Joining an established blogging site like live journal or blogger has plenty of advantages, especially for the blog novice.

Sites that host a lot of different blogs often have very useful tutorials about building and updating your log, and you are likely to encounter a very user-friendly software interface at an established blogging site. In addition, these sites provide a kind of instant community of fellow bloggers who can provide advice, insight, and feedback.

These established sites often keep directories of their members, which can be great news for your traffic logs because it means that other bloggers on the site will find out about your pages.