I have always like those prettier layouts like The Fifth Person and Risk N Returns. In fact, it was KK from Risk N Returns that made me decide to try getting a better looking one again (from the one here).
Why not purchase a domain and install wordpress?
However, unlike quite a few bloggers, who purchased their own domain and build the website using wordpress and similar, I am trying to build a webpage on a budget, since the monetizing of this blog won't even be enough to cover the fees of purchasing the domain/subscriptions to plugins.
Blogger/Blogspot unlike Wordpress installed domains, shares Ad revenues
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