The domain for the avid blogger
A domain name makes your website what it is, it acts as the identity for your website and ensures that your website can be found on the internet. A domain name for a blog can sometimes still be tricky to choose, with our latest promotion we have the perfect extension for a blog available at a low price. Let's see what you can achieve with your blog started with a .blog domain name!
A blog is for many a dream to start, with a blog you can tell your story to the whole world. Whether this is a story about your life, a passion, a hobby or a lifestyle. You can find blogs on every subject imaginable. People read a blog to inform themselves, activate, entertain and also simply pass time. In this world of today, everything can be found on the Internet. And every moment at work or in private is dedicated to this by an ever-growing group. With a blog you can therefore reach a large group of people and ensure that your content or blog posts are not only read, but can also become profitable.
A blog is nothing without its domain name
With a domain name you give your blog an identity, without a domain name your blog is only available to those who know how to type an IP address in the internet browser. And of course there are not many of those. Many domains that you might already know use a domain name extension such as .nl, .com or .be. However, many of these domain names are already occupied by people who have gone before you. With a domain name extension such as .blog you can easily register new domain names and make sure your domain name doesn't have to be cryptic or longer than necessary. For example, what many people are now using to register a .com domain name is by extending or misspelling a well-known term. In order to register a free domain name.
With a .blog domain name, you have much more freedom and choice to register a more popular term, simply because the domain name extension is even newer and even fewer larger companies have already bought this term. .com has of course been popular and used since the 90's, .blog is a more recent invention.
You may naturally think why a .blog domain name instead of a more popular .nl or .com domain name. Lost are the days when exact match keyword domain names got an extra bonus point in the search engines like Google. Wherein there was a definite advantage for it first. The same goes for the extension, it is still advisable to choose an extension that most closely matches your target group. So if your target audience is only located in the Netherlands. That you only register a .nl domain name. But with a .blog website, you don't have the same restrictions. You can start a blog worldwide and in every language with a .blog domain name!
Blog is nothing without content
A blog is nothing without its blog posts. When you want to start a blog, you have to take into account that you want to write a lot. Without content a blog can't do much. So make sure you keep a to-do list or idea list that you are going to execute in the desired time frame. It is of course important for what reason you start a blog, whether this is purely as a hobby or you have a vision for a business. Purely as a hobby you can do whatever you want, when you want to run this for or as a business then some planning is important.
Blog posts are normally a longer format of content, if you are working on a particular topic then you may not get beyond 200 words for this. However this is too short for a blog post, most blog posts are somewhere between 600 words and 2000. Where there are also some that go above this of course. It's a matter of writing organically and seeing what a particular topic calls for. An introduction to a sport or hobby post is of course many times longer than a specific topic. As an example, How do you start skating? Will be a much longer article then: Storing Skates Safely in the Off Season.
So look at your content and action plan and try to keep it motivated for yourself. Boring and bad content will often be punished quickly. Not only by your readers but also by search engines.
Using a blog to generate income
If you want to use a blog to generate income then you often have a long way to go. In each niche or branch in which your blog takes place you will have competition. It's up to you to put yourself on the map and establish yourself as an authority in your niche. With a reasonable reader base of around 3000 visitors per month you can start thinking about making money from your website. We warn you that with 3000 visitors you can't expect to make a lot of money. Making money with a blog can be done in a lot of different ways, the most common being running ads on your website. And offering products through affiliate links. You can do this to ensure that your blog can start making money, of course there are other ways to achieve this. However, these are the two methods that are accessible with a low threshold.
Starting a blog, WordPress or another Content Management System?
To start a blog in the hosting of MijnHostingPartner.nl you have enough with an SSD hosting package, this is a package where you have all the tools and specifications that you would need for a blog. With 25 GB of disk space, unlimited mail accounts and standard software installations and support for WordPress. You can get started right away with your website. With a WordPress blog you have a nice environment that is also easy to use for the beginner. With some homework and reading you can get started with your website. WordPress is not for nothing the most popular system for starting a blog, but also for websites in general. With its themes and plug-ins, it's easy to get started and customize the website to your liking.
If you want to have an even finer experience with your blog then you can choose to go with Managed WordPress hosting as well. Then we will take a lot of different concerns away from you that normally come up with a WordPress website. Like updating plugins and themes. Take a look at our Managed WordPress hosting page, or contact us via the online chat for more information.
