It has been TWO YEARS since thewordyhabitat dot com was born (I was on .wordpress.com for a couple of years and then on .in for a year) but it lowkey feels like forever. This is going to be a rambly and personal post about my experience as a blogger over the last 7 years, how self-hosting changed things, how blogging has been lately, and what I'm looking forward to. Get a drink and settle down to catch up with me!| the wordy habitat
Over the past year, I've streamlined my SEO strategy and process so that I can almost predict how each of my posts will rank and know how to make them rank higher. Since I love sharing my blogging knowledge with y'all, I figured that it's high time I write about SEO.| the wordy habitat
If you're a blogger (or otherwise!) wondering whether to self-host and whether to choose BlueHost, you've come to the right place. I'm talking about ALL the things.| the wordy habitat
I'm super excited to share them with you. I have a lot of thoughts to share about my 2022 blog statistics. I'm sure you will love seeing the numbers and patterns with me too!| the wordy habitat
The best part of having a self-hosted blog is the ability to use plugins. Sure, having a custom theme matters highly but good plugins make maintaining a blog so easy. You can do most of these things yourself but it's much easier to use a plugin and save your time.| the wordy habitat
While formatting does not always take readability into account, they go hand-in-hand. It can make your blog posts more readable or can turn readers away from your blog.| the wordy habitat
Planning and drafting blog posts take a lot of time. Once I started to draft and write blog posts using Notion, I found it so convenient.| the wordy habitat
Or as I like to call it: here's what I decided to do on a whim! (x2) It's been a long time since I wrote an impromptu post, let alone an announcement post. I think the last time was when I went self-hosted which was a whole four years ago. It feels a bit weird to write out of my head without having notes or a proper idea of what I want this post to be but I'm happy to write impromptu. I have no idea if this is going to be a short or a long post. Knowing myself, it'll end up being long. I'm ju...| the wordy habitat
Congrats, you're already one step there by reading this post. The main requirement to do something is wanting to do it. It will push you to work on it and find ways to do it. To develop a reading habit, you must want to create one first.| the wordy habitat
