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What is the easiest way to start a blog?
By Mike | September 15, 2007
These posts are my part of the mini-blogathon to support the Dr Mani Children Foundation and Dr Mani’s 24 hour Blogathon. Check it out and donate if you can.
Probably the easiest way to create a blog is through WordPress.com or Blogger. Either one takes just a sign up then make a few choices and you have a blog ready to post to.
Personally I prefer to have any blog I am going to invest my time and effort into on a domain I own and control. It can become an asset I can sell. I also don’t like having anything that I am putting as much time and effort into as a blog takes in someone elses control.
Did you catch that part that having a blog takes some time and effort? Well it does but the payoff can be huge if you put the effort in.
Just an Old Bald Guy’s opinion.
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September 15th, 2007 at 8:20 pm
I’ve recently begun a blog using WordPress. For me, this is an incredibly difficult and tedious thing. There is so much I don’t know, I don’t even know the questions to ask. Except for one.
As you say, you don’t want to spend your time and effort creating a blog that you don’t control. I don’t either. I believe I should get my blog hosted by a blog hosting service. Would you agree?
I have nothing but praise and thanks for all the assistance WordPress offers. Even though it’s almost indecipherably “techie.” And I would still hope to be able to use it even though my blog is hosted by others. I suppose I can. Right?
And I’ve heard that a blog on WordPress is not optimizable for search engines. But the same WordPress blog hosted by a blog host is optimizable for the search engines. Is this correct? Since I may have my facts wrong (Ha, what facts?), would you be kind enough to ’splain to me if there are some blogs that cannot be found by search engines. And if so, is the answer to have a blog host: i.e., one not controlled by WordPress?
Just an old dumb guy’s question.
September 15th, 2007 at 11:33 pm
Well Mike,
I am reporting in from the World Internet Main Event……
What an experience, meeting in person so many people, like yourself, who are willing to share and network.
Thank you for pointing me in the right Direction of Word Press Blogging.
I have been posting Updates of my experience here at the Seminar.
Stop by and visit
http://www.news.begunnersmarketingclass.com