Usability tips for bloggers

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  1. midlandi Can you smell that?

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    This is an article that grabbed my attention.

    I’ll leave it for you to take a look at the post yourself, but in summary his 20 tips are:
    1. Pick a topic for your blog
    2. Encourage comments
    3. Make it easy to subscribe
    4. Include an About page
    5. Present your ideas visually
    6. Keep posts short and to the point
    7. Use subheadings for long posts
    8. Link abundantly
    9. Make headlines descriptive
    10. Archive by topic
    11. Include a list of related posts beneath each post
    12. Allow users to contact you offline
    13. Present your real viewpoint
    14. Write for your future employer
    15. Include a Top Posts section
    16. Provide an index
    17. Get your own URL and match it to your blog’s title
    18. Include a Recent Posts section in your sidebar
    19. Reward commenters for commenting
    20. Post often
    Source......http://www.idratherbewriting.com/20...ondensed-from-dozens-of-bloggers-experiences/
  2. temi New Member

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    Cool tips, I will just add what I have just learnt today to the list:
    Submit your blog feeds to RSS feeds agregators such as feedsburner
  3. midlandi Can you smell that?

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    Will be interested to hear the results of this Temi.
  4. karantangri New Member

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    hey thanks for sharing that.i think one of the important aspects of blooging would also be to submit it to various search engines.
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