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Is anybody using free blog platforms?

by madison_avenue
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I found this list of free blog platforms:

40+ Free Blog Hosts

I was wondering if anybody is using free blog platform not just for links but also to place affiliate links.

As they are free they seem to be good way to test out various niches. If they get removed you can always put your content on a different one.

#blog #free #platforms
  • Profile picture of the author x3xsolxdierx3x
    Originally Posted by madison_avenue View Post

    I found this list of free blog platforms:

    40+ Free Blog Hosts

    I was wondering if anybody is using free blog platform not just for links but also to place affiliate links.

    As they are free they seem to be good way to test out various niches. If they get removed you can always put your content on a different one.
    I don't use blog platforms....

    I publish ALL my content to revenue share websites, and do really quite well.
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    • Profile picture of the author madison_avenue
      Originally Posted by x3xsolxdierx3x View Post

      I don't use blog platforms....

      I publish ALL my content to revenue share websites, and do really quite well.
      Have you got any examples of shared revenue websites? That's not a concept I'm that familiar with.
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      • Profile picture of the author Marian
        Of course, I use Blogger and it's great for some kind of stuff.

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      • Profile picture of the author x3xsolxdierx3x
        Originally Posted by madison_avenue View Post

        Have you got any examples of shared revenue websites? That's not a concept I'm that familiar with.
        I may have jumped the gun a bit, Madison....

        Honestly, I don't know if some of these blog platforms share revenue or if they take it all for themselves.....

        As far as the "concept" of revenue share websites, users submit content (as you would be doing with a free blog platform), the hosting website provides advertisements (usually Google Adsense, Chitika, Amazon, etc...) on all your submitted content....

        When someone finds an article, or any piece of content you publish, you will earn whatever % of revenue share they designate.

        For example, HubPages gives users 60% revenue share.....some sites give more, some sites give less....

        There is also a search engine authority benefit.....so, while some may make the argument that, yes, you can earn 100% of revenue share hosting your own adverts on your own website, when you publishing to a revenue share website, your article automatically takes on the search engine authority associated with the hosting website (that they have built up over time and by virtue of having many users submitting many pieces of quality content....)

        Make sense?
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        • Profile picture of the author madison_avenue
          Originally Posted by x3xsolxdierx3x View Post

          I may have jumped the gun a bit, Madison....

          Honestly, I don't know if some of these blog platforms share revenue or if they take it all for themselves.....

          As far as the "concept" of revenue share websites, users submit content (as you would be doing with a free blog platform), the hosting website provides advertisements (usually Google Adsense, Chitika, Amazon, etc...) on all your submitted content....

          When someone finds an article, or any piece of content you publish, you will earn whatever % of revenue share they designate.

          For example, HubPages gives users 60% revenue share.....some sites give more, some sites give less....

          There is also a search engine authority benefit.....so, while some may make the argument that, yes, you can earn 100% of revenue share hosting your own adverts on your own website, when you publishing to a revenue share website, your article automatically takes on the search engine authority associated with the hosting website (that they have built up over time and by virtue of having many users submitting many pieces of quality content....)

          Make sense?
          Yes I see what you are meann solxdierx3x. Really it is about whether one believes in monetizing a free platform. A lot of people feel that free platforms, should only be used to provide links, parts of a link wheel etc. Whereas I think they they can also be monetized themselves, I would use affiliate links to do this.
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  • Profile picture of the author Underground SEO
    Personally if you were looking to setup a blog, I would advise you purchase a domain and install wordpress onto it. Then you have complete control, otherwise if you use a free blogging platform like blogger then there is the possibilty that your blog could get deleted along with all of your hard work!
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  • Profile picture of the author webcreationuk
    I use those only for building links, don't know how effective they are though..
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  • Profile picture of the author Jon Tees
    I used to use Blogger but then it started to seem like I had outgrown it. I have since moved over to Wordpress (on my domain) and have not looked back.
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  • Profile picture of the author Social Experts
    Um, I started autoblogging with blogger because it was free and I was and still am making $50-$100 a day with them. Moved on to Wordpress with a script I got made and I'm making $800-$1000 a day with that.

    So my tip would be if you can, use Wordpress. Blogger is cool but Wordpress's results are unmatched.
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    Chill.

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