Updating:Getting content for your blog.

Create a blog in 3 simple steps says blogger but what after that???You have to find posts,articles or write them,research them to check if the data is right then try to get traffic to your blog to read and appreciate or criticize for you have created, from search engines,other blogs,link building,SEO.If you wanna make $$ then for that you have to use and research keywords,ad placements,ctr-clicks-cpm.To put all this together you have to select a blog template from more thousand different free choices or create your own for arranging page elements and widgets your way!.Hold on,among all these parameters the most important is what I mentioned first that is 'posts-content-niche' whatever you call it but producing it time and again is not difficult but a lengthy long term process which makes most of the bloggers lose interest and move to something else...which is absolutely fine!

Importance:Content decides the fate of your blog or website because it is this FREQUENTLY UPDATED content thats going to bring the search engines bots and crawlers to your web space,because the more the frequency of posting the quicker your site is gonna be crawled.You may put efforts for link building also as its google's principle in ranking results but it won't help in the long run without fresh content time and again.

Creating,getting content:Yes there are many sites offering free articles and stuffs but duplicate content on the web makes you go down in the search rankings so this way of getting content is a lil bit risky.As most of bloggers you should also choose something to blog on and then research over the different aspects of you topic from other sites and material and then sit and compile it giving all the important points for your readers and try to keep it as short as possible without compromising on the quality and then you can provide links and mention all your sources from where you got the inputs.

You can refer:
Types of blogs- which might prove helpful in choosing your blog topic.