The phenomenon of blogging has taken over the internet today. Millions of people across the world are blogging daily with thousands of new blogs coming online every day. Many people have found blogging to be fun. In the past, most people would write in their diary or journal every night and lock away their thoughts for no one else to see. Now in the digital world, those same thoughts that were previously captured in a diary can now be put online through a blog.
Looking at the diary model; what is written in a diary is usually very personal and you do not want people to read about it, thus the reason people kept their diaries in secret locations. Now with a blog you can create a blog and write all your thoughts on the blog for millions across the world to read and leave their comments and you can still retain anonymity with no one really knowing who you are. An example, Joe Bloggs wants to write his personal thoughts daily on a blog but does not want people to know that this is Joe Blogg’s blog. So Joe Blogg sets up a blog called mythought.com and writes his thoughts daily on it. No one will ever know that this is really Joe Blogg writing on this blog as he can write with an alias of Gregg Green. Millions of people have gotten ‘hooked’ on reading blogs on the internet as they know that they are reading peoples real life experiences.

Why would I want to setup a blog for this purpose you may be asking? Many people like to write their thoughts down so they can keep track of what is happening in their lives and maybe come back at a future date to read about what they were thinking about 6 months ago. A blog is a perfect platform for this. Not only are you keeping track of your thoughts but millions of other people can read your thoughts and leave comments which maybe beneficial to you. Using our Joe Blogg example, Joe may have had a really bad day and gotten fired from his job. He may decide to write a post about this on his blog and maybe someone will read this post and leave a comment that may be encouraging and positive to Joe.

On the other hand, some people may want to create personal blogs for the purpose of letting people know what they are up to. In this situation, the person writing the blog will want to let the rest of the world know that they are the one writing the blog. And example would be a famous person or celebrity who wants to let the public know what is going on in their life. A blog would be a perfect platform for them to use. Again, you do not have to be famous or a celebrity to get a personal blog going. Some people want to keep a blog so that family and friends can keep up to date with what they are doing. An example would be Mary; she is at university in Spain and all her friends are all over the world and her family is in Australia. Mary can setup up blog and keep in touch with all her family and friends through this blog. In the past most people in Mary’s situation would send emails out to their family and friends updating them about her happenings but now by using a blog you do not need to send out emails, you just post what you have to say on your blog, let your family and friends know about the address of the blog and they can visit anytime they want to and find out what you have been up to.

There are many free services on offer on the internet today that allow you to setup your own blog. Some of the services are a bit limited in terms of what you can do on the blog. If you want something basic then you should go for one of the free blogging services like blogger.com or blogspot.com . These free services are also ideal if you are new to the blogging ‘game’ and just want to try get a feel about what blogging is all about.

But if you really want a professional looking personal blog that can set you above the rest then you can get a custom blog developed. The beauty of having a custom blog is that you can pick / design exactly what colours, graphics and layout you want on the blog. You can pick what features you want added to the blog and the best part of a custom personal blog is that you can have your own domain name. Having your own domain name will make it easier for people to remember your blog. People will remain JanesBlog.com much easier than jane.bloggspot.com . Everone is unique in their own way and having your own unique domain name sets you above the rest.

Rand Mediacom specialises in developing custom personal blogs. You can visit www.RonsCrib.net to view a personal blog from Rand Mediacom. If you would like your own custom personal blog please feel free to contact us and we would gladly assist you in getting your own blog online.