According to a June 2009 survey conducted by Technorati, only 7.4 million of the 133 blogs on the web had been updated within three months. That’s not even 6 percent! If your blog falls within the 94.5 percent of those blogs gasping for breath, should you even attempt to resuscitate it?

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There are many blogging platforms to choose from — some of the most popular are Blogger, WordPress.com (hosted), WordPress.org (stand-alone), Moveable Type, and TypePad. I have used all three of those, and each has its good and bad points, and your choice of which is best for you depends largely on your purpose in blogging.

Questions to ask yourself before making your selection:

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