The Blogger's Primer [Content]

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The Blogger's Primer [Content]: "For many, blogs are a part of life. You might keep your own blog or choose to visit several other blogs through your daily reading. You may even sit back and think, 'Gee, I'd like to blog but I just don't think I'd be any good at it.' This article aims to give you a good jumping-off point from which you can successfully launch yourself into the blogosphere.

A blog is not a technology, a technique, or a cool trick. A blog is form of content site; what's important is the information it presents, and the ways in which that content meets the readers' needs.

Burgeoning bloggers need to consider first the areas on which they'll blog, and which audience or reader the blog be suited to. The next consideration is to ensure that your blog can be easily found by readers, through search. The technology behind the blog, and the platform on which its based, is the final part of the equation.

Given such a content-centric order of priorities, this article will take a slightly unorthodox approach. First, we'll briefly explore the concept of the blogging: what it is, and why people do it. We'll then discuss readership, and how your blog content can be used to attract and retain a targeted readership. Once that's done, we'll look a little more closely at one of the key means of attracting readers: search. I'll explain a few of the techniques that can ensure your blog is crawled and indexed by the search engines. Lastly, we'll discuss the question of blogging platforms. There's a wide range of blog software on the market, but hopefully this discussion should help you choose a tool that suits your needs"