Joined: 05 Feb 2006 Posts: 15 Location: Vancouver BC Canada
Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2006 6:27 am Post subject:
asortus wrote:
Is "blogging" a good way for a newbie to start making money on the web?
asortus, in my personal and humble opinion, if you were a close friend / family member, honestly asking for help, I would suggest you jump on the blogging bandwagon, instead of the traditional html site building route.
Why?
Speed, Ease, Convenience
Because you can get a blog up and running in short order, anywhere from 15 minutes to an hour/two, and without having to fuss with too much design layout and pages, like a traditional site.
Freedom
Plus, when you blog, and if you're on the road, away from your site building tools like Dreamweaver, you simply login to your blog (online), and post your thoughts, then publish it. Voila!
Results + Effectiveness
A blog will get spidered anywhere from the same day to the same week, unlike the 1-3 months for a traditional site.
Functionality
Your blog can use modules of code, called Plugins, if you're using Wordpress, and adds super-functionality to your blog from just a simple plugin activation. To do that on a traditional site takes a lot more elbow grease and time.
For those reasons above, I would suggest blogging over traditional site building. Of course, I'm biased towards Wordpress, as when you install the blog scripts to your host, the files and your posts are yours. When you use Blogger, or MovableType/TypePad, you're at the mercy of Google, or paying a fee to SixApart. I prefer to have the control and freedom.
Joined: 05 Feb 2006 Posts: 15 Location: Vancouver BC Canada
Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2006 6:38 am Post subject: Re: About Wordpress
Roger wrote:
I am trying WordPress for creating blogs on one of my new sites. I found the tool satisfactory as it is free - though it seems to have some bugs - I often get errors when I try to modify any posts.
Wordpress is my choice for a blog platform. You can create the blog as a sub-directory of your main site, or use the blog as the entire site. Here are some examples:
The two domains in my sig file showcase sub-domains of my main blog/site.
It's always easier to customize a blog to look like your website, rather than squeezing a blog into an existing website.
With the theme I use, its simple to drop in a header image, and customize background colors, and other creative elements.
Joined: 15 Dec 2003 Posts: 133 Location: Las Vegas, NV, USA
Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2006 8:09 pm Post subject:
if you can get a copy of RSS announcer, this will save a lot of time because it will submit your blog to around 50 top blog directories. Other free resources would be:
Joined: 30 Jan 2006 Posts: 4 Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2006 12:44 am Post subject: What about new products?
Would a blog work for new products introduced to Canada? I am a contractor in Edmonton and am having trouble promoting my new web site to potential clients. check out my web site [URL deleted - use your signature file, please - Moderator] I know it's pretty basic and I would like to improve on it. Any suggestions?? Would a BLOG help???
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