Start A Web Blog Guide
Sunday, September 28th, 2008If you are just a beginner at blogging then I suggest you use the free blogging sites such as Blogger.com or wordpress.com to start a web blog. These are simple and easy to use. They behave like your email client. It’s a good way to learn to write blogs and get a feel for what a blog is. This is the easy way for you to start a web blog.
If you then decide to take up blogging seriously, I would reccommend you buy a domain name , get some hosting space of your own and install the wordpress software.
Hostgator and Bluehost both have Wordpress and it is a simple matter of installing it on your hosting site.
Hostgator has tutorial videos, showing you how to install Wordpress.
The good thing about having your own domain and hosting is that you cannot get shut down and you can promote your weblog and domain name to your heart’s content. You can start blogging
knowing that you are never going to lose your domain as you own it and as long as you keep paying for it’s renewal (a very low price at that too!) you will always own it. When your blog gets insanely popular, perhaps can sell it for some millions of dollars! This has happened to quite a few blog owners.
Having your own domain and hosting is a path I stongly reccommend. You can then start blogging
to your heart’s content.
If you are not too technically minded and cannot understand how to register a domain name, hosting your website or installing and configuring Wordpress, then outsource these.
There are many, who for a small fee would do this for you, leaving you to focus on writing your blog and making money online from it.
If you google ‘outsource blog design’ you should get a fair number of places and people willing to take over the task of providing you with a turnkey solution. There are freelancers at limeexchange.com, odesk.com and elance.com who would be willing to set your blog up for you.
I would rather you learn these steps for yourself as there is no rocket science envolved and almost all good hosting companies such as Hostgator- and Bluehost- that I recommend They have simple easy cpanels and a helpdesk for you to use as well as loads of tutorials to guide you.
More to come ………..