How to blog? Where to blog?

Before starting a new blog site, let's decide whether you want to blog in a free blog hosting space Or in your own domain.

If you're planning to blog in a free blog hosting space then you can use any of the following popular free blog hosting sites :

* Wordpress.com - WordPress is an open source blog publishing application. Wordpress is also the name of the free and open source server software that was designed to run the Wordpress.com

* LiveJournal.com - LiveJournal (often abbreviated LJ) is a virtual community where Internet users can keep a blog, journal or diary. LiveJournal is also the name of the free and open source server software that was designed to run the LiveJournal.com.

* Blogger.com - Blogger is a blog publishing system from Google

* Other Free blog resources - http://www.thefreesite.com/Free_Blog_Resources

If you want to blog in your own domain then you should first buy the domain & hosting service from the hosting provider. You can find the Top 10 best hosting providers' details below:
http://webhostinggeeks.com

In your own domain you have the flexibility of installing any open source & free blogging software or proprietary software of your choice and also you can customize it to the maximum extent.

Whether you would like to start blogging in a free hosting space or your own domain, you need to decide on a keyword rich URL for your domain before you start blogging.

Always remember that CONTENT IS THE KING and keep writing quality content frequently to get more traffic to your blog site.

Useful resources to compare and learn about various free & paid blogging tools:
http://www.techsoup.org/learningcenter/webbuilding/page5516.cfm
http://cmsmatrix.org
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog_hosting_services