Blogger.com helped spark a revolution - and it still makes self-publishing quick and easy.
Blogger was launched by Ev Williams of Pyra Labs in 1999, and bought by Google in 2003. Google eventually started to improve it, and a few months ago it finally moved to Google servers. New users can sign in with any Google account, such as a Gmail address.
To set up a blog, you need three things: a title, a unique web address, and an idea.
Once you’ve got the hang of blogging, you can delete your first attempt and tackle something that you really want to do.
For example, you could set up a blog around a business interest or hobby or family activities. A blog could be a good way to collect and discuss recipes, organise a society, report the games played by a youth team, tell everyone about a gap-year trip, or publish your poetry.
It’s OK to cater for friends rather than aim for world domination.
Other popular topics include writing anonymously about the annoying tendencies of whoever you live with, the sexual peccadilloes of your boss, or how the organisation you work for is ripping off its clients/customers.
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