Just think - when you are online what is it that you want to achieve? The majority of people online are looking for something. It's unlikely that they are just surfing in a random fashion, although some people will do that. When online people are usually looking for specific information or seeking solution to a problem.

Your job as a blogger is to make that information, and those solutions, available so that they can be found. In other words your content must closely match wants of your target audience.

Make sure that your blog has a well defined theme and try to stick to making posts that stay on topic. Keep up to data with news within theme of your blog and provide your readers with your opinions on relevant and interesting items. Encourage feedback and always respond to questions from your readers.

Use a blog script or service that allows easy addition of RSS feeds so that your blog site has fresh new content as soon as it is available.

Above all remember that each and every visitor to your site is a real person with feelings and emotions and be prepared to reveal something yourself in your posts. Your readers are much more likely to trust you if you allow them to get to know you.

As mentioned earlier, blogs are posts that are short, informal and sometimes deeply personal no matter what topic of discussion is. They can be characterized by their conversational tone.

If a person has a web presence but is disappointed with static homepage - if an elegant treatment of posts on a global platform is what they want, then ‘blogging’ provides an ideal platform. They may also consider blogging if they are seeking feedback from their chosen audience.

Weblogs are definitely mavericks of online world. Two of their greatest strengths are their ability to filter and disseminate information to a widely dispersed audience, and their position outside mainstream of mass media.

There are many different options available to new and seasoned blogger alike. Some blog scripts are available for you to install on your own domain and these require at least a basic understanding of FTP and HTML. There are many hosted blog services available some free and some paid. If you are serious about blogging then I would strongly recommend that you use best system that you can afford and that meets your needs.

I personally have used "Moveable Type" stand-alone script and although quite complex to install, I found it very easy to use. My recommended choice of hosted blogging service would have to be