The blogs I have been most captivated by as a reader have been those where the creator’s personality is readily perceivable in the content… that is, those with a distinctive voice. (Of course, the blogs I have been most turned off by have had this property as well.)
On the one-blog/several-blogs front, it might be worth thinking carefully about just how strict the line between subjects is, and how likely you’d be to write a post that belonged in multiple blogs. If the likelihood is more than negligible, you might look for hosts that simplify that sort of thing.
A lot depends on how confident you are that you really will generate content and collect readers. At least, I can’t see why having a paid-for domain is better than something like Blogger (or livejournal, or, or, or) for minimal content. Especially if money is tight.
I’d suggest giving serious thought to the kind of reader-community you want to create… both what kinds of people, and how you want them to interact, and how much work you are willing to put into making that happen… and select your hosting and promotion with that firmly in mind.
The blogs I have been most captivated by as a reader have been those where the creator’s personality is readily perceivable in the content… that is, those with a distinctive voice. (Of course, the blogs I have been most turned off by have had this property as well.)
On the one-blog/several-blogs front, it might be worth thinking carefully about just how strict the line between subjects is, and how likely you’d be to write a post that belonged in multiple blogs. If the likelihood is more than negligible, you might look for hosts that simplify that sort of thing.
A lot depends on how confident you are that you really will generate content and collect readers. At least, I can’t see why having a paid-for domain is better than something like Blogger (or livejournal, or, or, or) for minimal content. Especially if money is tight.
I’d suggest giving serious thought to the kind of reader-community you want to create… both what kinds of people, and how you want them to interact, and how much work you are willing to put into making that happen… and select your hosting and promotion with that firmly in mind.