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Starting from scratch doesn't have to cost you much.</h2>
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You want to start out simple, and as quickly as possible. </h3>
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After over 16 years <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_design" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Web design">designing websites</a>, I can tell you from experience which is currently the best platform to get started with:<br />
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<b><a class="zem_slink" href="http://blogger.com/" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="Blogger">Blogger</a>.</b></h3>
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While everyone else is telling you about <a class="zem_slink" href="http://wordpress.org/" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="WordPress">Wordpress,</a> I can tell you that the recent improvements by <a class="zem_slink" href="http://https//www.google.com" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="Google">Google</a> to this platform puts it way ahead. Wordpress has problems with it's plug-ins, which can get you kicked off hosting. The one real solution to that is to pay <a class="zem_slink" href="http://wordpress.com/" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="WordPress.com">Wordpress.com</a> monthly to host your site - but Blogger will do the same for free. All you have to do is set up a <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.myattorneyhome.com/Glossary/domain-name" rel="myattorneyhome" target="_blank" title="Domain Name">domain name</a> - which will cost you about $14 per year. (Also cheaper than Wordpress.com.)<br />
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Here's the link to get started: <a href="http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/set-up-your-new-google-blogger-blog.html" target="_blank">http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/set-up-your-new-google-blogger-blog.html </a><br />
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I've tried about everything out there. I did a review of over 47 <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Content_management_system" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Content management system">content management systems</a> one time, and settled on a custom backend. However, the support for this was weak - and they took years to get it to support mobile devices, something Blogger did almost from the beginning.<br />
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You don't want free sites in general, but assigning a domain name to your Blogger blog takes it out of that category. Google takes care of your hosting costs. And it ties into <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.youtube.com/" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="YouTube">YouTube</a> and the other Google+ universe. Which means, that if you're smart, you can get better search engine rankings than anywhere else.<br />
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(One of the reasons not to have a free blog is that they don't show up in the search engine rankings any more - not very high, anyway.)<br />
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The reason you want a blog is...</h3>
Because you will be updating this regularly, and Google likes regularly updated content. They have been indexing and ranking blogs better than most websites for a long time, and don't have any indication they'll quit anytime soon.<br />
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The trick is to set up your blog today, even if you have nothing to post there right now. Because the older these blogs are, the better they rank.<br />
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How to get your domain name added</h3>
Really, it's mostly following instructions. Here's the links to find out how to do it:<br />
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<li><a href="http://www.thewonderforest.com/2013/08/how-to-set-up-custom-domain-in-blogger.html">http://www.thewonderforest.com/2013/08/how-to-set-up-custom-domain-in-blogger.html</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://support.godaddy.com/help/article/5112/mapping-your-domain-name-to-work-with-blogger">http://support.godaddy.com/help/article/5112/mapping-your-domain-name-to-work-with-blogger</a></li>
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The trick is to be able to wait for the 48 hours it might take to get the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_Name_System" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Domain Name System">DNS</a> servers to settle down. I linked up a domain name recently and watched it go back and forth from the old host to the new one until they all agreed.<br />
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Like <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archimedes" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Archimedes">Archimedes</a> said - you have to stand somewhere before you can move the world.<br />
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This will get you started.<br />
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Yes, it really is that simple.<br />
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