Google owns a popular web-based blogging service called Blogspot. Having created an account on the Gmail mail service, you can easily create your own blog on Blogger, which will have the address nameblog.blogspot.com.
The blogging platform owned by Google is Blogger. Blogger is a web service that allows anyone to start a personal blog with the address blogname.blogspot.com. The service was originally created by Pyra Labs. After it gained popularity on the Internet, Google bought it out.
Blogger service
Now the Blogger service provides its users with ample opportunities for publishing and monetizing content. A blog on the domain blogspot.com can be run by several authors at the same time, while traffic on it can be monetized by placing ad units of AdSense (a service that also belongs to Google).
Other advantages that blogs on blogspot.com have are the high speed of indexing by search engines, the ability to park a blog on its own second-level domain, and the reliability of hosting.
How to create a blog at blogspot.com?
In order to create a blog on the Blogger service, you need to create an email account on the Gmail mail service (again, it belongs to Google). The registration procedure for Gmail is simple - you will need to enter some personal information and come up with a password to enter the web interface.
After registering with Gmail, you need to go to Blogger and enter your email address with a password. After that, it remains to click on the "New blog" button and specify the name of the blog, the desired address (it will look like the address.blogspot.com) and select a blog design template.
By doing this, you can add articles and news to your blog, create polls, and provide an opportunity for your readers to leave comments.
Connecting Disqus comments
By default, only other Blogger users can comment on your blog. If you want to expand the audience of people who will be able to comment on your articles, you can use the services of the free service Disqus. Discus allows users of different social networks and platforms to comment on articles posted on a range of blog hosts and popular blog engines (Wordpress, Drupal, Blogger, etc.). To do this, you need to register on Disqus, specify the blog address and select the appropriate platform (Blogger). All you have to do is add the Disqus widget to your website at blogspot.com and specify the place in the template where comments will be located. The appearance of the comment form is easily customizable.
