WHAT IS REQUIRED TO BE A PERFECT BLOGGER ??

During the lockdown, almost every working citizen in the private sector is locked inside his /her own house only government servants are allowed and the people who were already working in the IT industry can work and paid from home.  But as the lockdown goes on extension people are getting worried as their savings are diminishing, due to this everyone is thinking of new ways to earn from home. Affiliate marketing youtube videos, and also blogging has become very popular as these are some of the most highly paid work from home jobs if you work sufficiently and consistently. Among the above blogging seems to be the best one since people hate to face the camera and affiliate marketing can take almost one year for your first earning, Also people love to read different kinds of stuff so blogging can make your voice heard. If you are thinking to start a blogging website or you are a beginner then you must make sure that you did the following things.

1. WEBSITE

If you want to start blogging you will first have to create a website with the help of platforms such as blogger, WordPress, wix.com, etc. these will help you create a free and beautiful website especially blogger and WordPress are specially designed for blogging. A website will be the place where people will read and comment on your blogs. Here you can also show off your own products for the consumers to buy. 

Creating a website is easy just 

1.signup with your email address

2.choose the best name for your blog (unique name)

3.create the best URL for your website

4.buy the perfect domain and hosting for your website 

5.Done! now you can start posting blogs on your website

2. HOSTING & DOMAIN

After setting up with a unique website here comes to the hosting and domain though we can buy it while setting up the website; still, you can buy it later. It's all up to you if you want to buy it or not.

Advantages of buying a domain

1. It will be easy to discover

2. Search engine friendly

3. Helps in improving page rank of your blog

4. Maintains SEO and Alexa ranking

5. Google Adsense approval

6. Can create a subdomain

Its always better to have a custom purchased domain name though you can start with a free domain provided by blogger and WordPress if you are a beginner it will not improve the number of audiences you get.

3. CREATE PAGES

Create pages for your blog especially Home, disclaimer, contact us, privacy policy,  and about us are the most essential pages that any website must-have. Pages will help the audience know more about the author, purpose of the website, is browsing this website safe or not? Etc.

Home: This page will be the front page or landing page of your website. It should be simple which should contain the description of how your website will benefit the consumer, purpose of creating the website, email subscription, etc.

Disclaimer: A disclaimer is a notice which you should place on your website to limit your liability for the outcome of the use of your site.

Contact Us: Contact us is the page on which your contact information is displayed. You can also create a google form so the visitors can contact you.

About Us: This page includes information about the website.

Privacy policy: The privacy policy page includes the assurance that the information which the visitor is providing (email add., name, etc.) is safe and will not be misused in future by the website owner for any purpose.

These were the compulsory pages that your website must have, you can also create more pages so that it will be easier for the visitor to navigate different parts of your website.  

4. SITEMAP

A sitemap is a  list of a website page within a domain. These are of three types: maps used during the planning of a website by its designers, typically hierarchical, human visible listings, of the pages on a website. There are several websites which generate sitemaps for newly made websites. You can check the sitemap of any website by just typing "example.com/sitemap.xml". The sitemap will help you when you apply for Google AdSense. 

5. SSL Certificate

An SSL certificate is a digital certificate which provides verification for a website and enables an encrypted connection. SSL,  short for Secure Sockets Layer, is commonly used on e-commerce sites and pages where personal information, credit card information is shared.