What is Blogging. ?
Blogging is about writing articles and sharing the knowledge you have with others. Blogging is defined as writing about a specific niche. Always create a blog that is unique and proves valuable for readers. How to start a blog. ? Step by step guide in this post. I hope you enjoy reading this post
Benefits of Starting a Blog
There are a lot of benefits of starting a blog. Following are few benefits of starting a blog.
1. You can earn money
2. You can build audience
3. You can grow your business
4. You can build a great community
5. Peoples start liking you if you are valuable
Steps for starting a blog
In this section, I will show you how you can start a blog and What are the basic things to remember before starting a blog.
Read carefully the following topics:
1. Choosing a Niche
First of all, think about the niche on which you are going to build a blog. It is the very important step for starting a blog. How you can write better. ? You can always write better when you read other bloggers post similar to your niche. Because
" Reader is a Leader "
If you have information about the technology you can start a technology blog. I have information about SEO and Blogging so I have started writing about SEO and Blogging niche.
Following are profitable niches
1. Insurance
2. Health
3. Make money Online
4. Blogging and SEO
5. Technology
2. Choosing a Platform
Choosing a platform is very important. There are many platforms offering to blog, But read this before choosing your Platform:
Following are two biggest Platforms
1. Blogger
Blogger is a free service, Without any ads and Without any attributions, But there is one defect in this platform Blogging at this platform is quite difficult. It does not provide's Responsive themes and you bloggers of this platform get themes from Gooyabi Templates.
2. Wordpress
Wordpress costs money. It is also free, But suggest you choose premium Because, in the free package, They give their attributions. Blogging is easy here with beautiful designs. Visit their website for more
3. Choosing a Domain
Now you have to choose a domain name. I suggest you choose a subdomain first i.e blogspot.com. To get the experience of blogging than choosing a custom domain for your blog. Don't forget to add the keyword in your domain. It is also a part of SEO. The domain name must be suitable for your niche. Following are few websites offering you to buy a domain name
1. GoDaddy
2. 1and1 Domains
3. Free Nom
4. one.com
4. SEO
Apply all SEO techniques on your blog to get the better result, To drive free traffic. I have also written a post about On Page SEO. No SEO means no traffic from search engines. You have to learn about SEO ( Search Engine Optimization ) to get success with a blog
5. Bring Traffic
A blog without traffic is a lonely place. Following are the ways to drive traffic to your blog
1. Advertise your Blog
2. Blog directories
3. Social Medea
4. Friends
5. Forums
You have to invest on a blog to get succeed. Because:
" Money makes Money "
Conclusions
So now you have fully prepared to start a blog. You can get any kind of help from me. I am here for you, Let's blog together. If you liked this post share it with your friends. Must subscribe so you can never miss any update from Blogging-with-SEO.
What is On Page SEO
On Page SEO is a technique for optimizing a single page for SEO ( Search Engine Optimization ). While doing On Page SEO you have to use proper heading tags, Alt tags, links, and titles. On Page, SEO helps search engines to understand what the page is about. It helps to get better rankings and increases your page rank.
Why it is so important. ?
On Page SEO is so important for ranking a specific page on google and other search engines. On page SEO helps you get better page rank, It helps you get more traffic and increase sales. It helps to get more readers to your blog. Now let's study how to do On Page SEO.
Important Factors for On Page SEO
On Page SEO works on numbers of factors. You have to apply all factors to get a better result. Following are some major On Page SEO factors.
1. Heading Tags
Heading tags i.e H1 for major headings, H2 for SubHeadings, H3 for minor headings and H4, H5, H6 etc. These headings help search engines to better understand your page. H1, H2, H3 are important. I suggest you to never miss these headings.
How to place these tags. ?
First of all, remember opening H and Closing H tags i.e <H1> and </H1>.
You can place these headings by following methods.
1. If your heading is On Page SEO
2. Wrap it in your heading tags
3. <H1> On Page SEO </H1>
4. or <H2> On Page SEO </H2>
2. Image Alt Tags
Image Alt Tags are also very important just like Heading Tags. Never forget your image optimization while writing a blog post. Image title is small and Alt tags must be descriptive. Search engines also look for images alt tags to understand your post. Image Alt Tags helps search engines to understand what your image is about. Alt tags stand for Alternative Texts. Many new bloggers forget about placing these image alt tags, But this is their big mistake.
3. SEO friendly URLS
It is also one of the major factors of On Page SEO. Always select SEO friendly URLS for your posts. And never use stop words in URLS i.e The, is, How, It etc. Many search engines have started rejecting the URLs with stop words in 2017. Your URL must be pretty, for example, www.example.com/on-page-seo
Not like this ugly URL
www.example.com/?p=127832
4. Use of Keywords
Use your keywords in first one 100 and last 100 lines of your post. Use of excessive keywords in a Post is considered as Black Hat SEO. We will discuss this in next post. Search engines reject posts with excessive keywords. Keywords are important for SEO.
Where to include keywords. ?
Include keywords in Post Titles, Meta Description, URL and in the text of your post. Google has different ranking factors than other search engines. I will tell you about this in my another post.
5. Post Titles and MetaData
Don't forget about post titles and metadata of a post. Include your keywords in Post titles and metadata. Your Post title must be SEO friendly. Do not choose lengthy post titles to prevent cut off in search results.
How to add keywords in Post title. ?
It's simple. Use your target keyword in first and last letters of Post Title.
for example
On Page SEO and its Factors
Bold letters are my target keywords.
Conclusion
There are many other On Page SEO factors I have listed only important factors, But you can get better rankings by applying these factors to your Post. Now you can understand the importance of On Page SEO. So must subscribe to our newsletter, Share this post. It does not cost you money to learn SEO, Share this with friends. We have built a Blog for Bloggers. Help us in making a big community.