i need help on this!!

Philippines
July 27, 2009 12:15pm CST
im planning to create a blog but i don't know which platform to choose? i'm choosing from blogger, wordpress, livejournal. which do you think is the best? coz i want to start to earn money from a blog. hope you can help me with this. thanks!
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4 responses
• United States
27 Jul 09
Wordpress is easily the most customizable and the most professional-looking blog platform out there right now. I would say start there. Second to that is blogger. One question you should think about is, what sort of content do you plan to be posting? If you're writing a personal blog, Livejournal might actually be better. It has the best community resources among blog platforms. I would caution you to not expect great returns on your blog, at least not right away. Making money from a blog is tough. You need to explore all your options, write frequently, and above all, don't get discouraged. You need to build an interested audience before you can start making money, and to do that you need interesting content. I also suggest registering with amazon.com and doing product reviews on your blog. Anything you own, if amazon sells it, you can review. If you have an amazon.com associate account, you can add links to amazon products in your posts. Then if someone uses that link to buy the product you reviewed, you get money for it. Also, not to be offensive, but you should work on posting more formally if you intend to make any significant profit. That means careful attention to grammar, punctuation, and spelling. The harder your posts are to read, the less likely your audience is to keep coming back.
• Philippines
28 Jul 09
hey thanks for that. well i could say you know a lot about this. i'm still thinking about what to blog and how to earn from it. i will definitely try your advice. thanks again!
@snowy22315 (170599)
• United States
29 Jul 09
I know alot of people like Wordprss, but I personally use blogger. I think it depends on how technologically competent you are. I have been happy with blogger, but I am not that technically savvy, so I think you want to decide what is going to make you happy in terms of your expertise with the computer.
• Philippines
29 Jul 09
yes, i really find it easy to use blogger that's why when i create new blog i always use that platform, wordpress was a lot complicated from me but i do hope i would know the ins and outs of it.
@vijayanths (7877)
• India
27 Jul 09
Wordpress paid hosting is the best blogging platform. If you are a beginner you can get started with blogger. Wordpress has tons of plugins that make it unique.
• Philippines
27 Jul 09
so i should make a blog on blogger? coz i don't have money yet for paid hosting.
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@kayedanda (1850)
• Philippines
28 Jul 09
Judging by your question, I'd say this is the first time you will try your hand at blogging? Then go for Blogger. WordPress is not advisable for newbies, as your head will spin from the technicalities that it offers. But of course, if you're up for the challenge, then WordPress is the BEST platform of choice. You need to know also that you'd want to have your own domain (which you can set up with Blogger or WordPress, whichever platform floats your boat), as many more opportunities are available for those with their own domains rather than those bloggers who are hosted free by WordPress or Blogger. WordPress is sweet for customization, the reason why I prefer it over Blogger. Blogger is super easy to use, though. Anyways, it's still up to you what to choose
• Philippines
29 Jul 09
i've been blogging for almost 2 years now but not that active though, and all the time i'm using blogger because, yeah its very convenient for newbies like me. i created personal blogs i think 3 times now, and then i just recently made one in wordpress and boy my head aches coz of it. lol. its so complicated. hmmmm.. but i really think its better coz of its features but uhhhh i dont think i could handle that for now. mybe if i decided to have my own domain i'd surely choose wordpress. thanks for the info! ^_^