The blogosphere can be a pretty overwhelming place.  As a new blogger, or someone deciding to commit more time and effort to your blog, you have many choices to make. One of the first and most important is which platform to use. In order to make the best decision, you need to consider your goals and priorities, because different platforms are geared towards different types of blogs.

If you want to post multimedia content, with easy uploading and a user-friendly interface, check out Tumblr. This is a great platform for quote lovers and photographers. In addition to traditional text, photo, and video entry options, you can also add quotes, links, chats, and audio to your page. Posts are generally short, and many people enjoy posting often.  A popular feature on Tumblr is reblogging. Each post has the option to reblog, so if you see something on someone else’s page that you like, you can just click the button to put it on your page as well. Tumblr even takes care of attribution for you, including a link to the person who originally posted the reblogged content. Read the rest of this entry »