How to practice SEO with my own site?

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[Danish-M]

Best way is to build your own site. Buy a cheap domain and hosting, pick a niche you enjoy, do keyword research, publish optimized content, and track in GSC/GA4. Promote with guest posts, forums, socials. A blog works best since you control everything. Treat it as a sandbox to test and learn.

[lew1s666]

Start on YouTube. I would start with Local SEO. Find some family or friend local business and tell him you want to improve his website and Google Business Profile. Learn while you do action.

[askoshbetter]

1. buy a domain (it can be the cheapest one you can find, but .com would be best)

2. Find the cheapest website hosting / builder you can

* Ensure you have SSL/https
* A privacy policy
* Site terms and conditions
* A cookie policy (your host may provide one or you may be able to get one for free)

3. Set-up google search console

4. Start publishing content (NOT AI SLOP), this will actually hurt you. — Try different focus long-tail keywords — you should be able to rank in days or weeks.

[someonesopranos]

Using Developer tools

[FloopinPigs]

After working on multiple clients’ and businesses’ websites for over a decade, I actually did this exact thing to get a holistic view of website development and digital marketing (and give myself an opportunity to make a website about something I’m **personally** passionate about) so I 100% recommend doing this.

It’s honestly eye opening to see everything develop from a seed of an idea to a fully operational website.

As far as “how” – just kinda what you mentioned:

* Buy a domain and hosting
* Setup everything that you would normally recommend for a client (analytics, search console, blog, etc.)
* Then try to apply and build upon everything that you’re already are familiar with (keyword research, link building, etc.)

From my personal experience, I think it will serve as a great learning opportunity and at the end you have something that you can not only look back on and be proud of, but it can serve as an example of your work to future clients.

It might seem odd btw, but I don’t really recommend looking for too much “guidance” on it though until you’re maybe finished and ready to go live with your first draft. If you’re not finding out the problems and solutions for yourself during the process – you’re depriving yourself of a lot of potential learning experiences.

Just my two cents though, good luck!

[tootac]

You definitely should buy a domain, simplest hosting and maybe a wordpress blog.

[scoToBAGgins]

Go to facebook. Search “contractor” sort by groups and find contractors who are posting about finding work or whatever.
View their page and see if they have a website.
If they don’t, message them and say you’ll make one for like $50 per month. You’re working in SEO and improving site visibility.

Run this whole thing through ChatGPT for a better message. But you get where I’m going.  

[2pongz]

Go with a niche you’re knowledgeable about, something that you actually enjoy and have something worth hearing. If not, you better be elite at spinning and repackaging existing content that drives results.

Lastly, there has to be monetization potential on the niche and business model you’re targeting. Doing this will keep your motivation high and you’re actually practicing to get actual business results aka revenue, not vanity metrics like traffic and impressions.

Best case scenario, you’ll earn a good money on the side that can compete with your day job.