Aside from having your own www.mywebsite.com, blogging seems to be one of the more widespread media choice for web presence today.
For those that are new to the phenomenon and have yet to blog at all, or even someone who has dabbled a concern is choosing the right platform to satisfy the requirements.
You will find 2 very distinct types of blogging services;
· the one's you host your self and pay a web hosting service fee for.
· the cost-free blogging services, like Blogger, Tumblr, Posterous, LiveJournal and WordPress.
No matter what your goal may be, you do not want to hand over any amount of money without giving sites a good try out. While my own website is a paid for site, for blogging, the free sites offer even the seasoned blogger enough tricks, features and other internet goodies to make them worthwhile.
The five most popular “FREE” blogging sites are; (in no particular order)
· Blogger
· Tumblr
Blogger, is Google's cost-free blogging portal. Blogger seems to be the choice of those starting in the blogging phenom. Its clean interface and ease of navigation, helps it to be a major hit with people who are thinking about writing content, no matter what the topic or genre.
Blogger also offers the end user some pretty cool and very well done layouts throughout the sign-up procedure. Blogger proves its ease of use, as it gives one a drag-n-drop tool to move elements within your sidebar. Widgets to add new followers and keep a record of statistics are handy and also useful for individuals who don't wish to or don’t know to use program code. Options are very clear and easy to locate, and also the composing area is large and without any distractions.
Tumblr consists of more active sites than WordPress and appeared to have cornered the market with the likes of actors, entrepreneurs and photography enthusiasts. It looks like to be among one of the ones geared for arts and crafts and online digital multimedia.
Tumblr offers a clean and quick signup procedure that only requires an e-mail address and contains several free templates that are quite pleasing to any eye and on topic. This platform's key attraction is considered the posting formats, that offer simplicity when posting backlinks, photos, videos, chats and quotations. Tumblr is with Twitter and also Facebook which makes it easy to share your blog. Users can have several blogs under their single account.
WordPress is offered as a managed platform just like Blogger or as a self-hosted option utilizing a hosting provider of the user's choice. For example, my blog makes use of the WP platform that is cost-free, but I pay a hosting company a regular monthly fee so that I have more freedom and flexibility with my site's style and features. The managed solution is better for people that are new to blogging.
WordPress is one of the very best blogging thanks in part to its “Sign up and blog” timing which is similar to Blogger. New users can usually be online and writing a blog within a matter of minutes. This timing also encompasses the selection of one of their numerous designs. Like Tumblr, you can have a number of blogs under the main account.
Posterous can be described as a mixture between a conventional blog and Tumblr. Users can sign up using an e-mail address and are presented with a very simple blog layout that can be easily edited from the backend. Its recognized as one of the best blogging sites due to the capability to modify from anywhere. Just like Tumblr, it is well-integrated with social media marketing.
Although being one of the oldest blogging systems, LiveJournal remains very much in use and is more community-based than other platforms, however the noticeable absence of designs and social networking capabilities as well as general difficulty to navigate make it one of the less-appealing blogging sites.
Most new bloggers will probably prefer to start out with something easier and more user friendly, like Blogger or WordPress.
Also, just to let you know, all blogging platforms also have their respective apps in the iTunes app store and Google Play. This means, that “no matter where you go, there you are”, and blogging too.
The blogging sites outlined in this article are a perfect starting place for anybody looking to create their very first blog. One thing to remember, these sites are all free, so if you can't make a decision as to which blogging platform to start with based upon the above details, sign up an account at each and give every one a test run.
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