People who are interested in becoming bloggers might wonder how to make a blogging website for free.
Professional blogs look very put together and are not free to run, however the writer is most likely also creating
an income from their blog. In that circumstance, the blog is actually a business that is based in online
communication. If you’re looking for something simpler and want to blog in your spare time, you probably do not
want to pay to write or display your content.
There are many ways to blog for free and without any headaches that deal with HTML or design
work.
If you want to learn how to make a blogging website for free, check out these ten website hosts that
allow you to create free blogs:
1. Blogger. Blogger is a Google product
and is linked to your other Google accounts. It is considered to be very user friendly and easy to use for
beginners.
2. WordPress. WordPress is very popular
for beginning bloggers because it is very easy to customize the look of your blog through pre-made layouts. The
website is organized with a ‘Dashboard’ so you do not have to click through different pages to find the information
you are looking for.
3. LiveJournal. LiveJournal is popular
because it is easy to use and also because it is a social network. LiveJournal connects users who blog about
similar topics, you can choose to join networks of bloggers by genre.
4. Tumblr. Tumblr is a microblogging
website that allows you to share multi-media content. You can post images, videos or songs and not use any text, or
you can choose to write posts with embedded media.
Learning how to make a blogging website for free and starting a blog can be easy and take only
minutes. With many of the websites listed above, all you have to do is sign up with basic information and create an
account on the website. Once you have created an account, you will have created a blog. The website will ask what
you want your URL to be along with your specific information (standard questions like name, birth date). A URL is
your specific website address. Because you are joining a free site, your website URL will usually link back to the
blogging website. Your URL will be your specific username (for example: CJohnson) and a web address associated with
the hosting site (example: CJohnson.tumblr.com). Be sure to choose an inoffensive and clear URL when you start to
blog, that way you can share your information with your friends and family if you want them to read your
blog.
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