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Blogging Mistakes: Avoid these Mistakes

February 24, 2010 · Posted in Blogging 

Here are some common blogging mistakes. Avoid these mistakes and you’re well on your way to a more successful blog. While blogging is something a lot of people enjoy doing, when it comes to trying to make money with a blog, there are a couple things you’ll want to keep in mind.

5 Blogging Mistakes to Avoid

Hiding What Your Blog Is About

From a simple About page to a tagline located in the header, there are a number of ways to get the message to your visitors what your blog is about. Hiding the true subject, or making it vague, is a sure way to lose readers.

Posting Large Blocks Of Text

While books are quite popular with many people, blogs are not books. People tend to scan through a website, picking out headlines and boldface phrases, to determine what is on the page and if they should go back and read it more thoroughly right now or at a later date. When the page is covered with endless text, many people will look for more reader friendly blogs to spend time at.

Taking Control Of The Reader’s Browser

There are commands you can use when designing your blog that will resize the reader’s browser window, open links in new windows, or cause a pop-up advertisement to appear. In general it is a bad idea to not let the reader control how they view your content. If they want to resize the window, they will. If they want to open a link in a new window, they will. Triggering pop-up windows that obscure the content the reader wants to see can cause people to leave your blog and never come back.

Overusing Flash - Blech!

There are a number of very interesting and visually pleasing things that can be done with Flash technology. Filling your blog with too much Flash content though can make it extremely slow to load and could also irritate some readers.

Using Wild and Bright Fonts And Font Colors

While you may think that a particular font looks very cool and than a particular color is really attention grabbing, it is also possible that the font is hard to read and the color is somewhat painful to look. Brightly colored text is one of the top complaints that people have about websites. A standard of a darker text color being written across a lighter background is successful for a reason, it is easier to read.

Focused, interesting writing works best when it comes to blogging. There are a plenty of things that you can do to make your blog stand out from the crowd. There are also a number of things you can do that in the end will losing you readers. Don’t do anything to the design of your blog that makes it harder to read, difficult to look at, or annoying to browse through. Design your blog to be as user friendly as possible!

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