Here is Part 1 of a 2 Part Introductory Course On Blogging

The easiest way to get a web site up and running these days is with a Blog. Whatever your Internet Marketing Strategy is a Blog is the best place to start.

When Blogging first hit the web, it came on with a bang.  Now, Blogging is one of the most popular formats for web sites and for communication on the web.  Before Blogs, web surfers would simply browse through sites with preformatted text on them.  There was very little chance for a surfer to comment on a site or to offer their opinion on anything. If a web surfer wanted to voice their opinion via the web, they had to
start their own web site.

Starting a web site works for some surfers, but it is too complicated for most.  In addition, starting a web site usually takes a small investment, which is something not everyone has to spend.

People today can find Blog sites that offer blog space for much less than a typical web site hosting.  Many sites will offer blogs space for free like Blogger.com and Wordpress.org

When you begin a Blog, you will notice that they are all laid out basically the same way.  Some experts will call their layout the last-in-first style.  This is a very tricky name that simply notes that the last thing the person, or Blogger, wrote will show up at the top of the Blog.  Most Blogging software allows for this
automatically.

When you sign up at a blogging site and get your own blog space, you will likely see that after you finish typing your post and submit it, the blogging software will automatically put your last entry at the top of your Blog.  This keeps your readers current without forcing them to scroll through many posts.

I would highly recommend you set your Blog up on your own web site. Wordpress is the software I recommend. There are a lot of reasons why, but trust me Wordpress is the one you want.