Free Blogging Website Available Online

By Tiffany Lee

For a newbie who wants to start to blog, you can use the service of the free blogging websites. The two website that i found are quite good is blogger and wordpress. These two give you a chance to host your blog without charging you any single cent.

So if you are interested to start a blog, why not start with one of these two free blogging website first. this will give you a chance to try out and explore what is blogging all about. It provides you all the tools that you needed to have your blog up and running. I really encourage you to try that out.

And for the next good reason, if you host your blog at blogger, you automatically one step ahead in getting listed in the search engine. For example, Google runs the free blog hosting site blogspot and this almost make you easily get listed in Google's blog search engine. This can definitely save you some time to promote your own blog hosted in other hosting company from scratch.

But using a free blogging website has its own negative sides. If you are doing it for your own hobby and passion only without thinking of monetizes it, then it is okay to continue using a free blogging website. Otherwise it is recommended that you use a third party hosting company.

One of the reasons is that if you have done it for business or entrepreneurship, a free blogging website owns all your content and intellectual property that you hosted with them. It also can not have the feel of professionalism.

Anyhow, it is very cheap nowadays to host your website with third party hosting company, i will recommend you to move to a paid hosting company after you get a feel of what blogging is about and you have enough readership and you feel that you want to bring it to the next level. This will save you in money being wasted.

After all have being said, i encourage you to start using the free blogging website resources available online. You will learn through this free resources to help you move to the next level.

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Blog Images Are Worth a Thousand Users

By Celeste Bennet

Images help blogs with organic traffic, which is why I don't understand why more bloggers don't use this resource. The concept behind it is fairly simple to why images help with traffic. But I think that finding images and loading them might is probably where the problem lies. A lot of bloggers have enough trouble trying to find a topic to write about, let alone images to go with.

The reason why blog images bring traffic is because of two factors, the first is design and the second is discovery. Having images on a blog extend a blog from just words to visual as well. This gives a blog more opportunities to being discovered on the web. Of course it's not the image itself, but the name of the image that really helps in this.

When naming an image, it is best not to just keep the original name your camera gave it, but rename it with a good description. Rename the image to something that applies to the post as well as the picture itself. This can be tied into keywords relating to the post or blog.

The design comes in with visual stimuli. Images give blogs a more visual appealing look. Instead of users being overwhelmed with pages upon pages of text, images can be used to break up the words. It also makes the post more interesting, creative and original.

Usually the only colour on a blog is the header and maybe the side bar. By having images spotted around the posts, it gives the blog more colour and feeling to it. Images should be well balanced in the post and have space around to still maintain a clean look and feel in the post.

Users will appreciate the creativity and effort gone into the design more than if it was just letters put together to make an interesting topic. With thousands of blogs for users to read, you need to make yours as interesting as possible to stand out. Images are one way to assist with that and taking a picture isn't that difficult.

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The Lone Blog - An Inner Tube On The Ocean

By Stephanie Haile

Have you ever really considered just how big the Internet is? Or the number of people currently connected or joining every day? It staggers the mind, doesn't it? With the playground of events, music choices, video on demand, photos and graphics, interests, personalities, news, business tips, information, and excitement out there the lone blog is like an inner tube on the ocean.

Getting a visual effect of where you float, should set this reality in perspective for you. So how does the lone blog become an island at sea? Or eventually a continent? Starting at the size of an inner tube, this goal might seem a daunting task. One step at a time and one link back at a time will create the island that you are building for the site.

Begin this blogging journey by constructing three on three separate networks. Make them each different, but have yourself in there as well so each blog is just an extension of parts of who you are and what you are all about. Work on them a little at time or get it done in a few days, it is entirely up to how much time you have and how quickly you can learn each site.

On most sites there is a "widget" or area to list links or something called a "blog roll" or "log". Here you will want to start your list with your own blogs from the other sites and any friends sites that you know about. You have just blew your inner tube up to a small fishing boat. If you have an organization, group, team, or club that you are a member of ask them if they have a site and add them to your list of sites. In turn, ask them to add you to their favorites list.

Be sure to go and comment on your friends blogs every week or every other week, leaving your name and web address as a signature. Every time they visit their own site and see your comment, they will remember to go say hello back to you increasing your visitors and ranking in the system.

What is your favorite of your three blogs about? There is always a favorite after you put the time and effort into creating it and each one comes into its own personality. Get a domain name, be creative in the choosing, pick a name that fits what your blog is all about, and redirect it to your site. As these sites are so generously made available by brilliant sites such as Google, Vox, Wordpress, Yahoo360, and countless others, they are also subject to terms of these companies. Be sure to read through the rules and what is and is not allowed on these sites. Even when you do follow the rules there is always the chance that your site will be taken down. With a redirected personal URL, you can then put up another blog and redirect your URL to a new one. Better still, you can purchase your own blog site just like any domain name but if you need to keep all this as inexpensive as possible stay with the free sites.

Always be on the lookout for new sites in your network that you can add as a favorite or to your list, if your site offers a group area, join a few groups that you are interested in. Add your sites to a host of submission sites available to the Internet world. MyBlogLog, Technorati, Digg, Article99 these are but a few of the sites that offer a submission area. Use the link to your site everywhere as your signature file. Everyone who comments, be sure to comment back with a back link to your site.

The lone blog, an inner tube on the ocean has now stepped up to a tug boat. To bring it one step further, maybe to a great sailing ship, you will need to make a few comments on some heavy hitter pages. Find some outstanding sites that interest you and make a few comments to the author. These are not going to be regular pages generally, they are going to be sites owned and authored by big web site owners and gurus of the industry you are involved with or are curious about. These are pages of organizations and clubs with many members commenting on the pages. High traffic sites are a way to not only get your name out there, but they also benefit the site owner of the high traffic site. This is why they will readily post your positive comment on their site.

A sailing ship on the waves of the Internet sounds like a safer deal altogether than an inner tube floating haplessly and crashing among the bigger, more threatening vessels doesn't it? No longer alone, your visitors will enjoy your fresh, newly posted content every week and enjoy themselves.

Stephanie Haile enjoys teaching new people to the Internet how to navigate and become comfortable with their computers. She is a business owner, wife, mom, pet lover, and beach enthusiast who writes, reads, and helps others create a residual income for financial stability. Google Wavecritter and get in touch or give her a call and find out about how her business can help you! 321-745-6202

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Why Blog - What to Blog About?

By Linda Merlino

Blog. A word foreign to me nine months ago. Blog to sell books. Blog to find readers. Blog to drive up my rankings. Blog to get more traffic. Blog for authority. Blog because your publisher tells you to blog like your life depended on it.

Blog on subjects controversial. People like to have an opinion, squirt their opinion, and contradict another's point-of-view.

So far all good reasons, but what about blogging about something that makes you think; something that maybe changes your mind set or your life. How about my main character that has breast cancer and gives up hope? She's done. She's out-of-here. But life takes a twist, like yours-like mine, and she finds herself a hostage in an all-night market in a blizzard, trapped and sure to die by the hands of a murderer more deadly than her disease.

So that's fiction, that's got a title: Belly of the Whale, but what about real life? What about blogging about what we encounter everyday? Who will read those blogs? Will you care? Will I? Will a blog change your life or someone else's?

How about the hobo I saw today? The homeless man, the street bum, the Charlie on the MTA guy who took up nearly five seats on the downtown train from 96th Street to Grand Central? What about him? I think blogging should carry a measure of emotion, some caveat of wisdom that gets us stimulated, such as the hobo on the subway.

The platform was full at 9:15am and the doors to the downtown train opened to allow as many that could fit a ride. I stepped aboard aware of my cape and for a fleeting few seconds concerned that it would get snagged in the closing doors. Watch the doors.

I was dead center of the crowd with no overhead handle or bar to steady my balance. I dug my feet into the floor afraid that one sudden jolt would toss me sideways like a domino. Ahead of me, four layers deep the rim of the passenger bench appeared headless. I wondered what dire act had happened upon it to cause the standing riders to avoid a seat. At 77th Street passengers debarked and I moved to the headless bench. Laying five passengers long was a hobo curled in a fetal position, tattered sneakers and bagging trousers wrinkled at the knees, a thread worn coat lapels up, covered him and a wool hat was pulled low on his ears. One hand was under his coat, scratching his shoulder.

Scratching...scratching...over and over. I wondered about body lice and checked the faces of the passengers next to me. What was in their eyes? Did they think the same? He needed a bath, a shower a full disinfecting. No one objected to his inconveniencing them. No one thought to oust him or shout for him to move on. For who would sit in his place? No one present, not me. And what of this hobo? Who knows about such men? Is that term ancient, outdated? A modern day traveler of no means, keeping warm underground, that's a hobo.

The whole experience made me think, made me grateful for what I have, what I could loose and if I did loose everything; what would become of me? So I thought...here's a blog...blog about what I see. Blog about life. Blog about dying of breast cancer, blog about survival, and blog about old men sleeping in subways cars because we all need to remember that we are not on this planet alone.

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How To Maintain A Successful Blog

By David Skul

Creating a blog is simple, even if you're a web neophyte.

You can have one up and running in as little as 10 minutes.

Maintaining a blog, however, is a far more complex matter.

This is, in no small measure, due to the fact that, though you can influence your blog, you lose some control once you start posting publicly.

The success or failure of a blog depends on a combination of several different factors. These factors include your blog's topic as well as its layout. An equally important factor is the ability to promote your blog to reach a large, and interested, audience.

There is not one simple or definite formula for creating or maintaining a successful blog. Because of the sheer dynamics involved and because you do not have absolute control over your blog, there are no success guarantees.

However, by taking a few well thought out steps, you can make certain your blog has the best chance of making it in a world where one blog is created nearly every second of the day.

Post fresh blog content regularly

This is the most fundamental success factor for your blog. Fresh, valuable content posted regularly will keep blog visitors coming back for more. Even viewers who just happened to stumble upon your web site will keep revisiting your site if you offer fresh content regularly.

Blogs that have no new posts are bound to become stagnant as there is no motivation for visitors to return. If you want your blog to succeed, post fresh content and post regularly.

Want to make sure your visitors return? Have them signup so that every time you post, they will receive an email alerting them to your new content.

Less is more

Short, crisp, meaningful blogs that get your message across with just a few words will be more effective than long-winded ramblings that really have no depth.

Most readers are a savvy, impatient group. They are looking for information and they want it fast. If readers visit your site and like what they see, you've increased your repeat visitor chance.

Know your audience

Understanding your blog audience and learning about their needs and wants will help you stay focused on content that matters. How do you find out what your readers want? How about asking? Allow them to post comments and agree or disagree with each other.

Focusing on a single topic and keeping all posts relevant to this niche will sustain your audience's interest in the blog. Besides providing quality information, it is equally important to provide this information to readers in a way that it can easily processed.

Assess impacts before making changes to your blog

If you plan to make changes to your blog, do so only after careful consideration. Loyal visitors are familiar with your blog's tone and find it offensive if you change that tone. If you must change, change one thing at a time. Evaluating the effects of this change on website traffic and paying attention to your viewer's comments will help your blog stay successful longer.

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Recognizing and Identifying the Five Types of Bloggers

By John Peters

The term "web log" came from the reference of a server’s log file. It was then expanded upon to include online personal journaling. Hence, the word blog was born. They are a little more technical that those early and simple web logs. The overall concept, however, still remains the same. It is still a place where someone can put their own personal thoughts and opinions online. They can range from details of upcoming weddings to corporate business plans.

Blogs are great because they give the average person a channel to tell the world their opinions or even their own unique look at various things in their lives. Because there are so many different people with a whole ton of different reasons for starting their own blog, there are various kinds of bloggers all over the internet. Here are five of the most popular types of blog authors:

The best bloggers are the ones who reprint your article on their blog but ask for your permission first. The best part about it is the fact they do so with back links too. Normally, these people are your normal bloggers who take what they do seriously and are just looking for some relevant content to add to their site.

My second favorite kind of bloggers are the ones who use your content on their site even though they do so without asking for permission to use it first. These bloggers are ok in my book cause they still have the good decency to link back to your site as the source of the article. I'll basically look the other way for anything as long as I get a link in return, so I'm fine with these bloggers.

Next on our list of types of bloggers are the ones who blog about something you have done and then to the original artic. They even add their own unique commentary to it and providing a point of view from another source. What makes these posts so great is that it isn't a complete copy of yours so no worries about any duplicate content penalties. Oh, don't forget about that backlink, too. Don't be surprised if you see harsh criticism about your post since it they are writing their own opinion on your work.

One of the more amusing bloggers are the folks who blog on about someone else's topic for the sole purpose submitting it to social sites as their own work. It borders on sleazy if you ask me. It's the original author who put in all the hard work and research but its this blogger who is getting all the traffic and links from the social sites.

These people are probably my least favorite people in the world. They are the scrapers who use your content with no links and then load up the page with contextual link ads and AdSense among other crappy spam tactics. Unfortunately, this is an extremely prevalent tactic these days. Actually, I think nearly three quarters of the Google results pages are these types of blogs.

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The Business Of Corporate Blogging

By Ihab Kharma

Tony D. Baker a blogger on Blogger compares starting a blog with keeping a pet. In the beginning its fun and a novelty, but as time goes by, you realize the maintenance, the training manual and other onuses that come with it cannot be ignored.

When web logging entered the scenario, it had the characteristics of a virtual journal. Over the years blogging kept evolving to include political views, art reviews, video collections, musical influences, fashion forecasts and events, travelogues, etc. to the list of contents featured in a blog.

Blogs today have been accepted by mainstream media as major conglomerates of public opinion. There is usually no cost involved to start one. They are easily customizable and are a time-saving and informal media to interact with other individuals having similar tastes and ideas.

Based on the popularity quotient of blogs, corporate groups include blogs in their public relations and marketing campaigns. While, the content of these blogs is certainly inclined towards meeting their own ends, in essence they are wonderful marketing strategies as they measure consumer tastes and suggestions, which can benefit the company in the future.

A business blog also provides the consumer a peek into the undertakings of the company. It provides an informal portal for consumers to interact with key company personnel who are in the position to offer their personal views, clarify multifarious procedures, and address consumer displeasure.

This powerful e-marketing tool is here to stay. According to market researches, more than 5 percent of Fortune 500 companies blog. The first half of 2006 calculated 34 percent of large companies as having established web logs. Their popularity is steadily increasing in corporate circles.

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Blogging for Beginners

By Jeff Spires

If you like to write you everyday thoughts or share ideas with others than a blog may be for you. A blog is a digital journal of sorts and can be designed in a variety of styles and formats and is a worldwide phenomena. The term "blog" is short for "weblog".

Blogging sites, which are free, offer various features to a blogger, such as hyperlinks, straigtht texts, pictures and may even allow video and MP3 files to be added to your blog. There are some bloggers that take advantage of the latter and choose to make their blogs audio focused by using spoken entries. This is more commonly referred to as audio blogging.

All blogs will contain the following features:

- The Title - a label for you post. - The Body - the actual content - Trackback - links added to other sites that linkback to your blog -Permanent Link - each blog or article that is written by you will have its own URL - Comments - readers can post comments on your blog

Blogging is easy since it only requires a few templates, unlike websites, where you need numerous pages. The creation of new pages is extremely easy since blog sites have fixed settings for the title, body, category, and more. Beginners and jump right in and have a blog up and running in no time.

The first step to starting a blog is to register or become a member of a blogging website. With the membership you become a part of that particular blogging community at which time you can scan through other member's blogs. When you find blogs that you particularly like or relate to yours, you can then link those blogs to yours. Also, you will be able to add comments to member's blogs.

Besides personal use, blogs can also be used anyone involved in politics, sports, as a social or philosophical commentary, and more. Thus, blogging then becomes more targeted to a specific theme or topic.

Blogs can also be used to advertise. Entrepreneurs can promote their businesses using their blog. This is an excellent means of promotion since there are millions of people visiting blogs everyday.

Overall, personal blogs or digital journals is the leading use of blogs. It was the original use of blogs. Individuals blog their everyday happenings, struggles, self publish poems, writings, and share opinions.

Bloggers also talk to other bloggers. Communities of people start sharing ideas and soon there is an established circle of bloggers.

A visit to a blog directory will assist in finding a blog that focuses on a particular subject. A search in the directory offers a list of blog sites that are categorized for easy reference. Beginners can browse the directory to get ideas.

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