Blogging 101

Blogging 101

Blogging has become more and more popular over the last few years, and it is fairly easy to set up your own BLOG . For beginners let's have a blogging 101.

What is blogging?

A blog (a blend of the term "web log") is a type of website or part of a website. Blogs are usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in reverse-chronological order. "Blog" can also be used as a verb, meaning to maintain or add content to a blog.Most blogs are interactive, allowing visitors to leave comments and even message each other via widgets on the blogs and it is this interactivity that distinguishes them from other static websites.This the definition from wikipedia.

It is any form of writing that you upload to the web. Blogs can function as online diaries, soap boxes, journalistic ventures or internet scrapbooks.

How to Setup a Blog?

1. Create your blog name. Make it easy to remember. You can use your name,related to your topic or anything might catch the attention of the reader.

2. Select your theme and topic.

Think if who will be your readers.

What things are you are interested, Is it going to be interesting to the readers?

Write something you are passionate with or you enjoy doing.

Write topics you knowledgeable with.

3.Select hosting site. You can use free hosting sites and or if you want it customized you can get paid hosting site.

You should be ready in accepting feedback, negative or positive since visitors usually leave comments and messages.

You should have enough time to update your site to have more readers.

Start blogging now and read my next blog. How to Make Money in Blogging 101.