Step-by-Step Guide to Create a Free Blog in Blogger

Blogging is an incredible way to share your thoughts, ideas, and creativity with the world, and with Blogger, it’s easier than ever to get started.

If you want to know, how you can create your own blog using Blogger, then you are at the right place.

I am here with a Step by Step guide to create a free blog in blogger. We will cover the following important concepts of blogging :

  • What is Blogger?
  • Benefits of Blogging
  • How to make a free blog in blogger?

Let’s move to each of them :

What is Blogger?

Blogger is a free service offered by Google which helps millions of publishers to share their ideas with the world in the form of articles.

A blog may be of any type, like News Blog, Food Blog, Health & fitness blog, educational blogs, etc.

You can check our Education Blog here: https://www.fullonstudy.com

Benefits / Advantages of Blogging

The three best advantages of being a Blogger are as :

  1. “You never stop learning”: Yes its true, as a blogger one can never stop learning. It is so because Blogging is all about sharing knowledge. So how can you stop learning?
  2. “You can work from Anywhere”: It’s similar to your online business, in which you can work from anywhere, even from the comfort of your home. Most importantly you are free to work anytime.
  3. “Blogging is not just a passion, It’s also a career”: If you are passionate and serious about blogging, then you can also make a good sum of money.
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How to create a free blog in Blogger? (Step-by-step Guide)

The Blogger’s free blog is based on Free 15 GB storage & a free subdomain. Below are the few examples that differentiate a subdomain with a custom domain.

Example of Subdomain: anamascara1.blogspot.com

Example of  a custom domain: harishjoshi.com 

In the below step-by-step guide I’ll explain “How to create a free blog in Blogger ?”

Step 1: Visit Blogger.com

In the first step, you have to visit www.blogger.com. This URL open like this (as shown below) :

Blogger Homepage - Step by step guide to create a blog

Just CLICK on the “CREATE YOUR BLOG” button and move to the second step.

Step 2: Sign In with your Google Account

In this step, you have to sign in using your Google account. If you don’t have a Google account, you can create a new one here.

Step by step Guide to Creating a free blog on Blogger

After a successful login, you will be redirected to your Blogger panel.

Step 3: Choose a Name for your Blog

Now in step 3 you just have to choose a name for your blog. Make sure to choose a unique blog name that resonates with the content you will be going to post.

e.g. I have used BloomsWeb – as the name for my digital agency blog.

Add a name of your blog

Step 4: Choose a URL for your Blog

Once you have added the name of your blog. The next step is to choose a URL for your blog.

This will be the URL that you will use to access your blog in future. So, choose it wisely.

The best practice is to use your blog name directly in the URL. If it is not available, then make some small tweaks.

Choose a URL for your blogger blog

Step 5: Confirm your Display Name

Finally, confirm how you want to display your name to your blog readers & hit finish.

Add your name that you want to show to Blog readers.

Step 6: Your Blogger Dashboard!

Once the five step process is finished, you will be redirected to your blogger dashboard. Here you can publish your content & keep track of site traffic. The live preview of the dashboard is as :

Blogger Dashboard

Visit your Blog :

Now after creating a free blog in blogger, you have to check whether your site is running good or bad. Just visit the below page & see your website’s live preview.

Default Blogger Blog Preview

This is how your Blogger blog looks when you first create it. It is quite empty & looking not so good.

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In order to customize the look & feel of your blog, you can add custom themes & work on the blog customization that we will be covering in our future posts.

Further, you can start writing blog posts at this point.

In my next tutorial, I have shared a detailed guide on “How to use Blogger Post editor” – which is the next thing that you have to work on after creating your blog.

I hope you like this post. Share this post with your friends & help them create a free blog in Blogger.

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21 Comments

  1. I think blogger is a great platform to start ones blogging quest even if wordpress is a great option blogger is very efficient and has a simple interface which makes it easy to build your blog. Thanks for this tutorial

  2. I’m so glad I found this page. I need so much step by step technical support. I wish I had found you 2 months ago when I started my blog!