Three majorly used blogging platforms are Wordpress and Blogger. Let's discuss in detail about these two major blogging platforms.
Wordpress Platform
Wordpress gives you choices to either go with Wordpress.com or go with open source option which you can get it on Wordpress.org. On wordpress.com you can choose your blog name at yourblogname.wordpress.com and start blogging right away without spending a single penny.
If you want to make some serious money with blogging then it's better you go with wordpress open source platform because you can put your advertisements in it but to get the open source wordpress you will have to spend some bucks to get a new domain and hosting where you will be hosting your wordpress blog. A domain will cost you around $10/year and a basic hosting plan will cost you around $80-100/year. To host your wordpress blog you can choose DreamHost as your host provider, it's one the best in the hosting business that you can choose.
Dreamhost also provides you free one click scripts installation feature, which allows you to install wordpress with only one click. After you install your wordpress blog choose an elegant wordpress theme for your blog. Installing a theme is very easy. Just upload it your FPT in your themes folder and then go to your wordpress admin panel and click on themes option to change the theme.
Select a theme from here: "Free Premium Looking Wordpress Themes"
In your wordpress blog you can many plugins to modify your blog and add features to your blog. There are hundred's of plugins to enhance your wordpress blog.
See this post: "16 Must Have Plugins For A Wordpress Blog"
Blogger Platform
Blogger.com is owned by Google and is also a very good platform for blogging. Blogger allows you to monetize your blogspot blog with Google adsense and make money with your blogs. Blogger is an incredible platform to earn money without spending a single penny. You can select a name for blog at yourblogname.blogspot.com and a new feature in blogger allows you to host your blogspot blog on your custom domain youdomain.com, you can shift your blogspot blog to custom domain anytime you want without losing any backlinks to your current blog because your blogspot name will always be redirecting to the post link that you have backlinks.
Blogger is also as good as wordpress platform but if you want to start blogging and making money then Google's Blogger is a better platform for you.
Choose a template for your blog: "Free Blogger Templates"
Important Fact: Blogs are very search engine friendly and search engines love crawling them. Choosing a platform like Wordpress or Blogger means your 80% of the SEO is already done rest you have to do to make a difference to your blog.
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My name is Shravan Mishra and I'm a part time blogger, living in Delhi, India.
