Blogging For Bucks
Rodney Goldston
August 01, 2007
Searching for the perfect blog idea? Perhaps you’ve already got a killer idea for a blog. This article will teach how to get started with blogging- and introduce you to two popular blogging tools Goggle Blogger and Six Apart Typepad. There are many more to choose from. A search on the term blog will return pages of options.
Creating your blog will be easy because all of the popular blogging sites offer web-based toolsets that even a child can use. Creating a basic blog is generally free.
I created RodneysMovieTrivia using Blogger in just a few minutes. Setting up the blog only required three steps: creating the account, naming the blog, and choosing a template.
I did spend a few extra minutes working through the settings to add a movie trivia and Goggle Adsense ads, but it was really easy. Once I was satisfied with everything I clicked save and I was ready to blog.
I had just finished watching Shooter with Mark Wahlberg so I posted a few sentences about the movie.
With Blogger, you have two options for where your blog can live:
Your blog can live on the Blogger.com blog site, called Blogspot.com. You create a custom URL for your blog and Blogspot.com does all the work of hosting your blog. For example, Rodney’s Movie Trivia can be found at http://RodneysBrainBlog.Blogspot.com.
You can host your blog yourself on another Web site. Every time you "publish" your blog, Blogger uses FTP to send the latest HTML code for your blog to the chosen location.
Many blogging tools also allow you to post photos, video, and audio files. You can even post via your cell phone.
The fact that blogging is incredibly simple makes if very popular. Add in the fact that a blog with just moderate traffic can potentially earn a blogger a few hundred dollars a month in ad revenue and you’ve got millions of people trying to enter the blogsophere.
Most things that say free really are not. But basic blogging is one of those things that you really can do for free so why not try it. You can learn more at one of the blogging sites like Goggle Blogger or Six Apart Typepad.
Creating your blog will be easy because all of the popular blogging sites offer web-based toolsets that even a child can use. Creating a basic blog is generally free.
I created RodneysMovieTrivia using Blogger in just a few minutes. Setting up the blog only required three steps: creating the account, naming the blog, and choosing a template.
I did spend a few extra minutes working through the settings to add a movie trivia and Goggle Adsense ads, but it was really easy. Once I was satisfied with everything I clicked save and I was ready to blog.
I had just finished watching Shooter with Mark Wahlberg so I posted a few sentences about the movie.
With Blogger, you have two options for where your blog can live:
Your blog can live on the Blogger.com blog site, called Blogspot.com. You create a custom URL for your blog and Blogspot.com does all the work of hosting your blog. For example, Rodney’s Movie Trivia can be found at http://RodneysBrainBlog.Blogspot.com.
You can host your blog yourself on another Web site. Every time you "publish" your blog, Blogger uses FTP to send the latest HTML code for your blog to the chosen location.
Many blogging tools also allow you to post photos, video, and audio files. You can even post via your cell phone.
The fact that blogging is incredibly simple makes if very popular. Add in the fact that a blog with just moderate traffic can potentially earn a blogger a few hundred dollars a month in ad revenue and you’ve got millions of people trying to enter the blogsophere.
Most things that say free really are not. But basic blogging is one of those things that you really can do for free so why not try it. You can learn more at one of the blogging sites like Goggle Blogger or Six Apart Typepad.
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