Blog Communities - How To Choose A Blog Community?
It’s not always easy to move from one blog community to another, so it is important to make a good choice in the first place.
Before choosing one, consider these points:
1. Members of the blog community
Some communities group Internet users according to interests or age. Have a look at several dozen other blogs in a community to see if it has a ‘typical’ group.
2. What the blog community looks like
Though the choice is often small, communities (platforms) usually have a fair range of colors, fonts and home-page layouts to choose from. You can get a good idea of the possibilities there too by looking at some of the community’s sites at random. Many free-of-charge communities require all blogs to carry ads on all pages.
Also check options for the blog’s address, which could be
http://myblog.thecommunity.com,
http://www.thecommunity.com/myblog or
http://www.thecommunity.com/mynumber.
3. Hidden Costs
Some communities are free but have to be paid for after a certain point, especially according to the amount of data stored and the bandwidth used.
Check this beforehand.
Mybloglog.com offers free membership and charges $25/year for featured blogs.
Here’s a few free blog communities you may join:
