To Join a Blogging Site or Not to Join, That is the Question
By Donovan Baldwin
Joining an established blogging site like live journal or blogger can have many advantages. This can be especially true for the blog novice.
Sites, such as Blogger and Live Journal, which host a lot of different blogs will usually have very useful tutorials about building and updating your blog. You are also most likely going to encounter a very user-friendly software interface at an established blogging site.
In addition to these important benefits, these sites provide an instant community of fellow bloggers who can provide advice, insight, and feedback. These established sites will also often keep directories of their members, which can be great news for your traffic logs because it means that other bloggers on the site will quickly find out about your pages.
They also often include means of getting your blog automatically acknowledged by search engines and directories.
At the same time, there can also be a downside to linking yourself with a large blogging site.
By being limited to posting only within the established templates of a site like Blogger, you run the risk of having your blog look and feel like everybody else's. Learning a little about how to make changes within the template of your blog can be important. Rob Benwell teaches some of this in his downloadable blogging ebook, Blogging to the Bank.
In the final analysis, the blogging movement is very much about the creation of distinctive sites and the development of individual voices. In that context, it is understandable that many bloggers shy away from the cookie-cutter look and feel that these blogging sites often promote.
Ultimately, many bloggers feel that the content of their blog reflects not only their thoughts and opinions, but their personality as well. The writing of their blog is what makes it distinctive, not the look of the blog, but many members of the blogging community still feel that the visual impact of a blog should match the originality of the writing.
To learn more about joining a blogging site and blogging for cash, check out Rob Benwell's ebook, Blogging to the Bank.
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