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Blogspot vs Wordpress Comparison - Which is better?

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<span style="font-weight: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #38761d; font-size: small; text-align: right;">By Ashley  Larrimore</span></span></h3>
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<span style="font-weight: normal; text-align: justify;"><i>Today we are going to talking about the most frequently questions asked 
by newbies many times & sometime most of them confused for a long 
time to choose Blogspot or Wordpress for theirs blogging careers. 
Blogger and wordpress becomes the most popular and prominent platform in
 modern era. There are millions of users on the internet using blogger 
& wordpress CMS systems. But for a single author it becomes very 
difficult to say which one is better & has more potential than other
 one. However it has been discussed many times by pro bloggers and some 
of them recommended that wordpress is better due to its professional 
features while most of them have a strongly voiced that blogger is the 
top CMS and seo friendly platform which should be used for blogging 
journey.</i></span></h3>
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Major Advantages of Blogger Platform</h3>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><b>Html/Css Designing:</b> </span>One
 of the biggest reasons people like blogger platform by having full 
customization only in Css or Html. We can easily customize our blog 
accorind otou needs by doing a little customization inside the blog 
template. So we could easily turn our blog to professional view by 
playing only with css or html</div>
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<b style="background-color: white;">Providing Free Hosting:</b> This is 
the second major benefit why most of bloggers using blogger platform. 
because it providing free web-hosting you do not need to pay for 
web-hosting.. You just only need to buy a custom domain name.</div>
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<b><span style="background-color: white;">100% Trustworthy Server:</span> </b>Being
 a Blogger you should must stay your blog live on every 7/24 hours. 
Do,not worry it is automatically secured by Google. While due to google 
server your blog will stay alive each 7/24 hours.</div>
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<b style="background-color: white;">UN-Hackable:</b> You already know 
that blogger is own by google and google is the no1 tech-company 
throughout the world. So it is solely secured by Google Official from 
all types of damages or hacking resources.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><b>SEO Friendly:</b> </span>Blogger
 is all the time SEO friendly and robot lover because it is own product 
of Google so google recognize it very well than all of others.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><b>Blog Speed:</b> </span>However
 we have personally received dozens of comments from worpress user that 
why wordpress blog is taking more time in loading  page than Blogger 
Blog. There are many reasons. One of the best answer is that blogger 
blog is simply coded in Xml/Html and Css while Wordpress blog is created
 in Php. So blogger will always one step forward than wordpress in this 
regard.</div>
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<b style="background-color: white;">Google Owned:</b> You already know that bloggers is google platform so it will make blogger blog seo friendly for all popular search engines.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><b>Easy Customization Template:</b> </span>You
 might have heard that blogger template is fully prepared in Html/Css 
and Xml so it becomes very easier to customize it template.</div>
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 Major Wordpress Advantages</h3>
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<b>SEO friendly:</b> Wordpress is used by all popular bloggers using it 
because it has tons of plugins for SEO. Wordpress has tos of seo plugins
 which help to rank it well in search results. There are uncountable SEO
 plugins available for wordpress platform.
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<b>Tons of SEO Plugins:</b> There are tons of plugins available for 
wordpress blog. These plugins make the blog seo friendly and make it 
perfect for search engines robots.</div>
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<b>Quickly Rank:</b> Due to alot of plugins it becomes seo friendly for 
robots and get massive traffics from search engine. These SEO plugins 
are easy drive traffics to wordpress blog.</div>
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<b>Template Collections:</b> There are Hundreds of default templates 
inside wordpress platform. Wordpress has more than 70+ builten 
professional templates which are well known for robots & having 
awesome designing.</div>
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<b>Easy To Use:</b> Wordpress is matching up like Blogger. A newbie 
blogger can easily operate WordPress blog in a seconds becasue it has 
simple layout and easy to navigate.</div>
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 Disadvantage of Using Blogger</h3>
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<b>Lack Of Hosting:</b> One of the biggest problem by using blogger 
platform is it web-hosting management. You do not allow to customize and
 operate with these data ( hosting ) because they have been hosted on 
google servers. We could not make any changes inside the blogger 
hosting.</div>
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<b>Lose Rank Quickly:</b> This is one of the oldest problem in blogger 
platform whenever you do not publish for a week or some days then your 
blog will continuously losing the ranks. It mostly depend on how often 
the blog  is update. without updating your blog will lose the rank if it
 has been hosted on blogger platform.</div>
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<b>Difficult SEO Strategies: </b>Proper SEO is the key to success for 
every blog & website. In blogger platform you will have to do alot 
of manually SEO it doe not provide us SEO plugins like wordpress blog. 
So it much difficult for blogger user to apply proper SEO strategies on 
blogger blog.</div>
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<b>No Compatibility with popular Language:</b> As we have already learnt
 that blogger template is created in Html/Css and Xml so there is no way
 to embade Php or Asp coding inside blogger template. Blogger platform 
is limited in comparability.</div>
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 Disadvantages Of Using Wordpress</h3>
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<b>Difficult To Customize Theme:</b> This is one of the biggest problem 
that you cannot easily customize CSS/Html inside wordpress template. 
Wordpress template mostly codded in PHP language which is very difficult
 to edit or customize.

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<b>Purchase Web-Hosting: </b>Wordpress does not provide free web-hosting
 you have to spend 20$ for hosting and 10$ for domain name which could 
be not easy for common man.</div>
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<b>Security-Hacking:</b>  Wordpress is not secure as blogger and it very
 very difficult to maintain proper security for wordpress blog. Thousand
 of wordpress sites hacked by hackers using hacker software.</div>
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<b>35 Blogs Per Accounts:</b> you can create 35 blogs on each wordpress 
account. exceeding the limit you will have to delete your older blogs. 
while on the other hands we can easily create 100 blogs per account in 
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Hi guys this post is all about Blogger & Wordpress comparing 
advantages and disadvantages which telling us that which one is the best
 platform for search robots. <b>Blogger vs Wordpress which is better.</b>
 we have mentioned several reasons in the above paragraph of each one 
now its depends upon you how you differentiate between these two 
platforms. Do not forget to share your ideas with PBT readers. <b><i>Thank & Happy Blogging.</i></b>   </div>
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Blogspot vs Wordpress Comparison - Which is better?

By Ashley Larrimore Today we are going to talking about the most frequently questions asked by newbies many times & sometime ...

How to Start a Blog on Wordpress - Step by Step Guide with picture illustration

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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><i>Blogging is a great way for freelancers and small business owners to market their services.<br />Blogs are a lead magnet to pull in clients.
 The more blog posts, videos and images you have on your blog, the 
better your chances of potential clients coming across you when they’re 
searching Google or browsing social media.<br />Not every visitor to your blog will become a client – only a tiny 
percentage will. But the more visitors your blog gets, the more people 
will get in touch to ask about your services.<br />In this article, I’ll show you how to get started creating a blog for
 free, using the website WordPress.com. But first, it’s time to go back 
to basics. What is a blog?</i></span></h3>
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<span style="background-color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-size: large;">What is a Blog</span></span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><i>As a professional blogger, it’s easy for me to assume that everyone 
knows what a blog is. Yet recently, I’ve met business owner after 
business owner whose first question to me is “What’s a blog?”</i><i>Blogging is simple. Blogs are made up of blog posts. A blog post is a
 short article, usually 250-750 words. Blogs are updated regularly, 
typically at least once per week.</i><i>The article you’re reading right now is a blog post.</i><i>Freelancers usually write a blog about the service they provide. 
Their blog posts address common questions or problems faced by their 
clients. Small business owners usually write on a topic related to the 
product they sell. Potential clients visiting the blog will see the 
business owner knows what they’re talking about.<br /> </i><i>Writing a blog post is as simple as writing an email. This is true 
both in terms of the writing skills you need to blog, and the technical 
skills you need to use blogging software.</i><i>If you’d like to try out blogging, there’s a simple, free way to start.</i></span></h3>
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<span style="background-color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-size: large;">Why WordPress.com?</span></span></h3>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><i>WordPress is the world’s most popular blogging tool. You can use it 
on a self-hosted website. This is a good option for those with 
intermediate computer skills, but for those just starting out, setting 
up a self-hosted site can be intimidating.<br />Alternatively, you can use WordPress on WordPress.com. A basic 
account is free to set-up and use. It’s an easy way to dip your toes 
into the blogging waters and see if blogging is right for you. What’s 
more, if you enjoy it, you can stick with it, there’s no need to 
transfer over to a self-hosted blog, unless you want advanced functions.
 Even if you decide to go self-hosted, you’ll have the advantage of 
already being familiar with how WordPress works.</i></span></h3>
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Advantages of WordPress.com:</h4>
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<li><span style="font-weight: normal;">It’s easy to set up.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-weight: normal;">A basic account is free.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-weight: normal;">Your blog has a high level of security against hackers.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-weight: normal;">All technical maintenance is done for you.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-weight: normal;">Even if your blog goes viral, it won’t crash under the weight of the
 traffic, because WordPress.com has the servers needed to do the heavy 
lifting under heavy traffic conditions.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-weight: normal;">You’re part of the WordPress.com community, and this will help you 
find readers. This is especially helpful when you’re starting out.</span></li>
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Disadvantages of WordPress.com:</h4>
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<li><span style="font-weight: normal;">WordPress places adverts on your blog. You have no control over what these ads say.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-weight: normal;">Your website is a WordPress.com subdomain, i.e. 
yoursite.wordpress.com, which looks less professional than having your 
own domain, i.e. www.yoursite.com.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-weight: normal;">You have limited options for visual customization.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-weight: normal;">You don’t have full control of your content. If WordPress.com ever 
folded, you could lose what you’ve published. (This, however, is 
extremely unlikely as things stand.)</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-weight: normal;">You can’t use plugins or ecommerce features.</span></li>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">While these disadvantages are significant, they shouldn’t stop you 
from dabbling in WordPress.com as a way of getting familiar with 
blogging. What’s more, if you want to stick with WordPress.com, many of 
these disadvantages can be overcome with <a href="http://en.wordpress.com/products/" sl-processed="1">paid solutions</a>.
 These work out at around the same or a slightly higher cost than a 
self-hosted site, but it’s well worth it if you’re willing to spend a 
little more to save yourself on the hassle of self-hosting, particularly
 if you’re not technically minded.</span></h3>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">To complete this tutorial, you will need:</span><ul>
<li><span style="font-weight: normal;">An Internet Connection</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-weight: normal;">An Email Account</span></li>
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<span style="background-color: #38761d; font-size: large;">1. Sign Up for WordPress.com</span></h3>
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<span style="background-color: #0b5394;">Step 1:</span> Visit WordPress.com</h2>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><i>To sign up for your WordPress account, visit <a href="http://wordpress.com/" sl-processed="1">WordPress.com</a>, then scroll down and click Create your WordPress.com blog now! </i></span></h3>
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<i style="font-weight: normal;">Alternatively, you can visit the <a href="https://signup.wordpress.com/signup/" sl-processed="1">WordPress.com signup page</a>.</i></h3>
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<span style="background-color: #0b5394;">Step 2:</span><span style="background-color: white;">  </span>Choose Your Blog Address</h2>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><i>You’ll be asked for your email address, a username, password, and blog address, so enter these.</i></span></h3>
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<i style="font-weight: normal;">Your blog address is what people will type into their web browser to 
visit your blog. Make it memorable and relevant to your business. For 
example, if you’re a copywriter, consider including the word “writer” in
 your blog address. Avoid numbers, because these are confusing in 
website addresses (is it blogone.com or blog1.com?).</i><span style="font-weight: normal;"><i>The name you choose will be appended by .wordpress.com, so your site name will be yoursitename.wordpress.com.</i></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><i>Alternatively, at this stage, you can sign up for your own domain 
name by clicking the blue arrow in the blog address form. Options are 
.me, .com, .net, and .org. Only do this if you’re confident you’ll stick
 with WordPress.com over a self-hosted site. If you’re unsure now, you 
can buy your own domain name from WordPress.com at anytime in the 
future.</i></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><i>Once you’re done, scroll down and click “Create Blog” at the bottom of the page.</i></span></h3>
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<i style="font-weight: normal;">You’ll be asked if you want to update to a paid option, and you’ll be 
offered a significant discount. Don’t feel pressured to upgrade, as the <a href="http://store.wordpress.com/bundles/" sl-processed="1">discounts are available at any time</a>.</i></h3>
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<span style="background-color: #0b5394;">Step 3:</span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span>Confirm Your Email Address</h2>
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<i style="font-weight: normal;">WordPress.com will send you an email confirming your registration. To
 activate your blog, check your email, then click the “Activate Blog” 
button in the WordPress email.</i></h3>
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<span style="background-color: #38761d; font-size: large;">2. Set Up Your Blog</span></h3>
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<span style="background-color: #134f5c;">Step 1:</span> Choose a Title and Tagline</h2>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><i>When you click the link to Activate your blog, you’ll be taken to WordPress.com and guided through setting up your blog.<br />First, you must choose a blog title and tagline. As with your blog 
address, make them memorable and relevant to your business. In 
particular, you’ll want to include what you do somewhere in the title or
 tagline, so visitors to your blog immediately know that you’re a 
writer, consultant or designer. This also helps people who are looking 
for your services find you on Google.</i></span></h3>
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<i style="font-weight: normal;">Don’t worry too much about making it perfect, as you can change your blog title and tagline at any time.<br />You also set your language at this stage.</i></h3>
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<span style="background-color: #134f5c;">Step 2:</span> Choose Your Theme</h2>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><i>In WordPress, how your blog looks is determined by your theme. Themes
 are a simple way to change the appearance of a website without having 
to know any code.</i></span></h3>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><i>Initially, you’ll be shown nine themes, some free, some paid. You can
 browse more themes by scrolling down and clicking “Show More Themes” at
 the bottom of the theme list. As with your title and tagline, there’s 
no need to agonize over this decision, as you can change your theme at 
any time.<br />To find out more about a theme, click on the theme name. You’ll be 
given an overview of the theme’s features, and a bigger same view of the
 theme.</i></span></h3>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><i>If you want to take a look at a different theme, click “Back to previous step”.<br />Once you’re happy with your theme, it’s onto the next step.</i></span></h3>
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<span style="background-color: #38761d; font-size: large;">3. Create Your First Blog Post</span><span class="below"></span></h3>
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<span style="background-color: #134f5c;">Step 1:</span> Select Post Type</h2>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><i>Once you’ve selected your theme, WordPress guides you through 
creating your first blog post. You can choose to share a text post, a 
photo, a video a quote or a link.</i></span></h3>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><i>Note: Blog posts are typically multimedia, and can include any combination of these media types.<br />For this tutorial, we’ll create a text post, as this is the most common type of blog post.</i></span></h3>
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<span style="background-color: #134f5c;">Step 2:</span> Try Out The Editor</h2>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><i>You’ll be taken to the WordPress editor. If you used a web-based 
email client such as GMail or Yahoo, this will look familiar you. 
Essentially, it’s a basic word processor.</i></span></h3>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><i>Using the toolbar at the top of the editor, you can make your text 
bold or italic, create a bulleted or numbered list, selecte text 
alignment, insert links and quotes, and conduct a spellcheck.<br />Type one or two sentences into the editor and play around with the different options.</i></span></h3>
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<span style="background-color: #0b5394;">Step 3:</span> Pick a Title</h2>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><i>The title or headline is the most important part of any blog post, as
 from the title readers will decide whether or not to read on. In the 
title bar of the editor, type your title.</i></span></h3>
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<i style="font-weight: normal;">Next, type out your blog post. As you’re learning how WordPress 
works, it doesn’t matter what you write. Like everything on WordPress, 
you can change the blog post later, or delete it if you want to.</i></h3>
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<span style="background-color: #0b5394;">Step 5:</span> Add an Image</h2>
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<i style="font-weight: normal;">Images grab the eyeballs of your readers and encourage them to read your blog post.<br />To add an image, start by placing the cursor in the editor where 
you’d like the image to appear. At the start of your blog post is a good
 place.<br />Next click “Insert Photo” next to the title bar. Browse your computer to find a suitable image.<br />To edit how the image appears, click on it, then click the small 
button (it looks like a mountain) that appears at the top right of your 
image.</i></h3>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><i>You can choose how the image is aligned, and give it a title.</i></span></h3>
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<span style="background-color: #0b5394;">Step 6:</span>  Add Tags</h2>
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<i style="font-weight: normal;">Beneath the editor, you can insert tags for your blog post, separated
 by commas. Tags allow you to organize your blog post into different 
categories. Don’t worry too much about tagging your first blog post. 
You’ve guessed it, you can edit tags later!</i></h3>
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<span style="background-color: #0b5394;">Step 7:</span> Publish Your Post</h2>
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<i style="font-weight: normal;">Finally, click “Publish Your Post.” The post you’ve created will now be live on the Internet.Type the web address of your blog into your web browser, yourblogname.wordpress.com. Admire your beautiful creation!</i></h3>
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<span style="background-color: #0b5394;">Step 8:</span> Rinse and Repeat</h2>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><i>To add more blog posts in the future, visit WordPress.com, log in 
with your username and password, and click “New Post” in the top right.</i></span></h3>
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<i style="font-weight: normal;">Blogging really is that simple. So go on, now you’ve read the tutorial, follow the steps and get started today!</i></h3>
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<i style="font-weight: normal;">Source: </i><i><a href="http://freelanceswitch.com/industry-tips/set-up-a-free-wordpress-blog/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">freelanceswitch</a></i></div>
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