What The Hell Is Blogging?
For most of us, blogging has become just another part of every day life. For some of us it’s a very big part, but still there are others who are either new to the Internet or just new to the world of blogging and these people have no clue about blogs. People are asking the question “What the hell is blogging?” yet no one seems to be giving them a good answer. Well these people no longer have to worry because here I am and I’m going to explain blogging to you in a way that you can understand it.
A Brief History of Blogging
New York Magazine has a timeline showing the history of blogging so I will link you to that instead of explaining it myself. If you want to read something a little more comprehensive, go and check out Anton Zuiker’s blogging guide called Blogging 101. It covers the history of blogging in detail. Both of these links will open in a new tab or window so you can come back here when you’re done reading.
My Own Blogging History
I started my first blog in 2001 on blogger.com. Parts of it are still available on the Wayback Machine, but I won’t post it here because now it just seems kind of silly. My first blog was full of rants about life, funny pictures and random things that I found amusing on the Internet. I linked to friends and sites that I liked and wasn’t concerned at all with search engine placement or making money from my blog. Adsense didn’t even exist and the Internet was about more than just money. We all wrote for the love of writing and not to profit from it, which is why many of those people who started blogs years ago and kept them up are now making a full time living from them.
Make Money Blogging?
Blogging is currently a very hot topic especially in the Internet Marketing/Make Money Online niche. Many people seem to think that blogging is an easy way to make money online or even worse, that it’s some get rich quick scheme. It’s not! Blogging takes a lot of hard work, dedication, and talent, and if you hate to write you’re not going to enjoy having a blog. And if you don’t enjoy it, you’re never going to make money from it. So before you decide to make blogging your main business model, spend some time really thinking about it first.
How Do I Start Blogging?
If you love to write like me, then blogging might just be the perfect business model for you. Blogging is quickly becoming a legitimate career path for a lot of people, and there’s no reason why you can’t become one of them. In my next post I will give you some more blogging advice and also post a few videos to help you go from clueless to professional blogger in no time, so stick around.
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