Create a Local Online News Website that is Community-Driven
The introduction of blogs has made it much easier to create a local online news site that is community-driven than when using a traditional website.
Blog Platform
Install WordPress on your new domain, or subdomains of your domain. For indexing and ranking purposes, it is best to use a new domain for your local online news site that's geared towards the community
You can choose and install from thousands of themes freely available online a WordPress theme that is suitable for your local news, community-driven, conservative news today.
Customize the look of your local news site and community-driven website.
Your new local news site, based on community, is now up and running.
Indexing
There are many SEO (search engine optimization) techniques that you can use to improve your ranking and indexing. You'll at least need a link to your website from a web page that is regularly spidered by the search engines
You can do this by linking to your home page
You can also join one or more social networking sites and submit your news website online It would be beneficial to submit your local, community-driven, online news website URL in several directories These submissions for your local, online news website that is community-
driven will not only help you get indexed but will also increase your SEO score. This will improve your ranking on the search engine result pages (SERPs)
After all this work, your local online news website will be ready to be spidered and indexed by the SEs once you start publishing local news.
Getting Started
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News Sources
There are two main sources for community news, apart from your own stories: Press releases. * Submissions from community groups.
Press Releases
There are three levels in Australia: local, State and Federal Each will release frequent press releases Press releases from state and federal governments will be available not only on the websites of the respective governments, but also the websites of the various parties and politicians
Attention to press releases from your local members, state and federal. This includes those in government, opposition, minor parties or independents. Check out regularly the press releases from government ministers who are responsible for portfolios that interest your readers or fit in with your editorial style
Press releases are often issued by local businesses and industries, as well as groups with special interests such as environmental groups.
Community Group Submissions
It takes a lot more effort to get submissions from community groups for your online local news website These will be the most interesting to your readers, and your readership will grow as a result of the contacts made with locals. Community group submissions are, of course at the core of your stated goal of providing an online news service that is communitydriven.
Find a local directory of sport and community groups. If you have their email addresses, send them an email. Most likely, they won't.
If necessary, you can also write to them via snail mail. They will see your e-mail for news submissions, reducing the chance of mistakes
Give your email address on a flyer or business card to the secretaries of community groups
The least effective option is to phone community groups. They may not be able to find your local online news site or your e mail address.
Edition Frequency
You can decide to publish your news at regular intervals (once or twice a month, for example) or as you receive them Online news services have the advantage over print newspapers in that they can update current news on a regular basis. Older news articles will be pushed to the bottom of your home page and the most recent news will appear at the top
Publication of your Opening Edition
It may be necessary at first to only publish press releases in order to establish some credibility as an online source of news. Once your local online news site is viewed as viable by the community, you can start a community group submission campaign.