Once you have your blog up and running and while you are promoting your blog you may want to take a look at utilizing some or all of the MYSQL databases that are provided by your web host. At GoodNewsDomains (where I get my blog hosted) I got 25 MYSQL databases included when I signed up. It takes 1 MYSQL for a blog. What that means is that there are 24 more possibilities for future blogs at no additional cost. You are already paying for them. So in continuing to answer the How to Create a Blog question lets utilize another MYSQL and start another blog.

Starting a Blog for Free

For this blog I did a little keyword research. If you want some information on how to do your own keyword research read my article called Keywords, Keywords, Keywords. I am going to use the keywords “What is Blogging” for this blog. It gets searched for quite a bit and while there is some pretty good competition for the keywords I feel like I can get this blog up and over time get some traffic to it. This site has some Google Adsense potential because the keyword “What is Blogging” could bring some people who are new to blogging to the site. They are a lot more likely to actually click on the ads when they see something that interests them. People who are already blogging don’t usually click on the ads. Let’s get this party started. Log in to your hosting account and on the control panel click on Open

At the Hosting page press Settings

Press Domain Management

You are not adding a domain - you will be adding a sub domain. Press the Add button next to where you see Sub Domain

In the space that has now shown up under Sub Domain type in the name of the site you want to start. I will type in “What is Blogging”

Leave the path alone and press Save. You will see that the host is processing the information and then you will get a screen saying Pending Setup

It can take a few minutes or more for the set up to be completed. Go ahead and log out of the hosting control manager for now. Once the sub domain is set up I will install WordPress and I will then have a site located at http://whatisblogging.mynewbieblog.com. While that URL is not one that people can easily remember or type in the idea is that I want them to find it by keyword searching and therefore the URL is not that important. If it become a problem later on I will by a domain name that matches the site and I will point it at that site. A domain name if I really need one will cost 10 dollars a year. I don’t think I will need one because I will try and drive traffic to the site through keywords. This site has the potential to be up and running with no additional cost to me. All the cost is absorbed in my main site - My Newbie Blog.

Let’s Install WordPress

You have probably installed WordPress on your main site already but let’s walk through the process with our new sub-domain. Go back to your hosting account manager. At the Settings-Database page you should see that your new sub domain is now set-up and that the path has also been established.

You want to look at the top of the page for the Value Applications button

Press Value applications. If WordPress isn’t showing on the front page press show all application and scroll down until you find WordPress.

Press on the WordPress logo

Press Install Now. The manager will take a few seconds to process. It will then ask you which domain you want to use. You may only have one but if you have more pick the one that is the main one for your site. In my case I will choose MyNewbieBlog.com even though I will actually be installing WordPress into a sub domain

You can see that at this moment I still have 24 MYSQL available. After this installation I will have 23. Choose your domain and press Continue

Enter in your new directory name. I entered WhatIsBlogging and then enter in and verify a password (write it down). Press Next. At this screen you need to make sure you install WordPress into the sub domain and not the root directory. Select your recently created sub domain I chose whatisblogging

Press Next

Enter in your admin name, password, email address and give your blog a title. Make sure you write down whatever admin name and password you use. As far as your Blog Title you can always change that later.

Press Finish.

It will now take up to an hour for WordPress to be installed. You will be notified by email when it is finished. Sometimes it only takes a couple of minutes. Congratulations, you now have a fully functional blog site and it won’t cost you a thing. Here is what What is Blogging looks like as I finish the article.

When you finish reading the article go to the What is Blogging? blog and check out what the blog looks like now.