Finding A Free Blogging Provider

Great! You have an excellent idea for a blog that you hope will transform you into the next six-figure blogger. The only problem is that you don’t know where to start. You have no idea how to create your blog and where to place it. Good thing there are several blog platforms and providers where you can create and install your blog for free.

By far the best free blogging provider, Blogger is a service that combines ease and convenience with functionality. Signing up for a free Blogger account is absolutely free, and you can create as many blogs as you want with a single account. You don’t even have to know a single thing about HTML or PHP as Blogger provides several ready-made templates you can use for your blog.

You can also use free Blogger templates courtesy of template creators such as Blogger-templates.com that you can use to dress up your new blog. However, your site will look like hundreds of other Blogger blogs and may start to look unprofessional. So the best thing you can do is to learn a little bit of HTML coding, then go around tweaking with the template code and changing the colors, layouts and graphics.

Another great benefit of a Blogger blog is the ability to add your own paid links and advertising on your blog’s pages. Blogger doesn’t place any ads on your blog, so adding your own paid links and ads can generate a steady stream of income from your blogging activities.

Wordpress is another free blog platform that you’ll want to try. Wordpress has two options for bloggers: a Wordpress.com blog hosted on their own server, or a Wordpress-powered software that you can install on your own web server. The first option is enough for newbies, but the latter is a must for experienced bloggers. A Wordpress.com blog (the one they host for free) doesn’t allow you to place advertising on your site, and it doesn’t give you complete control over your blog. Unless you don’t want to make money from your blog, you should install Wordpress on your own server.

Other excellent blog providers are Livejournal and Typepad. Both services offer free, limited accounts that you can upgrade to acquire more features and functionality, basically by paying a small monthly fee. If you want to have more functionality on your blog without messing up with codes and scripts, you can give these services a try.

Want to earn money from blogging the easy way? Revenue-sharing blogs like Blogcharm, WritingUp and Soulcast are fast gaining popularity among bloggers nowadays. These providers are realistic enough to tell you that they’re not get-rich-quick schemes, but there’s no harm in trying. All you have to do is set up your blog on their network, and if someone clicks an ad on your blog, you get paid. This is the easiest, hassle-free way to earn money from your blog, but you are given little creative freedom and functionality. Definitely not an option for serious, professional bloggers.

Choosing your blog provider or service is important because it can spell the difference between success and failure in your blogging ventures. Go around comparing the features, weigh the pros and cons, and ask for feedback from the blogging community before you settle for what you think is the best.

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