10 Mistakes In Blogging

There are usually some mistakes I see that most bloggers make and it surprises me that they do not take the time to see if people actually like it. There is also a reason why the most successful blogs follow a specific format.

So here are 10 mistakes bloggers make when it comes to their blog:

• Avoid dark backgrounds. This is something I see often. You search for your chosen topic and found a site or someone asks you to have a look at their blog and it has a black or dark blue background with white text on it or even worse, yellow or some other color text that just doesn’t fit. Some people associate a dark background with a gaming site or a hacker’s site and thus illegal. Some others prefer not to read white on dark background because it hurts their eyes. I am one of those people that agree with the latter. Pure black bacground with white text is too harsh on the eyes.  Stick to light background colors or simple white. It’s the same when you look at a book… do you ever read books with a dark background? You don’t!
• Make sure to evenly space your blog posts with paragraphs.
• Sign up to some affiliate programs and get them on your blog. If you want to make money this is the way to go. Some people are trying real hard to make money but they aren’t promoting anything.
• Try and use a .com to represent your blog and .co.uk is also acceptable if you are situated in the UK.
• By blogging often you are more likely to be picked up by google. People that do not blog regularly will find their PR drop and it won’t get picked up as often by Google.
• Install tracking software like Google Analytics on your blog to see what people are up. Most people never don’t and so lose on the fact that they do not know what people like the most on their blog.
• Try to interact with your readers. A lot of people just write articles. They don’t try to speak to you as a person and personally that isn’t what a blog is all about. The more personal you can be the more someone can relate to you as the person voicing their thoughts.
• A lot of people forget to allow search engines to index their blog and on the admin side there is a function you can change for that. So make sure you allow search engines onto your blog.
• Lastly, most people do not drive traffic to their blog. This is very important as without traffic all your hard work will go unnoticed. Writing alone won’t bring you traffic, so spend some time and get traffic to your site.

So see what mistakes you have made and change them today!