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Blogs means different things to different people: To journalists they are unofficial sources of information, to the ordinary Joe they are an Online diary or forum, to repressive governments they are subversive and a threat and to the Internet marketer they are a marketing tool!

The importance of Blogs to the Newbie will take a while to become clear. For now I just want to say that a blog is a website(correct me if i’m wrong). You can enter whatever text you desire, pictures too! You can allow other people to contribute if you want (I’d recommend against that unless you review and moderate the content!)
For anyone who is nervous about building a website or about getting content for a Newsletter/Fanzine or eZine having a blog is a perfect practice tool to build up confidence and material.

How to get started.

Internet Newbies who wish to start Blogging must first find Blogging platforms.
The three main varieties of blog software are
1. Blogger, free and very easy technically
2. Wordpress, free ( Wordpress.com and WordPress.org are different )
3. Typepad
4. Squarespace

You need to pay for Typepad and Squarespace, but who need a paid blog platform when you can use the free one.

For this tutorial i will use Blogger. Which is very “Newbie friendly” and because i started with it too.

First visit Blogger - http://www.blogger.com/

You find yourself at what I call the front page of Blogger and what Blogger calls “The Dashboard”.

Now use the “Create a Blog” button. You are then asked for a Title or name for the blog and then a web name. The name should reflect the desired subject matter of your blog and the web name is probably going to be shorter and conform to the usual rules – no spaces etc.

Mostly people Blog either by going to http://www.blogger.com and entering their password and username clicking on New Post and just typing straight in or by downloading the Google Tool Bar with the little orange Blogger button. To get this, go to Google.com and click on the “more” link on the right. You will find the little orange Blogger button and can download it and install it.

After opening an account at Blogger jot down a few notes, Remember this is a website, the whole world will be able to read it so don’t put anything in it that you might regret!

If you want to build a business on the Web Blogging is a good place to start. You get used to writing and when you click the little orange “Blogger” button your words will be “live on the internet”.
Happy Blogging