What is a Blog?
A blog (shortening of “weblog”) is an online journal or informational website displaying information in the reverse chronological order, with the latest posts appearing first. It is a platform where a writer or even a group of writers share their views on an individual subject.
What is the purpose of a blog?
There are many reasons to start a blog for personal use and only a handful of strong ones for business blogging. Blogging for business, projects, or anything else that might bring you money has a very straightforward purpose and the main purpose of a blog is to connect you to the relevant audience. Another one is to boost your traffic and send quality leads to your website.
Blog structure
The appearance of blogs changed over time, and nowadays blogs include different items. But, most blogs include some standard features and structure. Here are common features that a typical blog will include:
- Header with the menu or navigation bar
- Main content area with highlighted or latest blog posts
- Sidebar with social profiles, favorite content, or call-to-action
- Footer with relevant links like a disclaimer, privacy policy, contact page, etc.
So shall we start to create a blog ? There are a few step we need to follow.
Start-up
- Open https://www.blogger.com/
- Sign-in with your email address.
- Choose a template for your blog's background.
During
- Click 'Post' - 'New Post'
- Write your own content that you want to share :)
- Exploring all the tools provided (types of font, inserting an image or video, etc)
Finalization
- Click 'Publish'
- Now, your post is ready to fly across all the Internet search engine!