How to use Blogger

The way Blogger looks and the services it offers can change often, so the steps in this course may not always match the way Blogger looks or works, though it should be similar.

To name your blog, you'll need a title and an address.

The title tells people what the blog is about.

The address is the blog's URL. It's what people will type into the address bar of their browser to get to your blog.

The first part of the address will be a word or phrase you choose yourself. The second part of the address will be .blogspot.com. TIP: The address won't have a period at the end.

For example, taylorscareerblog.blogspot.com is a blog address.

Blog addresses can't have spaces or special characters like exclamation points or underscores in them, but they can have dashes between words, like this: dashes-in-the-address.blogspot.com.

A blog's title and address are often similar to each other, but they don't always need to be.

Blogger hosts hundreds of thousands of blogs, so you may need to check the availability of several blog addresses before you find one that's available for use.

It's important to make sure that the blog title and blog address are safe to use. The title and address shouldn't include personal information like your phone number, address, or where you go to school.

Good blog titles and addresses are brief, clear, and professional, without slang.