I will be writing articles about how I set up the blogs for sale so when you purchase a blog it will be like you were in on it from the beginning. The way a blog is developed is very important in how it will ultimately perform. Once I have done some keyword research and purchased a domain name, I set the site up with WordPress. You can read all about this process by reading “Create a Blog You Can be Proud Of” on My Newbie Blog which details how to create a blog.

Theme Selection

There are lot of options when it comes to choosing a theme for your site. WordPress offers a wide variety of free themes for you to choose from. There are also a lot of really nice themes that you can purchase for between $50 and $100 dollars. If you really want to go the extra mile you can have a theme custom made for you but this can easily cost $1000 or more. Start with a free theme. The themes that you buy are usually a lot harder to work with. A free theme will help you to learn about site maintenance and then if you decide to go with a paid option you will be better able to maintain it. Today I am going to put new themes on two of the sites.

Hot Technology Online (www.hottechnologyonline.com)

For Hot Technology Online I went with a theme called Tech-Land. It is a nice looking, simple, two column theme that is widgetized. Once I pick a theme I like to run through it to check and make sure it fits well for SEO. Here is what the site looks like with it’s new theme:

Today’s Technology (www.todaystechnology.info)

For Todays Technology I went with a theme called Hight-Tech. This is another nice looking, simple, two column, widgetized theme. I have made a couple of changes to help with SEO. The sites new theme looks like this:

If the blog you are interested in isn’t written about in this article, it will be written about somewhere along the way. Writing about the development of the blog’s is an SEO tool for getting the sites linked and noticed. Each one of the blogs will go through the exact same ppocess. In our next article we will add some pages to the blog and get ready to post the first article.