Aug 17, 2008

Blogging Things that You Need to Know



Blogging is one way of letting you impart to people what you know in the Internet and getting you voice heard as well. There are many different ways to blog, and many of this ways are free. Your blog will tell people about you or the things you are interested in or what you are passionate about. Adding videos and photos and audio to your blog will make it even better. Here are some things that you need to know about blogging before you can get started.

Blogging is Free. There are different free blog hosting sites out in the Internet that will make blogging really easy especially for beginners. Here are several free hosting sites:

Blogger—You can add your thought to your blog everyday if you so desire and even photos to make it better. You will be able to receive comments from other people to find out what they think. Visit their site
Myspace.com—This is a place for friends and looking for friends. You may create a profile, write blog, add pictures, send email and even IM. Visit their site
Twitter—This is a blog site that will let you blog about anything that you may think of as long as it is within 140 characters. Twitter is blogging in short phrases about every little thing you are doing. It is more personal if you want to, than longer blogs. And you learn more about people when they are feel free to post about anything. Visit their site
Facebook—Whereas before Facebook is a way for college students to keep track of old friends, new friends and other things, nowadays it is open to people from all walks of life. It will help you get in touch with people and even blog there. Visit their site
Wordpress—It is a free blog tool and a weblog platform. It has a blogging software that will help you to create a free blog easily and faster about anything and everything you want. Visit their site
Typepad—This hosting site has design features so that you will be able to have a goodlooking blog. It has an easy to use tool so that you change the way your text looks and helps you connect your blog to the Web and even receive and manage the comments in your blog. Visit their site
Xanga—It is the weblog community and you can get your own fully customizable blog. Uploading photos, posting blog entries, formatting and customizing your posts and pages, even connect with friends are among the things that you can do with this hosting site. Visit their site

Photo Blogs are Fun. A photo blog is a blog where you can add photos to. It is also a place where you may be able to make stories about your photos. You can share your photo blog with your family and friends and comments may come in freely on the photos or they may even add photos of their own.

Write about things you love to blog about. Write that are of interest to you or the things that you may want to try or have tried already.

Be Paid from your own Blog. It is true. People really do make money from blogging. There are many different ways and as long as you are willing to put in the time and the effort you can make a living from your blog.

Blogging is Good for Many Different Reasons. You may want to blog for you are a passionate person or you like to impart your knowledge or you may want others to know what you feel. Just impart it on your blog.

Layout of your Blog can be Changed. There are lots of blog templates on the Internet that you can use to make your blog be noticed in the Internet world. Use the blog templates and make it look the way you want it.

Sound Blogging is Possible. This is called Podcasting and a way of sharing your thoughts through blogging without the need to type. Just enter your post, then your subscribers and readers will be able to listen instead of read. One sample blog that demonstrates this podcast is Blah-Blah Blogs.

Link your Blog to other Blogs. If you already have a blog and you like other blogs to connect with your blog, this is called linking. You may do this with the permission of the other blog owner so that you will be able to have backlinks. And the more backlinks in the future, the better for you. We will talk about these topics in my next posts.

Attach Pictures to your Blog Articles. You may have photos that may go along with your blog posts, then it is better to add photos to your blog. People are most likely to read articles that has photos attached to the posts.

Enjoy Blogging! Do it and enjoy blogging. Blogging can be fun if you know how to do it right. You will be able to meet fellow bloggers and be able to link to their blogs as well, and then they will link back to your blog. In this way you will be part of the blogging community.

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