How to make money with a blog in 2 years I went from not knowing what a blog was to making more money blogging than my day job. If you are serious about blogging and are looking for the best way to customize your blog’s look and other features, then getting a self-hosted blog from WordPress.orgis probably the best way to go. It is currently the top choice for most bloggers. It does require more work up front and does have small costs associated with it: buyinga domain name ($10/year) and hosting your blog ($10/month).One of the big advantagesis that you can use your own domain name (i.e. yourblog.com). While thismight not seem like a big deal, it is a lot easier for people to remember yourblog.com rather thanyourblog.blogspot.com which is what you will be given if you use Blogger.I will warn you, being a non-techie myself, this took me some time figuring out how to get myself-hosted site set up. WordPress.org has a greatstep-by-step guidefor getting you set up. While it is more work on the front end, I am really glad I got good advice and did this at the beginning, than having to do it now.