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A Brief History of Business Blogging (And How to Make It Profitable)

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Here are a few key dates that led up to business blogging: Four years later, Google Inc. Google turned this into a financial advantage by introducing AdWords in 2000, and AdSense in 2003. And then Yahoo launched in 1994 and utilized man-made descriptions with each URL. This was a game changer for many.

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How Do You Choose a Blog Platform?

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You also can’t use Google AdSense to monetize your blog or Google Analytics to track statistics about visitors and traffic. Able to connect to Google Analytics and other third-party services. The same is true of your blog at WordPress.com. You can’t upload any plugins. No ads (unless you put them there!).

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