With having a blog comes the idea of lots of people reading your words, following your posts, and then wanting to add extras to your page. There are many standard bits to add, but if you want something a little different, or your own text, colours, and pictures, then that is where learning a little HTML comes in.
I found it very frustrating when I started looking and trying out a few blog sites. Each one is operated in a different fashion, and where one will have part of what you are looking for, another site will have the balance. Challenging! This is exactly what I have found with trying out Wordpress and Blogger. In the end, Blogger won as I could add my own HTML codes to my site to create a more personal page. But with Blogger, the tags are only 'site' orientated and do not get picked up by the search engines.
But I have added a few extra bits and pieces that would not have been possible without some HTML knowledge. How did I learn? Why, searching the net of course - and kept looking until I found what I wanted then gave it a whirl. It does take some trial and error, but with perseverance it will be very satisfying, and you will have a site that is a bit different from the run-of-the-mill standard blog.
To see the html on this site, click on Edit Html at the top of your post typing area. It shows the codes, including any pictures you may have added.
One very handy html code I use is the one for creating a website link
The other codes are very simple ones to use and can be very useful. There are many websites with html coding information and instructions, too numerous to mention here but a web search will bring up a multitude of pages to read.
As for getting people to find you, that is a whole different exercise but networking with other blogs, forums, linking to other sites is a good place to start...
Happy Blogging!
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