Blogging: Choosing platform

With more than half percentage of webpages across web listed as blogs and blogging being more than habbit, lot of new bloggers are coming into big picture. Before starting blogging, one do the research regarding the platform that can be used for the blogging. Here is better insight in blogging platforms available and the best option.As a big picture, one can treat blogging as as well as all the platforms free. There are many blogging platforms like Wordpress, Blogger, B2evolution, Bblog and blogs integrated with sites and forums. But as market currently divided in only two big players viz. Wordpress and Blogger and both are far better than other providers, it is difficult to believe that both are free services. Take example of Wordpress, upon registration with Wordpress you will get blog as yourname.wordpress.com. In case of Blogger you will get your blogging domain as second level domain as yourname.blogspot.com.

However both of these services let you host the blog on a custom domain and as time passes one realizes that it is far better to host blog on custom domain as it provide more customization options. Further it is more important to know about the reviews of both services before you go for them.

As far as customization is concerned, Wordpress provides far better customization options for bloggers. With more templates available as well as very high quality plugins out there on web, one can say Wordpress is better choice. By saying this I do not want to say Blogger is not good. Infact with many services coming under Google’s belt blogger also serves good market and good options are there too. But if blog on custom domain is the question, then wordress is the sure answer. Also if one look out for skins or themes for Blogger, it is very hard to find good professionally designed template which is not true with Wordpress.

Advantages of Blogger: Owned by google, Google applications can be integrated easily, easy options, many plugins well integrated within blog editing options as site element.

Blogger’s turn off: Less customization options as compared to Wordpress, a bit week search engine optimization, less available quality blog templates to choose from.Advantages of Wordpress: Great quality plugins available easily, highly customizable, high quality themes and templates easily available, once setup is complete it is very easy to use.

Conclusion: It does not matter that Blogger has back of Google, Wordpress is far more better than it, with more customization options, power of class plugins, advanced search engine customization and easy availablity of themes. No wonder Wordpress is also famous as inbuilt search engine optimization tool for bloggers.

In order to fully avail from the online business opportunity, one needs to be aware of he fundamentals in the field of search engine optimization that actually starts from domain name registration. Buying dedicated servers and looking for reliable web hosting plans is considered among the initial steps. Everything should be done with regard to seo

June-July Contest-free advertisement spots

Hello friends,

I am starting new contest for remaining days of June and month of July. All you have to do is to comment on the blog and If at the end, you will come into top three positions, then there is prize for you.

This is not cash contest, 1st prize will be site wide 125*125 ad spot on this blog for one month. Cool huh.

Second prize will be Link in my blogroll for one month. Third prize will be one hyperlink from this blog to the main page of your blog for 2 months. All you have to do is to comment on posts on this blog. On weekly basis I will update the list of top commentators.

So happy commenting.

Blogging Fresh or Blogging Regularly?- Blogger’s case study

Building traffic and links to a blog takes significant time as well as effort. One of the basics of regular traffic and links from other sites is to write regularly. Regular blogging pings the servers regularly (as they are updated) and brings in traffic.

Blogging ideas can be borrowed, but content should be original one. When I say frequently updated blog, then there are two possibilites, one blogger is writing fresh content like news and second - blogger is writing old topic but in his words and according to his/her imagination.

Taking the first instance, if one writes on fresh news and latest happening, not only he will get audience from social networking sites like digg, SU but also he will get the linkbacks as others would love to link him and take his/her work as reference. Surely good thing.

Second instance depends upon quality and research by the blogger. This is like writing according to interest and some time there will be scope of fresh news also. These blogs can be categorized as online tips, troubleshooting for specific thing, sharing views and stuff.

Conclusion- If we look up at instantaneous traffic and link popularity then blogging the fresh is in. However the only mantra to success with blogging is to update blog frequently, no matter by fresh blogging or by regular blogging.

Google Update: Google Code Jam challange is back

In an official blog release, Google has announced Code Jam with huge prizes to be won. Claimed to be challanging, this contest will run for hours for each contestant. In these two hours, contentant will face some tough challanges and will be presented a callange and contestant would have to write a code for it. If coded correct, there will be new challange otherwise time to make decision- debug or go for easy challange.

There is huge prize money involved in this and the top finalists will divide over $80,000 among them with $10,000 going to the winner. Registration is now open on its official site, click here to go to home page of Code Jam. On this site you will register and choose the preffered time for contest and fill up other details.

Check Site as time is ticking and only 27 days are left for registration. Good Luck

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