Wordpress, another famous blogging platform beside blogger . You can either obtain a free hosting/domain or pay hosting/domain but using the same platform.  The different is free hosting/domain will has (your domain name).wordpress.com.

My blog is using wordpress platform too but pay hosting and domain, therefore there is not .wordpress.com is my domain name. 

If i use a free wordpress then my domain will be martinloh.wordpresss.com, it will make it look like non professional.  Therefore i choose a pay hosting/domain.

Beside that, using a pay domain will be easily to apply many of the affiliate program in the web.  and you will be more control if you are using a pay hosting compare to free hosting.

But for a newbie, you may consider to start your blogging with free hosting and domain.  after that, you can change to use pay hosting/domain later.

Here is the 52 min video on step by step tutorial to setup free wordpress and how to use wordpress platform.

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