7 Tips for Choosing the Right Blog Software for Your New Blog

Choosing the right blog software for your new blog requires that you ask yourself some questions and make a list of all of the features and tools you need as well as your budget. Once you have this information written down you will be prepared to start shopping for blog software. However, keep in mind the following seven tips for choosing the best software for you.

Tip #1 Ping Updates

These allow you to update your blog and are very important in blog software. Make sure the blog software you are interested in provides automatic ping updates.

Tip #2 Comments

Whatever blog software you choose, you'll want to make sure that it has an area for comments from visitors. This will help you understand what is successful in your blog and what is not, as well as guide you in future blogs. This is a really great tool and should be part of your blog software.

Tip #3 Trackback

If you are discussing your blog on another blog, or simply adding information to another blog, trackback will allow you to update this information. This is a little confusing, but trackback allows you to talk on your blog about information on another blog and ping the writer of the other blog to let them know what is going on. Trackback is certainly a feature you want in your blog software.

Tip #4 Pingback

Pingback is similar to trackback, but it just sends a URL to the other blog to let them know you are talking about their blog on your blog. This is not used as much as trackback, but you will want a blog software that has at least one of these two functions.

Tip #5 Web-based

The point of a blog is you can post information instantly online, so you want your blog software to be similar to a word processor and web based without a shadow of a doubt.

Tip #6 Archiving

You want a blog software that supports archiving, and most of them do. The reason for this is you will want to save all of your past blogs by the date they were published and archiving allows you to do that.

Tip #7 Categorize

Another great tool you will want in your blog software is the ability to categorize. You want to keep your blogs organized and in categories, if you have them, so this option is really a great one for most bloggers.

There are lots of types of blog software available. You just need to do the research and compare what you find with what you need and then... start blogging!

Michael Turner reveals step-by-step how you can increase search engine traffic in his free 7 part mini-series. Grab it now at http://www.powertraffictactics.com/

---

How to Reel in Web Site Visitors by Building Your Own Blog

I know, I know, blog this...blog that. Seems like everyone... Read More

How to Build a Niche Site With a Blog

Building niche sites is all the rage these days.The basic... Read More

The Real Bloggers Must Come From Another Planet - I Can?t Find Any Here On Earth

What in the world is up with the world of... Read More

RSS for Newbies; A Quick Tutorial

"RSS" stands for "Really Simple Syndication". It is a new... Read More

What is a Blog?

Q: Not to ask a ridiculously obvious question, but what... Read More

Gathered Statistical Data Announces that Blogs will Dominate the Internet in Less than a Few Years

... if not months to come.At a distinctive and stable... Read More

Internet News Services Explode Online

It seems no matter how much information comes available online,... Read More

Marketing With Blogs - Part 1

Marketers have found that blogs are excellent tools for communicating... Read More

17 Mistakes Professionals Make with Their Blogs

Are you getting results from your business blog? Is it... Read More

Simple Syndication (RSS) -- Wheres The Payoff?

How RSS really does pay off...Have you heard of RSS... Read More

7 Tips for Successful Blogging

So, you have a blog! Do you have traffic? Do... Read More

Blog Your Affiliate Links

Blogging is a relatively new form of communication, closely related... Read More

Blogs: A Fool Proof Way to Attract Visitors

Blogs might seem like an old hat at this time... Read More

Find Out How Microsofts Plans Could Make Your Subscribers Beg You for RSS Content!

Microsoft recently announced that they will be releasing a new... Read More

Feeds For Small Business: Real World Examples

A merchant I was talking to the other day asked... Read More

6 Reasons Why RSS Beats Email Marketing

A brand new marketing tool predicted to replace email is... Read More

RSS is Not Only for Blogs

Contrary to popular opinion, RSS is not only good for... Read More

How To Add Random RSS Content To Your Site

Most savvy internet marketers will know how important it is... Read More

RSS Explained

What is RSS? To begin with, it's one of those... Read More

Blogging - Whats It All About

A blog usually is a web page that contains brief,... Read More

Should My Home Business Have a Blog?

It's fair to say that blogging has taken the Internet... Read More

What Is This RSS, XML, RDF, and Atom Business?

It's been a long day at work and you're... Read More

Steps To Creating and Promoting RSS Feeds

RSS, or Really Simple Syndication as it is commonly known,... Read More

Why you should be using RSS

RSS opens up a whole new channel of communication between... Read More

How and Why to RSS

RSS feeds and blogs (and blog and pinging) are part... Read More

Blog Marketing: Guerrillas Stalk the Internet

Blogs, are often defined as frequent and ongoing publications of... Read More

RSS For Fresh Content & Better Ranking

A lot of commotion was made some time ago when... Read More

12 Reasons Why You Need A Blog

"Why Should I Blog? I Simply Don't Get It"This post... Read More

The Viability of Blogging to a Niche Market

Niche marketing is an old and very successful marketing strategy... Read More

Blogging Tutorial

Let's start at the beginning. What is a 'Blog' and... Read More

What Is RSS?

Recently I did an interview with a well known email... Read More

Snob-Bloggers: You Just Might Be A Snob If You Publish A Blog

You Might Be A Snob-Blogger If?According to Jupiter Research, about... Read More

How to Get Started Blogging in 5 Minutes or Less

I put off starting a blog for a long time... Read More