WordPress.com blogs

What is a wordpress.com blog and is it good for me?

Teach me how!

If you are very new to blogging and want to set up something that is quick, easy and free, then starting off with a WordPress.com blog is the answer.

WordPress.com provide you with a free-hosted blog, which is what it says on the tin: free. In spite of this, it is still a powerful blogging tool, and you are provided with many facilities to create a professional looking blog. Most of the hard work is done for you, so beginners needn’t worry about learning webdesign language or regular updating.

Once you have mastered this blogging platform, you would have learned all the basics about blogging, so that if you want to venture further afield by tackling a WordPress.org or paid hosted blog, you will have to hand a good background knowledge.

What are the advantages of a WordPress.com blog?

  • Virtually no expense
  • Very easy to set up
  • Create a blog in minutes
  • No updating required
  • All programming done for you
  • Easy to understand methods
  • Access from any computer
  • Loads of themes to choose from
  • Excellent for blogging beginners
  • Lots of applications available

Teach me how!

I’ve created, for free, a series of blogging visual e-courses to instruct you how to create a WordPress.com blog. If you’re interested in finding out more, click on the button.

And read this post if you want to know the difference between WordPress.com and WordPress.org blogs.

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