The Great Experiment or How to Start A Blog Under 15 Minutes

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January 25, 2008

The Burning ManI love experiments. I’ve done several in the field of chemistry, and even earned a frequent visitor pass at my local hospital burn unit. And, of course, there was that social experiment with the karaoke machine at Burning Man…but that’s another story.

But today, I conducted the Great Blogger vs. WordPress.com Experiment.

My Hypothesis: I believe it was possible to launch a new blog on the Internet in less than 15 minutes.

Experimental Design: I started a new blog, from scratch on Google’s Blogger and WordPress.com. The criteria was that each blog must contain:

Testing and Observation: It took me 11 minutes and 5 seconds to create this blog on Blogger. While it took me 11 minutes and 21 seconds to create this blog on WordPress.com. However, to create a blog on Blogger, I had to have a Google account. Since I already had an account, I was able to immediately create my Blogger account and start my blog. If you don’t have a Google account, you would first have to spend a minute or two (took me 1:20) creating the Google account. That would make the entire time creating the Blogger blog 12 minutes and 25 seconds.

Results: Hypothesis proven correct. It is possible to start a blog in less than 15 minutes using either Blogger or WordPress.com. Of course, the features and other factors may play a role in which platform to use, but either will allow you to get a blog up in just minutes.

Next Hypothesis to Test: Can a hamster and a turtle live as friends in 10 gallon aquarium?

I expect this research to be published in the Journal of Obvious Knowledge Experiments early next month. But if you’d like to break the news, feel free to publish these results.

[Photo Credit:LightMatter]

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Comments

Hi Jim.

Congrats on your new blog!

Liking what I’m seeing so far.

I just started a new blog, too, and have a few new projects coming soon.

Please check me out at http://www.youredenwork.net

Looking forward to your future posts!

Comment by Bruce on January 26, 2008 @ 11:31 am

Jim,
I knew it was quick, but had never timed it! What a great idea for a blog post! Come to think of it, once you’ve got the themes and plugins figured out and downloaded to your desktop, it doesn’t take that long to start up a hosted WordPress blog either. Best of luck with this new blog!

Comment by Shari Voigt on January 27, 2008 @ 4:40 pm

@Bruce – Thanks for dropping by. I visited your blog and found it interesting.

@Shari – This was a fun one. Of course, I had set up blogs on both Blogger and WordPress.com in the past, so I might have been a minute or two faster than someone with no experience. But 15 minutes is still very doable! Hmmm, wonder if the Nobel Peace Prize has ever been awarded for blogging research?

Comment by Jim on January 27, 2008 @ 7:42 pm

[...] Finally, if you’re nearly ready to take the plunge, but not yet ready to commit money or time to creating your own blogging website, you can start a blog for free at WordPress.com or Google’s Blogger. Both of these services offer free blog sites with nearly all the functions of an independently hosted blog. You can register your account and create your blog in less than 15 minutes. [...]

Pingback by Test Drives: How to Discover if Blogging is for You | Blogging Startup on June 8, 2008 @ 9:47 pm

Great tips. I took more than two hours in creating a blog with necessary features.

Comment by paintball hopper on January 16, 2010 @ 10:03 pm
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