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The next step is to verify your identity.  
You can do this via SMS text message where a code will be sent to your phone or through Voice call where an automated call will be made to your phone.

Click on “Select a country” and select your country e.g Nigeria. Then enter your phone number in the box below it. The phone number should be in international format. To get the international format of your Nigerian number, remove the starting zero in your number and replace it with +234 like so (+234 is the country phone code for Nigeria):

Concerning the network to use, 

we have found out that an MTN number receives the verification codes instantly while Glo may delay. We’ve not yet tried Zain. Note that Starcomms, Multilinks and other CDMA numbers may not always work so my advice is that you use an MTN line for fastest results. It’s not a must that it has to be your own number because this is just for verification purposes only.

But if you don’t have access to an MTN line then you can try any of the other networks.

After entering your number in the correct format, click on “Send verification code to my mobile phone”

If the number is not in the correct format, you will get an error message and you will need to enter the number again. But if the format is correct then you will see the following screen:

You will receive a text message from Google containing your verification code. If the code does not arrive immediately, wait for a few minutes. If it still doesn’t come after a long time then you may have to try another number. To do this, click on “try sending it again” and enter another number and repeat the previous process. When you receive the code, enter it in the box above and click on “Verify”

Note: Sometimes when you try to verify your account by following the instructions above, you may see that only phone verification is available (no SMS) under verification options. At other times, you may get a message that your country is not supported.

If you do not see the SMS option, you can go ahead and use the phone verification option instead. In this case, a phone call will be made to the number you enter and as soon as you answer the call, a voice will start calling out the code numbers so before answering the call you should be prepared with a pen and paper to write down the code.

If you get the message that your country is not supported, it means Google is probably doing some maintenance work therefore you have to wait for 24 hours and try again the next day. If you still get the same message, try again few days after.

If you enter the code correctly and there are no mistakes, you should see the following screen where you are required to enter the name that you want to use for your blog.

Now remember earlier on I said that you have to choose a name for your blog, this is where you enter that name which you have chosen. You must also enter a title for your blog under “Blog Title”

Before going ahead, let me talk about the Blog title a bit. The Blog title is a very important aspect of your blog because it plays a huge role in determining how easily people will find your website when they search. In conjunction with the blog address, the Blog title is among the most important aspects of your blog.

The title you use for your blog should not be too long and could be between 5 to 15 words long. This title can be changed at any time after creating the blog but it’s not advisable to change it frequently, if at all.

It is important here to point out that whatever subject your blog is talking about, the title ought to be related to that subject. In the examples given above and on the previous page, the first is for a job blog, the second is for a news site, the third is a personal blog and the fourth is also for a job blog.

After entering the Blog title, the next thing is to enter the blog address. As shown in the image, what you enter here this is the part of your blog address that will appear before .blogspot.com.

For example, if you picked nigerianjobseeker as your blog name, then that is what you have to enter here. In the end, the full website address of your blog will be www.nigerianjobseeker.blogspot.com. This is what you or other people must type to visit your blog. Remember that since this is a free name, you must always include the .blogspot.com for it to work.

Assuming that the name you chose for your blog (as discussed earlier) is nigerianjobs, then under blog address, you should enter nigerianjobs

To know if this name is still available, you can click on “Check Availability” and it will tell you whether that name has already been used by another person or not.