Are you a Copycat Blogger?

How to make your blog stand out from the millions of websites? Is your blog unique of its type or is it just another copycat? I am certainly not the first guy to blog about anything then how to make my blog stand out?

We can write about the same thing as the next guy but we need to add our own views to it. Don't just copy and paste. Give opinion! That's what blogging is all about. The most unique thing about your blog is you!

If you copypaste stuff then there should be a major changes not word for word, thinking about competition so you could make better from original stuff

Your style, because you love it - so you may have loads of opinion, instead of slacking like doing copypaste thing.

You may not reinvent wheel, but you can restylize it, improve it, and re-size it (make it big, make it small, and what not)... that is how you make your content unique...Isn't it what MRF, Dunnlop, and all has been doing with a real wheel (and not the metaphorical one we discussed above)

Possible negatives about accepting gust posts

- copyright issues

- bad behaviour (racism or discrimination of certain people) but I can delete these

- more than enough links to their website (don't mind a link to other's, but not three links in four sentences you know)

- Poor quality articles (which maybe I can adapt when written by someone else? I don't know...?)

Am I missing something about Blogging?

Do people make big money blogging? I suppose some do, but can I say that those who do make big money is in a small minority?

From all the excitement surrounding blogging and bloggers, it feels like blogging is a big thing and writing websites is old fashion and dull. The truth is, I wouldn't know how to write blogs - the very thought of having to churn out content on a daily basis for a living strikes me as very 9-to-5, which is the reason I am writing websites (so that my earning is on autopilot, sort of).

With everyone choosing a blog these days and with all the dynamic functionality I've heard many say that static websites are old fashioned.

Blogs can make a lot of money just like static websites, but it's really all about traffic and how effective you pre-sell. That part is really no different than websites. With blogs, content is often arranged by category and date (instead of a logical order). I have a website group that meets once a month here in my city. Many people in the group complain that blogs are often confusing to read/find information. I think it depends on what the blog is about and how the content is arranged. Even though blogs are popular, the content layout is not best for every kind of site.

I love blogging and I love the dynamic features of a blog. It's a great asset to my static site because it allows me journal about current, news-oriented topics while my static/tutorial site is there for step-by-step teaching and guidance. It's easier to navigate my site because the topics are organized. You can do this with a blog as well (create more static pages), it's just that most people don't take the time to do it effectively, which can cause people to get lost if your site is tutorial based or if the content has to be followed in a certain order.

Also it's easy to get wowed by all the plugins and dynamic features a blog allows, but if you aren't making sales and getting traffic, how much are those bells and whistles contributing to your bottom line? Yes, blogs are cool but make sure they are functional and serve their purpose.

But don't just start a blog because you feel everyone is doing it. Make sure you decide how it can compliment your static site so you aren't just paraphrasing everything on your static site (like I did at first.) Some people who have sites and no blog decide to create a blog for a very specific thing. For example, you have a site on budget travel. Maybe your blog would be for hotel reviews.

If you're going to add a blog to your mix, give it a purpose so people know what it's for. If I could do it all over again I would give my blog a more specific purpose since I already have a static website. (i.e. reviews, case studies, etc.) The more targeted the better.

This is just my opinion based on my own experience. So don't take that as gospel. I'm sure others have had different experiences.

Wordpress - A convenient way of blogging

Using CMS's like WordPress, Drupal, and Joomla etc. can definitely offer convenience to users and avoid building a website from scratch. Plus, they have some wonderful plug-in s, widgets to enhance the functionality and looks of a website. If you are planning to have a blog, then as suggested by everyone here, WordPress can definitely be the thing that you are looking for. It can be setup within 15 minutes, and then it’s up to you how you want to customize it.

We see that most users try to imitate the design, navigation etc. of few of the leading sites that dominate the Industry, and forget to use their own skills. Its less often do we see site owners sticking to the basics and thinking from an end-users perspective.

People are constantly talking about how WordPress is more convenient and easy. Building a site using WordPress can indeed offer a lot of flexibility and allow a user to customize it according to the needs. I completely agree, but I do believe people should spend more time learning how to make their WordPress blogs more navigation-friendly. Not every site needs to have content organized by category and post date. It works for some sites, but others need a more static layout to highlight important content instead of a hodgepodge of posts sorted by date. Many WordPress users have told me they have trouble controlling their content layout.

How to change the blogs title in Wordpress?

It will help you a lot to spend some time exploring and becoming familiar with the dashboard and all of the features of Wordpress.com. It will take a couple of days to learn the basics of how to do things. I also used their tutorials and forums to learn more. Wordpress is very much user friendly and easy to learn.

Go to the dashboard on the left side.

Select "Settings" near the left bottom.

Select "general" at the top of settings.

At the top of your General Settings page, there is a line to type your "Site Title"

Underneath that, there is a line to type your "Site Tagline"

BE SURE TO SAVE CHANGES at the bottom of the page once you are done.


Thats it.