Can some one please point me in the direction of why someone would blog? Is this something you set up like a website... or do you use blog.com etc. I know people talk about wordpress... so is this something you set up yourself? I am new to cms also... both my sites are html and I am re think possibly switching... but what use is a blog seo wise or other?
A blog is just a place to put your thoughts, ideas and opinions. Some people use it like a journal. Others it's just a place to rant. These people usually want their blogs private and limited to a select group of people. But, you have others who want to reach a lot of people. These blogs usually have advice on a topic of various topics. Or they have opinions or they are a good source of imformation. Many people like going to directly to a person's blog instead of finding the same info on a random website because you can associate the information with the person and instantly validate that its real. To put it simply: A blog is whatever you want it to be and can reach as many people as you want it to. It's like a website, but with a personal flair. Also, you don't have to use wordpress or anything like that. There are blog services like tabulas and livejournal that have various degrees of customization. there are blog hosting services (though I can't think of any now) that will host your blog if you make it from scratch. To make a blog from scratch does require some website coding knowledge, but it also requires some databank knowledge unless you're planning pon manually coding each post you'll make, which would be a pain. I suggest using a blog service if you're new to the whole css/html/whatever else thing. Just because otherwise, you'll have to learn that AND SQL and whatever else you'll need. I recommend tabulas just because it's got the best customization I've seen for free.
A blog is what you think about some issues . Some provide free blogging like Blogger.com , WordPress and more .... There are lots and lots . Now its upto u how u use it
so what... do you treat it like a web site? how does the money making work on a blog... even with free blogs?
An affiliate program - there are literally thousands on the net. You can write about a particular product you used and linkto the sellers site. If your visitors click through and purchase, you earn a %age in commission. many bloggers write reviews (good or bad) to provide an honest view of products. Gooogle Adsense is a method to earn per click, not per sale or lead, as is Adbrite, Clicksor, there are many - just google it!
I said previously now its upto u how u use it, U have a site on display, Use it for anything. Like ne other sites. Thats all ... use affiliate links, commisions , link pays , ads etc etc .... Its all urs .... cheers