Technology Tip:
Starting a blog can be very easy considering all of the free blogging sites out there. However, choosing between all of the best blogging sites can seem a bit confusing, especially if you are a first time blogger. In this blog we have a list of the top 3 best blogging sites.
As far as theme and plugin selection, flexibility and support goes — WordPress trumps all. Not only does the free, open-source blogging software allow you to blog for free on WordPress.com but you can also download a copy of WordPress (from WordPress.org) and install it on your own website using your own domain (like this website). WordPress is by far the most popular blogging platform and one of the first to be completely user friendly — you do not need any coding experience to operate a WordPress blog. From optimizing your blog’s pages for search engines (for more traffic) to automatically creating share buttons at the bottom of each of your posts: WordPress plugins can do it all. Designing your own WordPress theme is simple and easy and you do not need to be experienced with PHP, although it is recommended that you have a basic understanding of HTML and CSS if you want to alter your templates. Premium themes (paid for) make it possible for you to create entirely custom themes without even knowing one line of HTML/CSS code. You cannot place advertisements for your blog on free blogs hosted at WordPress.com but you can easily place advertisements on blogs that are self-hosted. Support for WordPress at the forums are above par as you will usually get a response for a question within minutes. WordPress is used by top bloggers like Perez Hilton, Darren Rowse, Chris Brogan and Michelle Malkin.
Now owned by Google and formerly known as Blogspot, Blogger is probably the most user friendly blogging platform out there. You can set up as many free blogs as you would like from your Google account. Traffic that you get from other blogs at Blogger.com through the next blog button at the top of every Blogger.com blog can sometimes be substantial. You can even monetize your blog with Google AdSense. All you need is an AdSense account (from Google) and you can start earning money from people who click on your ads. Unfortunately there is only 16 templates to choose from (the we-know-better Google likes to keep things simple) but blogger does allow you to edit individual elements on your blog like the header, post section and gadget bar (sidebar) in your admin control panel. Popular blogs hosted at Blogger.com include PostSecret and The Sartorialist.
Tumblr is a free blogging platform and hosting service that has attracted a growing number of bloggers, in particular the visually-oriented who use their blogs to showcase photography, paintings, design, and other art. Even more specifically than artists, bloggers who flock to Tumblr tend to also be light on type, unlike, say, recipe bloggers who mix photography with ample instructions and backstories about cooking. Tumblr lets you set up and manage a free blog, which the site will host for you (provided you keep "tumblr" in the URL), all through a web portal.
Tumblr is highly similar to Posterous in that it aims to get new bloggers up and running very quickly meaning within minutes. Tumblr and Posterous both simplify the process of designing and maintaining a blog for ultra beginners. Tumblr caters to entry-level bloggers, while WordPress.com and Google's Blogger have more to offer experienced bloggers. However, seasoned bloggers sometimes pick up a Tumblr account for variety and set their primary blog to autopost to the secondary one. The secondary site becomes a microblog, where casual readers can pop in too look at the latest pictures and captions without even having to load, much less read, the full text that might appear on the primary site
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