Not that long ago there was no such thing as a blog, and now we hear of people making small fortunes from them. Not surprisingly, many people do not understand how this is possible. No-one has to pay to read a blog, so how on earth can anyone make money by doing it? It is actually very simple when you understand the mechanics.

Let us start with a quick explanation of how blogs make money and why you would want to automate the process. A blog or any type of website that attracts visitors from search engines can generate income for you, the owner, through advertising. If the adverts on a site a relevant to the content which attracted the visitors, a certain number of them will click on adverts, for which you get paid.

If your hosting provider does not have cpanel, nor fantastico scripts, ask if you have access to, or the rights to create MySQL databases and php. It is possible to manually install WordPress, it just takes a few more steps than I have time for in this article. Whenever possible, I highly recommend using the automated installation.

Bloggers by nature are more Internet savvy than your typical author. With this said, most bloggers already understand how to create revenue with pay per click (PPC) advertising programs. As such, you already know how to produce keyword intelligent titles for their articles. This guarantees maximum traffic impact for each of your articles.

Although there are lots of blogging websites available, WordPress and Blogger is probably the most popular ones that are used by people. Most of the blogging programs offer similar features. But, people always want to use a tool that is easy to use, and at the same time deliver a professional looking blog. Therefore, I would personally choose WordPress.

By using your 'Target Keywords' within those areas I just outlined, thats what the SE's will use to index your Blog under so when someone does a search for those target keywords, guess whose Blog will pop-up within the results depending on your competition?

It's also easy to install themes on your blog, or you can hire someone to create a custom theme for you on the cheap. Once you have the blog set up and its look determined, all you have to do is log in and post on a regular basis. Get your blog up and running, make your regular posts and you are one step closer to the road to internet success.

Now when someone types in the URL of your blog, they will see your post. If you want to add another post, you just need to go back to blogger's homepage , and using your email user name and password you can enter you blog area, where you can make as many new posts as you want.

Another major apprehension for me is the safety of the network. Google could end up de-indexing your blog if it is not safe and well hidden, it will recognize Firepow. Though this may sound like an exception, it does happen.