Blog Platform

The very first thing that you must consider before even going to the niche of choice is to look at the platform in which you want to base your blog. This is very important as it the success and the everyday usability of the blog hinges on this very important fact. The worst thing you could possibly do to a running blog is to start messing around with the platform when your blog is already well and truly going. This will cause your visitors grief, your partners will doubt your professionalism and the search engines will also throw your rankings out their virtual window.

There are various methods in which you can choose to host and create a money making blog and I’ll go through all the pros and cons of each method so you can see how well each fits into your plans for your blog. As I mentioned earlier each has its own specific advantages and disadvantages, but the most important thing to remember is that once you stick to one platform it’s vitally important that you don’t change it. The change will upset almost everything related to the blog and create more troubles in the long-run than its worth.

Here is a brief for each type of blog platform. You should click-through to get a more detailed run-down on each different type.

Hosted Weblog Platform
These are essentially “free” blogs where you can sign-up, create and account and start your blog immediately getting it online in a matter of minutes. The convenience of these type of platforms are unmatched and the best thing is that it’s free too. Read on to learn about the pros and cons

Standalone Weblog Software
These are on the other side of the spectrum where you have to set-up the blog Content Management Software yourself and also host it yourself. It’s a bit of a hassle and does involve some initial costs but also have many more benefits. Read more about it.

Remote Hosted Weblog Software
This is a sort of hybrid between the two where your content management is done off-site similar to a hosted weblog system, however you own your own domain and all your content is published on your domain. The domain become the face of your blog while the engine running at the background is the same as the hosted weblog platforms. Read on to find out more about it.