STEP BY STEP GUIDE TO GETTING YOUR SITE ONLINE IN IBADAN

Do you reside in Ibadan, Oyo state? Do you stay in any of these cities Molete, Eleyele, Bodija, Agodi, Oluyole, Iyaganku, Onikere ? Are you planning to be a blogger or get your website online?
Then you’re in the right place as we have compiled a detailed step-by-step practical guide that helps you get your website online in Ibadan.

If you need an expert to help you with this task, in Agbowo complex alone there are over fifty web developers and computer gurus that can help you handle your site designing needs. Also, there are professional website designers in Molete, Ikolaba, Bodija and many other places in Ibadan.

However, if you prefer to go through the huddles yourself, follow these step-by-step guides and get your website or blog online.

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   Choose a domain name / Url

The very first step to do to create a website or blog and get it running online is to create a domain name. For a beginner like you, I understand you might be wondering what a domain name could be . do not panic. We have simplified the term and given examples for you.

What is a Domain name/Url?

A domain name is the address of your website. It is that name people type or see on the URL bar to find your blog or website.
Let say the domain name of this website you’re reading this article from is “https://www.habanaija.com/”

How can you purchase a domain name?

2. Registered your domain name / URL

A domain name can be registered through your host provider or a domain registrar. In some instances, a domain name is often provided for free by hosting companies or website builders. For you to get a domain name, you have to pay an annual fee to register the domain name.

3. Host your website on a web hosting company

Get a web host and sign up for an account. Look at Web hosts as a company that has many computers connected to the internet. When you place your web pages on their computers, anybody online will see it.

The following are what to look in for before registering in a hosting company

• Make sure the hosting service offers good reliability and speed
• Find out how to contact them if you need help and make sure they offer excellent customer service.
• Make sure the hosting service gives you lots of storage space
• Check to see if the hosting service allows you to access your website.
• You should read our article on SSD web hosting, to see if that is your best option.

Well, that’s just a tip of an ice-burg, when getting your website or blog online, the next steps will help you get better.

4. Design your website or blog.

As soon as you can get your domain name and web host, you need to design your website.
There are CMS( Content Management System ) tools used to design a website. Which are the following

• WordPress
• Wix
• Joomla
• Drupal

Over the years, it has been observed that for beginners, WordPress, is still one of the easiest to use for those who do have previous knowledge of designing a website. Hence, we’d advise you to install WordPress software to design your website.

Install a WordPress

When creating a website, starting a blog or building an eCommerce website for business, the first thing to do is to install software that will allow you to manage and customize your website to your fancy. WordPress is a great tool that helps you to run the back end of your website.

Well, fortunately for you, the good news is that not only is WordPress free, but it has also been widely regarded as one of the best tools around software platforms available for creating websites.

The WordPress software is easy to use, flexible and helps you to design your website to be good looking and attractive to potential users.
It has been established that most of the most popular websites in the world use WordPress software at their back ends.

Choose a theme for your website

There are a series of both free and premium (paid) themes available for WordPress that enables you to choose the design that suits the functionality of your website.

5. Configure your website

Now that you have chosen a preferable theme for your website, the next step is to configure your website to make it easy for your website visitors i.e give them a better experience when visiting your website.

Website experts have said that it is much to choose two or three colors for your website. Riot colors on your website can turn off visitors from your website. I.e it might give a very bad experience for users on your website.

6. Add content to your website

They say “content is king”. I am afraid this assertion is true! This is the most important part where you need to write quality content for your users.

Writing good content helps to get quality traffic to your website and rank better on the SERPs. Once you are through with the design of your site, then what remains is testing the site on several browsers like Firefox, Opera, Chrome and Safari. You must do this testing throughout the design process.

Once you are sure the site is browser-friendly, you can make plans to let your site get noticed by the world through submission to Google or Bing.

7. Let people know your website is online

Getting people to know your website is online takes a bit of more work, it could be stressful, but I bet you, the entire process is worth giving a shot.

Here is the list of listed steps to get a website noticed in Ibadan.

Improve the technical component of the website.

Make sure the technical components of your site are optimized. When doing this, check the technical components of your websites first.

Have a site map:

without a site-map on a website, it is very hard for Google or other search engine platforms to index your website. If you do not have one already, I’ll advise you to create one.

Ensure that your website is responsive:

you’ll agree with me people search on Mobile phones than on desktops. If your website is not user-friendly, for searchers around Ibadan, it means that Google might not likely index your website. You have to ensure that your website is user friendly on a smaller screen. You can find out if your site is responsive by using Google’s Mobile Mobile-friendly test https://search.google.com/test/mobile-friendly

8. Check your website speed and ensure that your website is fast:

have you ever tried clicking a website on the search engine pages and observed that the site was slow to loading, I’ll assume you will be frustrated and bounce back to the SERPs, Yes that’s what happens when your website is slow. Therefore, ensure that your website page is very fast to give your users a very good experience.

9. Target long-tail keywords for your website pages:

long-tail keywords are more beneficial for paid and organic search results.

10. Structure your website pages for Google search:

ensure that your website pages are structured for Google to index properly.

11. Get online directories:

to get your website online, get your site listed on online directories

12. Other ways of getting your website online in Ibadan include :

• Get verified by Google
• Create quality contents
• Optimize your images
• Use Google Ads
• Post on social media platforms
• Encourage people to share your content
• FAQ
• Track and target your traffic