| In this article we hope to give you information to | | | | site such as how archived material is managed |
| help you decide on the best blogging platform to | | | | and control of your HTML and CSS codes. |
| work from home online. There are many options | | | | You also have control of your permalinks. This |
| and there are pros and cons to keep im mind. | | | | gives you the opportunity to choose the names |
| One of your first decisions to make is if you'll | | | | of any posts and also gives you better |
| have a hosted platform or a non hosted platform. | | | | management of search engine optimization. |
| For example if your blog is with Blogger than your | | | | With some non hosted sites such as |
| blog is hosted on the Blogger server making it a | | | | WordPress.org you're able to take advantage of |
| hosted platform. | | | | various plug ins. This means that you have better |
| However if Wordpress.org is your blogging | | | | control over advertising on your site and a better |
| platform than you'll have a third party host your | | | | response capability to posted comments. |
| blog. This would make it a non hosted platform. | | | | Now for the cons. The general perception within |
| So here are the pros and cons of each starting | | | | the blogging community is that hosted sites tend |
| with a Hosted site: | | | | to not look as professional as non hosted sites. |
| You can get up and running quickly with a hosted | | | | This may not be that important to you and in |
| blog. This enables you to get started without | | | | fact some of the most successful blogs are |
| spending little or any money. That's important | | | | housed on Blogger which is a hosted site. |
| because you may determine blogging isn't for you. | | | | The platform has some limitations such as |
| For those not very technically inclined hosted sites | | | | archiving is not as easy as it is with a non hosting |
| are ideal. They are very easy to understand how | | | | site. Also some platforms have had issues with |
| to use and our user friendly. | | | | spam and SEO doesn't seem to work as well with |
| With a hosted site you typically are able to type | | | | some hosted sites. In addition some may not |
| up your content and see how the published | | | | allow advertising on the blog. |
| version will look before actually placing it on the | | | | With a non hosted site there are not as many |
| blog. That's known as WYSIWIG (What You See | | | | cons. To enable you to make changes to the |
| Is What You Get). | | | | various templates you will probably need to have |
| Some of the pros of a non hosted site are: | | | | some experience with HTML and CSS. This just |
| You have more control of certain aspects of the | | | | isn't some people's cup of tea. |