Starting A Blog ?

[Tiger1962]

How do you start your own blog?

Does it cost anything to keep a blog running?

Suppose you aren't very computer savvy, are there online instructions to show you how?

[brokenswordx]

Well you could use your myspace to blog, if you have one.

You should never pay to blog either.

Search the net for a blog site there are a lot out there.

[hawkfish]

I use Wordpress myself but I have my own host. They do allow you to have your blog on their website and it is free. You can start simple and get more complex as you learn.

http://www.wordpress.com/

Another option is Google blogger, which is free and pretty easy to use.

http://www.blogger.com/

[Tiger1962]

Thank you !

[Patrick]

Generally speaking, it's best to host your own blog, if you can, as it tends to afford you more control and flexibility. Like hawkfish, I use WordPress (I also use Nucleus CMS, but I'm working on converting those to WordPress). Web hosting can run you anywhere from a few bucks to infinity, based upon your traffic and other factors. But, for most people, a $10 a month hosting plan is probably enough. And then a domain name will cost you around $10 a year. And those would be the minimum expenses for hosting a blog.

That said, depending on your goals and limitations, a free host can work. If I was going to use one, from what I've heard about it, I'd go with WordPress.com. I'd still use my own domain name, and pay for that service on WordPress.com ($15 a year), just so that I could take my name with me when/if I was ready to graduate off the service.

Good luck.

Thanks,

Patrick

[Tiger1962]

Thanks a lot !

[Patrick]

No problem.