WordPress and Internet Newbies
Can a WordPress Website be used by an Internet Newbie?
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There are two main options that you can consider when starting a business blog — either you find a host and start your own site from scratch, or go to WordPress.com and sign up for an account. The choice is easy if you are a beginner who is not yet all that Internet-savvy. However, having a self-hosted WordPress website is easy because there are lots of tutorials available to help you figure it out. Of course, you also need to be interested and patient enough to learn things.
Steps in Creating a Self-Hosted WordPress website
1. Download and install. The first step you need to take is to download and install the most recent version of WordPress. You can get this for free from the WordPress website.
2. Choose a layout. There are many design templates for you to choose from when creating a self-hosted WordPress blog but if you don’t find any that fits your needs or preferences, you can always create one yourself or hire a professional to design a fully-customized layout just for you.
3. Add content. These are all the things that you want the public to see when they go to your blog. You can start writing an introduction of yourself and your business, then move on to the different products and services that you are offering. Although the site will take care of the actual posting and other technical issues, you will have full control over what you want to put into your self-hosted WordPress blog and when you want it to be visible to the public. For example, you may create a blog entry now and save it as a draft so that you can post it at a later time. You can also delete previously posted entries whenever you wish.
Advantages of Using WordPress
Creating a self-hosted WordPress blog has dozens of advantages. You also won’t have to spend long hours designing the layout of your site because as mentioned earlier, WordPress already has a wide array of ready-to-use styles for you to choose from. Setting up a self-hosted WordPress website is really very straightforward, thanks to the step-by-step installation guide and tutorial feature. In fact, the process is so easy that even the most inexperienced Internet user will be able to create a self-hosted WordPress blog easily within just a few minutes. In addition to these, here are some more advantages you can enjoy when using WordPress to create your business blog:
1. Easy posting of entries.
All you have to do is prepare the content, find the category where it belongs, and add it under the appropriate category. If there is no appropriate category, you can also create a new one. It’s all completely customizable and there are always instructions to tell you how to do it.
2. Quality performance and reliable protection.
In order to enjoy these benefits, you have to periodically upgrade your WordPress by downloading the latest version from the WordPress website whenever it becomes available. Not to worry though because this only takes a few seconds and will not affect the design and content of your existing blog in any way.
3. Search engine optimization.
With a self-hosted WordPress blog, you don’t need to worry about making your blog visible to search engines because WordPress provides this feature automatically. However, if you want to improve your ranking in the search engine results, you will also have to learn techniques to further maximize your blog’s online visibility, such as using strategic keywords and leaving links to your blog on other websites online.
4. Complete control over your website.
At first, the idea of having complete control over your WordPress website may be overwhelming but you will soon realize that this is in fact a good thing. Just imagine, you can customize every small detail of your website beginning with the domain name to the colors of fonts to be used.
5. Multiple site-enhancing features.
A Few WordPress Website Examples
Here are a few actual WordPress websites I put up either for myself or for others.
In addition to the basic elements, a WordPress website also has many extra features that you can use to make your blog even better. You can choose from a number of different plug-ins in order to improve your blog’s performance, functionality, and visibility.
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