What’s the Best Free Blog Platform?
The great thing about making money online is that it can be done without spending a dime. If you’re looking for the best free blog platform, for instance, you have many options to choose from. By the beauty of open source software, there are many people much, much smarter than me that like to create useful programs for the world to enjoy.
Because of these open source programs, everyday people who have little to no technical know-how can start a website in a matter of minutes. That, I suppose, is a good thing and a bad thing. Because anyone can start their own websites in a matter of minutes, there Internet is full of spam and junky websites. But, I guess it’s the search engine’s job to filter those out and put valuable content accessible.
If you have something interesting to share with the world and you’re ready to start profiting from your very own website, a blog is the easiest and arguable the best way to do that. Even if you don’t plan on “blogging” per say, the blog platform for your website is often an ideal solution. It’s user friendly, easy to use, and search engines love them.
As far as options go, there is always Blogger and WordPress for free sites. If, though, you plan on taking your new website seriously, you’ll want to have your very own website. You can still get the software for free, but you’ll have to pay about $5 a month for web hosting. But that way you completely own the content, you have more control, and you can make money any way you like.
The self-hosted version of WordPress, in this case, is the most popular and favorable option. It is very user friendly and has thousands of templates/themes for you to choose from for free, so you can pick the design you want at the click of a button. Also, if your hosting company provides Fantastico with your hosting package, like HostGator does, you can have your new website up and running in less than an hour. I showed you in a previous post how I did it in less than 15 minutes.
All you have to do is log in to your hosting account, click the Fantstico button, and enter some information about what you want to call your blog. Push install, and BAM – it’s installed. From there you just log in and start typing away to fill up your blog with new content and get that puppy indexed by Google.
