No matter how long you’ve been online, no matter how much experience under your belt, starting a website is still a daunting task for anyone — most especially the beginner. Even an experienced blog-building-machine sometimes wonders if they’ve hit all the bases and done all they can do.

Fortunately most of what can be done, has been done, and there’s a beginner’s guide to help you do it too.

However as I’m sure you’ve already discovered, the quality of beginner’s guides – like all things – varies greatly. Here’s a laser-pointed list of blogging beginner’s guides worthy of even a pro’s time and bookmark.

All-Inclusive Beginner’s Guides on Blogging

Every now and then someone really goes out of their way to put together something genuinely useful and comprehensive. Don’t be overwhelmed by these beginner’s guide behemoths — they may look big, hairy and scary, but they really just want to be your best buddy.

“A Beginner’s Blog Publishing Guide“, Free @ MasterNewMedia.org: It just doesn’t get any more comprehensive than this free beginner’s guide. Don’t hurt yourself, take it slow — this guide really does cover everything, but it’s focused more on helping you understand what you want, rather than “how to” get it accomplished.

“Tips for New WordPress Bloggers“, Free @ BloggingTeacher.com: These 7 how-to beginner’s guides cover the basics of starting up a blog with WordPress — from installation to usage and technical configurations. They won’t make you a pro, but they will give you essential blogging know-how.

“Blogging: From Zero to Hero“, $7 each @ Skelliewag.org: What the last guides miss, this guide covers. Skellie makes sure you know every last little step to start a successful blog in her detailed, 3-part beginner’s guide series on blogging. It’s not free, but it’s darn close to it and will save months of mistakes.

Cornerstone Beginner’s Guides on Blogging

After skimming those comprehensive beginner’s guides, you’re probably wondering where to start, and questioning your priorities.

These free cornerstone beginner’s guides are focused more on what you should focus on — the key pillars of your blog, features you need to keep your readers happy, and the things pros wish they knew when they got started.

“Best Tools to Convert Your Blog into a Mobile Site“, Free @ MasterNewMedia.org: The mobile web is inarguably the ‘wave of the future’, and surfers these days pretty much expect complete smart phone compatibility. This beginner’s guide holds your hand through the definitely intimidating world of mobile technology adoption.

“The Secret to Building a Popular Blog“, Free @ DoshDosh.com: Who wants to build a blog for nobody and the crickets? Well, since that’s obviously not you, tap into Maki’s niche marketing genius to find out what he does time and time again to make his blogs soar into popularity.

“How to Create Cornerstone Content that Google Loves“, Free @ Copyblogger.com: You can either spend a few days learning about what search engines love, or you can skip right to the useful, applicable here-and-now stuff with this beginner’s guide to writing the search-optimized way while sucking in new readers too.

And last but not least — don’t panic. You can do it! Just take it one step at a time, keep your blogging priorities straight, and don’t let the snake oil salesmen bite!

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