Thursday, September 3, 2009

How to create a blog?

First time in blogging? Don't know where to start? Worry no more, because I will give you the very basic steps you need to know about blogging. 

Blogging is a very popular topic nowadays, young and once young are doing this thing. So, what really is a Blog, and what does blogging mean? A blog is a type of website maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video (source: en.wikipedia.org). Blogging is the term used for posting any articles on a person's blog. A blogsite is like an individuals online diary, it's the place where he writes his thoughts, or discuss about anything relevant to him.
Blogging has now become and indemand topic, not just because its the people way of sharing his ideas, but also it is now the main source of income for a lot of people. How does it work? Simple. It's the same concept as displaying an item on a shopping mall, and waiting for the consumers to buy it. It's all about advertising. Most bloggers has signed up and teamed with Google Adsense. For those who are not familiar with it, Google Adsense is an advertisement application run by Google. Website owners can enroll in this program to enable text, image, and more recently, video (source: en.wikipedia.org). In return, the blogsite owners earns a percentage each time the ads has been clicked. But, then again, for you to be able to start earning a reasonable income, we must first know how to create a blog.
There are a lot of free blog hosting site available, but personally, I would recommend www.blogger.com, because that is where I first started as a blogger. It's very user friendly, and right after you register, you can then right away blog your first article and publish it so other people from all over the world can read it. 
I would like to share to you a video about creating a blog. It is very informative. View it and start blogging right away. Happy Blogging! 

Chitika