Joomla! was not built to be a blog in its basic form, unlike WordPress. However, Joomla! has a built-in layout function called Blog layout that can be used for sections and categories. RSS Feeds are also built in, but we need to put an extra component in place to get a commenting system.
First things first, let's set up the basic structure of your Joomla! based blog.
The first thing you need to do is to come up with a section name for your blog.
You already have an extended keywords list, so it should not be difficult to set up a blog. In my example site I have set up a Section called Garden Pools Blog and the Alias I want to use is garden-pools.
This alias is going to be included in the SEF URL and contains some of the keywords I want to target with the blog.
Once that is ready, you need to create the main categories, which of course will be the main topics of your blog section.