Blogging is a fun and interesting way to express yourself. It can be something you do just as a creative outlet, or you can even turn it into a full-time job if you’re willing to put in the time and effort. However, blogging does come with a few challenges that are important to consider if you want to get the most out of it. For instance, protecting your blog is something that you should be focusing on, especially if you’re in it for the long haul.

But what exactly does “protecting” your blog mean?

In some contexts, protecting your blog could mean having a strong and reliable security system so that people can’t just walk in and start changing your posts. To others, protecting it could mean safeguarding your intellectual property to ensure that nobody steals your ideas and content. In reality, all of these things are considered protecting your blog.

Unique Ways To Protect Your Blog That You Might Have Overlooked

Protecting your blog with a robust backup system

As a blogger, your most important asset is the content that you’ve created. If something catastrophic were to happen, such as all of your WordPress content being accidentally deleted or a server failure causing you to lose your data, then all of your assets are gone.

To prevent this, it’s important to have a robust backup system that allows you to quickly and painlessly restore all of your content should something happen. Don’t take risks and just get a reliable WordPress backup solution. The likelihood of this happening is fairly low, but it’s not completely impossible. You may eventually need to restore a backup and a hardware failure isn’t the only reason for this.

Protecting your blog from a content drought

Your blog relies on its content to draw in audiences and entertain readers. When you first get started, you might have loads of great ideas just waiting to be explored. But as you start using up those ideas one by one, you might find yourself running out of content sooner than you’d anticipated. This is a surprisingly common problem but there are a few ways to overcome it.

For starters, you could try keeping a document filled with ideas as they pop into your head. Then you can start ticking off ideas that you’ve written about to avoid duplicate content. You can put together images and photographs or even links to other content that inspired you to think up those ideas. It might also help to branch out of your comfort zone to try writing about new things that you’re not accustomed to.

Protecting yourself from burnout and boredom

Working on any kind of creative pursuit can eventually lead to burnout if you’re not careful. People that regularly blog need to think up loads of ideas and write about many things, and this can start draining you if you’re not careful. It helps to slow down a bit and give yourself some time to relax between writing, especially if the posts you write require a lot of research and fact-checking to ensure their quality.

You could also get bored of blogging, especially if it’s not going anywhere and you’re running out of ideas fast. But if you get bored of blogging, it’s worth taking a break or looking at your ideas and content to see if there’s something more interesting or unique that you can write about. Taking a break is never a bad idea and as long as you let your audience know that you’ll be slowing down content, they’ll understand and still check your blog now and then.

Protecting your blog posts from plagiarism

There are a lot of bad actors on the internet who may attempt to steal your content and claim it as their own. If they’re smart, they’ll copy the content and change it slightly to avoid being picked up by plagiarism detection software. However, some people will blatantly steal your content and put their name on it. Finding this content can be difficult, but if you do come across it then there may be ways to deal with it.

First, simply send an email to the website or blog and tell them the situation. Being polite at the beginning is the best option as you never want to engage in conflict. There may be situations where a website hosts content without realizing that one of its writers copied your content and would be more than happy to remove it. Ideally, you won’t want to engage in legal action because the costs and stress involved may be overwhelming.

Final Thoughts

Protecting your blog takes some thought and care. While you may think that your blog is too small to worry about, you should indeed be prepared. Remember, every blog began with a single post, then blossomed into something much bigger! I started with a single post a decade ago, and 500+ posts later, here I am.

The best time to consider blog protection is today. 

Ciao,
Miss Kemya