Blogger Tips to Create a Successful Blog
You enjoy writing, you have things to say, and you think you can earn some money from it.
You've decided to start a successful blog. Cheers to you! However, if you are anything like I was
when I first started blogging and have little to no knowledge of how to do it, hold on for a
moment.
Many new bloggers lose motivation and give up because they did not do any research before
starting a blog and are unclear about what to expect. Here is a tip and a list of things you should
be aware of, before starting a successful blog, because I don't want that to happen to you.
In this article, I will focus on the free blogging platform called Blogger or Blogspot. It is free and
hosted by Google itself. Let's begin.
Things to Consider Before Creating a Successful Blog on Blogger.
All you need to start a blog using Blogger is a fully functional Gmail account. That is what
people often say, and the statement contains some truth. Yes, it is simple if you only want to do
basic blogging, such as setting up a blog to write your stories. But if you want to introduce and
promote your platform or affiliate program, make your ideas accessible to people around the
globe, retain existing visitors to your blog, and prevent yourself from giving up in the middle of
your blogging journey, then having an active Gmail account is not adequate.
Simple blogging, such as using an empty notebook to write down your thoughts, is very different
from creating a business that others can use and profit from. One should think of starting a blog
as starting a business. A fundamental blogging tip would be to carry out a well-structured plan.
This article is intended to help you get ready for blogging professionally by outlining the steps
you need to take. Whatever its length or depth, this article's content may be "too much" for those
who only want to blog about their personal experiences or stories.
But since this is only an introduction to blogging with Blogger, for a serious blogger, this article
must be "not enough." Hopefully, in future posts, we'll go into more detail about the components
of the blogging-making plans.
How to Properly Create your Blogger Blog
Starting a blog requires following a few fundamental steps. Since a blog serves as a platform for
your articles, you should first get the platform ready. You can pour your ideas into the vessel
once it is finished and doesn't require any more major adjustments. To see how your blog will
look as you go along, you will need a dummy article.
Tip # One: Initiative Planning
In this step, there are two steps that you must thoroughly apply. Setting up your Gmail account
comes first, followed by selecting a Blogger template (from a dozen).
Creating Your Gmail Account
We are not attempting to teach you how to set up a Gmail account because you are probably
already aware of how to do so and may even have done those things. We're providing you with
some essential ideas for setting up your Gmail account for blogging.
It is strongly advised that you use a specific Gmail account solely for blogging. Please refrain
from using the same Gmail account you use for work to blog if you already have one. You can
easily manage the information (emails) using a new Gmail account you create just for blogging,
which will make managing your blogging easier.
For your email, pick a suitable name. To make your email address appear professional, choose a
name that is closely related to the subject matter of your blog. Please choose a more generic
name for your account if you intend to have multiple blogs, as Blogger only needs one Gmail
account for this.
Suppose that Thomas is your name. Use a name for your Gmail address that represents your
niche, such as "brilliant.ideas", "food.researcher", "outdoor.guy", etc., or something like
"thomas.inc", "thomas.institute", "thomas.lab". Of course, this is unpredictable because you have
no idea if those names have already been taken by someone else. Please stop using names for
your emails like "bad.boy," "killing.machine," "dirty.shoes," or similar terms.
Selecting a Blogger Template
Blogger offers several free blogger templates for your blog, but you might prefer a different
design. You can use some of the free Blogger templates that you find online that you think are
appropriate for your niche. Here are some things to think about, when selecting a Blogger
template:
Many bloggers aspire to have a captivating blog. That is excellent. Nevertheless, having a
visually appealing blog is not always sufficient and may even be unrelated to the content of your
blog. Blogger templates are created to match the content of the blog. You should look for some
blogger templates that are appropriate for your niche and use just one of them.
If your blog is about cooking, you might want to try the search term "free Blogger template for
food blog"; you can substitute any other word that fits your niche for "food." There will be
twelve templates available to you, ranging from the most complicated to the most basic. They're
all great templates, but you should only use one and make sure you won't change it later unless
there are issues with the template. The following are the features you should consider before
selecting a template.
Simple menus: A good blogger template shouldn't be overly complicated or have
too many menu options. It suffices to have a single menu bar at the top, a sidebar to the
right or left, and a footer with a few links. The straightforward design of the template
ensures simple navigation, which will make your readers adore your blog. People visit
your blog to learn things, not to admire how pretty it is. If they can't easily navigate your
blog and can't find what you claim to have, they will leave and never come back. The
social media icons and anything else can be added to your sidebar later, so don't worry
about them now.
Loads Quickly: This has to do with how intricate the template is. The longer it
takes to load, the more features it has. A template's slow loading speed can be caused by
both the quality of the internet connection and the way the template is coded. Because it
doesn't require many scripts to run, a fast-loading template is typically a straightforward
template. So, if you find a straightforward and simple-to-use template, there's a good
chance it will load quickly as well. Please be aware that a blog with no content will load
quicker than one with content, especially if the content contains images. In the other post,
we'll talk about how to deal with this problem (please remind us if we forget!).
Responsive Template: Being responsive is important because the majority of
your visitors will be using smartphones or tablets to navigate your blog. You can look at
the template's description to see if it guarantees a responsive display on various screen
sizes. If it doesn't, throw the template away. The Jannify Fast-Loading Blogger Template
is one of the responsive Blogger templates.
SEO-Friendly: You need an SEO (Search Engine Optimization) optimized
blogger template if you want people to be able to find your blog quickly online.
Additionally, you can see if the template's creator specifies that it is SEO-optimized.
Don't worry if you're unsure if it's search engine optimized or not; we'll cover that subject
in the other posts.
To find the best template that fits your niche and expectations, you may
occasionally need to experiment with a few different ones. So that you can see how your
blog will look, you need a dummy article. Before installing the template, publish the test
article. Install another template if the one you have doesn't meet your needs and
expectations. I must advise you, though, that no matter which template you use and
install, you will never be entirely satisfied. You must be aware of when to stop utilizing
different templates and select just one.
Tip # Two: Foundational Settings
Although your template has been set up, this is not the appropriate time to publish your article.
You might have to wait until all the fundamental settings are complete if you have an article that
needs to be posted. There are a few fundamental adjustments you must make.
Disposing of unused menus: The newly installed template must already have some links
pre-set, such as social media icons and navigation menus, either in the top navigation bar, in the
sidebar, or the footer. If you want to use them later, you can simply hide them or you can delete
them by removing them from the layout. The top links for "home," "about," and "contact" should
all remain or be added. All blogs must have this standard menu. It is also necessary to list any
specific goods or services you offer. When linking to draft content, the link content can be left
empty or replaced with a "/" or a "#" sign.
Enable Custom Robots.txt: It is located in the Blogger settings tab, where it can be
customized. Robots.txt is a configuration file that controls whether search engine crawlers like
Googlebot, Bingbot, or Yandex can crawl, index, and follow your blog. Additionally, you can
instruct the robots.txt file to prevent the crawling of particular pages or articles. If you are unsure
of what to do with this, it is strongly advised that you disable this customized robots.txt.
Therefore, during this stage, simply leave the custom robots.txt disabled and make no changes.
The standard robots.txt file is effective. You can use a more SEO-friendly robots.txt file by using
the one found in the post-Custom Robots.txt for Blogger SEO, or you can use the one described
in the post-Custom Robots.txt for Blogger SEO.
Set up Meta Tags: You must set up crucial meta tags if you want to increase the SEO of
your blog. You can use a setting in Blogger to manually set it, but if you're a beginner blogger,
we don't advise it. Use one of the online tools that generate free meta tags. The description and
keywords that best describe your blog must be included in the meta tags that you set during this
step. If they are offered by the meta tag generator you are using, you can also set some other
meta tags. Before selecting any of the options they offer, carefully read the instructions. You will
receive some HTML codes to add to the primary HTML file (your blog's). The HTML codes
should be copied and saved to your local drive first. Next, copy the codes and insert them in your
HTML file following the "<head>" tag. Even though your template already includes the "<title>"
tag by default, the meta tag generator requests that you leave it alone. So, ignore the "<title>" tag
and paste the rest.
Include significant widgets to the sidebar: You should have to subscribe forms, visitor
counters, and follow us buttons in your sidebar. You can add as many widgets as you like, but
these widgets must be set up first because they are important. Another widget you might want to
add is a live chat box, but just like with the meta tags above, you must paste the code you receive
from a free live chat box generator directly into the main HTML file of your blog. If you are still
unable to find it on this blog, please remind us to display it. In case you need to change your
template in the future, you must also save the codes to your local drive.
Set up your Tracking ID: Occasionally, you should check your blog's statistics and
progress. Join Google Analytics to do that by using your Gmail account for blogging. Create
your property and add your blog to Google Analytics after registering. A tracking ID will be
provided. Please read the post about Google Tracking ID for Bloggers to learn how to add the
tracking ID to your blog by navigating the blogger settings and finding the tracking ID.
So, you are now prepared to move on to the next tip.
Tip # Three: Submit your Sitemap
Don't hold out for this. A lot of bloggers submitted their sitemaps after publishing some articles
on their blogs. For the search engine to regularly crawl and index your articles, which is faster
than asking it to do so for all of your articles at once, we advise submitting your sitemap before
publishing your first article (that is not how search engines work, by the way).
By submitting your sitemap, you're letting search engines know about your blog. Google and
Bing are currently two very large search engines. Consequently, you must first register for
Google Search Console and Bing Webmaster using your Gmail account for blogging. Like with
Google Analytics, you will need to set up a property in these two search engines. That can be
completed in no more than five minutes. Then you can submit the sitemap for your blog.
The three sitemaps that Blogger has are atom.xml, sitemap.xml, and rss.xml. You only need to
submit one of them to the Google Search Console and Bing, though you can submit all of them.
Experience has taught us that rss.xml is beneficial because it updates frequently as you publish
new content to your blog. The Submit Sitemap button can be found in each search console. Click
it to submit your sitemap. Your blogger sitemap's URL is as follows:
https://yourblog.blogspot.com/atom.xml?redirect=false&start-index=1&max-results=500
https://yourblog.blogspot.com/sitemap.xml
https://yourblog.blogspot.com/sitemap-pages.xml
https://yourblog.blogspot.com/rss.xml
Please be aware that entering the URL, rather than uploading the sitemap file, is the preferred
method for submitting the sitemap. You can go back to your blog and begin posting articles after
submitting your sitemap. But don't rush; take your time. You're not the only blogger who
publishes fresh content. For the search engines to regularly crawl and index your content, you
should post new content frequently (once or twice a week is ideal).
You don't need to do anything else to get your blog ready. Once everything has been completed
correctly, you can begin regularly posting new content. Writing a blog is a journey, not a sprint.
Scrap content is less valuable than high-quality content. Instead of writing for Google Adsense,
consider who needs to read your blog. If you do it correctly, both your blog and the number of
visitors will increase. Please read the post How to Have Google Index Your Site if you want your
article to be indexed by Google quickly and easily.
If you created your blog by following the instructions in the three phases we gave you, kindly
include the URL in the comment section so that we can visit it just as you have done with ours.
