More and more people are now looking for ways to make money online. The obvious way most people find it easy to make money online is through blogs.
Blogging is really a proven way to make money. I’ve been making decent income from blogging for over 10 years now and I can say that anyone with hard work can make money blogging.
If you are one among them who wants to make the most out of their free time, blogging is a great way to not only make money but to boost your online influence. So if you are looking for ways to create a free blog, this detailed guide is for you.
If you are looking for ways to start a free blog, I highly recommend you to consider using Blogger blogging platform as it not only easy to set up but you can start making money from AdSense as well.
Here’s a one stop guide for people to create a free blog on blogspot and start making money from AdSense. Before diving into the details, we will first answer few important questions.
Creating a blog using Blogger.com is really easy. I’ll give you few easy instructions and follow them accordingly.
Step 1: Sign up for Blogger.com
First of all, go to Blogger.com home page and sign up.
Quick note: Create a GMail account if you don’t have it yet.
Once you are logged into your Google account, you will now see “New Blog” button on the left side. Click on it to create a new blog on Blogger.
Step 2: Enter a name for your blog
Type in any title that you want to name your blog in the Title box. And just enter any short domain address, if it’s already taken, you will see a yellow box. Make sure to come up with a unique name and select a template from the options provided in the same box. You can choose many more templates and customize your blog later.
And that’s it! You have successfully create a blog on blogspot in under 2 minutes. Congrats. Now we’ll walk through the next steps.
Step 3: Start creating new blog posts
Click the button “Create New Post” on the left side to create a new blog post. Enter any title and start writing content that you want.
Step 4: Google AdSense!
Once you are started getting decent amount of visitors from search engines to your blogspot blogs, you can apply for AdSense to start making money. Don’t apply for AdSense unless and until you are bringing at least 300-400 unique visitors every single day. Otherwise, it’s really hard to getting your account approved.
What to do after creating your blog on blogspot?
Start creating SEO friendly content
If you want to generate more income from AdSense using your blogspot blog, you have to bring more visitors from search engines. The more search engine traffic you get the more clicks you will be able to generate and the more income you will make from AdSense.
Unfortunately, increasing search traffic to any blog or website is not easy especially if you are a beginner to SEO. You have to learn everything on your own related to SEO and start implementing the effective SEO strategies to boost your organic traffic.
The only recommendation I can give to any beginner blogger is this: start focusing on creating content that is SEO friendly.
Here are few simple tips to write SEO friendly blog posts that will help you bring more traffic to your blogspot blogs.
- Focus on internal linking. Whenever you write new posts, link to the previous posts. This will increase the search crawlability. The more crawling is done on your site internally, the more search visibility your blog gets.
- Don’t write beyond 70 characters in your blog post titles. It will not show up in search results, so make sure to use short yet descriptive headlines.
- Always focus on readers first, then optimize later for search engines. Don’t use the same keywords again and again as it leads to keyword stuffing and your blog may gets penalized by doing so.
- Don’t use flash elements on your blog as it will slow down your blog’s speed. Google gives top priority to the sites that load faster.
Focus on getting AdSense approval
Once you started creating great contents for your blog, it’s time for you to focus on getting your Google AdSense approval. This is the major reason why most bloggers start a blog on blogspot. If you are also one among them, don’t wait for a long time.
I would recommend anyone to focus their efforts on getting AdSense approval after completing 4 to 6 months. Because by that time, you will be able to get good amount of traffic from search engines.
Even if you post one post a day, that would be around 100 articles in 4 months and if they are all optimized well for search engines, you will definitely getting around 500 unique visitors . And that’s a good start to get your AdSense approved.
Find out ways to increase your AdSense earnings
The next thing you can do once your AdSense account gets approved is you can figure out some proven ways to increase your earnings from AdSense. Although as a beginner, it might be a difficult job for you to increase your AdSense income but overtime you will understand how it works well.
You can also sign up for AdSense related blogs to enhance your knowledge and place the AdSense ads on the right places to increase clicks from your blogs.
5 essential SEO tips for blogspot blogs
Now that you got a clear idea on what to do after creating a blog on blogspot, now is the time to focus on your SEO strategies to boost your blog’s traffic from search engines.
1. Give top priority to on-page SEO
If you want to increase your blog traffic on blogspot, you must ensure that you are doing proper on page optimization. On page SEO includes the following factors.
Using your primary keywords on title tags, image alt tags, internal links, subheadings such as h2, h3 and overall body content. This will ensure that your content is properly optimized for specific keywords and you can increase its search engine visibility.
2. Find keywords before you write anything
Keyword research is the key factor in increasing your organic traffic. Use SEO tools like Semrush to find out the best performing keywords in your niche.
Make sure always come up with long tail keywords to drive more traffic. For instance, “blogger” is a short tail keyword and it’s almost impossible to rank for that keyword because of high competition.
But you can rank for long tail keywords such as “create a free blog on blogspot”, “start a new blog on Blogger”, “how to create a free blog” etc. These are all long tail keywords that are generally are less competitive and you can easily rank for these keywords without building too many links.
3. Getting incoming links is the key to increase organic traffic
Link building is the most effective way to increase your search traffic. Although link building is hard for most beginners, try to write guest post for other blogs in your niche to build natural links.
Also use creative link building strategies such as Skyscraper technique, blogger outreach etc to attract high quality links from other blogs. The more you focus on building links the more traffic you will attract from search engines as Google gives top priority to the sites that have more backlinks.
4. Never publish duplicate content
Most beginner bloggers publish copied content on their blogspot blogs. I observe this almost every time I see a new blogger starts a blog on blogspot platform. They do this to increase their blog traffic but what they don’t understand is Google has clever algorithms that will catch up who is posting copied contents.
And if they find you are posting duplicate content on your blog to increase your traffic, it will start penalizing your search rankings or even Google may delete your blog for doing wrong deeds. So never post duplicate content, take your time to research and craft great content for your blog readers.
5. Optimize images for search engines
A picture is worth of thousand words.
Images not only add depth to your content but helps you increase your traffic from “Google image search”. The more compelling images you use the more traffic you get from search engines.
But when using images on your blogspot blog posts, make sure to use images that are not copyrighted. Don’t use random images from Google search results as Google won’t accept your AdSense if they find copyrighted contents using freely on your blogspot blogs.
You can use free sites like FreeDigitalPhotos.net or Quozio.com to make your own images.
FAQ’s About Creating A Blogspot Blog
Here are few frequently asked questions that you might have before creating a blogspot blog using Blogger platform.
Here are few of the major differences between both a blogspot blog and WordPress.com blog.
In Blogger platform,
→ You rent your website, Blogger actually owns it (it means you won’t get full control over your free blogspot blog)
→ Fully maintained and controlled by Blogger so you don’t have to worry about the domain or hosting space (free to use)
→ Easy to use for beginners
→ Customizations (themes or SEO related) are limited when compared to WordPress
→ Automatic software updates
In WordPress.com,
→ WordPress is an open source platform that means you own your site.
→ You’re responsible for managing your site from security to malware to everything else.
→ Easy to customize
→ Automatic WordPress updates (on WordPress.com)
So if you’re someone who’s looking for a free platform to easily create and manage your free blog, Blogger platform is definitely for you. But if you’re really serious about making money, you may consider using self-hosted blog on WordPress platform which is used widely by so many people.
Here are three simple yet most effective tips for you to name your free blogspot blog or any other blog.
→ USe what your blog is all about
→ Use synonyms?
→ Use blog name generators
If you’re getting traffic mostly from countries like US, UK etc it’s easier for you to use AdSense and other sources to make money from your blog because you can use high CPC ads to increase your AdSense earnings. Likewise, your industry also plays a big role in monetizing your free blogspot blog.
Getting traffic to any blog (whether it’s a blogspot blog or WordPress blog) requires the following things.
→ In-depth and useful content (articles with 2000+ words rank well in Google)
→ Consistency in your blog posting frequency (Google always loves fresh content and gives top rankings to the sites which post consistently)
→ Proper SEO (keyword research to building links)
→ Create at least 30 to 50 blog posts before thinking about using AdSense so you’ll have more chances of getting approval of your AdSense account.
→ Make sure to get at least 1000 visitors a day to have high chances of getting your AdSense account along with decent earnings.
→ You can also search for Facebook groups or connect with other people with approved AdSense accounts as it makes much easier for you to start monetizing your blog’s content without waiting for the approval of AdSense account from Google.
Final thoughts on starting a free blog on blogspot platform
I personally think creating a blog on blogspot blogging platform is the best way to begin your blogging journey. Overtime, you will not only be able to gain blogging experience but you will also start understanding all the technical terms related to blogging such as SEO, themes, plugins, customization etc.
Once you started getting confidence, you can later migrate to WordPress self-hosted platform to enlarge your monetization strategies and skills as a blogger. Not only you will be able to make money quickly when you have good online reputation but you will know how money blogging really works.
I hope this detailed guide on creating a free blog on blogspot blogging platform helps you not only to start a blog but also helps you start making money from AdSense. If you find this guide helpful, please share it with others so they can start their own blogs on blogspot.
Share your thoughts in the comments below and also ask questions if you have any! I’d be glad to respond to them all.
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