There are several companies that offer free blogging service and will guide you on how to start a blog, but the best known are mainly the following:
1: Blogger.com: This is Google's blogging service, it is very easy to use and can create very good first blogs when you're just starting out, it is somewhat basic with its limitations, but to start your venture in to the blogging world, this may be a good option. Also, the domains of these blogs have an easy format that you can easily mask with your own domain.
2: Wordpress: This is what most experts consider the best, since there are many plugins and themes to install, Wordpress.org has plenty of configurations and it also has the ability to install your blog on your own host and domain, this option is what I use for my personal blog, and I think it's the best out there on the internet today, but if you don't want to spend money on your own host and domain, you can create your own free blog on the same server but use Wordpress.com instead of Wordpress.org but you will have some limitations to follow, and the thing about free blog services is that they can get shut down at anytime.
Installation
So here are a few places to start creating your own blog, if you are using wordpress.org than you will have to find a hosting company to use, but don't worry most of them are very inexpensive and easy to use. I recommend you hire a hosting service that already includes the Wordpress installer in there back office cpanel. I highly recommend you use a company such as Host Gator, you can pay monthly, quarterly or annually and its really quite affordable and reliable and they sometimes include free domain and email service with your package. They also give you plenty of options, free training and other internet marketing tools you can use for free.
If you are seriously ready to start a blog and enter in to the blog world, Wordpress or Blogger is definitely a great choice to start. One major thing you must do is purchase your own domain name, because having your own domain will make you and your new blog look so much more professional and the search engines will rank you quicker and it will be easier for you to get web traffic to your blog. This will also start branding and creating an online presence that will last forever if you want it too. Moreover, having your blog hosted on your own host will allow you to have more control over its configuration, the downside is that it is a bit more complicated and must be constantly updated with the latest version, but Wordpress will let you know when it needs to be updated, but still hosting your own blog is the most recommended. In the end what matters the most is to always create good original valuable content and a have a decent design to greet you new customers and visito rs. But if you are going to use a free blogging service and later on you decide that you want to change to a hosted blog services instead, make sure you always back up your posts and content, if not you could loose all of it if for some reason It gets shut down, and you will not be able to transfer all of your posts and content to your new blog. This could also impact the traffic you had going to your free blog so make sure you keep your original domain name you created to use on your hosted blog.
Theme
As you can see starting a blog is pretty easy, you just have to jump in and start doing it. Also, before creating your blog, think of a subject you're passionate about and have some knowledge about, make sure you create your blog with a niche you can always build on in the future that your visitors will want to keep returning to your blog to see more of your unique content. Creating unique valuable content is a key factor to your blogging success.
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