People love to blogs and search engine loves blogs. In today's online world it makes sense to have a blog, but not just any blog. you require a WordPress blog to compete in specialized niches online. Now most people shy away when learning how to build a blog from scratch. follow these very easy steps and your blog will be online in no time.
How To build a Blog From Scratch!
Step 1
Purchase a domain name and hosting account. make sure you use a hosting company that has Fantastico. This simple tool makes building and installing WordPress sites just a few clicks of your mouse. The hardest part is pointing your domain name at your new hosting account. Here is how it is done...
Find the DNS settings your hosting company provided to you (Hostgator is the easiest). Log into your domain registry account and Click our domain name. Next, find the DNS server space (could be called server name) and click edit or click the actual DNS already given. Hit custom and add your new DNS codes (in most cases it will be two) from your hosting company. That's it your new domain is up and running usually in 24 to 48 hours.
Step 2
How to build a blog from scratch using Fantastico. Find Fantastico (Looks like a smiley face). It asks you some very basic set up questions and you now have built a blog from scratch. Fill in your web site name, description and meta keywords. Tweak the layout and add pages, side bars as you see fit.
Step 3
Upload a new theme related to your niche and add some basic plugins. you should add All in one SEO and configure your permalinks by clicking permalinks, select custom and add in %postname%, XML Site Map Generator, Easy Privacy Policy, Webmaster Tools Verification. and Evermore. You can add more later on.
Also make sure you submit your new site map to search engine and sign up for webmaster tools. These are all beneficial and crucial steps in building your blog from scratch.
Step 4
Now you're ready to begin adding some brilliant content. I suggest you write two posts of about 300 words with no outgoing links. For SEO purposes use your main keyword and 2 long tailed or LSI keywords in each post.
As an example I might write my first post about my main keyword adding in 3 LSI kw's and my second post with all LSI kw's or long tails. The density doesn't seem to really matter with WordPress, but shoot for 1.5 to 3% kw density. Your SEO plugin does the dirty work for you.
After you accomplished steps 1-4 you're now ready to initialize promoting your new blog. Yes, pat yourself on the back you just learned how to build a blog from scratch in 4 easy steps.
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