4 Search Intents that You Must Understand to Be able to Determine the Value of a Keyword

During this time we assume all keywords are the same ...

... only as a "word".

The reality is not the case. We must judge keywords based on the intent of the seeker.

Not all keywords have the same value.

There are keywords that are searched by many people, but absolutely useless. There are also keywords whose volume is small, but the value is high.

In this chapter, we will learn to value keywords based on search intent.

This is the first chapter in the keyword research guide series
Search intent is defined as what the intent or purpose of the search is done.

Example…

... there are people who do searches on Google with the following keywords:

"Asus laptop"
"Buy Asus laptop"
"The best Asus laptops under 5 million"
I wonder what search results they expect for each of these keywords?

Try to imagine.

It's natural like this (the numbers are in the order above):

Want to know the type of laptop from ASUS official web
Want to buy an ASUS laptop
Want to find ASUS laptop recommendation articles based on price
Makes sense right?

By knowing the intent or intent, we can imagine what content the searcher wants.

This is how Google works.

Google understands that people who use the keyword "buy asus laptops" will definitely want to buy, and therefore the product pages of online stores will get top rankings.

While the article content is impossible to get page 1 for these keywords.

What about the first keyword ("Asus laptop")?

Google understands that users need official / trusted information. Therefore, it will be very difficult for new websites to compete on this keyword.

That is search intent.

For more details, we can divide search intent into 4 categories.

Search intent # 1 - Informational

As the name suggests, people who use informational keywords definitely need information quickly.

Example:

1. "Calorie tempeh"
2. "Who is Indonesia's First President?"
3. "The value of the american dollar today"
4. "how to create a blog"
5. "Symptoms of dengue fever"

Therefore, the content that we provide must be in the form of information.

Informational intent is the keyword with the most volume compared to other intents. Therefore, many websites that contain information are scattered on the internet.

But there is something that must be considered.

Google understands that users want to get information quickly.

So often for keywords that are informational, Google has given a direct answer.

Like this:

This is called the quick answer box.

Because of this feature from Google, people who search on Google do not need to visit any website.

In English keywords, quick answer boxes like this will cause the number of visitors to decrease dramatically than before.

In Indonesia now it is still rare, but in the future it will be more frequent.

So, carefully choose keywords.

Although the volume is high, it is not certain that it can provide many visitors.

Search intent # 2 - Navigational

This type of keyword is usually large in volume, but there is no benefit.

Usually because the searcher wants to visit a website directly when conducting a search, therefore other websites will not get visitors.

Example:

1. "Garuda Indonesia"
2. "Kaskus Lounge"
3. "Facebook login"

Those who write these keywords definitely want to go directly to the official website, they just use Google as a means of 'hitching through'.

So, avoid this keyword.

Search intent # 3 - Commercial Investigation

When going to buy a product, especially with high prices, we usually do not just buy it right away.

We will search first on Google.

We will read first so we know very well which is the best, buy where, how much, whether there is a promo or not.

This is the keyword commercial investigation.

The keywords we use when we want to learn about certain products / services before buying.

Example:

1. "Android phones under 5 million"
2. "The price of a Canon D330 camera"
3. "English course in Bandung"
4. "The best web hosting in Indonesia"

This third type of keyword has the potential to produce buyers.

Even though they might not want to buy right away, at least they are already thinking about it. Our job is to convince them.

If you want to sell products / services, look for as many commercial keyword investigations related to your business.

Then prepare quality and targeted content.

Search intent # 4 - Transactional

This is the highest level.

People who do searches on Google using transactional keywords means they are ready to buy a product / service.

Example:

1. "Buy batik clothes online"
2. "Selling nike futsal shoes"
3. "Cheap used iphone"

If you sell products or services, you must have these keywords.

Although the search volume is small, the conversion rate is very large. Compared to informational keywords, large volume but small conversions.

But unfortunately, keyword competition like this is very heavy ...

... especially if you sell popular products. Usually there are already giant ecommerce sites like Lazada, MatahariMall, Zalora, etc.

New websites will find it difficult to defeat the giants.

Therefore, next we will discuss how you should do the strategy.

Understanding keyword strategies

We have already learned 4 types of keywords.

There is a large volume but a small value (informational), there is also a small volume but a large value (transactional).

Then which keywords do we use?

Before that, I need to tell you one of the most common mistakes in SEO and online marketing in general:

Focus too much on transactional keywords.

That is, all content on their website pages only target keywords that are transactional in nature. Other keywords are ignored.

Don't do it like that.

As a result:

1. Website visitors do not get satisfactory information
2. Your website looks suspicious / untrustworthy
3. It's hard to get high rankings because the content is thin

Therefore, you must have these 3 types of keywords: informational, commercial investigation, and transactional.

The amount?

It depends.

If you are able to create a lot of content, then informational should be more than commercial investigation and transactional.

If it is not able, then there will be more commercial investigations.

Most important, pay attention to these 2 things:

• Don't create too much content with transactional keywords. Focus on quality, not quantity
• Informational keywords must still be related to the type of product being sold

Something like that.

For more on this topic, please read the guide to creating content that can increase sales.

In the next chapter we will learn how to search for keywords.

Keyword Research - Guide to Conducting Keyword Research to Find the Best Keywords in SEO

All website owners will one day realize how important keywords and research are.

Especially when they are tired of creating lots of content, but the website is still quiet.

Even though it was ranked 1.

That is why keyword research is a stage that should be done at the beginning, when your website is newly built.

Not when they realize the website is wrong.

Therefore, welcome to the keyword research guide.

There are a total of 6 chapters that will lead you to get to know the actual principles of keyword research, then apply them to your website.

Why is keyword research so important?

I underline very, because it is very important.

Try to remember again, what is your goal to learn SEO?

Get visitors ...?

Increase sales ...?

Or get income ...?

Usually all three. Starting from getting visitors, then sales will increase, and you will get additional income.

Unfortunately, without keyword research, all that is impossible.

Why?

There are 3 reasons.

This is where beginners make mistakes

Not all keywords are the same.

There are keywords that are often searched for, some are lonely.

If you are not familiar with keyword research, then you will most likely target keywords that have never been searched for at all.

That is what is often done.

They create content without caring about keywords, then feel proud that the website has entered page one.

But the visitors are still few.

There is no change at all.

It's useless right?

It has been painstakingly creating content, but apparently no one is interested.

And this is where the experts are trapped

Let's say Budi has a website that sells a product.

So that this website has a lot of visitors, Budi targets keywords with a large search volume through the Google Keyword Planner.

OK ... because Budi is an SEO expert, 2 weeks later ranked 1.

Visitors arrive ...

But apparently no one buys the product offered.

Why is that?

This is the cause:

Bob is targeting the wrong keywords.

What you need to remember, the purpose of keyword research is not just to find the keywords with the most number of searches.

Not only bring visitors.

But to bring visitors on target.

If you want them to buy the products you offer, then you must target the keywords used by people who really want to buy.

More clearly, we discuss in Chapter 1.

The worst, this is a mistake taught from generation to generation

Talk about keyword research, usually the first thing to do is open the Google Keyword Planner. Then enter keywords.

This is not true.

Especially for new website owners.

This error is too severe to the point where it continues to be done and taught for generations to beginners. What a mess.

See the following case:

For example, Budi has a website that sells English courses.

Then Budi wants to get rank 1 for the keyword "English course". This keyword is used as the main target.

At that point there were no problems.

Here's the problem:

As many people do, Budi immediately enters his main keyword into the Google Keyword Planner.

The results obtained are as shown below.

What's next?

Bob wants to get rank 1 for all of these keywords.

Therefore, Budi made 6 articles each using the keywords shown in the picture.

A week ... two weeks passed ...

It turns out that none of these articles get good ratings on Google. Even worse, Budi's website isn't even on the first 10 pages.

Precisely the website got a penalty!

What happened? Why does Budi get a penalty?
Look at the keywords again.

Everything is almost the same.

When Budi makes an article which each targets those keywords, the articles on his website will be all the same. There is no variation.

As a result 2:

Visitors will assume your website is made carelessly, so it will immediately leave because it does not get good information.

Not only that.

Google and other search engines will consider your website "thin".

We know that Google doesn't like thin websites, meaning websites with all the pages targeting the same keywords. So that the contents are also the same.

That's why Budi was penalized.

Therefore, I emphasize before we begin:

The Google Keyword Planner is NOT a tool for finding new keywords.

The next time someone recommends beginners to use the Google Keyword Planner to search for keywords, let them know the consequences.

Keyword Research Guide Material

Now, because you already understand the various mistakes made related to keyword research, it's time we start learning the correct stages. Please start from the first chapter.

1. Search Intent
2. Finding the Right Keywords
3. Difficulty Level Analysis
4. Keyword Strategy
5. Long Tail Keywords
6. Improve Keyword Performance

WordPress Installation: From Buying Hosting To Your Website Can Be Accessed

Installing WordPress is actually not difficult.

In the video that I recorded for this guide, the process only takes less than 5 minutes.

But why are so many people confused?

Hmmm ... maybe because WordPress itself does not provide an official guide in Indonesian. That's why people who can't speak English are a bit confused.

For this reason in this guide I provide steps from zero that you can follow right now to create a website with WordPress.

Rent hosting and domains

Before you can install WordPress, you must have its place first: hosting and domain.

The simple definition is like this:

Hosting or web hosting is where your website is placed. All files related to the website are put on hosting.

While the domain is the address.

To be able to access your website, people will type your domain name in their browser. For example my domain name blog is guidim.com.

Hosting recommendations

There are many hosting and domain service providers.

So that you are not confused, here are some recommendations for Indonesian hosting services that I feel are suitable for beginners:

• Niagahoster
• Rumahweb
• Dewaweb

All three provide a free domain if we rent hosting.

If you want to create an English-language website to target overseas visitors, then the hosting must be based in America.

This overseas hosting service is suitable for beginners:

• BlueHost
• HostGator
• SiteGround

Before we continue, be careful ... on the internet there are many people whose origins are unclear offering cheap hosting services.

You should not buy from people who are not clear.

This hosting has an effect on the quality and speed of your website access. If you buy hosting that is not clear, your website will be a lot of interference.

Tips for determining a domain name

I personally have a bad habit in choosing a domain: like to think too long ...

Here are some tips for determining a domain name:

1. Related or can describe the topic / content of the website
2. Not too long, 3 words or less
3. Not similar to the name of a popular website
4. Use the .com extension
5. Does not contain dashes (-)
6. Does not contain numbers, unless your brand contains numbers
7. Easy to remember, not difficult to pronounce / write

These are just tips, don't have to be followed.

In fact, many successful websites don't follow the domain name tips above.

How to buy hosting and domains

Please see this video to learn how to buy hosting and domains from Niagahoster:

After confirmation of payment is received, you should get an email from the hosting service that contains your account information.

Save the email.

WordPress Installation

There are 2 alternative ways to install WordPress.

First, the easier one is to use a tool called Softaculous which is usually already on your hosting.

Second, the manual method.

Let's discuss them one by one.

Installing WordPress with Softaculous

Please see this video:

If you don't like watching videos, please follow the guidelines below.

1. Open domainname.com/cpanel

Enter your CPanel address. Then enter the username and password provided when buying hosting.

Here are all the magic tools for managing your hosting.

CPanel appearance on your hosting may be different from the one in the video above, but the way it will not differ much.

2. Look for an application called Softaculous

Softaculous is an application to install various website platforms, one of which is WordPress.

With Softaculous, we can install WordPress in 2x clicks.

After finding Softaculous, search for WordPress then click Install.

If you don't have it, you can also use Fantastico. If there isn't any, follow the installation guide via FTP below.

3. Fill in the information requested by Softaculous

See this picture if you are confused:

(click image to enlarge)

After everything is complete, click Install.

Done! Now your WordPress is installed.

Not difficult right?

Installing WordPress via FTP on CPanel

If your CPanel does not have an application called Softaculous or Fantastico, then you have to install WordPress manually.

Although a little more complicated, but even beginners can certainly.

1. Download WordPress

Please go to the official WordPress website, then download the latest version. You will get a file in .zip format

2. Upload and extract to hosting

Open your CPanel via: http://domainname.com/cpanel

Login with data provided by hosting.

Open the application called File Manager:

Enter the file manager

Enter the folder called public_html:

Enter the public_html folder

(File Manager display on your hosting might be a little different)

Upload the WordPress file in the .zip format that you just downloaded to this page. After the upload is complete, click the extract button from the menu:

Extract WordPress files

Click Reload from the menu, then there will be a folder called wordpress:

WordPress folder

Enter this folder, then click Select All from the menu.

Select all in the wordpress folder

Click 'Move' or 'Move file' on the menu, then delete / wordpress as shown below:

Move wordpress file

3. Creating users and databases

So that all functions on your WordPress can run smoothly, you must create a database.

Return to CPanel.

Open an application called MySQL Databases:

MySQL databases

Create a new database and new user as shown below:

Create a new database and user

(use a mixture of numbers and letters to make it safer)

After that connect the two in the "Add User to Database" section:

Add user to database

Check all privileges:

Check all privileges

Almost complete.

3. Complete the installation

Open your website address through a browser.

From here you will be delivered to do the final WordPress installation. Please follow as shown below:

Final installation of WordPress

If after submitting it turns out the message "Error establishing a database connection", means there is something wrong in the database name, username, and password.

After that, complete the information:

Complete the wordpress website information
Done!

Your WordPress is ready to use.

After this, please enter the WordPress Dashboard by accessing http://domainname.com/wp-admin/ as in this video:

http://namadomain.com/wp-admin/ seperti di video ini:

Which is Better, WordPress.org, WordPress.com, or Blogger? This Is The Comparison Of 8 Things

When you want to create a website, especially a blog, you will hear people on the internet comparing WordPress.org, WordPress.com, and Blogger.

This will usually make people confused.

Even worse, you can choose wrong.

Therefore, we will now discuss objectively what are the advantages and disadvantages of each platform.

Difference between WordPress.com and WordPress.org

First, we first discuss these twin brothers.

Although the name is the same and comes from the same company, but WordPress.org and WordPress.com have very big differences.

In understanding, WordPress.org is a self-hosted service, while WordPress.com is a hosted service.

What is that?

To be easily understood, we are likening it to a place to live:

Self hosted is like a private home. A house that is entirely your own, on your own land, and does not belong to anyone else.

Whereas hosted is like an apartment. The land is not yours, you only have a unit in the apartment. The apartment belongs to someone else.

(Blogger.com also includes hosted)

Did you get the picture?

In essence, WordPress.org self hosted is 100% yours.

Now, let's compare the three from various aspects.

Popularity

WordPress (hosted and self-hosted) is currently ranked first as the most popular CMS with a market percentage of 39% compared to total other CMS users.

While Blogger is ranked 4th with a market percentage of 1%.

CMS popularity rating

The above table is taken from here.

Ease to make

WordPress.com and Blogger equivalent. Both are the easiest to make because you only need to register an account on their respective websites.

Register on WordPress

Whereas WordPress.org is a bit more difficult.

To create a WordPress.org-based site, you must rent hosting and a domain and then install it.

The stages are explained in the next chapter.

Manufacturing and development costs

Here again WordPress.com and Blogger are equivalent.

You do not need to charge at all to create an account on both. Although there are storage restrictions, you can later pay monthly to increase capacity.

WordPress.com is limited to 3 GB, $ 99 / year to upgrade to 13 GB.

Whereas on Blogger it's free 15 GB (for unlimited photos). This is a list of price plans to increase capacity, starting at $ 4 / month.

You also do not need to buy a domain if you are willing to address your website to be like this: websiteanda.blogspot.com or websiteanda.wordpress.com.

In order to become websiteanda.com, it costs Rp 100,000 per year.

For WordPress.org, you need hosting and domain fees.

The hosting and domain costs around Rp 350,000 - 400,000 per year. Hosting capacity for this price on average 1-10 GB (depending on which hosting service)

The conclusion:

WordPress.org needs an initial fee, WordPress.com and Blogger don't need it. But in later development, WordPress.org will be cheaper.

Ease of use

Actually, all three are equal.

To learn the basics, until you can write and publish, the three choices are just as easy.

But here are a few more considerations:

WordPress.com and .org are easier to manage and have a more friendly dashboard display. Blogger is a little more confusing, especially when you want to find a menu on the dashboard.

Even so, the difference is not much.

After using for 1-2 days, you will get used.

Here's the Blogger dashboard display:

Blogger dashboard

And this is the WordPress dashboard display:

WordPress Dashboard

Display

There are 2 things I want to discuss in this section.

First, if we look at the basic appearance without changing anything in it. WordPress (.com and .org) is superior to Blogger.

This is because the basic appearance of Blogger as outdated.

Second, the display flexibility.

The most flexible is WordPress.org.

There are thousands of free and paid templates that you can use. If you are still not satisfied, you can also change it yourself to taste.

In second place is Blogger.

Although the choice of templates on Blogger is not many, but you can change the appearance according to taste if you understand HTML and CSS.

Whereas WordPress.com is the least flexible. There are only a few template choices and cannot be changed anymore.

Rating for display flexibility:

1. WordPress.org
2. Blogger
3. WordPress.com

Feature

If we look at the basic features as CMS, all three are equivalent. Can both create posts and pages, insert images, videos and other multimedia.

But bloggers have weaknesses:

1 restricted page can only be 1 MB in size. So you will not be able to make a page that contains a lot of images.

If we look at flexibility, WordPress.org excels.

On WordPress.org self hosted, you can add extra features with the help of plugins. There are hundreds of thousands of plugins that you can use for free.

Because it is open source, we can also modify all of its features.

Ratings for feature flexibility:

1. WordPress.org
2. Blogger
3. WordPress.com

Monetize with advertisements

Because many people who want to create a blog to earn money using ads (for example AdSense from Google), so I need to discuss this.

Here are the main things you need to know:

WordPress.com hosted does not allow installing Google AdSense.

So you can't get income from advertising if you use WordPress.com. But you can still get income in other ways such as selling products.

Read more like this for WordPress.com:

1. Advertising from advertising networks (AdSense and the like) is not permitted
2. But you are allowed to provide ad slots manually
3. Sponsored posts are also allowed
4. If your website is quite popular, you can install WordAds (a type of AdSense, owned by WordPress)
5. If you use WordPress VIP, advertising is allowed

While on Wordpress.org there are no problems because there is nothing set up, you can use AdSense or any advertising network.

For Blogger, because it's Google's own, you can.

Ownership and control

Because it is hosted, WordPress.com and Blogger have major problems:

The website is not 100% yours.

There are many limitations in it, including those mentioned earlier. Like can not change the template and add plugins.

Besides that, there is one more important thing ...

... your website can be deleted at any time without notice.

Although it's rare and impossible without a reason, WordPress.com and Blogger have the right to delete your website.

If it has been deleted, the website that you created is gone.

Cannot be returned again. Even the content that you have created cannot be retrieved.

The myths that often circulate

Because many people are considering choosing Blogger or WordPress, there is often incorrect information out there.

This is what you should pay attention ...

Here are some statements that are wrong but often mentioned:

Myth 1: WordPress.org is only for experienced people

WordPress.org self hosted does indeed require a little effort in the installation process.

But it is not difficult at all.

Even if you ask people who have already tried both of these platforms, Blogger and WordPress, they definitely say WordPress is easier to use.

Usually people like to say WordPress is complicated because there are scripts, databases, PHP codes, etc.

Even though you don't need to touch anything like that.

Myth 2: Blogger is safer than WordPress

At first glance it seems reasonable ...

... remembering because bloggers belong to a company as big as Google, while we build WordPress ourselves.

But the truth is not really.

WordPress Software is always updated regularly so that the security holes are tightly closed.

Both are equal.

Provided that you do not install pirated plugins or templates that are potentially infected with a virus.

After all, if your website is new, there will be no one who will casually hack into your website.

Myth 3: WordPress is often down or inaccessible

This is only if you choose an unclear hosting.

If you buy hosting that is commonly used by people, there will be no problem.

Myth 4: WordPress.org is often broken / error

Only if you are fiddling with the codes in it.

The reason why WordPress.com and Blogger can't be broken is because you can't change the code (other than HTML and CSS).

WordPress.org also will not be damaged if you do not tamper with things that you do not know its function.

Myth 5: Only WordPress.org users can succeed

Not true.

In terms of features, appearance, and flexibility, WordPress.org is indeed superior to others.

But WordPress.org-based websites have no special rights compared to Blogger in terms of content creation and marketing (other than branding).

What's important is the contents and the way we present the contents.

Blogger and WordPress.com can also be successful.

Although its features are limited, but if you can create quality content, then your website can definitely be successful.

Those are some popular CMS comparisons.

My writing above may seem to tend to choose WordPress.org over other options, but all I write objectively.

Continue to the next chapter ›

Learning WordPress: Steps to Make a Website with WordPress for Beginners

For people who want to learn how to create a website, WordPress is the best choice.

There are almost no website owners who don't know WordPress.

The reason is because it's free, its features are unlimited, and the learning process is very easy. Even if you have never held a computer before, you will be able to create a website in 5 minutes.

That's just a span of greatness WordPress.

In this series of guides you will learn the basics of WordPress, from installation to mastering its features.

In the next 30 minutes, you will also be able to create a WordPress-based website.

What is WordPress?

WordPress is a Content Management System (CMS) that is open source. In a language that is easier to understand, WordPress is a piece of software that will make it easier for you to create websites and manage content online.

Currently, WordPress is the most popular CMS in the world.

You yourself consciously or unconsciously must have visited the WordPress-based website. Naturally, because more than 25% of websites on the internet are made with WordPress.

Even the biggest websites in the world use WordPress.

Here are some of them:

Then what about Indonesia?

Indonesian ranks third as the language most widely used on WordPress with a percentage of 2.4%. It only loses to English and Spanish, which is used by many countries.

This means that there are so many WordPress-based websites in Indonesia.

Why is WordPress so popular?

The main reason is because the manufacturing process is very easy, as I stated earlier. Even people who are new to computers can create websites in 5 minutes with WordPress.

Apart from that, it's also free.

But that's not all, this is the main reason why large websites use WordPress:

1. With WordPress, we don't need to build a website from scratch so that a lot of time and energy can be saved
2. WordPress can be modified freely and without limits according to the needs of the website owner, both in appearance and features
3. Many themes and plugins are available so you can change the appearance and add features even though you don't know anything about programming
4. The learning process is very easy
5. WordPress continues to be developed and updated by millions of programmers in the world
6. WordPress has the largest user community. If you experience difficulties, the answer can be found easily on the internet

For these reasons, since 2003 until now WordPress has remained the most popular CMS.

At first, WordPress was only used to create a blog ...

... but now WordPress is also often used as a website with other functions, such as community sites, buying and selling, directories, portfolios, company profiles, and others.

That's a glimpse of WordPress.

Without further elaboration, let's start with the first chapter of this guide.

Continue to the next chapter

Free Blog Service Provider Site For Your Building Blog

Are you excited to start blogging and want to create a blog for free? This article will help you choose a free blog service provider site. Although it's free to display your blog, it can be quite okay. Here are some free blog service providers that you can use:

WordPress.com is my favorite. With the WordPress platform known as more SEO, you can easily choose your favorite theme as well as blog layout. Wordpress is a free blog service provider site that is very popular and widely used, wordpress can be used for a website. Wordpress was built with a PHP programming language and based on data (database) MySQL. Wordpress is very suitable for a commercial website or also for a buying and selling website. The advantage is very fast to use in terms of SEO (Search Engine Optimization) but the drawbacks can not be monetized before using your own domain.

Blogger.com is the place to make the most popular blogs and is now bought by Google. Blogger is so popular and widely used by internet users in the world, the blog service on this site is very easy to use, including for those of you who are newbies. It is great for learning more about blogging with a very user friendly dashboard. You can just register an account on google, then you can create a free blog. The advantages can already be monetized even though you have not used your own domain.

Tumblr.com is the simplest platform and is the easiest micro blogging platform. It only takes 1 minute to make it to then start blogging. Tumblr is also often used as a microblogging site and also a social network. Tumblr is a fun platform because it has a timeline page similar to Twitter, we can follow other blog accounts so that posts can appear on our timeline. We can post articles, quotes, images, videos, chat, and music on tumblr easily.

LiveJournal.com is a blog provider, this one is also quite large users, LiveJournal has a function that is more synonymous with webbly and tumblr than bloggers and wordpress. However, live journaling is also one of the good blogs to build a personal blog or your dummy blog which is certainly free.

Blogdetik.com is a free blog service provider from Indonesia, there is Blogdetik. This free blog provider site is under the banner of Detik.com, the first and largest online media site in Indonesia. The advantage of Blogdetik is that there are often events or events with attractive prizes and can be used to monetize even though Wordpress is based. Blogdetik provides a guide for beginners to do the technical steps to blog and keep updating all kinds of things related to the world of blogging through the column tips & tricks.

MyWapBlog.com is a blog service specifically for mobile phone users. This service provider is no different than WordPress and Blogger.

TypePad.com is a blog site that consists of two versions namely the pro version and the micro version. these two versions of course have a difference between capacity (storage) and its features.

Kompasiana. Another free blogging service provider from Indonesia is Kompasiana. Kompasiana is a subsidiary of Kompas Gramedia. The advantage is that there are many qualified writers with the impression that writing has more weight. The drawback is that the Kompasiana blog cannot be monetized.

Indonesiana. Free blogging service provider Indonesiana is a subsidiary of Tempo. This blog is used for citizen journalism from all over Indonesia. Weaknesses cannot be monetized.

Here is a list of other free blog service provider sites:

• http://www.webs.com
• http://www.yola.com
• http://blog.com
• http://www.jimdo.com
• http://blogsome.com
• http://edublogs.org
• http://knol.google.com
• http://squidoo.com
• http://viviti.com
• http://blog.co.uk
• http://diaryland.com
• http://gather.com
• http://hubpages.com
• http://opendiary.com
• http://thoughts.com
• http://www.wikipedia.org
• http://www.flickr.com
• http://www.ehow.com
• http://hubpages.com
• http://www.reddit.com
• http://upsaid.com
• http://tabulas.com
• http://tblog.com
• http://shoutpost.com
• http://blogskinny.com
• http://blogeasy.com
• http://blogstream.com
• http://blogstudio.com
• http://blogtext.org
• http://insanejournal.com
• http://www.wikispaces.com
• http://www.webs.com
• http://bravenet.com
• http://my.opera.com
• http://multiply.com
• http://www.xanga.com
• http://www.blogsome.com
• http://www.jimdo.com
• http://www.bigadda.com
• http://www.wetpaint.com
• http://www.blogspirit.com
• http://www.opendiary.com
• http://www.blogdrive.com
• http://gather.com
• http://blog.com
• http://www.blog.co.uk
• http://20six.co.uk
• http://blog.ca
• http://blurty.com

About Blog History

Jhon Barger was the first to introduce the name of the blog in 1997. He used the term weblog to refer to a group of personal websites that are constantly updated and contain links to other websites that they find interesting accompanied by their own comments. While the pitas site (www.pitas.com) is the site that first created an online and free blogging service in July 1999. One month later, in August 1999, a disanfransisco company called pyra laboratory (www.pyra.com) launched a service blogger (www.blogger.com) which until now has become one of the biggest blogger services on the internet. The service allows anyone with basic knowledge of html and web programming to create their own blogs for free online.

With the ease of service provided by several sites that manage the blog, the development of bloggers is also increasing rapidly. according to statistics released by the blogger.com site, the number of users using their services is growing by around 20-40% per month. After blogger.com and pitas developed quite rapidly, a variety of online blogging services were provided by several sites, such as Groukoup (www.grouksoup.com) or edithispage (www.edithispage.com). Since then, blogs have been increasing rapidly so that it is increasingly difficult to follow them.

The first blog is most likely the "What's New" page on the Mosaic browser created by Marc Andersen in 1993. Mosaic was the first browser before Internet Explorer even before Nestcape. In January 1994 Justin Hall started his personal website "Justin’s Home Page" which later changed to "Links from the Underground" which might be called the first Blog as we know it today. Until 1998, the number of blogs that were still very small. This is because at that time special expertise and knowledge was needed about creating websites, HTML, and web hosting to create a Blog, so that only those involved in the field of the Internet, System Administrator or Web Designer who then in their spare time created their own Blogs.

Types of Blogs

Since the discovery of the blog until now, the type of blog continues to grow, which was originally only personal is now becoming more diverse. The following are the types of blogs that can be classified from the many blogs that are on the internet:

• Political blogs: blogs that contain information about politics, both profiles, political campaigns, and propaganda.
• Personal Blog: Individual blogs that usually contain articles according to the interests and hobbies of the blog owner
• Blog stubs: blogs that are discussed discussing certain topics, for example discussing photography, online business, programming, and others.
• Health blog: a blog that talks about health information.
• Literary blog: a blog that contains articles related to literature and art, both local, regional, national and international.
• Travel blog or Traveling: a blog that discusses tourism information for traveling hobbies.
• Research or research blog: Blog that contains product surveys, results of problem analysis, research journals and research belonging to individuals and research institutions, both private and government.
• Legal Blog: Blog that discusses legal and criminal cases
• Media blog: a blog about the latest information in a print and electronic media.
• Religious blog: a blog that contains religious articles.
• Educational blog: a blog that contains opinions about education, or a blog owned by an educational institution.
• Blog Hint (directory).
• Business blog: a blog that contains information and references about online and online business, information about business opportunities, currency exchange rates and business investment.
• Disturbing blogs (spam.)
• Fashion blog: Blogs containing updated fashion developments, hair styles, the latest clothing models, etc.

Pengertian Tentang Apa itu blog?

Sebagian besar Dari Anda Semua pastilah tentu sudah tahu apa itu nge-Blog atau Website Pribadi dan bagaimana bentuknya.

Tentu saja dari kalian yang membaca ini juga sebagian belum begitu mengenal apa itu nge-Blog atau Website Pribadi.

Kalian yang membaca ini tidak ada salahnya jika kita mengenal definisi nge-Blog atau Website Pribadi itu sendiri.

- Harvard University –

Blog merupakan singkatan Dari Web Log[1] adalah bentuk aplikasi website dengan berbentuk tulisan-tulisan (yang dimuat sebagai posting) pada sebuah halaman Website. Tulisan-tulisan ini seringkali dimuat dalam urutan terbalik (isi terbaru dahulu sebelum diikuti isi yang lebih lama), meskipun tidak selamanya demikian. Situs website seperti ini biasanya dapat diakses oleh semua pengguna web sesuai dengan topik dan tujuan Dari Kalian yang membaca ini si pengguna  nge-Blog atau Website Pribadi tersebut.

- Wikipedia -

"Sebuah publikasi kronologis yang sering tentang pikiran seseorang dan dalam bentuk link web"

- Marketingterms dictionary-

"Sebuah nge-Blog atau Website Pribadi pada dasarnya adalah sebuah jurnal rule tersedia di Website.

Kegiatan memperbarui journal adalah 'blogging' dan seseorang rule membuat sebuah journal adalah'blogger'. Blog biasanya diperbarui harian menggunakan software yang memungkinkan orang dengan sedikit atau tidak ada latar belakang teknis untuk memperbarui dan memelihara blog. Posting di blog hampir selalu diatur dalam urutan kronologi terkini dengan penambahan fitur yang paling menonjol.

- Matisse.net/glossary -

Blog adalah singkatan dari weblog. Blog adalah jenis situs web yangdikembangkan dan dikelola oleh individu dengan mengunakan perangkat lunak (software) online atau Platform host yang sangat mudah pengguna, dengan ruang untuk menulis. Blog menampilkan publikasi online instan dan mengajak publik untuk membaca dan memberikan umpan balik sebagai komentar.

- Gween Solomon -

Blog adalah semacam buku harian/diary online. Pemilik blog biasanya menuliskan berbagai catatannya kedalam blog miliknya, seperti halnya buku harian. Hasil dari tulisan tersebut dapat dilihat olah pengunjung secara online. Selain itu pengunjung blog juga bisa memberikan komentarnya pada postingan/tulisan pemilik blog. Selain tulisan dapat pula ditambahkan gambar, video, bahkan bisa pula mengupload file. Sehingga pengunjung blog dapat mendownload file yang pemilik blog muat. Berbagai penyedia layanan blog diantaranya adalah blogger.com, wordpress.com, tumblr.com, weebly.com, dll.

Blog biasanya memiliki beberapa fitur yang sangat berguna baik bagi pemilik blog maupun pengunjung berupa informasi-informasi penting maupun respon dari pengunjung berdasarkan postingan yang dimuat didalamnya.

Istilah-istilah  dalam dunia Blog

• Ngeblog yaitu istilah bahasa Indonesia untuk aktivitas blogging.

• Template yaitu tampilan halaman web yang berisi elemen-elemen blog.

• Blogger artinya pemilik blog.

• Blogwalking yaitu aktivitas kunjungan blogger ke blog lain sesama blogger.

• ProBlogger yaitu orang yang menjadikan blog sebagai sumber hidupnya.

• Blogosphere yaitu kumpulan blog yang saling berkaitan.

• Visitor yaitu pengunjung blog.