Having a blog is a great thing because you can share anything you want (…and if you are wise you can also earn a decent income from your blog).
- (Read: My AdSense Earnings for 5 Years)
Here at ShoutMeLoud, I have written about many blogging platforms that you can use to create a blog for yourself. I usually suggest creating a blog using your own domain and hosting, and creating your blog via WordPress(.org).
We have talked a lot about self-hosted WordPress blogs in previous posts, and there is no doubt that this presents a better blogging platform when compared to free blogging platforms like BlogSpot.com and WordPress.com.
Also see:
- How to start a blog for making money
- How to make money blogging (Earn up to $40000/month)
However, many newbies who want to start blogging don’t want to make an initial investment of funds to create a blog. This is completely reasonable.
There are many blogging platforms which offer users the ability to create free blogs. If you are looking for a simple free blog, my suggestion would be to start blogging with WordPress.com or BlogSpot.com.
Once you have some blogging experience, you can advance and become more professional with a self-hosted WordPress blog.
BlogSpot allows you to create a free blog, but it does have limitations.
However, as I mentioned above, for a beginner it is a great way to learn how to create a blog and begin the blogging process.
This post is dedicated to the “beginners” who are new to blogging and would like to get started by learning the basics involved in the process.
Before I begin the complete tutorial, there are a couple of things you should know:
- Firstly, BlogSpot is a blogging platform powered by Google. It offers you an opportunity to start a blog, but all your images will be hosted by Picasa (also part of Google). BlogSpot, in this sense, is a Google-centric blogging platform.
- Secondly, if the goal of your blog is to make money and to have a blog that is professional in appearance, I would recommend that you create your blog using WordPress. It’s easy, and with the help of our exclusive free WordPress guide, you can create your blog in the next 60 minutes.
Step-by-step Guide to Creating a Free Blog on BlogSpot:
To create your free BlogSpot blog site, head over to BlogSpot.com and login using your Google account. If you don’t have a Google (gmail) account, you can create one for free.
For a first time user, you will see an option to use the identity from your Google Plus profile, or you can use your limited BlogSpot profile. I recommend using your Google Plus profile.
Once you are logged in, click on “new blog” or click on this link to directly go there: Create a free blog
Name your blog:
The first thing you need to do is add a name and select your domain. I suggest you read “How To Select a Domain Name” for additional information.
Avoid using your personal name as the domain name, and instead use some generic domain name that you can brand later with a custom domain.
You can then select a blog template (you can change it anytime), and click on “Create Blog”.
Now your blog is created, but you are not done yet!
There are a few settings that you need to set on your newly created BlogSpot blog to make it easy to use.
You are now on the BlogSpot dashboard where you will see your blog’s backend. From here you can go to “Settings” and make changes to improve your blog’s visibility.
Here is a screenshot of what you should be seeing:
From here you can click on “Posts” > “New post” and start writing your very first blog post!
But before you write your first post, I would recommend that you go to “Pages” and create at least one “About” page describing who you are and what your blog is about.
- You can read my post on why you need an “About” page for your blog.
Most importantly, you should change your blog’s template as the default one is generic and boring (in my opinion).
Here I have compiled a list of free BlogSpot templates that you can download and install on your blog. Alternatively, you can go to “Settings” > “Template” and change the template from there.
On this page, you can also add a logo to the header of your BlogSpot blog, and add or remove various other features.
Once you have a few blog posts up and running, you can go to “Settings” > “Earnings” and enable AdSense for your blog. This will allow you to earn money from your free BlogSpot blog.
- Read my earlier guide on how to sign up for an AdSense account.
So your blog is almost ready and you can start writing posts. There are just a few more things I suggest you do.
I cover these things in the video tutorial below.
Video Tutorial to Create a Free BlogSpot Blog:
Note: This post is meant for every reader out there who does not already have a blog and is looking for an easy way to create a free blog.
I started my blogging journey with BlogSpot, and I later advanced to WordPress. If you want to take the more professional route right from the beginning, you can always refer to my WordPress Beginner guide.
- Also read: BlogSpot SEO tips
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Thank you very much, I have successfully created my first blog after reading your post. Now I want to setup subdomain on my blogger website. Will you please guide?
Thank you very much Harsh. I find this really helpful. its simple, easy-to-follow DIY approach makes for a wonderful blogging experience for newbies like me. You have also spared me the complexities and technical jargons that could make for a scary experience. Thank you!
Hey Banke,
Glad you found it useful. The whole idea is to write in simple words so that even a layman can understand and start blogging.
Thank you for sharing about how to create blog on blogspot.com. I have recently created a blog on blogger.com and I believe that I can learn a lot from you.
Same here bro… I need more more great guide & video..
Hi Harsh,
It’s the best guide for beginners who want to start blogging first time without any cost. But may be your first image of this blog is very old. You can replace it to use new blog spot image. Thanks for sharing this tutorial.
I also start my journey from blogger and now on self hosted WordPress but not getting traffic from search engine after migration from blogger to wordpress.
Great post…Blogger or WordPress it depends on your blog content not the plateform. So friends try to put quality posts you will get a jump on traffics…!!
Nice and very informative i am new to blog its helps me a lots for creating blogs easily more than my expectation
thxn
Awesome post sir, Now we can create a blog in 5 minutes and earn lots of money with it. You made it really easy to understand. So I just wanna say thanks to you for this one.
Thank you… ?
What I’m not 100% sure of is, if I have a blogspot name of XYZ and really like it and after a year or so want to switch to WordPress could I keep my XYZ name?
Hi your website is very informative .
I am planning to start carrier in web world and plan to create one website,can you guide me to purchase themes and hosting how to use both for any website in same time, because themes and hosting domain name service provider all are different.
No body is replying my question please reply .
1.If i have new website or old website in both cases how many backlink i can create for new website in 1st month and for old website.
2.How many article i can submit in one day
3.how many times i can submit in directories in one day
4. How many times i can submit in social book marking sites in one day.
5.How many times i can submit in blog submission sites in one day and how many blog i need to create for one website or else update new content in one blog every day and submit in blog submission sites.
5.)how many times i can submit in forums in one day.
6.If i create so many backlink in every month what will happen.
7.Is it good to get backlink from youtube if i give my website link in description.
8.Can i do email marketing by purchasing bulk email id in crores to get backlink from there.
Thanks for the post! I just created one myself! When can I apply for AdSense?
Hey can anyone tell me how I can find my old blogspot from 2010. Before I realized how important it was to write all pertinent information down?
Hii you go for restore. Your blog
do you still have the gmail account you used to create the blog? If yes…simple. Just log onto the Gmail account, then open another tab on your computer, go to http://www.blogger.com. It will direct you to your blog dashboard.
I hope you can still remember the password to that gmail account? If you can’t kindly go for “forgot password” to set a new password.
I hope this is helpful?
Really it is a very article for beginners like me to start about blogging. After blog is created, whether we can register with Google adsense immediately or we have to wait for some time. very much impressed with this article..
Though blogspot has lot of good features I still prefer WordPress. The main reason is the big resource of powerful plugins. Also, migrating a blogspot blog is little complicated than wordpress. You can write a post on blogspot migration.
Nice tutorial! i will go through your other posts to equip me start blogging. Other pros like you also promised newsletter if we subscribe but, i am yet to receive one. Are you guys truely ready to help us upcoming bloggers? JOSEPH
@Joseph
I’m doing this for last 7 years & it’s good to see others growing. More than relying on my newsletter, I would suggest browse articles here at ShoutMeLoud. You will find everything which will help you to drive traffic & make money from your blog. Also, go through the comments as you will get a great insight on the topics from our community of bloggers.
Thanks Harsh!
That indeed was very informative for a person like me who’s looking forward to start a personal blog.
Great article Harsh. I have some friends that are looking to create a blog on blogspot and I was looking for a nice, easy to read and informative guide. This is exactly what I was looking for.
Thanks for creating this useful guide. I look forward to checking some of your other posts.
I think this is an interesting tutorial for a beginnger blogger like me, I’ve learned many thing about free blogger using blogspot from this article. Thanks for sharing.
Hi Harsh,
Really it is a very article for beginners like me to start about blogging. After blog is created, whether we can register with Google adsense immediately or we have to wait for some time.
Kindly clarify.
Great blogger tutorial for beginners. Blogger and wordpress is nice platform for trials or testing purpose in free of cost. Thanks for sharing harsh. Nice post.