| You've
almost certainly heard of blogs.
You probably read them from time
to time. Perhaps you've
considered getting into this
popular form of expression with a
blog of your own. Here are a
couple of questions to consider: 1. When should I
create a blog instead of a
"regular" website?
Every situation
is unique, but here are some
factors that might point to a
blog as being the best choice:
- Your
envisioned site is one
that is chronological in
nature, such as a
personal journal or a log
of current events.
- You want
to make short, fairly
frequent updates. That's
pretty much the essence
of a blog.
- You want
access to some of the
tool available in blogs,
such as the capacity for
visitors to leave
comments on your posts
(although bloggers who
find comments more
annoying than enhancing
can generally disable
this feature if desired).
2.
Where should my blog reside?
If you decide
to create a blog, one of your
next choices is whether to house
it with a traditional web site
host (or your own server, if you
have one) or to set it up on a
specialized blog host, such as Blogspot.com , Livejournal.com, or Wordpress.com. Setting it up on a
tradional web site host (or on
your own server) gives you
maximum flexibility, but setting
it up on a specialized blog host
is usually easier and in many
cases less expensive (Blogspot,
Livejournal, and Wordpress are
all free).
If you go with
a tradional web site host or your
own server, you will probabably
want to use a program designed
specifically for maintaining
blogs, such as Typepad or Wordpress (that's Wordpress.org, not Wordpress.com - The former is a place
to go to for free blogging
software, the latter for free
blog hosting). On the other hand,
if you decide to set your blog up
on a specialized blogging host,
the tools to create and maintain
your blog will probably already
be "built in". That's
one of the reasons going that
route requires less effort.
If you are
uncertain as to what you want to
do at this point, it is probably
worth spending some time looking
at a few blogs (feel free to
check out my video blog) and doing some
studying before making a
decision. Below are a some links
for further reading:
Blogger.com vs.
WordPress.com
Blogger v.s Wordpress
Poll
Choosing a Blogging
Platform
WordPress.com vs.
WordPress.org
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