The world of blogging is fast and furious. Well-known bloggers on the internet update their blogs multiple times a week - perhaps even multiple times a day. They are often used for news and technology.

Blogs are sites where (usually) a single person posts regular information. Bloggers often read each others blogs, and network in this way.

Blogs are widely read by people from all walks of life. You've probably read sites that you didn't realise were blogs.

Blogging is big business, with the top blogs making many thousands of dollars per week.
If your aim is to create a blog with a huge readership and to make a name for yourself - you will need your own website and your own hosting.

If you would like to dip your feet in into the blogging world, or you would simply like a blog to keep as a daily diary - and have no plans for a mega-blog site - then a free blog service may be for you.




Blogger
Extremely simple to use. You can add photos and videos to your blog entries. Owned by Google.
blogger.com

Blog
Again, super simple. Fun and easy, with an option to upgrade.
blog.com




Wordpress
Wordpress has a solid reputation of being the best blogging software there is - and for good reason. It allows you to easily network with other bloggers and allows a lot of customization.
For a beginner, the best place to download Wordpress is from Fantastico - which comes free with many web hosts. Fantastico is a collection of great (free) scripts.
wordpress.org



We'll be posting links to the best or most interesting blogs about here.


Problogger
Read it for the archives alone. If you ever wondered if it's possible to make some money from a blog - read this.
www.problogger.net/


BoingBoing
If you like weird stuff, you'll love this blog.
www.boingboing.net/

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