So what is blogging really all about? First of all, let me tell you that it’s a lucrative business to blog and that blogs are easy to set up and manage. Imagine getting paid to write about subjects that interest you, whenever you want, wherever you are! The flexibility allows you to maintain your blog at your own pace and with Internet cafés easily accessible all over the globe, even your vacation won’t get in the way of your blogging… Or should I say: even your blogging won’t get in the way of your vacation?

In this article, let’s take a look at the profitability of a blog and how to set up one of your own, free of charge! Interested? Read on!

First, you need to get yourself a blog. There are several options – host a blog on your own domain, which is in my opinion the best, or get a free one. For starters, let’s talk about the free blogs. You can obtain one at http://www.blogger.com or the newer (and better!) http://www.wordpress.com. Wordpress is a free blog engine that is robust and infinitely expandable to your own tastes.

Blogger is actually owned by Google, so it will be detected by Google’s radar faster and you will be indexed more quickly by their search engines. WordPress.com, however, is a relatively new option so I have no comparison on the speed of getting indexed by the search engines. However, Wordpress is better in the sense that it has more advanced features such as Trackbacks and Categories. You can also manage your sidebar links more efficiently using widgets, (more about this later). Read the rest of this entry