Blogging Basics

Blogging Basics
If you are looking for a way to drive more traffic to your
website, look no further. Blogging is a very effective way
to bring new visitors to your site. Search engines like
blogs and this is why when doing a keyword search, you will
very often see a blog posting at the top of the list.

If you are not blogging, you are missing out on a lot of
traffic to your site. Start one or several blogs and
channel all that traffic to your main website. Your blog
can be a subsection of your website or you can build a
stand along version. Either way, make sure you link back
to your main site. Place links to your home page as well
as other pages from your site. You are trying to get as
much exposure for your site as possible.

There are several ways you can use to create your blog.
The two that I recommend are Blogger and Wordpress. They
are both easy to use and navigate. They also offer a lot
of features so you can customize the look of your blog.
You have the option of hosting your blog on their servers
or you can host it yourself. To host it yourself, you will
need to purchase and register your own domain. Many
hosting companies will offer free domain registration when
you purchase a hosting account from them.

There are several benefits for hosting your blog yourself.
For this article, we will discuss two of them. First, the
url itself. If you host your blog on Blogger, your url
will look like this: yourwebsite.blogspot.com. However, if
you host it yourself, the url will look like this:
yourwebsite.com. This will give your url a more
professional, as well as credible, look. Plus, it will be
much easier for your readers to remember.

The second reason to host your own blog is far more
significant. Blogs that are hosted on free services, are
at risk of disappearing without warning or reason. All
your hard work and effort will be gone. If you choose to
go this route, I highly recommend keeping backups of all
your posting's on a disc, just in case.

Here are some pointers to a successful blog. Post
frequently, at least 2 - 3 times per week. Blogs that are
not updated regularly will become boring and lose their
following. Add an RSS feed so your readers can subscribe
to your blog. This will also notify them when you have
added a new post.

Give your blog personality. Make it interesting to your
viewers. A dull, uninteresting blog will not build much of
a following.

Finally, find other blogs in your niche and write some
comments to their posts. Most blogs will allow you a link
back to your site. Post useful, informative comments. Do
not post SPAM or sales pitch comments. You can use this
method to build good working business relationships as well
as establish links back to your site.

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