Blogging has become a popular alternative to building a website, mostly due to its cost-cutting benefits, and the fact that it is so easy, anyone can do it. When you build a website, the first thing you have to do is register a domain name. Although there are website hosts that package website hosting and domain name registration. In contrast, if you were to create a blog page, you will only be signing up for a sub-domain in the platform provider’s domain (MySpace, Blogger,Thoughts) and instead of having a http://www.youaregreat.com, your link will look something like http://www.youaregreat.com/yesiam.
The next advantage of blogging over website creation is the building of your site. With website building you will have to build it page by page from scratch. In blogging, since you already have a set design, (can also be known as “skin” or “profile” designs) all you need to do is upload your data on to the sub-domain of the provider. There are a lot of designs to choose from, and if you have enough patience, you have so many options to customize the blog page look to suit your taste from color to fonts to lay-out and background. Blog sites sub-domain hosting is free. It is much the same as parking your car in someone else’s garage, with consent and for free of course, but also with rules and regulations.
The most important reason, however, in choosing whether or not to create a blog and what type of blog to create is the underlying reason behind it. For example, you want an outlet for your creative side, join a blog network like bigartblog that will even allow you to sell your art. A daily journal type blog is more of MySpace’s forte, and if you are the type who really wants to put it out there as soon as possible, the micro-blogging Twitter is the most popular choice.
Should you be more profit-inclined, create your blog account with Google’s Blogger, especially since this blog-site can provide the tools and resources to promote and profit from your blog such as AdSense and Adword. Their popularity does not hurt your cause either, about 70% of network search engine users will use Google, all you need is to get the tiniest piece of that to make money.
Still you must realize that blogging will have its limits compared to having your own website, but since all it takes to actually have a blog is to sign up to a site like you would sign up for an email account, these are limits that you can very well just overlook.