Everything About Blogger From Scratch

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In this course you are going to see how to be a blogger from scratch with no cost

Here we will be using a website called Blogger to create our blogs and publish it for free

In this course I will be showing you all the tools available on Blogger which you can use

Google Blogger also just called Blogger is an online content management system CMS that facilitates the creation of informal online discussion sites also called blogs Users can get a free blogspot com domain or buy a custom domain

Users can also customize their blogs with different templates flexible layouts and hundreds of background images In order to use Blogger users must create a Google account Individuals with existing Gmail email addresses can use this account Users can customize the name of their account the format is displayed as nameblogspot com

Users are also able to create multiple blogs under one account

Users must sign up for an AdSense account separately and then link advertisements to their individual blogs Not all blogs qualify for advertisements so interested users should doublecheck the eligibility checklist

Blogger has its own builtin analytics tools that help users identify where their audience is coming from and what theyre interested in Users can also connect their blog directly to Google Analytics for more detailed information

Users control the features of Blogger through the programs dashboard The dashboard displays the blogs activity news from Google or any updates to the program Users can manage a particular blog by clicking the blog title and editing it

They can also create new posts from the dashboard Blogger websites can be viewed and accessed from a desktop or a mobile platform Users can email their posts to your blog with email posting you can use your mobile device to post to your blog

The mobile application Blogger Mobile allows users to post pictures directly to their Blogger account from their mobile device

Although there are blogging tools with more complex and sophisticated features available the fact that Blogger is free and offers some level of customization for users makes it an attractive system for individuals who may be novices at blogging

When Blogger was first started by Pyra Labs in 1999 it was one of the first blogpublishing tools on the Internet

It was founded by Evan Williams one of the cofounders of Twitter and Meg Hourihan one of the cofounders of Kinja

The company has been credited with helping to popularize the blog format of sharing content on the Internet

Google acquired Blogger in 2003 when it purchased Pyra Labs for an undisclosed amount of money After the acquisition the CMS underwent a major redesign in 2004 and some of Bloggers premium services became free