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Old 09-12-2006, 08:10 PM Blog question --- help please!
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I want to start a blog about my country - South Africa. I love the wildlife and I also take pictures of animals and birds on my vacations through this lovely country. Can I put some of it in a blog?? I have not set up a blog before so I need some info on how to start one and what should I put on the site - how can I promotion at the same time?

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Old 09-12-2006, 08:28 PM
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If you plan to update your site often, then blogging is the way to go.
To think of it, even if not, blogging software is still easy enough to use and versatile enough for you to post your stuff easily.

Flickr is the online depository for images. You can integrate it with your blog to save bandwidth and store files in a single place.

As for blog promotion, most blogs rely on word of mouth. If your stories and images are good enough, people will refer each other to your site.

If you specifically want traffic from the search engines, you'll need to do basic website promotion (as with any website). Here is an article on how to market your website.
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Old 09-13-2006, 04:01 AM
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Thanks Onym for the reply.

I will check out the article.

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Old 09-13-2006, 04:37 AM
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I agree with Onym on incorporating Flickr into your blog. You should buy a domain name and host your blog on that URL. You can use Blogger or Wordpress to set up the blog.

PM me if you need more specific details on how to do that.
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Old 09-13-2006, 07:37 AM
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Blogging is fairly easy once you get it set up, its also great fun. It sounds like you have a lot of ideas about what you want to post which is a good start.

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Old 09-14-2006, 02:21 AM
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I want to start a blog about my country - South Africa. I love the wildlife and I also take pictures of animals and birds on my vacations through this lovely country. Can I put some of it in a blog?? I have not set up a blog before so I need some info on how to start one and what should I put on the site - how can I promotion at the same time?

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Check out these sites:
- http://www.blogger.com/start - create your own free blog
- http://www.flickr.com/ - share & store your photos

Start putting pics... include your blog URL to your signature, claim your blog at technorati, add content (and pics) and browse for example these forums on how to get moving.
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Old 09-17-2006, 06:16 AM
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If your simplicity go for

http :// wordpress .com

or

if you want power then buy some webspace and host wordpress yourself
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Old 09-18-2006, 09:29 AM
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Hi again. Thanks for all the replies, have not started the blog, but will let you know when it is up and running.

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