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Publishing a Website or Blog...Which Makes More Money?

These days it seems that nearly everyone is talking about either publishing a website or writing a blog. But which choice would best suit your needs can be hard to determine at least initially.

The first thing you need to figure out is the difference between publishing a website and creating a blog. The primary difference is in the audience and how they will interact with the site. A web log, blog, is usually meant to be a sort of interactive, online diary or commentary. Usually, blogs track current issues of some type. While most blogs provide an income for the writer, a blog is not a place where customers usually go to buy products or sign up for services, but bloggers can make a nice income from affiliate commissions and/or advertising.

Most blogs are quick and easy to set up. You just need a domain name, a web hosting service and a theme to give your blog a unique look and feel. Choose a topic for your blog and regularly post your thoughts and opinions, keeping on topic. In addition to making posts, most web hosts also allow you to upload a variety of files including video and audio files. Such media can add to your blog and attract more readers.

If a lot of people read and respond to your blog, you could also make money by allowing companies to advertise their services or products on your blog site. Sometimes you can even manage corporate sponsors or earn income by writing product reviews.

By contrast, a website is meant to be the official presence for a company or a web-based business. A website is meant to be a place where people can read valuable content and purchase products and/or services.

Publishing a website involves a few more steps than a creating blog does. You can either create the website yourself using a software program such as Dreamweaver for Windows or Dreamweaver for Mac or you could hire someone else to create the website for you, or you can use a site building packages that teaches you exactly how to create a website that will get targeted traffic.

Which method of website publishing you choose will really be determined by the amount of knowledge and skill you have regarding website design and how much time you have to devote to the process. Creating a functional, attractive website can take a great deal of time, but once you do, your content will earn you a residual income. Of course there are many online companies that teach you how to create a web site by typing text into boxes. These companies offer templates, so you can create a site that looks like it was made by a professional designer.

If you decide to create a site or blog, find a reasonable hosting plan. If you create a blog, you will need to purchase a template to create the design of the blog. Don't settle for a standard template because you want the design to match the topic of your site. A customizable template will allow you to make changes easily.

The plan for publishing a website will be dependent upon the size and potential traffic your site will generate. This will determine how much storage space you’ll need, the bandwidth, and the CPU. This aspect of website publishing will take a little research on your part to ensure your website operates smoothly and quickly.

You’ll need to upload your files to the host in order to fully publish your site. Most developers recommend using an FTP client such as FireFTP or Web Site Publisher because this allows for direct access to your hosting account. If you use your browser to build your web site, you will not need to FTP your pages.

Once your site is up and getting some traffic you can then look into selling some of the space you have to other companies in order to help generate some revenue from your site. This can be in the form of allowing companies to advertise their products, recommending another company's product(s), or even banner advertising. How much you can make with any of these will be determined by how many people visit your site.

Publishing a website or blog each have the potential to earn you real money. How much you earn is up to you and is dependent upon your eagerness to learn and the time, effort and energy you put into building your online business.

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