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Choosing WordPress as Your Blogging Platform

I have told you before that WordPress is the industry standard for bloggers. Certainly you have options (e.g., Blogger and Typepad), but if you want to put a more professional edge on your blog, add more functionality, and simply take it to the next level, you need to be looking at WordPress. There are two [...]

Using Blogger (Blogspot) as Your Blogging Platform

Blogger (or Blogspot) is a free blogging platform run by Google. My opinion is that it’s a great platform for beginning bloggers who may be unsure about whether they are going to embrace blogging for the long-term or who may be unable (or unwilling) to pay for blog hosting. The Pros of Using Blogger as [...]

Choosing a Blogging Platform

When you decide to start your own blog, there are many choices to be made. The very first choice is which platform to use. The most popular blog platforms are Blogger, Typepad, and WordPress. This article will explain the basic differences of these platforms and the pros and cons of each. When choosing your blog [...]

So, um, how DO I start my own blog?

It’s pretty easy to start your own blog–even if you think you’re not tech-savvy and don’t know the first thing about what you’re getting yourself into. First you need to choose which blog platform you’re going to use. We’ve written an article giving some basic information on the most popular blog platforms. If you aren’t [...]

Which blog platform should I choose?

There are so many blogging platforms (the company that provides your blog software–e.g., Blogger, TypePad, or WordPress) out there it would impossible for me to list them all. However, there are several that are the most popular and I’ll cover those in this post. Rather than re-type information that is already out there, I will [...]