WordPress is a free blogging platform. It is possible to create your own blog very easily. There are certain kinds of topics which will not be entertained on WordPress. Articles and information related to po*n, drugs and gambling cannot be posted on WordPress. If you want to make use of the WordPress platform, you can create a sub-domain. The sub domain will be yourname.wordpress.com. Yourname is the blog name chosen by you. You should validate the blog name confirming with a genuine email address.
Creation of new blog
To create a new blog, you should sign up on the website. The email address, username, password and blog address should be filled on the sign up page. The blog address should be unique. The name can be selected so that it will be relevant to the content that you post on the blog. After creating a free blog, you can go for an upgrade at any point of time. In order to login to your account, you should want to use the registered email ID or username and password.
Customization
After creating the blog, it can be customized from the Dashboard. The interface is very user-friendly and you can perform most of the operations very easily. The outlook of the blog can be changed by changing the theme. It can be done by selecting from Appearance->Themes. There are free as well as paid themes. It can be changed at any time as per your whims and fancies. After selecting a theme, you can activate it by clicking on ‘active’.
New posts can be added by selecting, Post->New. New pages can be added by selecting, Page->Add New. Contact and About Us come under pages. Thus, you can add as many pages or posts as per your requirements. If you have readily available content (unique content), it can be pasted in the new post and it can be published straight-away. By clicking on ‘Publish’ button, the post will go live. If it is not published, it can be saved in drafts. You can publish immediately or after some time. If you wish to publish later, date and time can be selected as per your convenience.
Before publishing the content, you will want to take some steps so that the blog post will be promoted. SEO (Search Engine Optimization) steps should be implemented so that the blog promotion will be efficient. By adding tags that are relevant to the blog post, you will ensure that the post is searchable in search engines. Visitors will be able to find your blog posts when you put most appropriate search tags.
The new blog will not generate traffic immediately. It should be promoted through friends’ network and social media so that the traffic on the site will increase. Thus, a new blog can be started in just 5 minutes. You can purchase a new hosting package and WordPress blog can be hosted on the server so that there will not be any restrictions on your blog.