How to start a blog with Blogger

Blogging is easy to start. I prefer blogging using Blogger because it's easy to start and it's not as complicated as other blogging platforms. Blogger is a blogging platform provided by Google and the best part of it is that you can start your own blog for free. There are other free blogging platforms like Wordpress for example but let's just focus on Blogger in this post. For begginners, I do find Blogger being less complicated that the others. So, it's a good place to start.

So here's how you start a blog with Blogger.

• Go and register with Blogger. For those of you who already have a Google account (Gmail, Adsence, etc.) you can use your Google account ID. If not you can open up a Google account by creating a Gmail account here. 
• Choose an address for your blog. After logging in, you get to choose a name for your blog. Although some people prefer to use their own names (which you can too), it is advisable to have an address that is related to your niche. For example, if your niche is about pet care, it should be "alicepetcare.blogspot.com" or if you're into car maintainance, it should be "car-care-with-tony.blogspot.com". The idea is to make it easy for people to remember and at the same time it helps your blog ranking and indexing in search engines.
• Pick a blog theme. A simple theme should do. Whatever your theme is, make sure it's readable and friendly to the eyes. It helps to have you content (actual blog posts) on your left and your gadgets should be on your right. Because this is an age-old trick that I've learnt from how search engine robots crawl your blog. As most of the keyword are found within the content itself (i.e. your blog posts).
• Make your post. After that comes the fun part of making your first post. In your first post, introduce yourself and the nature of your blog and what you intent to share. A short one will do, just remember to be casual and not forgetting your keywords. 
• Set your blog settings. After publishing your post. You can now set your blog setting according to your preference. Make sure that your blog is set to public. This is done by selecting 'yes' for items like "Add your blog to our listings?" and "Let search engines find your blog?" under the settings tab. 

You're blog is all set. All that's left is for you to keep your blog updated with content from time to time. It can be as often as everyday or twice a week. The main idea is to be consistent about it. There you have it. Your first blog at Blogger! I will be discussing more blogging tips you can follow soon. Till then, Happy Blogging!