Whether you want to create a blog or a website, it needs money and loads of effort. You can substitute one with other. If you want to make it for free, you will have to put a lot of efforts and if you are open to spend your pennies then it’s damn easy, hire a professional and that’s it. Exceptionally, If you don’t want to spend anything, then congrats, this article is for you. I have listed here 6 easiest steps to create your own free website or blog.

Don’t just scan the article, because what the bullet points say is what the world knows. What everyone doesn’t know is how to customize these free services to make your website not looking like a free one.

Blog or website

Most of the people get confused between a website or a blog. A blog is a kind of website but far easy to create and manage. If you just want to enjoy publishing contents and don’t want to put your hands in coding and all, better make a blog, but if you want more control on your site, consider creating a website. Decide and proceed.

Register a free domain

A domain like “example.blogger.com” or “example.hostname.com” does not look professional. For either of the method listed below, you will need a URL which looks like yours. Click here to get a free .co.cc domainbefore moving forward.

1. Blogger – This is the most easy and popular way to create a blog. But a blog made on Blogger shout out loudly “I am created on blogger for free”. Follow these 3 simple steps to completely remove the blogger effect from your blog.

-          Change the domain: Blogger’s blog has a blogspot domain e.g. example.blogspot.com. To remove this map the free domain you have just registered. Check out how you can replace the default blogger URL with your .co.cc domain.

-          Remove the nav bar: Blogger puts a default navigation bar on top of every blog. There are 2 easy ways to remove it. Either install a third party template (be extra careful while choosing one) or follow this simple process to remove your nav bar.

-          Change the blogger favicon: Every blog created on blogger comes with a default orange favicon with a big “B” written on it. To change this just replace the code “<title><data:blog:pageTitle/></title>” with “<link href=’your image url’ rel=’shortcut icon’/>” in your templates HTML. Click here to get the detailed tutorial to replace the default blogger favicon.

Now you have a blog which is completely blogger free. Enjoy blogging.

2. Wordpress – Creating a blog on wordpress.com is also a damn easy task. Go to wordpress.com, Sign up and create a blog. But the blog created here also has some problems. Again you have a domain like example.wordpress.com (Mapping own domain will cost you 10$), you can’t put your ads etc. So why the hell I am talking about this? Well, because it is highly recommended by experienced bloggers and webmaster that before putting your hands in self hosted wordpress blog you should run a blog on wordpress.com. Believe me this will give you a strong start when you will jump to the self hosted one. Don’t forget:

-          You can map your domain via URL forwarding system.

-          You can easily export this blog to self hosted blog anytime.

So if you are a newbie, give it a try. It’s far better than blogger.

3. Wordpress (Self hosted) – If you want to take your blog to the next level, you should try this. Wordpress was developed as a blogging platform but you can easily create a dynamic website using it as a CMS (content management system). To create a self hosted Wordpress blog for free you need:

-          A free domain: Register one with .co.cc

-          A free web host: There are a number of web hosts who provide free hosting services e.g. Freebeehosting.com, Hostaider.com, Host4post.com etc. Sign up with them and install a fresh copy of wordpress. Some hosts also provide fantastico or other installer which will install your wordpress in seconds, otherwise follow the famous 5 minute wordpress installation. When you are done, just map your .co.cc domain with your webhost.

Note: Above mentioned three methods are most popular and easy methods to create a free blog. There are a lot more services where you can create free blogs. E.g. Weebly, Sosblog etc. But I will suggest to be with leaders.

Enough of blogging, Lets move to websites.

4. Google sites – A damn easy way to create a website in minutes. Just go to sites.google.com. Signup with your Google account and you are good to go. You have option to choose from a number of templates and when your website is ready, Map it with your .co.cc domain.

5. Free hosting (Joomla, Drupal etc) – As mentioned earlier, there are a number of webhosts like Freebeehosting.com, Hostaider.com, Host4post.com etc, who provide free hosting services. You can easily sign up and create site using your favorite CMS e.g. Joomla, Drupal etc or by uploading your own HTML files. You can also create forums using PHPmyBB or SMF. Again don’t forget to map your free domain.

6. Free Site builders – If you don’t want to dirty your hands in hosting and all or you don’t like wasting your time in Joomla or Drupal, Just go for Free site builders e.g. Weebly.com, Wetpaint.com etc. Some of them give you complete control over your website while some put some limitation. Do a bit Google search and you will find one according to your need. Make sure your site builder lets you map your free domain with site.

There are a lot more ways to make a free website. But it is highly recommended to switch to paid services as soon your site starts earning for you.

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