If you are planning to start a blog but don't have any money to buy a domain name or purchase a hosting platform or you probably don't want to spend money, Google blogger is okay for you to start with.
Whether you want to write and publish online for free just because of the passion you have for a subject/your topic or you want to start to make money from it blogger has the necessary things you need to kickstart it.
As a beginner, you may be curious about how to start it. Yes, it can seem overwhelming for you if you don't have any idea how to start writing for free with the blogger account. Don't feel so anxious about it because this article is going to help you to see the step you need to take in other to become a successful blogger account owner. But before you dive into this post, let me quickly brief you about the origin of blogger.
What is Google blogger?
Google blogger is an American free Content Management system (CMS) that was developed by Google software engineers in 2003. It aims to give access to all content creators around the world to display their passion through the web for people to see.
Since it is a free platform, anyone around the world can create an account to join. The blogger platform has no restrictions on anyone. It is free for everyone across the 7 continents.
Google Blogger does not only give access to users to post about their passion but also gives them the ability to earn money through its online advertisement platform called Adsense.
Blogger doesn't also have limitations on how many posts you need to publish. You are always free to publish anything you are passionate about except for you not to violate its community guidelines. Apart from this, you don't have any problem using the platform.
Benefits of using Blogger
Google offers countless benefits to everyone who chooses the Blogger platform for their blog writing.
With a blogger, you don't have to buy anything to start using it. Unless you decide on your own to do so. These are the free things you can enjoy while using Google blogger to publish your content online.
Free Hosting: Google will help you to store your content on the web for free. You don't have to pay any money for it. It is free for everyone who chooses to use their platform.
A normal hosting plan ranges from about $50 to $1000, you get it on blogger without paying anything. Now you know the huge difference between owning a free hosting space and spending around $50 to $1000 to purchase. Right?
With Blogger you don't complain because of low storage space. With blogger hosting services you get unlimited storage space.
Free Template: When using the blogger platform, you have access to using free templates. You have plenty of themes to choose from. One thing about the themes on blogger is that they are SEO-ready templates and also free from errors.
You also can change them any time you feel like it. You also have the access to upload an external template if you feel like you don't want the ones that are provided by Google Blogger.
Free SEO (Search Engine Optimization): if you are on blogger you have almost 60 out of 100% assurance that you will rank on the Search engine.
Although each blog owner has to fight for how their blog rank on the first page of Google or a Search Engine platform, Google blogger will help you to achieve most of this work
SEO helps you to gain access to a lot of traffic. You will be able to have plenty of users who visit your blog and that can help you to make more money when you register for an Adsense account.
Free domain name: Google provides a subdomain to everyone who chooses to use blogger. All you need to do Is to provide a unique name that has not yet been used by anybody then they will help you to pre-fill it with their subdomain extension.
Blogger ease out the money u supposed to spend on a domain
Free access to manage multiple blogs: Another awesome benefit you will have is the access to owning multiple. With just your Gmail account you will be able to run more than one blog niche. For example, you can run a tech niche as also food. All that is left is to choose whether you have many blog niches or just stick to one.
Now that you have known a little more about it, let's talk about how to create the account.
How to create a Google blogger account
To start using Blogger, you have to have a Gmail account. You will need a Gmail account to join the blogger community. Google needs this account in other to synchronize your Identity. Without a Gmail account, you won't be able to create an account.
In blogger, there is no signup. You only sign in to your account. So to be able to do so, you have to create an Email with them. If you already have it, you can start with it asap.
Step to create a blogger account
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Visit the blogger officials' website/download the application: you can get the official blogger website link by typing
blogger.com on your preferred web browser. If you would like to use the application instead of using the website, kindly download the app on the Google Play Store or the App Store.
2. Choose/create a Gmail account: After you visit the blogger homepage with the website URL, you will now need to either select one of your Gmail accounts to log in or to create one will Google.
3. Choose your brand and domain name: Once you have successfully signed up with your Gmail account you need to create both your brand name and domain.
Your brand name is the name you want people to know you for. Your brand should strongly reflect the type of thing you want to be using your blogger to do. For example, if you want to be blogging about electronics or food, you should do well to make your name sound like one.
When you are done choosing your brand name, you will be taken to a new page where you will enter your domain name. The domain is the web address or link that will take people to your website. Google offers a free subdomain to everyone.
When you are choosing your domain, you only need to write the name you want without including any extension to it.
Once you are done with this step, click next for your account to be registered. Immediately, your blogger page will be created
The above explanation is how you can start a blog website on Blogger for free. Other things like how to start your blog, how to customize your blogger template as well on how to invite people to write for you will be explained in this series. Make sure you come back for more guidance.
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