blog and follow the instructions.

  1. www.blogger.com This is one of the most popular blog platforms around, it's very ease to setup.  You can customize your themes.  The Blogger platform is owned by Google.  The only drawback is that your domain name will include .blogspot.com
  2. www.wordpress.com Wordpress is also a free blogging platform, it is easy to customise the themes and also the drawback of containg .wordpress in your domain name.
  3. www.wordpress.org Another platform by Wordpress and this one is for the more advanced bloggers out there that want a self-hosted Wordpress blog.
  4. www.tumblr.com This is the easiest platform, but also the least customizable.  This platform would be suited to absolute beginners, however making money of this platform would be difficult
...and remember, you can make money online with a blog.  Stay tuned for more blogging secrets



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