It really doesn’t take much more than 5 minutes to set up a blog, and it’s so easy that your mom can do it.

It occured to me when I discussed blogging with a colleague yesterday that, surprising as it may seem, most people still don’t have blogs. He’s very competent on computers, yet he didn’t know how to go about setting up a blog (because he never tried to), so I explained the basics to him. I thought I’d might as well do the same for you.

Here are the instructions to set up a blog using Google’s Blogger service step by step:

1. Enter blogger.com. Click the orange arrow to “Create your blog now”.

2. Create a Google account by filling out your e-mail address, choosing a password and a name. Click “Continue”.
3. Choose a title for your blog and enter an address. Click “Continue”.
4. Choose a template you like. You can change it at any time. Click “Continue”.
5. Your blog is created. Click “Start posting”.
6. Choose a title, write a text, label it with a few keywords. Click “Publish”.
7. Click “View Blog”. This is your finished blog. You’re done!

It’s actually pretty self-explanatory when you enter the Blogger site.

But if you’ve never tried to create a blog before, you may (like me) have reckoned that setting up a blog requires advanced programming and web design skills or something. Not so! Easiest thing in the world.

So now there’s no excuse. Head on over to blogger.com and start writing today! Wordpress is another alternative, it’s just as easy…