Newspapers are nice, but Blogs can be better!

If you are in need of knowing what might be going on in your world--and your world encompasses the Aiken, South Carolina area (and then some,) you certainly should subscribe to the AikenStandard. Whenever something might happen from the Savannah River to the North branch of the Edisto or from Edgefield to Williston, for that matter (to cover the cross direction,) you just might, again, find the AikenStandard writer happily settled on his, or her, for that matter, “beat” doing what they do best bringing the news to you on a daily, or maybe even more often if you are a digital subscriber, basis. That, my friend, is one thing I know and like about our local “traditional press.”

If, though, you happen to write just a bit, and you don’t necessarily like getting up every morning in the early AM to get to the office to begin your daily travail, you just might appreciate knowing a bit about “Blogger,” which, if you are reading this little bit of typing, is exactly where you are at this moment.

Blogger is an internet program, presented by Google, that gives a writer a place to present his or her ideas that may be accessed by the general public. It is free, secure (as far as I can tell,) and can be used to display your work for who knows how long. So far I have been using it since 2011--nine years--with no known issues. And, I have had quite a few views (depending on my advertizing of certain presentations) and have had no difficulties. So, if you have an interest, all you have to do is go to Blogger’s site and follow the instructions you find there.

And that site? Well, if you really think you would like to set up an account, (a "WebLog", at that,) try https://support.google.com/blogger/ . This should be enough to get you started. And, the price is right (unlike some sites that some find useful, but that charge for their services.) How google makes their cut here is uncertain to me, but I’m sure they get something out of providing the service. I am also certain that quite a few people have read what I have published on their site--over 500 views on my initial article, which isn’t bad since I don’t do much advertizing (all I’ve done, for the most part, is mentioned various articles on Facebook.)

In any case, if you don’t find Google provides what you need, just enter “blog” into your search box and see what comes up. What works for me may not be what you want. Plenty there, if that’s what you want to do. (And, I understand, some people make a good bit of money off of their blogs--not me, though.) (So far, anyway--Geesh!)