What To Consider When Starting A New Web Site & / Or Blog

Furthermore, depending on what exactly you want to do with your blog or site, things could be as easy as can be or as hard as hard can be.

Afterward, if you don't care to make any more adjustments to your chosen theme such as changing font colors and types or maybe adding social media icons to it or making any other changes to it, then you're ready to publish or get it live on the web to be indexed by search engines and found by potential readers. You can already start posting content and that's why blogging can be pretty easy.

Blogging can be difficult if you're hard-pressed to choose which platform you wish to put your content on. For some, they are already stumped in this process as they try to figure out the pros and cons and the advantages and disadvantages of each site.

It's not just trying to choose between such platforms as Google Blogger, Weebly, WordPress, etc, it's also trying to determine whether to go the paid route or the free route.Once you've actually managed to get past that stage, the next step is to choose the theme of your site or blog.

This can quickly become yet another complicated process as you're faced with what appears to be millions of different themes and you have to wade through each of them just to find the one that you like for your site. You might find a theme that you like but which you still want to modify and further customize.

If you're not adept at web design and don't know much about things like HTML and CSS, then this task can become near impossible as you try to search around and get your theme exactly the way you want it to be.

This doesn't just involve changing things like font sizes and colors and styles, it also includes adding things to your sidebars and footers, perhaps creating a header image and other things like that.

If you plan to monetize your site, then you need to sign up for the appropriate programs such as Google AdSense and Amazon Associates. Then, if you do get accepted into these programs, you're going to have to make sure the ads and links and the like are in place in your site while ensuring that you're not violating any rules.

Of course, you also need to add content to your site. You would want to make sure your posted content is as good as can be and that it contains, as much as possible, no errors or mistakes. As such, in this regard, blogging can definitely be considered hard.

This also prevents you from making mistakes and errors, which could be corrected by slowing down and really thinking things through.

There are many more such reasons as to why a paid site is much more viable and these are all good reasons. However, before you decide to drop everything and get a paid site, stop for a moment and really think about things.

Thus, for those that are still unsure about this part, a free site is the way to go. If you decide you're no longer interested in whatever topic you're writing about, you can easily change things such as deleting the site and starting a new one without losing anything.

If you're going the paid route already, you should be absolutely positively sure that you really like your niche and that you're not going to run out of things to write about.

But if you think this will just be yet another chore, then it might be better to do something else, which you are really interested in. If you're not sure about this, going with a free site or blog can help you make the decision. You can just try things out and see if you like what you're doing and if you're having fun and enjoying yourself. After some time of testing, you can now have a better idea on whether to continue with your site and eventually opt for the paid route or just stop and do something else instead.

But if you're unsure about the earning potential of your site, it's better to go with a free blog for now. This gives you the chance to test your site and see its possibilities for earning while also allowing you to try and optimize and tweak it further to maximize your earning potential.

Go with a paid site once you know what you're doing, once you've learned from your mistakes and from the experts and veterans out there. When you find that you're really sure about sticking to blogging and you've already gotten the hang of things, then this is the time that you could start thinking about having your own site or blog.

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