Today we will know that what is a post and find some basic
things needed to build a blog. In this post we will see different terms like
Domain, hosting, servers, etc.. so I will tell you all about what is a domain
,hosting and servers that are some basic information’s needed to build a blog.
What is a Blog?
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| What is a Blog? |
A Blog is an abbreviated word used for term “Weblog“, This
is a word used to describe different type of Websites and Portals which share
information on specific topics or wider categories. It usually includes
Features like Blog Posts, Videos, Comments, Links to other websites, Widgets,
etc.
A blog is also something that represents the personality of
a writer as it directly reflects the thoughts of a person who has build it. So
build a blog keeping it in mind that it will represent you on the web don’t make
your blog too much decorative that it’s theme takes a lot of time to load and
the reader find it disgusting to open the blog. So in my upcoming posts I will
tell about that how your blog should look and what to keep in mind while making
a blog.
Who is a blogger? & Requirements of an Blogger.
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| Who is a Blogger? |
A person who makes and manages blog is known as a blogger
and he must require some skills to make and manage a blog.
So what are the skills required to make a blog? Here is a
list of 7 things that a person would require to have knowledge about to make a
blog successful.
1.
Good
knowledge about the subject : a
person must have knowledge about the topic or subject he/she has chosen as the
basic theme or the topic of the blog on which he is going to run a blog he must
have knowledge about what he is going to put in front of the people as he is
only answerable to any query asked on his blog.
2.
Good
writing skills : after knowledge the thing that comes is writing skills as
what is someone has a deep knowledge about a topic and is not able to explain whatever
he knows. So this is one of the most basic thing that is required to make a
successful blog as if someone is writing something on a topic and he is not
able to put his word in front of people then it is waste of time for him to
make a blog.
3.
Editing
and publishing posts : a person must be able to edit and find out errors or
mistakes in his writing and mush be able to publish his work on time on his weblog
i.e. Blog.
4.
Search
Engine Optimization (SEO) : Search engine optimization is an important
factor that makes the blog visible to the search engines like Google as it is
very important that if you are doing good work and search engine is not able to
find your blog then you will be missing the web traffic that you are disserving
on your blog so this s also important.
5.
Media
Marketing : Social marketing is a good example of media marketing as this
is the easiest an shortest way to give your blog a social exposure or one mat
have a different marketing strategy to market his blog in whatever way e can do
to build his audience on the web.
6.
Designing
: This is the only thing that a visitor will notice when he will open your
blog for the first time as it will give an impact on the visitor or the reader
to read or leave your page if the page is with too much designing and too many unnecessary
things then you reader would lose interest in your blog so keep the blog design
simple and according to the topic.
7.
Patience
: Patience is required very much in blogging as ist is a continous process
and one need to update his blog for defeat the competition in the market and
make a position on the web and it requires hard work with patience as from day
1 one cannot have 1000’s of visitors daily it requires time to gain that
position.
If you are thinking
that you can manage the first three or two points easily and rest of the things
are like something alien to you then don’t worry this blog will teach you about
rest of the topics and I am there for any kind of help you want. So feel free
to ask any thing through comments.
Requirements of a Blog.
But first we have to find out some basic things behind the
building of a blog.
The things required to make a blog are:
So let us see that what
is a domain name?
What is a Domain Name?
A Domain name is a web address that would refer to you on
the web as it is very important because being on the web requires a unique ID
for you to be referred as one have its home address unique just like that we
have a unique address on the web so whenever he writes your web address that it
is directly taken to you . For eg. www.google.co.in is a example of domain and
domain mane in the given url google is a domain name and .co.in is its domain.
There are two types of domains that are available one is
paid one and another one is free one. These domain are referred as top level
domain and low level domain.
Top level domains (Paid Ones):
.com
.net
.in
.edu
.gov
.info etc.
These are the paid domain which are available if you buy
them and for your domain name followed by the domain of your choice, For E.g.
www.google.com is a url in which
google is the domain name followed by
the top level domain
.com.
Low level Domains (Free ones):
.blogspot.com
.wordpress.com etc..
These domains are available for free followed by the name
you want for your blog for eg.
www.techieupdatesweb.blogspot.com
is a free domain that is
techieupdatesweb
is a domain name followed by the free domain
.blogspot.com
If you want to built a website the thing that you will first
need is an domain if you are doing just for fun then you can go with a free one
that is low level domain and if you are really serious and want your own
identity then you should opt for the top level domains (the paid ones).
I will tell you more in the upcoming posts about how to
register for the paid and unpaid domains stay tuned.
What is Web Hosting?
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Web Hosting server
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Suppose you have bought a Domain name then your work is
partially done as it is like an empty plot on which home is to be built as it
is completely empty. So one have to put it on a web host as web host is a disk space
that one acquires by buying it for his blog or website as all files he have to
share with people should be available all the time on the web so web hosts are
those spaces that doesn’t shuts down any time. That means you can do business
while sleeping also as your website will do it for you.
Hosting can be said as virtual disk that one buys for his
website or blog on which a content management software (CMS) is installed for
ease of work . I will tell more about CMS in my upcoming posts.
Interesting fact is that for free domin you don’t even need
to buy a host for it , is self hosted.
This was all about what is a Blog and who is a blogger. I
hope you have understood about the blog and blogger’s basic requirements in the
upcoming postes I will tell How to buy a Domain and server and also tell about
how to make a blog for free.
Till the keep visiting to check for latest Updates on
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