How To Create A Blog
If you do not know how to create a blog you are in the right place. This article will explain every possible way to make a blog. There are 3 ways you can go about starting a blog. You can create a entire website that is a blog, you can create a blog on your website using wordpress, or you can create a blog using a third party service that will host it for free.
If you are unsure what a blog is or not really sure if you want to create one click here to read a comprehensive article discussing what a blog is and how you can make money online from one.
How To Create A Blog Website
Website blogs are the most difficult type of blogs to start. In order to do it you have to find a target audience and write stuff that appeals to them. Also by blogging about a particular that makes blog fans favor blogs rather than websites(that are topic you will have a better chance to be found by search engines and get free search engine traffic.
Another thing you need to do is acquire the software that will allow users to submit comments on your posts. Comments are one of the most important parts of a blog. They add the interaction not in blog format).
There are advantages of going through the trouble of building, hosting, and acquiring software to create a blog website. Having a website gives you a larger name and adds credibility to you. The dot com makes you seem more professional. People will more likely associate you as being an expert in your particular niche if you are posting on YOUR website.
Many bloggers have become millionaires off their website blogs. Carl Ocab is a great example. He started his blog, carlocab.com, when he was 13. Seven months later he was ranked #1 in google for the keyword make money online. He has been making tons of money from his website blog ever since.
John Chow is another example of someone who created a blog website and struck it rich. He created his blog from the ground up. His website that is in blog format now averages $30,000 per month in revenue from ads alone.
Steve Pavlina is perhaps the best example of a blog website. Arguably, Steve is the best blogger on the internet. Even a huge company like SiteSell has recommended reading Steve's blog. Steve's blog makes over a $1,000 per day and he does not even keyword optimize his pages. Almost all of his traffic comes from RSS subscribers and repeat visitors.
There is no clear cut criteria or formula that could determine whether you could be the next millionaire blogger like the people I talked about above. Use the free methods described below to help determine if you are a good blogger. Test yourself out first
If so you would be better off to purchase a website and run your blog from there. You have alot more options and can make more money. If you can build a large fan base of loyal readers with a free blogger you could probably create a huge fan base off a website blog.
How To Create A Site Blog With WordPress
Creating a blog with wordpress is another way to create a blog. Instead of creating a blog website you can create a blog that blogs about your website itself. For example a site blog which is just a place where the website owner writes updates about their website.
Many websites owner use this as a way to inform visitors about changes they make or pages they add. Also some website owners will discuss strategies that they are using on their website to make more money. Instead of the entire website being a blog only a single page is dedicated to being a blog(about the particular website).
A site blog is one of the easiest ways to get return visitors for website owners. Visitors love to be able to see what you have added to your website with the click of a mouse. It is convienient and saves time. They can do this with RSS but many people have no idea what RSS is. They would rather have a section of the website that is title whats new or the site blog.
When you create a blog for you site with wordpress you create it as a subdomain instead of a extension. A subdomain comes before the actual domain name. A exstension comes after it. Below is a example of what your site blog would look like if you used word press.
Your blog won’t look like this yourblog.com(that a blog website like we discussed before. Your blog won't look like this yoursite.com/yourblog(that is a extension). Instead it would like this blog.yourwebsite.com. That is a subdomain. It is more clean and professional.
You don't have to make your site blog through word press. You can just create a page on your website titled blog as a extension. This could certainly be sufficient. However, nowdays most people are familiar with blogs and their format. They will like a "blog formated" page rather than a blog page that is formated like all your other informational pages.
How To Create A Blog Using A Third Party Service
There are several third party services you can use to create a blog. They make the process of blogging one hundred times simpler. They have built in site builders that allow you to create posts pages without knowing anything about computer programming.
The Best Third Party Blog Services Are:
Blogger
Blogger is by far the most used free service to create blogs. In 1999 they became the first company to host free blogs. Still to this day they are the best free blogging service out there. Their tools are easy to use. You can easily upload pictures, videos, and graphics with the click of a mouse.
Since Bloggers debut in 1999 millions of people have started blogs. Some have even made their blogger blogs into a full time income. You can see Blogger blogs all over google searches even when doing searches for words that are searched thousands of times a day.
WordPress
WordPress can also be used as a free third party blog service. It is the second most common way to start a free blog on the internet next to blogger. They work basically the same way blogger works.
You can easily upload pictures, videos, and graphics without having any programming skills. Their tools are easy to use. You can have a blog up in just a few minutes. In most people's opinion they don't have as good of layouts as blogger. However, that is a matter of opinion.
If you are a computer expert you have the option with both services to go in and alter the html code to make the layout fit your style. By doing a couple google searches you can find the code for a better template and instructions on how to install it.
Yuwie
Although Yuwie is not known for blogging they are a great blog host with easy to use tools. Their platform is easy to build a high traffic blog. Yuwie is set up like myspace with profiles, comments, and forums.
Yuwie will also pay you for each time a person views your blog. You can earn a additional $.15 per thousand views. It's not much but can add up over time.
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