Blog Pinging Here's one of the reasons I believe that WordPress is a great option for blogging.
WordPress has a built in "Ping" option that will notify all the major blogging and RSS feed directories that you've made a new post on your blog.
This is automatically activated in the "Writing" section of Word Press.
If you scroll to the bottom of the "Writing" section you will see a section called "Update Services".
Whenever you make a post on your blog, this option sends out a notification to all the blogging directories that you have made a new post and they usually automatically index it.
Each time you make a post this ping is automatically done ensuring that your feed is sent.
Blogging Regularly Now that we've got the theme setup, the URLs for all your posts being search engine friendly, your pings being automated, the next step is to start blogging.
Here comes the tough part, what am I blogging about? It's important that your blog be about something you actually have knowledge on, and can write about fluently.
For example if your site is about recipes, you can have your blog posts related to anything about recipes, perhaps experiences you have had while preparing dishes, etc.
When blogging remember you must be very personable, friendly and seem easy to talk to.
The reason for this is that with each post you make you are trying to elicit a response from users.
With WordPress you have the option to enable comments.
By having comments on your blog enabled, it increases your popularity rating.
The search engines will visit and update your blog more often as it is constantly changing by having new content.
I recommend that in each blog post you make, that you always ask questions, request feedback to ensure that the people viewing your blog find a reason to actually post a comment.