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Many people wonder what exactly is a blog, and how can it help their business, if at all.This is a common question that people ask me as Imake big money on the internet with  blogs, but before you can make big money with blogs you must first understand what blogs are all about, because many people simply don't know.The blog has been around for years, however just came into major popularity in the lastthree years. The weblog, or blog is simply a application that allows users to post writtentext that gets immediately posted to the web, like an online journal of sorts. The blog issomething that is meant to be as easy to use as the word processor application on your computer. While most websites take hours to update, a blog can be updated in real time,as quick as one would save a file to a computer.This is partly what makes blogs magical. Blogging is a great way to get information onthe internet inexpensively with friendly results, such as high search engine ranking, andfree advertising. The blog, with it's variety of keyword heavy posts allows people to makemoney off of the high return result on a search engine like Google. What this means isthat if you are selling home security systems, and you create a blog about good deals onsuch systems, chances are people looking for a security system will come across your  blog in the search engine. This added exposure will surly help more people notice your  business, and make purchases, thus creating greater business for you.For first time bloggers, a free blogging web site is a great way to get started in the blogosphere. Popular blogging web sites like blogger.com and wordpress.com allowusers to set up and host a blog without paying any fees at all. This encourages people tostart blogging, because the fact that one of these sites can provide you with all of the tools
 
that you need to get your blog up and running without spending any money means thatyou have nothing to lose by starting a blog.The fact that it is so easy to find a way to blog for free is one of the reasons why so many people who have never had any other kind of web presence before find themselves drawnto blogging. By signing up with a free blogging web site, you may find it easier to getlisted in search engines that you would if you were starting your own blog from scratch.For example, google runs the free blog hosting site blogspot and crawls its pages veryoften looking for updates, so if you have your site hosted by blogspotyou are almostguaranteed to be listed on google's blog search engine.This easy access to search engines can take some of the work out of promoting your blog,and can help you gain a following with a minimum of marketing effort. If your blogattracts a large readership, you may want to consider moving your site. Many people feelthat being hosted by a free blogging web site gives a blog a kind of amateur flavor that isfine for a new member of the blogosphere, but is not appropriate for a high profile blog.However I have seen some very high profile blogs hosted on free platforms. There is avery serious drawback to hosting your blog on a free platform. You do not own the blog.Your blog can disappear....puff!, just like that. No warning, no nothing, just gone. Hey it'stheir server, and they can do what they want. I have lost quite a few blogs that I hadhosted on wordpress.com. WHY???? I don't know. So if you feel that you want to investa little bit of work into this blogging thing, then host your own blog.Having your own domain can help you make your blog feel professional, and finding acompany that will host your domain is not difficult or expensive. Once your blog takesoff, you will probably be able to sell enough advertising space and/or affiliate/adsense to pay for a hosting package, and still have money left over. Domain name.$10.00. Hosting$10.00 a month. Starting your blog on a free blogging web site is a great way to build afollowing before you spend any money on your blog. If you do use a free blog system,then have a way to capture names, and email addresses. If and when your blog becomes popular and you are ready to take the next step and purchase your own domain, your readers will follow you to your new home.If you get shut down you will have a way to contact your readership. The fact that it is possible to use a free blog host like blogspot.com as a kind of incubator for your blog isgreat news for bloggers everywhere. There are some good free blog host out there, but Iwould stay away from "wordpress.com". I have registered a blog with them make one post and have them shut down the blog and never get a reason why.Here are a few common "blog-related" words to help you out:1) Permalink - Permalink stands for permanent link, which is a URL (uniform ressourcelocator) that leads to an individual post that you make in your blog.
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