What is Blogging? [A Beginner's Guide]

Everyday most people use google search to search for things they don't know or things that interest them. Like how to do this? What is the meaning of this? What is it for? and the list goes on. After pressing the enter key they see a list of websites that have the searched topics explained. They read the content and their problem is solved. These websites are called "Blogs" and the person writing them is called a "Blogger".Let's say you searched for "Money Heist Season 5" Release date, review or something related to it, you will see a list of blogs on your screen. That have written content based on your topic .You go and read that, problem solved!

Another example! I hope this is not exhausting you. Take me 🙂, the person writing as an example, I am a Blogger which have written something that was related to what is Blogging? You searched for it and clicked on my blog link. You read the post and problem solved, you now know what is Blogging.

I am going to explain the post further by adding some questions and answering them to make it more simple.

Is Blogging for everyone?

Yes and No. Anyone can blog (No one can stop you from expressing your opinions). But in 2020 and in the future, if you want to grow your blog and want to adopt blogging as a career or as a side career the game is entirely different. There is a lot attached to it then mere writing. You need a good SEO (Search Engine Optimization) knowledge to rank your blog in search engines.

What is the Trend of Blogging?

The trend of blogging has been a dwindling one in the past 5 years and upto 2020, increasing and decreasing, worldwide, with an increased shift of interest in blogging in asian countries like Pakistan and India. Check these google trends taken on Dec 6, 2020. 

Can you earn money with blogging?

Yes, you can but it's not that easy as it looks. You need to improve your blogging knowledge and skills to be earning a good amount of money. Some bloggers are earning enough to purse it as a career. Take Harsh Agarwal, an Indian blogger for example who adopted blogging as a career and is earning a respectable amount of income. There are hundreds of other examples. But the point is to make yourself improved enough to reach that level.

There are many ways by which you can earn money through blogging like monetization(ads), freelance blog writing and affiliate marketing, which is a matter for some other post.

Why should I blog?

The main purpose of blogging should be providing value to the readers. I have given the examples in the start of the post that how can your posts solve people queries. Blogging for the sake of money can land you nowhere.

What can I blog about?

Anything. Well there are hundreds of topics on which you can write. It depends on your taste.

How can I start blogging?

You can start blogging on Free Platforms like Blogger, WordPress and Tumblr (yourblogname.subdomain.com e.g). However, if you can spend some money 💰 you can also start by buying your own domain (yourdomain.com e.g), install a blogging platform of your choice and start blogging.

Which Blogging platform is the best? 

• Blogger (Free version/subdomain) for beginners. You can carry on with Blogger as well. No problem in that. Plus it's free. You can start with WordPress free version as well (for those with who are not familiar with a little bit of html coding)
• WordPress (Hosted version). It's best for advanced level bloggers.

Advice: I will suggest you to go with free blogger first. It's pretty simple, basic and have more options of customization as compared to the free version of WordPress. Later on as you build your expertise, you can shift to a hosted WordPress to level up your Blogging. Happy Blogging!