Step-by-Step Guide to Creating a Professional Blog Website

Introduction:

If your website design professional and good looking readers will love it and they are coming again to your website. But for this you need to some changes in your website to make it look better like a professional website. Making a good website means it is responsive for all devices and easily accessible. 

For SEO Google also wants that the website is fully responsive for the mobile devices. Mostly people are reading your blog on mobile device and if your website is loading very slow on mobile devices that is a bad experience for your users. And if Google think your website is making wrong impression on users it will never rank your site in Google. 

For this you need to follow some of the basic setting for your website:

1. Choosing the Right theme:

If you are using Blogger or WordPress then make sure to choose the theme which is professional and easily customizable. Then you can edit it according to your website niche but make sure make it simple so it load fast on mobile devices. Whenever you are editing any of your website section also check them on mobile devices.

Choose the lightweight themes which have less sections these type of website are easily readable and user will love it. You need to make it easy for the users to read and get information from your website .

2. Navigation Menu

Here in our website you see in upper some categories this is called Navigation menus which you see in every website. This the most important part of any website and you can edit it according to your website content and services. It not included categories you also add some important services pages in it.

In your theme must check it work properly on the mobile devices. Menu is important also for SEO because the Google crawler will read your pages from these menu and get them indexed which is a good thing for a website. The more your website get fast index it chances to get more traffic from the Google.

3. Logo and Favicon

If you want to build a brand then choosing a perfect logo and Favicon is must. Logo is the representation of your website and when people see it they recognize your website. Make sure that your website Logo which you will place in header and the Favicon is same. 

This is not a big deal but many new users ignore it. But it plays a key role in identifying your website. People recognize your website with the name and logo. So design your logo professionally and never ignore it.

5. Include Pages

Pages are not only the one which you see in every blog website like About us, contact us, and other. There so many page ideas which you can add in your website like:

• Services
• Subscription
• Tools
• Payments Method

It depends on your website niche and content what type of content you are uploading. But make sure these pages are visible to users you can add them in Primary Navigation also in Footer where you think it looks good.

6. Picking the Right colors

Choosing the right colors will help your visitors understand the content easily and they will love your website. Make sure to choose low and bright colors. Don't make website like an Rambo which includes all the colors.

Just focus on three colors and adjust them according to your design. These colors you can also pick from your website logo which gives a unique identity to your website. Use colors like Blue, Red, and Green these colors are engaging and chance to get more clicks on other web pages.

7. Add sidebars

Sidebar are the most important section of a website where you can add some of your important pages, post and contact form. This is depend on you how you can manage it . But make sure to add the sidebar which is responsive. The sidebar only show with your content side by side in the desktop view but in mobile it below the content.

Sidebar is also important to display the ads when user reading the content on other site you place the Ads which get automatically impressions. This is also a chance of earning money from your blog website.  Now it depends on you how you can manage and place your sidebar.

8. Customize the Footer

Footer is also one of the important section of a website . You need to include some pages, links of some post, and services. Add a short intro to your website and also include some contact options like adding your Email and phone number. You can choose both 3 grid layout or 4 grid layout for footer but make sure it is responsive and good looking.

Below the footer you can add a copyright section like our website . In this you need to add link to your website it shows the trust and authority. Also if you have options to add pages then add some of the important pages in it.

Tips to make website better

1. Don't use too much CSS and colors.
2. Make your website simple and fast.
3. Check it on your mobile if it runs smoother or not.
4. Use less section in website so it work faster.
5. Include 5 important pages which are contact us, about us, terms, disclaimer and Privacy.

Conclusion

Make the design of your website simple and clean which user love. And when user love your website Google will also love it and give you rankings. When user stays more on your website it gives a signal to Google and it understood that this website is providing quality content.

On that bases then your website get ranked in the Google. Also if your website is fast then your competitors but they have good backlinks Google will show your website from top of it. Because you are giving a good experience to the users and the Google first priority is their users.