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Adding a blog to an existing site

Adding a blog to an existing site adds a full blog: articles with categories, tags, search and SEO-friendly markup. It is the technical foundation for search traffic; real traffic comes only if you publish articles regularly — without them a blog brings none.

Price
$6,000
Duration
usually from 1 to 3 weeks depending on the design

Adding a blog to an existing site — overview

Adding a blog to an existing site — price, timeline & scope

Adding a blog is adding a section for articles to an existing site: a feed and article pages, categories and tags, author and date, related materials, blog search, RSS and an SEO foundation (human-readable URLs, meta tags, Article markup, a sitemap, breadcrumbs). The blog is built into your site’s design, and you can manage it without coding — through a convenient editor. Why it is needed: articles on clients’ questions bring traffic from search, show expertise and warm people up to buying. Honestly and importantly: a blog is the engine, and the fuel is regular articles. Without content it brings no search traffic; we build the platform, while filling it is on you or copywriters (writing articles is a separate service, not included in this one). If you are not ready to publish regularly, the blog will not pay off, and we will say so upfront. Picture this: a business-card site found only by its name; we add a blog, you publish answers to clients’ frequent questions — and the site gradually starts coming up in search on those topics. The base price starts from 30,000 ₽ for a standard blog section with an SEO foundation; a complex custom design, integrations, migration of old articles and multilingual support are estimated separately.

Problems we solve

  • The site is found only by its name — there are no pages for clients’ queries, no organic traffic.
  • There is nowhere to show expertise — no place for articles, cases, answers to questions.
  • Ads are the only source of traffic, and it is expensive; there is no organic from search.
  • There is no blog or it is broken (no categories, tags, SEO) — publishing is inconvenient, it does not get into search.

What's included in the Adding a blog to an existing site service

  • A blog section in your site’s design: a feed and article pages
  • Categories, tags, author, date, related articles
  • A convenient editor: publishing without coding, images, formatting
  • An SEO foundation: human-readable URLs, meta tags, Article markup, a sitemap, breadcrumbs
  • Blog search, RSS and linking articles to services/products (links to sales)
  • Responsive, fast loading; optionally — comments, subscription, sharing
  • Migration of the first articles if you already have them on the site
  • What is NOT included: writing the articles themselves — that is content, done by you, your authors or copywriting (a separate service)

What you get

  • The site gets pages for clients’ queries — the technical foundation for search traffic (traffic grows with regular publishing)
  • There is a place to show expertise — articles, cases, answers to questions
  • Publishing is convenient — an editor without coding, everything gets into search correctly
  • The blog leads the reader to services and products — not just articles, but a path to a sale

How the work goes: steps

  • You leave a request and describe the topics and the desired design
  • We design the blog structure (categories, the article template) and build it into the site
  • We set up SEO and the editor, migrate the first articles (if any), and launch

Why PDV Expert

  • Fixed price and timeline — no surprises on the invoice.
  • Report and recommendations in plain language — clear without a technical background.
  • In touch at every step and answering questions about the result.

FAQ

  • Will the blog bring traffic by itself?

    By itself — no, and promising an instant boost would be dishonest. A blog is a platform, and traffic comes from articles on real client queries, published regularly and well. We build the right SEO engine (URLs, markup, speed), but you need to fill it with content — yourself or with copywriters. Without articles the blog brings no traffic.

  • How is this different from writing articles?

    We make the blog itself — the section, templates, the SEO foundation, the editor. Writing articles is a separate job (content) that you, your authors do, or that you order as copywriting; texts are not included in this service. We can suggest structure and topics, but this service is about the platform, not the texts.

  • Shouldn’t I make a new site instead of a blog?

    If the current site works fine, a blog is simpler and cheaper to add to it than to redo everything. But if the site is old and hard to grow, sometimes a migration or a redesign is more worthwhile — we will assess honestly and say what is more reasonable in your case.

About the provider

The «Adding a blog to an existing site» service is provided by PDV Expert — a team specialising in «Website creation and improvement». We work under contract and deliver a written report with recommendations.

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