7 Dumb Blogging Mistakes To Avoid!
Here are a few crappy mistakes bloggers often make, including me, that should be avoided:
- Changing the title of a blog post after it’s been published. This is a bad idea if subscribers get e-mail notifications or what not of new posts you make. It would most likely confuse the hell out of people.
- Using bad grammar–Everyone does this:D It’s important to you make sure that your grammar is in check.
- Using Bad Post Titles…Some bloggers use titles that are either to short or go to the next extreme and tell tell the whole story. In my opinion, titles need to grab the user’s attention. People are usually swayed by their feelings(well duh!). The best titles are the ones that stir up feelings, in one way or another. For example: a controversial title, “FireFox3 Sucks?” for a post that defends Firefox.
- Not using tags reasonably. Try to insert tags that are relevant. Not using enough tags defeats the point and using too many is considered spam.
- Copy ‘n Paste a link then post. There are too many bloggers who will just paste a link or video, not adding any of thier own words or content to the post. I think this is stupid and worthless.
- Not adding enough content to a post. Posting articles that exceed the syndication/feed word limit cause people to click future to the entire post. Try to write at least a paragraph or more in each post.
- Post Now, Find Erros Later.
Hope these help!
-Clinton
September 18, 2008 at 12:46 pm
Guilty as charged, for 1,2,4 and 7. I can’t help it my fingers won’t listen to my brain.
September 18, 2008 at 2:15 pm
Haha, me to. I just noticed that I typed “article” wrong in one of my tags -fixed.
It’s always hard not to make spelling or grammar mistakes. Previewing on different backgrounds seems to catch a lot of errors. Don’t know why but it does.
September 18, 2008 at 3:22 pm
I find the spelling checker in the Google Toolbar to be extremely useful–I still make typos from time to time, but *way* less than before I started using the Google Toolbar.
Broken links, broken images, missing alt text, etc. also contribute to overall content quality and are important to stay on top of if you’re really want a high quality site. There’s a pretty good post about that here:
Don’t Cut Corners on Technical or Content Quality
http://blogsite.com/public/item/192402
September 26, 2008 at 7:05 am
I am a big fan of the last error LOL