I write for a blog and read many blogs as well. Whenever I find a blog with even a little piece of useful information for me, I just follow it via email, Google connect, Facebook, or RSS subscription. But there are many blogs out there which aren’t on my list OR which I will soon remove from my daily blogs to read list, most probably because I’m not getting what I expected.
I’d like to be more descriptive and share my personal reasons for “Why I don’t visit some blogs again?” My 10 reasons with descriptions can help you to know why your readers may not like your blog.
10 Reasons – Why I will not visit your blog again?
#1 I don’t like your pop-ups
Maybe, you think it’s cool but I don’t. I think most readers out there don’t like that. Whether those pop-ups are for subscribing options or any of your eBooks, they interrupt me in reading. Do you think you need to force me to subscribe? Or will it be worthy enough to overcome my irritation? I don’t think so. I can find my way to subscribe or buy your eBook if I need it, myself.
A simple and small widget in the sidebar is enough to offer subscribing options. But it really feels like an interruption when a box pops up to my face and asks me something while I’m reading.
#2 You never reply to my comments
I come to your blog, read your tips and query via comments when I’m stuck somewhere. But I never see you replying to my comments. It looks like no one is out there on the other side of the blog. I don’t think it would be worthwhile to follow an unresponsive blogger who will not help me while I work on his or her tips.
Blogging is about building relationship with your readers. But it’s not possible if you don’t listen to them. Ignoring your readers can be the biggest mistake in blogging. I reply to every comment on my blog. Even to the comments like “Thanks for sharing” or “Nice post,” I reply – Thank you for stopping by.
#3 You’re sharing the same stuff with old style
Believe me; I’ve seen 100 times that “How to make a Facebook fan page for your blog?” From little blogs to top blogs, many have already shared the complete tutorial for that. Then why are you sharing it again? Sharing popular stories from top sites like Mashable is not blogging. It’s okay to share the same information if you can add your own perspective on it, or express it in your own, original style. But why copy Mashable when you can just provide a link to the original post?”
Moreover, I’ve never seen anything other than simple text on your blog. Don’t you like images or audio files and videos on your blog? Don’t you think images speak more than words sometimes? I think these are important to make your blog interesting. They can help to break up big blocks of text and are more appealing to visual learners.
#4 Your blog is for ads not for me
Are you really blogging just for money? I can see ads all the way on your blog. I need to get my spectacles to find the content to read in a big forest of advertisements.
If you think stuffing your blog with advertisements will help you to earn money, then most probably you are wrong. Losing readers will obviously lead to losing traffic. Consequently, there will be NO REVENUE.
Blog and web sites are to share knowledge and provide useful information, NOT to share advertisements. It’s not wrong to advertise on a blog but anything in excess is bad.
#5 You are not regular in updating
I cannot expect when you’ll update next. Sometimes you write a bunch of articles at once and sometimes you do not come for a week. So, I’ve NO idea when I can come to check for more. Sometimes it looks like a DEAD blog.
It doesn’t matter if you don’t write everyday but it’s important to write with consistency. If you decide to write three articles a week, then don’t miss any. Readers should know on which days they can expect new articles.
#6 Your blog loading time makes me sleepy
Your blog takes too much time to load. Those unnecessary widgets and scripts running behind makes my surfing slow when I’m on your blog. Those flash widgets and banners take all my time. It sometimes hangs and crashes my browser.
I’m really not interested in rotating a globe that is showing your online readers around the world.
#7 I cannot navigate easily to my favorite category
You have only a HOME button on your blog. I have to go to the next page, one page at a time, if I want to read some old posts. You have no category or label tags associated with the article.
You might consider adding a widget with most popular tags or categories? That way, one can see all the posts under a particular topic. A sitemap can also help in making navigation easy.
#8 Your theme’s color combination hurts my eyes
Who gave you the idea to have a dark background with brighter text on your blog? Do you know it’s really uncomfortable to read that on a monitor? I have to stress my eyes for reading. Even after finishing, my eyes ask for some rest and few eye drops.
A good blog doesn’t need a sparkling look. A clean and elegant theme with a simple and easy to read font is preferred by almost all readers.
#9 You keep sharing useless stuff on your Facebook Page
I LIKED your blog’s Facebook fanpage to get latest post updates of your blog, not for some funny stupid jokes and images. I’ve already subscribed to some pages for jokes but I subscribed to yours to stay connected with your article updates on your blog. There’s no reason to share something completely irrelevant on your fanpage.
I share my blog’s fanpage to share articles from my blog, and sometimes from other blogs too. But I’ve never shared anything which is irrelevant to my blog, there.
#10 You don’t give proper credits
I’ve seen you using images, videos, infographics, and other information on your blog but I have never seen you give a link to the original author, creator, or source. Simply, it means plagiarism. And I can never support anyone who plagiarizes others.
I’ll also feel bad if someone uses my creation without giving me proper credits or without mentioning me with it.
CONCLUSION…
Don't feel bad – I liked your blog enough, once, that I'm a bit disappointed to be taking it off my daily “blogs to read” list. All reasons may not be true for your blog but if you really want me to come back, a few simple changes ought to do the trick. It will not make only me to return back but may be, your thousands of previous readers.
Question on the Facebook page – Is it okay to post your own stuff there daily? I tend to go back and forth on that one and like to share others stuff too. I try not to make it all “about me” on social media but yet you have to get your info “out there.”
I would agree with all the others points on reasons not to visit a blog again – especially on the pop ups! They are certainly annoying.
Lisa, my point was, sharing irrelevant stuff. It really doesn’t matter if you are sharing your friend’s articles there, too. But the content should be of the same theme, I think. Sharing blogging tips from my blog or your’s, will give my readers “blogging tips” and that’s why the subscribed. But if I start sharing about Mathematics then you know what will happen… Unlike…Unlike…Unlike… 🙂
Thank you for your comments, Lisa.
Thanks Abhi – that makes sense!
Well, I think so.
Lisa, it’d be nice if you can visit the link below and share your thoughts there.
Thank you for your comments.
I’m glad you found the post NICE. Are you talking to Hajra or Lisa?
BTW thanks for your comments.
Who was that that always posted love poems all over everything? There are a couple of people who do that, I think. It’s very strange to find love poems on tech pages. Sometimes it’s just very strange, even on Valentine’s Day and appropriately themed pages. (I have a love/hate relationship with poetry – could you tell?)
I hope, Punnet will come back and let you know about those love poems. I’d love to read them, too. It’s a valentines week. 😉
Roses are red
Violets are blue
$6.99 for a @#$% card?
@#$% no! Boo hoo hoo!!
hahahahaha,
Last of the Great Romantics
LOL!! What is this? I know something similar to this, Prunebutt.
You know Lisa I wonder about the same thing too. You see I have a personal blog so it makes sense to a certain extent to share content pertaining to personal experiences. But when does information become irrelevant. When it is totally unrelated to your niche and you make it a habit to do it again and again. I think that sets the parameter for me. I did like a Facebook page of a certain blogger who blogged about personal development and slowly I just saw the updates all related to giveaways and free prizes and all that. It kind of got on my nerves when it became a habit. I just unliked it! But I wonder if others have the same parameters?
Hajra, I’ve unliked some pages which was related to Blogging and after a while I got Romantic poems and jokes on my wall by their updates. huh? I just laugh and unsubscribe.
The wonderful thing about a personal blog is this: You can post anything you like. Your readers aren’t there for a “niche,” they’re there because of YOU. If you suddenly start posting nothing but blogging tips, though, they’ll be annoyed soon enough. (Where’s Bushra, Hajra? She could weigh in on this one, I’ll bet! 🙂 )
Your are right! The point is same. Sharing something which our readers don’t expect and didn’t subscribe for that.
I’m glad you are here, Holly. 😀
Oh yes… I write anything and people come and read; that’s the charm of having a personal blog 😉
As for blogging tips and “gyan” I have Kiesha’s blog to do that! 🙂
Bushra is thrilled to have interacted with you, you know! She has left for a mini vacation this weekend and says; she will disconnect and finish her book! Lol!
Hajra, I’m going to start one personal blog, too. I’ll be sharing my life there. I don’t know, if I’ll have much readers or not but I’m sure you and Holly will come there to support me. Isn’t it?
Abhi, you know we’ll be happy to support you there! I actually prefer to read personal blogs. I just hang out on blogging blogs because of all the fun people there! (And I’d still do that, but I prefer to READ stories about their own experiences and lives, usually.)
Holly, I said that, already. I know you’ll come. And I’m sure that you’ll enjoy it, too.
I’ve virtually see that all the time online. When I first started out on the net, I had no clue how online marketing worked. While I do stuff like that, I’ve seen that on a number of websites. This is why today I take in more meaningful approach in engaging with people and building relationships, versus trying to sell them something. If a website or blog’s content is that good, people will automatically buy from you, without you asking anyone to do anything 🙂
That’s right. We need make people feel that they are on a quality place and trustworthy information.
this is very true, Abhi. I’m glad to be here 🙂
I’m glad, too, that you’re here. 🙂
thank you so much for saying that. That’s a wonderful feeling 🙂
I can understand, Drewry. It’s good to have those commentators who don’t comment just for backlink but for a sharing their thoughts, who come back after they are gone. 😀
good morning Lisa,
I understand you are concerned about not making it look like it’s “all about you” on your Facebook profile. I understand where you’re coming from. However, you are welcome to share any and all content you publish on your personal site to your Facebook wall. If you’d like to do so without manually posting a link to your Facebook wall every time, you may want to look into using useful third-party applications that will perform the automation process of posting content to your Facebook wall, such as HootSuite, FriendFeed, and twitter feed. Perhaps this will help you be counterproductive, while sharing content published by others on your Facebook profile. If you have any further questions, please let me know how I may be of service in helping you succeed 🙂
Thanks for the informative reply to Lisa.
I’m sure she’ll benefit from it. 😀
Hey Abhi!
I had so much fun reading this post! There are many reasons I wouldn’t want to visit a blog the second time and I can relate with so many points here! 🙂
What really gets on my nerves is that the author doesn’t reply to comments. I love conversations and if I see a pattern where the blogger just missed out on acknowledging comments then it just might irk me off.
I might be guilty of not updating regularly! I have this very irregular pattern of updating and keeping up and I keep convincing myself that I will have a schedule someday but I just don’t get around to it! I must do that! 🙂
Also, you have never been to my blog; I am taking hints from this now!
It was fun reading this post Abhi! I am looking forward to the conversation it brings along! 🙂
Ohh Hajra, I’ve visited you blog many times. Yeah, I’m not visiting there regularly. You know very well, that we are busy these days.
And to be honest, you can see even that I’m not updating my blog regularly and frequently. Busy offline and online schedule. But I’ll get back on the track soon.
I’ve been visiting some graphics designing blogs from a while (I’ve started created graphics myslef, for my articles). Whenever I get stuck in Photoshop or somewhere in the tutorial, I ask in comments. And I get reply very few times. What should I do then? Stop visiting there, obviously.
Thank you very much for your comments. Going back to complete my comment on your post. 😀
Lol! Totally understandable! 🙂
I did visit a blog which was all about gadgets and help relating to that. I posted some questions I had and still no reply. Guess what? I’ve found another techie blogger who isn’t just helpful she actually gets back after some time to inquire whether her suggestions worked!
That’s actually great. There are few bloggers out there, like this. That’s real blogging. I’d be glad if you share that techie with me. I’m a tech lover.
Oh sure! Go to wonderoftech(dot)com
Carolyn is a lovely blogger and she has these amazing posts about technology and the related!
Thank you very much for sharing, Hajra!
I’m going to follow it.
Good advice. I’m guilty of the one pop up which stopped working properly so I deactivated it. The loading time can be improved with a W3 Total Cache -plugin. I keep these things in mind. Thanks, Abhi!
Your welcome, Armi!
It’s good if you deactivated, then I’m coming to your blog. 🙂
I have heard of this cache plugin many times. But for blogs on blogger, like mine, don’t have these plugins which makes our work easier.
So, there we have to work a little hard to keep the useless stuff away.
Thank you very much for your comments, Armi!
I’d be grateful if you read the post linked below and leave your comments to let me know. Don’t forget to share both articles. 😀
Yes Abhi Your all point is justify. If we able to maintain the all 10 points than i am sure that visitor Will Visit our Blog Again. Daily Update with quality artilcles is the main factor for engaging the visitors. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you Amit for expressing your thoughts.
I don’t think updating DAILY is necessary. It should be consistent. Thank you for stopping by.
I definately make some of these mistake on my blog, I do forget to credit images sometimes if I have plenty of them on one article.
As for replying to comment I prefer not to, because people will start trolling to get a response.
That’s why I’ve started creating images for my articles, myself. Better then to forget to give credit.
Sorry John, I didn’t get you in your last line.
Thanks for your comments.
I think no blogger would agree to not replying to comments. There can’t be any reason as to why one shouldn’t be replying to comments in the first place. I am sorry to say this, but if you didn’t want comments, you should just have them disabled!
Abhi just talked about how important commenting really is and Ileane makes it a point that each comment is acknowledged.
It makes the discussion much more lively and entertaining and it makes sure that you are generally interested in listening to what people have to say!
Wouldn’t you agree Abhi?
I allow comments for readers to discuss with each other not with me.
I give my opinion in my blog post- but I may reply to a comment if it points out something I missed with a ‘thank you’ or ‘noted’
That’s good John!
But what, when one of your regular reader is highly disagree with you with what you’ve said in your post?
Don’t you think you need to clarify them?
Nope, I never reply to disputes,
I feel an urge to, but I refrain myself.
I find that two strong opinions ends up with no winners and insults being thrown around.
Insult? Are you serious?
I feel two strong opinion come out with a best solution or opinion. And winners? We aren’t fighting.
If you are talking about negative comments, then I’d like to share one of my article on my blog written by Holly Jahangiri. It’s the second one on oddblogger.com .
If you’ll read it and the comments as well, you’ll see that we are talking about learning from negative feedback and respect their opinion. I never thought to ignore them.
Sorry, but I’m really confused by your comment.
Abhi,
I agree with you on this point. We must not reject all negative comments that don’t side with our point of view. In offline relationships, conversations can be heated when one person has an opposing view. You must keep the channels for dialogue open.
Our main reason for having the comment section is to build community and relationships.
However, if we are being harassed by a person, I agree that we should ignore the comments of that person.
Hey Mike,
Thanks for joining the conversation.
You said it correct, “Our main reason for having the comment section is to build community and relationships.”
Thank you for your comments.
I allow almost any comments on my blog – but it is MY blog (and not “public property” – and I’m not a “government entity”) so I reserve the right to remove any comment that appears to be spam, or that is abusive of me or other visitors to my blog. By “abusive,” I don’t mean “disagrees respectfully with me.” I’m all for a good discussion – where we all agree, it winds down pretty fast. And I think that because people know I mean it, I don’t get a lot of comments I have to delete. (Though it’s an election year – that could still happen.)
Yes of course, I would, Hajra.
You said right there, if someone don’t want to get into the conversation then simply he or she can disable the comments. So that the readers don’t waste their time in waiting for the response.
But some people like YOU, ME (especially when it’s on my article) and Holly, love threads of conversation.
Isn’t it true?
Absolutely! I feel the need to have a conversation to someone even if they have said “Great Post” and walked off. Commenting can be a tough thing sometimes but once you change that into a one to one conversation, a lot of things change.
Holly is probably the queen of online conversations!
That’s right. I love to read some of those interesting conversations even when I’m not there.
And you are being comments queen, too. 😀
Hey these were pretty good. I can relate to most of them. I don’t know how many times I get mad at the popup thing and end up leaving as fast as I got to a site. I hate slow loading sites. I don’t know how some site owners don’t think their own sites are slow and want to do something about it. And, I do see the same story, content, article or whatever posted over and over again. I wouldn’t be surprised if it gets the same comments over and over again too. Anyway these are something everyone to think about.
Hey Ray, I think, most of the readers can relate these point with themselves. And actually slow loading time also depends on the internet connectivity, too. May be, your are having a high speed internet there and I have very slow. That also makes a difference.
Thank you for stopping by. 😀 Glad you enjoyed.
The only 1 thing I hate about blog admins that they don’t have a minutes to reply the comments. I always try to reply for all comments i get on my blog. By the way thanks for sharing what you think about other blogs
Hey Ammar,
Nice to see you here.
I hate that thing, too. I mean, how’s this possible? If they cannot reply then why they are blogging? huh?
Thanks for your comments, Ammar!
interesting read! I agree with all wholeheartedly except for 5- I don’t think you should force writing articles, it makes them less interesting to read. But that is probably because I use Bloglovin which automatically tells me when a blog is updated anyway. Other than that, great post, some things might seem obvious but its always good to be reminded. Thank you!
xo Angie
Hey Angie,
Good to hear that my article was interesting for you.
About #5, it’s not about forcing yourself to write. But write in a proper way so that your readers don’t feel like they are on a dead blog – No one to update. Don’t make it too long for your readers to wait for the next article.
Hope you got my point.
I’d like to mention you another article (linked below). Have a look and share your thoughts by commenting there. I’d be waiting.
Thanks for your honest comments here.
I understood what you meant, sorry if I came across rude! I meant it in the sense that, if you feel pressured about making those 3 articles per week, you might come out with forced articles. I would make sure to have regularity, but not necessarily aim to have the same amount of articles on the same day every week (that’s why I mentioned Bloglovin, so you don’t have to check for yourself when a blog is updated). I think we are on the same page, I just thought in your article you were a bit specific. I’ve read your other article and I agree with that one as well!
PS: Please don’t think I’m seeing myself as an expert or something, I just thought I’d mention it!
Hey Angie!
Don’t worry, I didn’t found you RUDE, at all.
Yes, I’m getting your point. You know, I’m not publishing on my blog regularly because I’m a bit busy, these days. And I don’t publish much on my blog when I’ve examination ahead.
So the point is not to FIX. I meant, to TRY.
I’ve seen many bloggers who publishes tens of article a day and when they get plenty of posts and traffic, they just leave it monetized.
So, no relationship with readers.
These reasons are really true…
Especially never replay to comments..Blogger should replay to each comment which they are got in their post,its like interacting then only readers will follow your post regularly…
All ten points are really good i don’t know to point out one among ten….
Thanks for sharing it…
Thank you Katherin!
I’m glad you enjoyed my article. I’ve one more interesting one linked below. You must have a look at that.
I’m not diagramming that one.
Neither am I.
What excellent points you make, young man. Have you ever considered being a writer? #3 is my pet Peeve (I keep it in a cage and feed it rotten eggs – don’t judge); #5 is not so bad, particularly from those who are guilty of #3. Really, Bloggers, do hush up if you’ve nothing to say. Otherwise, #6 isn’t so bad, either, as it gives me time to decide whether I really wanted to bother with your blog at all. #7? Oh, by the Red Pen of Death(tm), I’m TRAPPED!! Must…gnaw…off… Wait, I don’t have a foot. @#$% Trapped!
Bloggers would do well to keep your suggestions in mind, lest they incur the wrath of Prunebutt. I can be merciless! (Or at least snark a writer to death.)
Speaking of Facebook, I think I need my own page…
LOL
What a great comment, Prunebutt. I enjoyed reading it. Glad you are agree with me.
And I think, you should have a Facebook page, now. I’ll be the first to like.
Thanks for your comments.
How on earth does my author manage to have such nice friends? She doesn’t deserve us, you know.
Oh Prunebutt, that was a really BAD JOKE. :/
Hi Abhi.
I do agree with much of what you say and your remark about linking to those YouTube videos that you embed has left me feeling a little embarassed. Something that I will go back and address.
I can’t wholeheartedly agree with you on some points though.
I have a post on how to create a Facebook business page. I know that the info is out there but I also know my target audience. They are largely not bloggers but small business owners who like all their information in one place.
I can see what you are saying and I agree with almost everything. Not responding to comments is just rude, in my opinion. I just don’t think things are quite as black and white as you paint them on certain points.
Hello Steve,
It looks like you are not agree with me on one point, specifically. Right?
I respect your honest opinion.
OK. If you made that post in a different (easier) way than other thousands out there. Then I don’t think there is any problem. My point was, sharing same stuff EVERY TIME. Even, I’ve some common tutorials on my blog – OddBlogger, as you said, we know our readers. I write for newbies, especially. So it’s necessary to share some basic common tutorial.
But if I keep sharing the same tutorial one by one from any popular tutorial blog then I think, it’d make a difference.
About not responding to comments, I agree with you. I feel bad when I don’t get reply.
Hi Abhi
Yes I do totaly agree with you on nearly all points and I hope I did not offend you by raising this point. That was never my intention.
Just wanted to also thank you for publishing my comment. Some might have just deleted it.
Hey Steve!
Why would I delete it? I didn’t feel you were offending me. Don’t worry at all.
Moreover, I’d like to mention my another post here. I’d be grateful if you’d visit the link below and leave your comments to let me know.
Thank you for coming back. 😀
Thank you Steve!!
I’m glad you followed my breadcrumbs to that post.
Thanks for your honest reply on both of my articles.
I’d like to see you on my blog, too.
Hey there Abhi, I am so very guilty of two on your list – my background is kinda loud and i am not always on target with my bi-weekly updates – will be trying harder to make them right 🙂
I have a question for you, do you visit and/or comment on blogs that are not in your niche?
Also, for the record I hate blogs with popups – so unnecessary!
If you will be trying hard to make them right then I don’t think you need to be guilty. Isn’t it?
Yes, I do visit some blogs that are not in my niche. Actually, my daily blog read list is getting longer day by day. I enjoy reading non-blogging articles as well. I subscribe, even if I get a single one interesting for me.
Thank you Genie for stopping by.
Very good list, Abhi. This should certainly help get bloggers back in the right direction!
Well, I hope so, Ryan.
Thanks for your appreciating comments.
Very nice tips Abhi! I’ve just started my own blog and hopefully I didn’t hit on any of the points you’ve listed. The only thing I’m worried about is my background pops out a just a bit.
I’d like to share one thing my friend said to me, “Worry gives you nothing but sleepless nights.” Isn’t it true? I think, yes.
No need to worry, just work on it. It’s good if you have realized if there is something wrong. Just fix it.
You’ve started your blog then you must checkout my Good Blog list (linked below). Let me know you were there, leaving your comments.
Thanks for stopping by, Allen!
Ah Abhi, those are some very important points that you have mentioned as to why people do tend to leave visiting a blog. In fact I have been guilty of committing atleast one or two of these mistakes, the main one being not replying back to the comments. I used to reply to all my comments till a few months back. The problem is that currently I have not been able to get my mindset straight due to some internal turbulences going on in my life, so for the same reason It has been ages since I have written a post. Most of my blog posts are guest posts. I have been trying to get back to blogging but has been quite a hard ride but when I tend to get back I am certain that I will not be committing any such mistakes.
Ohh I’m sorry that you are in problem. I hope, you’d get back to your happy life soon.
I’d like to appreciate you and your site. You got lots of useful information out there.
Thank you for your visit and comments. 🙂
Shiva, I visited your site and read some guest posts, especially the “about the author” section. I love to read it these days.
What I noticed in those guest posts, your guest was not there to reply to the comments. To a single one, even.
Do you find out any information about your guests?
I’d like to share an article with you which should be read by every blogger who accept guest posts.
Have a look: http://www.blogengage.com/blogger/drive-by-guest-bloggers-the-dangers-of-spun-and-plr-content/
I stopped following blogs, because I couldn’t find the social share buttons. I couldn’t believe that anyone would have a blog and leave those off with the explanation of “I don’t know how to do it.” Google it!!! ha ha ha
Really, no sharing buttons? Why wouldn’t people want their posts to be read over and over again!
Well, Google sure is the answer to all questions! 🙂
Hajra, there are lot of ‘completely non-technical’ bloggers out there who are afraid of codes.
If they don’t have those button then most probably because they “DON’T WANT.”
Ya, even I am afraid of codes. But the guidelines for most of these are very easy to follow; one just the patience to read them and go through it one step at a time. I was terrified of them when I started out but now I know my way around some corners to say the least! And yes, of course they can be tough for some, and then we have the Odd Blogger to help us out! 🙂
Yes, there are complete tutorials by which babies can also make Facebook pages. LOL!! Kidding!
😀
I do my best to help others out.
Yeah, there are many, especially those personal blogs. Actually, many people write blog just to share their stories, experiences and poems (I mean, completely non-technical). Their work is just to write and publish. There are not greedy for visitors and traffic and monetizing that much.
But I’d not un-follow if I’d meet one without social buttons. If I want to share it among my friends and family then I can find my way to do it, myself. Isn’t it?
But that’s right, the simple answer to all questions is – GOOGLE. We can find almost all tutorials with proper step by step explanation with images, audio files and videos.
Thank you for your comments, Kimberly.
I’d be grateful if you’d read the article linked below and leave your comments to let me know.
I dont mind if the blog is sharing the same information as not all will have chance to come across the articles at the same site. But what is annoying me most is the
irrelevant links and pop out.
I don’t mind if a blog is sharing same information but with proper credits where ever needed.
Pop ups – lol everyone hates them. But there are lot of sites (even BIG sites) with pop ups.
Thank you for your comments Janice!
Thank you Janice for visiting my contest post and leaving you comments there.
Thanks a lot.
Totally agree on the 4th point. So many blogs right now are for ads purposes. It simple means lack of passion if you ask me.
That’s right, Ricardus!
People are coming for blogging for money, these days.
Thanks for your comments Ricardus!
At first your title made me think you were being rude, but the more I read the more I agreed with you. I hate pop-up as well. I figure it is some type of sales gimmick or a ploy to get my email and I do not agree with either. I like the title because it made me want to read and once I was reading I could not stop. Good job.
Thanks for the appreciation Michael!
Yeah, the article sounds a bit rude. But all point are true, I think.
And choosing the right and interesting article is part of writing post and it’s success.
I’m glad you were feeling curious after reading the title.
Agree with you Abhi…
I too don’t like to visit blogs that contains popup’s. But if the content really interests me, then I’ll add an exception to it
Yeah, there we have to compromise. I can also handle pop ups if I’d get some information which is worthy enough to read.
Thank you Salman, for your comments.
oh .. never do this …
I don’t have any pop ups and my blog have no comment at all
my blog have no ads and it’s not designed very well
my blog doesn’t have to many categories to navigate ….
so please do not do this …. and you replay …..
Tech-chilli : Hot and spicy. I thought, you’d be sharing fried microchips and transistors with some combination of spices, on your blog. LOL! Don’t mind.
I visited your blog and would like to suggest you to use Camstudio for recording videos. It’d make your videos look much better.
Thank you for your confusing comments. LOL Have a great weekend.
You should read my another article linked below. It’ll give you some more tips for a better blog.
Fried microchips!! LOL I got all excited, there, for a second – but not enough jalapeno pepper for me. Actually, I’ve graduated to spicier stuff, Abhi, anyway – ever tried naga jalokia? 🙂 Oh, yeah – put some of that on my pizza last night, and had to stay away from the keyboard for a while, lest I fry it just by touching it.
Naah!!
Never heard of that. I hate too much spices. Try techchilli LOL!!!
hmmm …. thanks for your replay …
i will try to make a better blog ….
Your welcome Max!!
Let me know if I can help you in making a better blog. 😀
Happy to help.
I always try to pay attention to “#8 Your theme’s color combination hurts my eyes” I try my best to make all the colors fit with each other.
I have to pay attention to #5 though, just so busy working on creating the main section site that goes with the blog. 🙂
I’m glad I was able to remind you what you can do next.
Thanks for your comments Sayed!!
Abhi, this is a great post for knowing what not to do to ensure a blogger’s success!
Thanks for the appreciation Kevin!! I’ve another post for Blog success and Blogger success as well. It’s linked below. You can read if you like to.
brother thank you, i am also a blogger and your tips are very useful for me. i will try to satisfy all of my visitors.
Your welcome Rasel!!
You should have a look to the below article as well. I’m sure you can learn more from it. Don’t forget to share and comment. 😀
Thank you for stopping by.
I guess there are some very important points that you have written here that every blogger has to follow and value their readers. I know that Darren from Problogger has pretty much stopped responding to comments. I hardly see any comments from him. Its such that I’ve stopped visiting his blog that often.
That’s a shame – really? The price of fame, sometimes, is having so many people trying to talk to you and get your attention that you literally CAN’T make each one feel special. But of course that also tends to start a backlash…
You are right, Holly! I can understand this. It’s difficult to handle lots of comments. You know? I was just finished with replying to all comments here and before closing the tab I thought to have a look to all the comments. Then I saw I haven’t replied to you and Eddie.
It’s just few comments and even then I’m having a little difficulty. What in case of hundreds of comments on every post?
It may happen to miss few but not ALL>
Hey Eddie!!
Honestly, I did unsubscribe from many awesome and my favorite Technology blogs because of the same reason.
Thanks for your comments my friend!!
I personally can not add anything else, some of the points listed are definitely very disturbing. I personally hate the pop-up and automatic newsletter subscription.
Disturbing?
Would you like to explain your thoughts a little? I didn’t get you.
And I public-ally hate pop-ups and automatic susbcriptons.
Thank you for stopping by.
Hi Abhi
I think you are right on the money with these 10 reasons not to visit a blog. If you think about it, it is not that hard to avoid making these mistakes but a lot of bloggers still does. Nice post.
That’s right, Thomas!! It’s not hard to avoid these mistakes. But there are many out there with these.
Thanks for stopping by.
I read you review, Thomas!!
Thanks for sharing an honest review. I’m looking forward to this phone.
I love the title and this was funny and relatable. Especially the blog loading time , the pop-ups and the ads. This was good reading.
Oh Marcie, it’s great to get appreciation from awesome writers.
I’m glad you enjoyed my article. Thank you for your comments.
Goodness, almost felt like I wrote this. You touched upon every single thing I’ve said I hate about some blogs except for #7; I have to admit I wouldn’t fret much over that one. Of course there are other things I would add but we’re trying to be somewhat nice, right? lol Nice job.
Haha… Did I steal your thoughts?? huh?
Yeah, I could add more. But these all are basic.
LOL!! Right, we’re being nice. But some people are getting my title RUDE.
Mitch, I’d be glad if you visit my another article as well (linked below), I’d love to see your thoughts there as well. But don’t say, you wrote it. LOL!!
Thanks for your comments here. 😀
Mitch wrote the Internet, Abhi! (He and Al Gore are in cahoots – didn’t you know?) 🙂
No, seriously, Mitch has been blogging for a long time – and I don’t know if he knows how to do short little posts any better than I do. You want a good, meaty blog to read, go there. Now. If there’s a topic Mitch hasn’t touched on, I’ll be shocked.
Thanks Holly; I try not to write long posts but you know how it is. There’s words that just need to get out. lol
Sorry Mitch; I’m a little late to follow. 😀
But glad, that I did visit, finally. And I’ll be visiting often.
Oh Holly, I din’t know !! 🙁
I visited just now. You should have shared it with me when we just started chatting. Anyways, I’m glad I’m there now. Looks like buckets of useful information.
Thanks for mentioning.
Well Abhi, of course I’m kidding “some” about seeming like you wrote what I wrote because I tend to believe that many of us have the same feelings against stuff that irritates us. Matter of fact, I wrote a guest post here as well last year that you might agree with, https://basicblogtips.com/irritating-blog.html, then followed up with a second post on the subject on my own blog. You’ll see that our thoughts are similar. 😉
😀 I know, you’re kidding. 😀
Yeah, I can understand. There are some common things which all like or dislike.
I haven’t read your post yet. But reading it now. Lemme see…
Killer headline, Abhi. I think we are all wondering why people aren’t visiting our blogs. I worry most about page loading speed. It can really put a damper on incoming readers with twitchy fingers.
That’s right!!
Loading speed is a factor which is considered by most of the readers and Google as well (I think).
Thanks for your comments.
Read another killing article (linked below) which is over flowing with comments. Don’t forget to share after you have published your comment. 😀
Great Post with great point. No Doubt it’s a very inspiration article. Very helpful post for finding a what’s wrong in my blog.
It’s good to hear that you can get some help from this article. I’ve one more which can help you to come up with a GOOD BLOG. Follow the link below. Make sure to leave comment and share.
Thank you for your comments here.
Blog owners need to take note. Pop ups are annoying. Content needs to be current and worthy of your time. Your position echoes complaints of readers everywhere.
That’s right, David.
Pop ups are annoying for everyone. All hate pop ups.
Thanks for your comments.
It’d be great if you can visit the link below and share you valuable thoughts.
Out of the 10 the most convincing to me are- You keep sharing useless stuff on your Facebook Page and I don’t like your pop-ups. That is right these are real turn off for regular visitors.
Hey Deep!!
Every visitor has a different perspective. So some may feel pop ups as cool but most of them may not. I haven’t got any who likes pop ups, so far in this post.
Thanks for your comments. 😀
The very fact that my comments are answered back makes me come back to this blog. It really helps in building an interactive relation with your readers.
And building relationship with readers is a very crucial part of blogging. Isn’t it?
Thanks for sharing your thoughts, Devesh!!
@Abhi Balani Great article i will take those pointers into consideration
Hey Osei,
Thanks for your appreciation!! I hope you’ll be able to keep you visitors for a long.
You see i have a new social network i created and its really hard to keep the few users i get
Oh yeah. I can understand.
Hey did you read my another article?
Have a look I’ve linked it below. Hope you like it. Comment to let me know and share with your readers.
Hey Abhi,
Point #1: Pop ups – I am okay with popups as long as they are set to appear after 5-6 page views (which is what I did with my blog). I think that most readers don’t mind seeing a popup after a few visits (I mean, if they come back that means they like our content, doesn’t it? And if they like the content that is presented then they won’t be much bothered about popups or other factors)
Point #2: This is a valid point that many bloggers still don’t follow – well, there are many reasons: If your blog is a popular one, you are more likely to get one line comments (these commentators comment for backlinks etc.) and I understand your feelings about not replying to them – of course, there is another side to this issue – replying to those comments MAY provoke the commentator to come back to leave more “valid” thoughts. Another reason is that many bloggers don’t really have the time to reply to all comments.
My opinion is that we should reply to all our comments. But, that won’t be really possible when your blog becomes really popular (you will get a heck load of comments – and I assure you, you are not going to have the time to reply to all of them).
Point #3: This also is a valid points. Well, here we can’t really blame anyone. Many bloggers who actually make money online makes it seems like it is easy to make money (it is not their fault) and these new readers decide to try blogging so that they can also make money. Well, that used to work a while ago. But, now that’s just not possible. Lot of fierce competition. The only way you can get popular is present the same old thing from a different perspective (because there is no new content – unless you are talking about your own experience or techniques – bloggers have written on just about anything).
Point #4: I agree with you. Too much advertisements is not good for blogging (but, I can understand 2-3 small blocks of ads – after all, they have to make a living, don’t they?)
Point #5: Consistency. Well, I really have good and bad experiences with being inconsistent (Thanks to my old blog, now I really know the importance of being consistent in blogging). You see, people want “new” things – in this case, new means content that is presented from your perspective and giving it to them consistently can help you to become a popular blogger.
Points #6, 7 and 8: These are also a valid points. We, bloggers need to spend some time on making our theme clean and load really fast. Navigation is also important – helps you and your blog reader to organize and read what you really want to read.
Point #9: Aaah, Facebook. I have written about making Facebook pages good looking and sharing your blog’s niche related content. But, I have never done it myself (I don’t really care much about FB pages – but, I guess I should work on them. Thanks for the reminder!). But, if you are using FB pages, I guess you should focus more on sharing your fellow blogger’s content than your own (too much self promotion is not really good).
Point #10: This is also a good point. It is really important to give credits to the original author’s time and effort on the work you are using.
Anyways, thanks for the awesome article!
Reply to point #1: YOU are OK with pop-ups. Actually, you are the only one here who is OK with pop-ups. Most probably, because you have them on your blog, too.
Do you really think you need to ask me to subscribe once again after my 4-5 views? LOL
And I agree with the last one. I can manage pop-ups if I REALLY like a blog content. But it’s true that I’ve unsubscribed from some TOP blogs because of such reasons.
#2: If spammers are there to comment; use anti-spam plugins, of course you know this. And if still there are few, then who said to reply to spammers?
Bloggers don’t have time to comment? Serious? Then why should we call them BLOGGERS? If they don’t have time to reply then why they don’t disable them.
#3: That’s it. Write it from their OWN perspective. Share what they feel about the particular topic. It will make the contest fresh and new.
But there are many bloggers who are sharing something new everyday.
#4: Oh yes!! 2-3 is good, even 3-4 sometimes. But ads and content should be in right proportion. I’d be ODD if there is one paragraph to read and 4 ads on the four corners.. LOL!!
#5: That’s what I was trying to say in my point.
#6, 7 & 8: But many bloggers miss it. I’m glad you’re not one of them. I guess, I’m not either.
#9: I’ve discussed this in the first comment by Lisa, already. You can scroll up or click here: https://basicblogtips.com/not-visit-your-blog.html#comment-20350
#10: I think, this is the most important. Shows blogging etiquette.
Thank you for validating my all points, individually. 😀
Thank you for giving my article you precious time to read and write a long worthy comment. I appreciate that.
Thanks Jeevan.
Point #1: You have a valid point there. I used to hate Pop ups too, but I am still experimenting with pop-ups (since I’ve read many successful stories of bloggers using Pop ups to get more subscribers).
Point #2: Well, yes anti-spam plugins can help you. But, there are a lot of new bloggers out there (who are not really spammers, but most probably don’t know much about blogging). Well, there is time. But, as the number of comments increase, you won’t be able to reply to all comments (I mean, how many popular bloggers reply to all their comments – think about replying to 300-400 comments?)
Yes, of course, maintaining a good proportion of good to ads is an important thing to take care of.
Yes, of course, you are not 🙂
No problem and thanks for the reply!
Don’t follow the herd, Jeevan. Use pop-ups if they accomplish YOUR goals, but not if they just alienate your friends. I know of at least one or two “top bloggers” whose tactics don’t work for ME. That’s not saying they’re wrong – just, I want to have more of a relationship with my visitors. Is that the aim of a big brand? Maybe – maybe not. Does it HAVE to be? No. But would my goals match, say, AT&T’s? Or even yours? I hate pop-ups. I see them and I run. I unsubscribe if I was ever subscribed before. I won’t subscribe even if I was thinking about it. And I won’t come back. But that’s ME – that may not be true of your target visitor. So you just have to do what works for you – experimenting is good, but you might want to clue your regulars in, while you do it.
Well, I didn’t buy that pop-up just because others used them. Two reasons:
The software does include sidebar/footer opt-in boxes which I am using. So, I don’t have to pay extra dime for that. Second, I do hate pop-ups, but I still wanted to try it. We have to look it from both perspectives, right? Let’s just try it.
I knew that most people are annoyed when they get pop-ups the first time they visit a site. So, unlike many of my competitors, I set the popup to appear after 10 page views (so that users don’t really get that annoyed).
I have disabled it anyways (at least for now). Because, I haven’t got any results from it – maybe that’s because I am still establishing my blog and most of my blog visitors are new.
Anyways, thanks for the comment Holly 🙂
LOL – Jeevan, ask my friend, Dave M. – I experiment with a lot of things on my blog. Generally, if my gut says, “WHY? This is SO not you!” I should’ve skipped it. But curiosity gets the better of me, and so I experiment – and that’s fun. Whatever you do, in the end, let it be because YOU want to do it and have some reason for it. That’s all I’m saying – definitely try whatever piques your interests and see where it leads.
Oh Holly,
Now I’ll never even think about pop-ups. I don’t want to loose my favorite reader. 😀
And I’d like to tell you that my thoughts are very much similar to you about this.
Ohh yes Holly!! Experiments are FUN!!
I loved your line – ” let it be because YOU want to do it and have some reason for it. “
I believe you. But as you can see in this post, almost every comment says, “I hate pop ups”.
And you are right about new bloggers (I still feel I’m one of them). We should give them a chance to build relationship with us. Yes, they don’t know what to write in comment. But they’ll learn soon if we help them.
I can understand that it’s difficult to reply to 300-400 comments . But we as the count increases one can have a quick look to all the comments and reply to those who are really asking something or of they need help, if the case is for 400 comments.
I’m managing 300+ comments on my contest entry. 😀
Thanks for comments my friend.
Well, try doing that for every post (it will take a lot of time and effort, doesn’t it?)
And as far as humans go, most of us who put a lot of effort into blogging, lose our motivation to continue doing so after a while (so, when you become a popular blogger, your motivation to spend time on marketing, networking and other stuff decreases as you feel that you have “got” there – well, achieved success).
Yeah, may be, you are right. But that will not be the case for me. 😀
Ok Jeevan, I agree!
You are doing right with that pop-up after 10 pageviews. But did you forget first impression matters a lot? huh?
😀
Not of course. Right now, I am using pop ups to convince my returning and some what active visitors to subscribe (Average page views for my blog is about 2.20 pages per visit). So, I use the pop ups to convince people who visit significant amount of pages – in this case 10 – to subscribe.
Anyways, I have disabled my pop ups (decided to give it a try after awhile – since experimenting right now isn’t going to give me that much data).
I’m glad you disabled them. And you are right, you should experiment when you have lot of visitors, already. It’ll give you better results and you’ll not lose your traffic much, if the result is not good.
Really agree with your point about themes – too much colour and pattern is off putting. Sticking to simple black and white seems best with a little colour to lighten things up in selected places.
Same thoughts here, Erica.
I’d like to share another article with you. You’ll like it for sure. See the link below, leave your comments to let me know.
Thanks for stopping by. 😀
You are absolutely right about all the stuff you were saying about blogs. I invite you to take a look at my blog and critique it. Give me your thoughts thanks, I am always looking for better ways to do something.
Reading your blog is a good start for me.
Thanks in advance,
I’m visiting your blog, Monty!
I’m glad my post did help you.
You should read the linked post below. You’ll learn more from it. Share your comments there, too.
Thanks for your comments.
Hey Abhi, I have some of these same reasons for not visiting blogs. In number #2 you mention not responding to comments, but I think it’s even worse that some blogs shut down comments altogether.If there is no comment section, then it’s really just a website with frequent updates, not a blog.
Many times people start blogs with good intentions but they just don’t have the time to moderate or maintain them. This makes me feel like they don’t care, and if they don’t, then why should I right?
Thanks for the post and you do an excellent job of responding to comment, that’s for sure!
Chat soon!
Ohh so the host is here.. huh..
About maintaining, you know I never forget to check if there are any comments awaiting moderation in my Intense Debate account, everyday.
Let me know if you don’t like something in my blog. 😀
Thanks for your appreciation. And a BIG THANKS for publishing my article here. The pleasure is all mine. 😀
I might claim to be some of them because If different levels of blog update too regular will result very badly. I visit to some blogs having tons of article with O comment on it and it’s really scare me away and don’t want to comeback again.
I found out on Twitter that some bloggers Tweet the article I wrote, but they don’t actually comment on the post, I don’t understand “WHY”.
I know this my friend. It happens with me, too.
Ok, you commented here on my post. But did you shared it on G+, Twitter and Facebook?
Sometimes I get many likes and tweets but no comments and sometimes lots of comments but few likes.
Thanks for joining in the conversation Ferb.
Have a look to the following link. You’ll like it. Leave your comments to let me know that you were there.
Yes ads are a real turn off. Ads are ok but when there are sidebar ads and ads on the top of the page, and on the bottom. And then some sites all the ads are fake “how to get rich…”. I’ll never revisit.
However people are starting to smarten up and realize that ads hurt there blog.
Yeah. Too many ads turn me off, too.
Thank you for your comments, Nrad!!
Nice to see you here.
I’m delighted to see pop-ups as the number one turn off, they’re really annoying and I struggle as to why so many sites continue to persevere?
Yeah Niall!! Pop ups are number one for many of us.
Actually, we all have different perspective. Some of us think that it’s cool. Some readers also like them.
But if someone having pop up on his or her blog and if he or she read all the comments on this post then they’ll change their mind to for pop ups. Because in most of the comments I’ve found this, “I hate pop-ups”.
Thanks for your comments.
the majority of blogs on the Internet are just that. What a lot of bloggers don’t understand is that blogging is supposed to build meaningful relationships on the World Wide Web, as well as bring in good business. This is the whole purpose for people creating [meaningful and engaging informative content], because they want to keep readers engaged, as well as earn revenue from their newly published blog content.I laughed at the title within this post where you said “your blogs loading time makes me sleepy.” That made me laugh. I was certainly a good way to add humor to this wonderful and open-minded blog post 🙂
I really dig this thought-provoking post. Please keep good blog posts like this coming 🙂
Drewry, I’m really happy to read your comment.
Glad you liked the post.
Have a look to another post of mine. I’m linking it below. Leave you comments to let me know that you were there.
Thanks for your comments on this post. 😀
Hey Abhi,
You have stopped coming over to my blog! So I am getting the hint! But can you give me the reason which I need to work upon?
Hey Shree,
It’s not like that, really. I’ve said that, already, that I really love your blog template and color combination. I’m a bit busy these days with my contest. But your blog is in my list. Don’t worry about that.
And I don’t think there is anything which annoys me. It’s simply beautiful.
Thank you for your comments Shree.
Hey Abhi,
Good to hear that! I am really looking forward to your comments in my blog. When you get the time do drop by and thanks for the appreciation again! 🙂
Your welcome, Shree!!
We’ll have a great conversation on your blog. 🙂
Take care. Happy Blogging. 😀
Hey Abhi,
Sorry for the late reply! Looking forward to start up that conversation. 🙂
How is your contest going on?
Meet you soon in my blog!:)
Hey Shree,
I’m not working over internet from last 7-8 days. Got some problem by my network provider.
So you can guess, how is contest going? Right?
Same reason for not visiting other’s and your’s blog. I hope the problem fixes soon or consequences will be bad for me. 🙁
Oh that’s really bad Abhi! I pray your problem gets resolved soon and don’t worry your contest will go absolutely fine.
Take care. Stay Happy! 🙂
Oh that’s good to hear.
Thank you Shree.
your titles was really awesome bro 🙂 all points was well written .. every new blogger was must read this . so many new bloggers was not replying to comments .. very nice share 🙂
Thanks for the awesome comment, Sai.
Hope you shared it.
I’m actually writing a post right now about blogging, content, and Facebook marketing. I had to take a quick pause for the cause while I have the document up in Microsoft Works format in rough draft mode, and stop by basic blog tips to see what you guys are up to today. I’m learning more more each day about blogging, keeping blog titles short sweet and straight to the tweet, while increasing the quality of the content within the blog post. I’ll be back soon later today, and going back to finishing up this post for my site 🙂
Thanks for the informative comment, Drewry!!
Let me know when your post goes live.
Till then have a look to my another article linked below. I’d love to hear your thoughts on that one as well.
Thank you for commenting here.
Nice stuff, i completely agree with you on this especially the slow loading blog. If i have somebodys blog bookmarked and i go back for future viewing but i have problems with the slow loading, i automatically delete it from my bookmarks and never return to it lol.
Stuff???? huh??
I’m glad you agree with me. It’s same here with me. I cannot stay on slow blogs for long.
TIP: Whenever you use ‘i’ individually, make it in uppercase “I”. 😀
Thanks for your comments my friend.
Thank Abhi for great post. Few points I noticed are great and I need to improve like replying to comments this is very important for any blog.
It’s great if my article was able to teach you something.
You should have a look to the linked article below. You’ll love it, I’m sure.
Thanks for your comments on this post.
Let me know if I can help you in anyway.
I agree with the ” your not replying to my comments” stuff because once you’ve given reply meaning you are important that’s the very essence of it. It just like “give and take relationship.” Once the comment disregarded, readers will not be being fond anymore to a certain article and they’re not gonna come back anymore. So, if that happens, maybe your article will not be popular online and consider yourself unsuccessful.
Good to hear that you agree in some points.
Yes, it’s shows the importance of his or her readers for a blogger. We should care our readers because they trust us. They trust the information we are providing.
Thanks for the comments Alex.
Thanks Abhi for sharing this valuable information. After going through this, I have realized that still I have to improve my blogging alot and I’ll do too. Thanks again 🙂
Hey Lovely,
I’m glad to see you here.
Your welcome. It’s good to hear that you found my article informative. You are doing good on your blog. Keep up the good work. And let me know if you need any kind of help.
Thanks for your comments buddy!!!
Hope you shared the post.
Ya sure Abhi, I’ll let you know if I need your help in future. Thanks for being there for me 🙂
Your welcome my school friend… 🙂
I too avoid visiting any websites if sites having any of the characteristics which you have mentioned in this post. But in terms of themes, I do adjust myself for it. Nice post abhi.
Thank you Arun!
Yes, we need to compromise sometimes if we are getting quality information.
Thanks for your comments. Have a look to the linked article below. Comment if you enjoy it.
Hi Abhi,
Great post and it totally makes sense. Bloggers want to interact with each other and it only makes sense to post away. One of my blogs does have a lot of Ads on it, but there is a reason for that. But I totally understand that it would turn some people off. Fortunately I have other blogs to work with that function in the traditional way.
I particularly agree on the page load time, if a site is too slow, it is really hard to stay there long enough to get any enjoyment out of it. I’ve found that W3 cache works well when this starts to happen. I think that bloggers should also be on dedicated servers if they are self-hosting. It DOES make a big difference.
Thanks for the useful tip at the end of your comment, David. Good for WordPress users, they got cache plugins for page load times. Bloggers like me, on blogger, have to take care about it in html. 😀
Thanks for following my breadcrumbs over my post here.
Glad to see you here.
Thanks for the reply Abhi. You definitely follow your own advice!
– I do have a couple of blogger blogs but they are not big enough to worry about at this point.
Only one of my blogs is seeing enough traffic that it makes a difference to have the w3 cache, but I can tell you for the sake of those who are self hosting, that is one powerful plugin – not trying to promote them at all – but they did make my life easier.
Yeah, there is nothing to worry about anything much. Every problem has it’s solution. And I’m really very happy with blogger. 😀
Great post Abhi, Really nice points. #4 one is really important for every new blogger. Have noticed many blogs with plenty of ads from various network. Made-for-ads kind of blogs don’t really survive. No matter how good quality articles they have.
— Divya
That’s right, Divya. Many bloggers out there, are blogging just for money and they just put bunch of ads everywhere. It leads to nothing but un-follow, unsubscribe and unlike.
It’s good to see you here.
Thanks for your comments.
Awesome post Abhi Balani ! Thanks for the tips
Your welcome, Kevin!
I’m glad you liked it.
Thanks for your comments.
Alright, made it here! First off, excellent post Abhi!
Point number 1. I always never comment if I never see the owner or blogger reply to anything. It just makes it ridiculous that he doesn’t even care.
This article is pretty close to mine, Abhi. Remember the one you commented on? You said that #6 on my article is one of the points that you wrote about as well. I can see that being the top one in this article.
I am glad you were able to support my article too, and I was able to do the same.
Success!
“Excellent” – Good to hear that, Samuel.
Thanks your for stopping by.
Good to see you here on my article.
Great points!
Funny thing that I’m about to set up a pop-up. 🙂
However the way I would do it is to set it up so it’s only pops 2 days out of a week and the pop up would be a solution to problem that network marketers faced today.
best
Akos
Haha… Do it at you own risk, Akos! You should read all the comments above. Most of the readers said, they hate pop ups.
Thank you for stopping by, my friend!
You know how much I hate to say this, Abhi – because I loathe pop-ups and almost can’t leave a site fast enough if they use them – but I assume they must work, or so many people wouldn’t use them.
Or maybe the pop-up software manufacturers have done a killer marketing job and convinced bloggers to destroy their blogs with pop-ups. I don’t know – honestly, I don’t.
I bought an eBook, last night. The author followed me on Twitter, and in the process of checking him out to see if he was someone I might be interested in following back, I looked at his website and his book. The book practically sold itself, and I went straight over to Barnes & Noble and downloaded it. (It was about $15, and is perfect for ME – it’s not a blogging book, by the way, or I’d recommend it here.) So then, I went and followed him and got auto-DM spam telling me to go buy his book. I replied that I’d already done so, in spite of his auto-DM spam. 😉 Almost unfollowed him for the spam, but then figured “What the heck,” and started flipping through the TOC. Within minutes, I got back a HUMAN reply: “You’ve just made my day! The response has been overwhelming—each note makes my heart smile. Let me know what you think. :)” You know me. I’m such a sucker for real people, I immediately forgave him for the spam. But seriously – the auto-DM thing wasn’t working for him at all – at least not with ME.
Oh yes, very well said, Holly. They have convinced bloggers to use pop-ups.
But we all have different PERSPECTIVE. Isn’t it? But here, most of us have same, about pop-ups.
I really feel annoyed by auto-DM, too.
Not every time, but sometimes I get really weird messages. LOL!!
good morning friends,
I’m looking for a script that webmasters can install into the template of their websites or blogs, whereas people have to click the “like” button to share your content on their Facebook walls, before viewing the website or blog post. Does anyone know where I can find such a script that? Thank you for your help in assisting me 🙂
Hey Drewry, I don’t think you need any separate code for that. Just put the same piece of code above your post body.
I saw someone’s blog recently a couple of months ago, way you had to click the like button to like their content before reading their blog post. it was a special HTML/JavaScript code they had embedded in the site that would not allow you to read the content, unless you clicked the like button. There was a huge box that appeared in the middle of the blog post and darkened the rest of the blog. That’s the special code i’m looking for…
Yes, where was that, Drewry??! I saw one like it. Backed on out of there, too. Too much like the little kid on the diving board screaming, “Lookit, lookit, lookit me, Ma!!”
“Yes, dear…”
And all the rest of the kids are going, “After that build-up, you’d better land on the concrete and squash your head open like a tomato, or we’re not going to take you seriously about anything until tenth grade, if then.”
LOL!! Right, Holly! It’s like crying for like. OR I should say it’s a compromise – YOU LIKE, I’LL SHOW YOU… huh
If it was something like you cannot see before hitting LIKE we cannot see the content. Then I’d like to suggest you that forget about it. It’d be worse than “pop-ups” (which is the most annoying, according to all commentors here.)
How people think all this stuff? Why I’d like something before knowing what it is? If it’s something which I hate, then what?
you are absolutely hilarious… LOL
I saw it a few months ago on someone’s blog, and was interested in finding out where the HTML or JavaScript code to it was in search engine results pages. Basically, if a person clicked the like but before viewing the blog post, they were promoting the blog post on their Facebook profile wall, which was in turn sending the blogger additional free traffic then imagined. Just imagine what that can do for SEO =)
MY imagination tends to go first to, “What’s this going to do to MY reputation??” Since I always envision that whatever is behind the gray curtain shrouding the post behind the Like button is either porn or some paid political ad by the party I oppose, or some ideological crap from some marginalized hate group, I pretty much run screaming in the opposite direction at that point – LONG before I get to thinking what such a script could do for MY SEO.
Same thoughts here, Holly!
Why would I like something which I don’t even know?
What if I LIKE it, already and there is my funny sketch of mine behind the curtain?
LOL!!!
LOL – of yours, or of YOU? Hmmph!
Oh, NO! I mixed it up. I meant, my sketch. (Not by me – you know I can draw accurate) LOL!
I’m not quite sure about – “What that can do for SEO?” But I’ve some thoughts about what it can do to our readers count. And I think, it will decrease, for sure. Is this right to get a LIKE like this? I’m sure, most of the people out there would love to leave the that blog for ever.
that’s the first thing I was thinking about that Facebook like script, in terms of search engine optimization 🙂
Oh, are you still searching for it? I guess, NO!!
oh no. I fell back on that… LOL 🙂
HAHA!! Good to hear that, Drewry!
LOL – Drewry, I assumed you were being sarcastic about that from the start!
You know, it’s easy to fall into this “trap” of social media gamification – you can start feeling obligated to reciprocate on the “button dance” and the Facebook “Likes,” but if you can’t honestly stand behind those clicks and say “Yes, I really recommend you read this,” or “I’ve used this product, myself, and really liked it,” you KNOW that (a) you’re just diluting and manipulating SEO; (b) possibly damaging your own reputation; and (c) making all the ratings/sharing systems on the Internet completely obsolete. It’s like junk mail – I can hardly be bothered to open mail anymore, period. It’s no wonder companies want you to pay your bills electronically – who’d SEE them, anymore, under the piles of crap?
oh okay. I’m going to take your advice on this one and not pursue that Facebook script any further, because if it aggravates people, I definitely don’t want that on my site. It may hurt my search engine optimization “now that you mentioned it”, in addition to minimizing my online ad revenue. I just started seeing an increase in AdSense and Amazon revenue, and intend to positively keep it that way 🙂
The choice is always yours, Drewry. And it’s all a matter of perspective. What we think about something?
So, do whatever you think is right for you and your blog.
Happy Blogging. All the best for revenue.
thank you friend. I kindly appreciate it 🙂
Your welcome! Let me know if I can help you with anything. Happy to help, always. 🙂
okey-dokey. I hope someone can help me with how to overcome the one load premium subscription hurdle I am facing, with the free account that I have. They won’t let me upload videos unless I purchase a subscription. Anyone knows how to overcome that? 🙂
Hey Drewry,
Sorry this time. I’m not so aware with WordPress and plugins so much. Can’t help.
But I’m sure, Holly or Ms Ileane can help you in this.
it’s no biggie. Thank you for you help anyways 🙂
some excellent tips, I could tolerate most of the things mentioned in the list except popups which are very aggressive and poorly designed.
Thanks for the appreciation, Nishadha!
Thank you for stopping by!
Great points of view ! You are right in everything you writed there …
Nice to see you here, Niceblogger! Thank you for stopping by and appreciating.
Not too sound controversial but I really do not agree with one of your points.
So what if someone already wrote “How to build a Facebook page for your business”. True the basics are the same, but if 100 authors write the same article, each author will write something unique.
I disagree with that point. For all the rest I agree with it.
Hey Pete,
You got the right to disagree with me (or someone else) with all points. I appreciate your honest opinion.
But are you taking about uniqueness in an article with just an instruction ; Copy – Paste?
Thank you for stopping by my post.
No obviously not copy and paste, I meant an original article.
Remember that many people do not use RSS to follow blogs but stumble upon it by Search Engines, Social Media etc.
I mean in the past I am sure there where articles about the same thing you wrote. X reasons why I will not visit your blog again.
But you wrote your own persona reasons, and there is nothing bad with that. If someone wrote the same type of article in the past, it does not mean that you cannot.
Both of the topics differ, my friend.
It’s possible that you may have completely different 10 reasons to hate a blog but I was talking about Fan page.
“…Go to this link – paste you page url – copy the code – paste it on your website… ”
That’s it!
Is there any article with some different instruction to create or embed a Facebook fan page?
That was my point.
I don’t agree with number one.
When im blogging, im reaching out to people and attempting to connect with them and give the opportunity to get an immediate benefit out of what i share privately on my email list.
The fly over/ pop up – the opt in rates are stupid!
The thing is, so many people get inspired by peoples posts, but they never go out of there way to make sure they connect with them i.e look for newsletter, rss feed or even contact them and say hey.
I’m not trying to please each and everyone that lands on my blog, only those that know how powerful the blog they have just landed on, out of the many in the blogsphere.
Great points though 🙂
Hey Robert,
Thanks for your honest reply.
Actually, I feel, if I like your blog then I’ll find my way to come back even if you don’t have anything like Fanpage, twitter, RSS or any service like that.
We don’t need to ask again and again to our readers to come back. They’ll decide this themselves. If I’ll find your blog worthy then I’ll bookmark it, note in down in a pad or something, that’s means I’ll find my way.
Yes, that’s good to make it easy for your readers to subscribe but no need to pop something to their face to force them to subscribe. Hope you got my point.
Thank you for stopping by, my friend!
The thing is Abhi,
Your not my intended demographic
As a marketer, my intended demographic is the person who is a
starting:
social media consultant
internet marketer
property invester
coach of something
and so on, basically the person who has not yet learnt how to fully leverage the internet.
The most profitable internet marketing company use a fly over and they make 100million + a year.
I’m not a blogger, I’m a internet marketer/business consultant
And a fly over gets a higher opt in rate than a inline email capture form
🙂
Hey Robert,
First of all, in my above comment ‘I’ wasn’t particularly ME, it was a usual reader. OK? And more I can say in my above comment, ‘I’ was a newbie Internet marketer. Now, what you’d say?
Actually, my reply is still same as my last reply.
Doesn’t matter if I’m a blogger, social media consultant, internet marketer, property investor or whatever you said above. I can find my way to subscribe if I REALLY WANT TO.
Okay, tell me one thing, why would someone subscribe when he or she visited some site with a pop up, the very first time without even reading or better I’d say without even looking at the website behind the box in the air.
If there are some regular readers who haven’t subscribed yet and if they’d see a pup-up box in future then may be, they can subscribe because they already know what is in there.
And I can’t start comparing my blog with Facebook. All are not the same. Things change as time goes.
I didn’t mean personally – I ran a demographic check on your site and its main audience is Females – 18 -24, educated that browse from home. That’s not my demographic.
I’m happy you asked Abhi
“why would someone subscribe when he or she visited some site with a pop up, the very first time without even reading or better I’d say without even looking at the website behind the box in the air.”
You first have to understand the psychology of traffic:
a)You have people that land on your site through external funnels you put in place (smartly)
b)People that land on your site via Twitter
c)People that land on your site via Facebook
d)People land on your site via viral marketing (smartly)
e)People land on your site via aggressive vertical commenting
f)The title of what they accessed your site too
too many to mention
I have many pages indexed in Google that emotionally connect with what the traffic really wants – and they immediately sign up on fly overs- because of my copy
With a flyover you can tailor what pops up
It all balls down to copy (words carefully put together to connect with you emotionally) Abhi
If you landed on a site and it said something like:
“Domain Entrepreneur seeks to buy domains
with the word “ODD” and “BLOGGER” in it.
Enter your email to find out now!”
That’s what’s called Copy Abhi, now you would have a design around that and you would run different kinds of designs to split test, plus you would have the same design as a in-line on the blog.
There’s a very high chance that, that would grab your attention Abhi
Thats why people would sign up immediately.
Thats one reason they will immediately sign up or feel intrigued to give a few more seconds of attention to the fly over
External benefiting content, is the reason people sign up on flyovers
You have people that just throw lame pop ups up and do not intendedly target there market.
Marketing is in-tuned actions to increase the response you get from the content you have published. Its all about having as much control as you possible can.
Excuse me!
This post was not talking about just YOUR’s or MINE blog.
Your example about ODD and Blogger: Sorry, I’ll give you my email, still. Why should I sell my very good growing blog with this domain. (Ok, I know that was an example)
You know what, I’ve visited TONs of websites and blogs since I’ve started blogging but I’ve never – NEVER subscribed to any with my email at once .
And sites with pop-ups, I just close the tab before pop-up can load properly (Another reason: I’ve seen many pop-ups, they take extra time, to load a web page) and never come back.
Ok, now let me give you an example. Just crawl over all the comments above. There is only one person who is in favor of pop-ups and his reason is quite acceptable to me .
And the rest, lots of commenters, don’t like it. Most of them said that they HATE pop-ups.
Have a look.
And once again, there are not only two blogs (your and mine) and not only two readers (same) we need to go with the majority.
Thanks for your comments.
Get it right please:
“….Your example about ODD and Blogger: Sorry, I’ll NOT give you my email, still. Why should I sell my very good growing blog with this domain. (Ok, I know that was an example)…”
I really just have one problem with this – you’ve put all the onus on the reader to be your perfect target demographic, but what if they want to know YOUR credentials to be advising them in this arena? See, that’s what seems to be missing, for me, at least. With the pop-ups, I don’t get a chance – before signing on – to see if you’ve got any content that’s worth my while. How do I know you have any expertise at all?
That’s the same I tried to explain – How someone can subscribe on his or her first visit to a pop-up, nothing more than that.
Abhi, most of the studies I was able to dig up on the effectiveness of pop-up ads are from 2004 and earlier. I wonder why that is? Do we accept the old findings and assume that nothing changes? (That, again, overlooks the fact that as technology becomes more intrusive, people find better ways to tune it out or block it. There are fewer complaints, perhaps, about pop-ups? How many people surf the ‘net with pop-up blockers shielding them from ever SEEING the darned things?)
I did find this article, and it was interesting enough that I felt it worth sharing here: http://www.physorg.com/news195715714.html
This is also interesting (but use your powers for GOOD, always, Abhi) – and Hajra may find this (and the last one) interesting, as well: http://arstechnica.com/security/news/2008/09/study-confirms-users-are-idiots.ars (Sadl to say, this just adds fuel to Robert’s argument that pop-ups work, and says dismal things about the human race and its odds of surviving into the 22nd century.)
Oh yes, I did read it and am still laughing! Proves so many things – here and elsewhere too! 🙂
You are absolutely right, Robert.
Abhi and I are not your target demographic. Your target demographic knows, before they even pass the pop-up, how powerful your blog is, because it immediately begins to glow around the edges with a mysterious, pulsating light.
We don’t see the light. We’re…
I don’t know what we are, but it’s okay. With 185,000,000 blogs in the blogosphere, we’ll find others that reach out to US.
It’s good to see you here, Holly!
Enjoyed your reply. Never knew there are 185,000,000 blogs in the blogosphere.
🙂
I know, right? Until recently, the best estimate I had was from Alexa. (Apparently, my unused blog on Blogspot – at 25,000.000 something – is NOT actually the lowest ranked blog on the planet. Who knew?)
Holly,
I like what you said in your comment about the “glow around the edges with a mysterious, pulsating light.”
that comment was quite witty, of course in a positive way 🙂
Why, Drewry, I do believe I need to stop by your blog soon – maybe subscribe to your newsletter! You are an astute reader who appreciates the powerful importance of humor and positivity in the world!
Whoa – forum feed!? You should add that tip to comments on my post…
Hey Drewry,
I did see some on your comments on my blog, too.
Thanks for that.
it’s all good my friend. You’re more than welcome to subscribe and stop by the site any time 🙂
Sure, Drewry! Let me finish with my contest thing.
Holly who are you?
Seriously! Please if you get paid to reply to
comments in humor bigger than the checks
i have cashed just today.
Then please shed some light
Regards
What? Are you serious? It’s getting worse now, Mr. Robert Antwi.
You should have Googled her name if something like this came into your mind.
Abhi,
your young and you have a lot more to learn
about marketing and business online.
You felt some way about my disagreement with
your first opinion.
And it touched your nerve. Maybe you should
go and watch my video about rejection, because
if you carry on in any forms of business with
being scared about someone going against your
grain…your not going to have a business to stand on.
I made valid points and you just got personal.
I don’t do personal in business, i understand you
cannot please everyone and that not everyone thinks
on a level to everyone.
So be it, I’m happy – today – I purposely landed 2 clients
that will bring in a lot of money and even more money for
the client.
Please tell me how well monetization is for you, when your
site pulls in a demographic of 18 – 24, females and your sites has nothing to do with reviewing make up.
I do not blog or market for the fun of it. I do everything on purpose.
Oh, please – I’m not here to write my name in the snow and you shouldn’t let yourself get dragged into a flamewar, Abhi.
Robert did make a valid point – if pop-ups are working for HIM, he should keep using them.
But Robert missed my point entirely. MY credentials are not at issue here – in fact, they’re completely irrelevant.
Robert, I simply agreed with you that I’m not your target demographic. But you misunderstand WHY. Let me be clearer: I find your opening gambit here to be arrogant and off-putting. Your statement, “I’m not trying to please each and everyone that lands on my blog, only those that know how powerful the blog they have just landed on, out of the many in the blogsphere,” reminds me of a common sentiment among novice writers. If people don’t like their work, it’s obviously not due to any flaws in their writing – it is clearly all due to the fact that the reader is not astute enough to appreciate their brilliance (never mind that, invariably, this attitude comes from writers who wouldn’t know where to place a comma if it bit them and probably have to look up the spelling of their own names).
A good salesman knows how to create a need, as much as how to fill one. You don’t blame the casual visitor who is put off by your pop-up – you figure out a better way to target your landing pages so those who hate pop-ups will see something more persuasive or appealing. And you should recognize the fact that this is the TiVo era – we are all learning to tune out the sleaze pitch, record what we want to see, and fast-forward through the rest.
I visited your site this morning to see what it was all about and who you are. Honestly? I clicked the X on your pop-up and have absolutely no idea what your copy said – I didn’t take half a nanosecond to find that nice big X in the corner. But you’d already challenged me to KNOW how “powerful” your blog is. Didn’t see it. Sorry. I tried. I looked at your About page, too. And you started to sound like a real, down-to-earth person there (I actually prefered the slightly rambling approach) but you just kind of lost me.
You then went on to make a second assumption – a false one – about me. That I’m here to compete with you or to sell YOU something. You call my credentials into question – why? I’m giving you my opinion as a web site user – a visitor, reader, potential customer. Before I spend a penny, I want to know YOUR credentials (you don’t need to know your CUSTOMER’S) and why I should buy from you – as opposed to Darren Rowse or Ms. Ileane, here.
But your attitude has already put me off; even if I am, in fact, in your “target market,” I’m not going to buy anything from you now, am I?
So you’re right – your writing is capable of touching a nerve. But ask yourself if that’s really the nerve you want to get on? 🙂
You are not here to tell me what I’ve to learn and how much, first of all. YOU means, people like you. I got so many awesome people out there to learn from (with respect and manners).
I should watch you video? And what makes you think that I’ll go and watch or if I care about your video?
You made valid points? So you are justifying yourself.. huh? That’s it. I think, you didn’t even read my point. And here you are validating your points by yourself and of course for yourself.
For you kind information, I didn’t get personal. Why would I?
I got your level, clearly. And I know my level very well.
And honestly, I don’t even want to reply you further.
Thank you for joining the conversation.
And remember to capitalize ‘i’ it looks really unprofessional and lack of good English
Behind a PC they talk so much 5hit
but to your face they never say anything
Abhi, please you not half the person i am. Seriously!
I’m not a writer
2% of the world will smile at:
“I’m not trying to please each and everyone that lands on my blog, only those that know how powerful the blog they have just landed on, out of the many in the blogosphere,”
you must be the 98%
I do not know who you have studied in marketing – but the consortium of people I have studied and my mastermind can appreciate and even laugh at what you quoted me to say.
We are a bunch of very confident people, that hit the Internet, work very hard and inspire people with knowledge.
But that’s nor here nor there.
If you cant take brute opinions, you fear of rejection and your confidence is lacking – then I’m not the kind of person you would enjoy being around.
People invest in me, because I do not beat around the bush.
As long as people understand what your reading that’s all that matters.
Confidence and communication is all you need in this world. That’s what pays my bills.
I will repeat for the last time
“I do not aim to please everyone, only those that understand how powerful the blog they have just landed on – out of many in the blogosphere”
If you take offence to that, then so be it – but whilst your taking offence – I’m working hard and purposely marketing.
Robert Antwi
Think Out The Box Marketing
Hello Robert,
I thought I wouldn’t come into the conversation but I think the flow has become a derogatory for everyone involved. No matter who we are or where we come from; we all are here to blog. We have our reasons, our own purpose and our own motives. And before being a blogger we all are humans. So no matter how “big” anyone might be, he / she does not have the right to say anything demeaning about the other person. For the sake of humanity.
Coming to the blogging issue; we all have difference in terms of what we are expecting from the blog. Abhi has different beliefs, Holly has different ones, Ileane might have something else and I might have other. But the common thing that binds us that we are blogging with the belief that our expectations be met. Not even Chris Brogan stands up and brags about how much money he makes or how huge he is. Just because I earn more than the other or I have a niche oriented blog or am an “entrepreneur” it doesn’t give me the right to stand and be spiteful of others intentions and motives.
As for using the platform to speak against anybody; this isn’t it. I have read Basic Blog Tips for quite some time now and going by the audience and the reader interaction here I am quite impressed by what an enriching arena Ileane has created for blogger to learn, grow and share. We all have differences of opinion but this isn’t a battle field.
Saying things like “you are not half the person I am”… seriously, what good could come out of it? It hurts me to read such discussions. And I am terribly offended by what a meaningless conversation this is turning into.
Nothing is to come of it.
I’m far from the average person, if anyone is
to reply to me about not capitalizing I, then
they really are talking to the wrong person.
But you did end up capitalizing them… there you go! 🙂
Your excused Abhi
My advice
There’s no room for emotion in business
As a marketer I take in every pop up I see.
As a entrepreneur I do not shun peoples marketing,
I absorb it, even if I think its bad I learn from it.
One other thing Abhi
I can guarantee, I’m not like anyone else you have
ever come into contact with on the internet.
All the best in your Marketing Abhi
P.S
If you won’t risk paying attention to someone’s
pop up, then you are just following suit and followers
do not make the 2% in the world.
P.P.S
I even have my landlines on public directory, just
so I know what’s being marketed in my area – so I can
make my clients happy and advise them of products
that will be warmly received.
Thank you for your wishes and advice.
Have a good time over the web.
I am proud of you Abhi! Not all fights need to be fought out to be won… you are just victorious anyhow! 🙂
Keep blogging like you want to and like your heart says; we all have our reasons and the reasons hold best for us! 🙂
It’d good to hear that, Hajra! You are proud because you know how hard working I’m.
Anyways, just THANK you for calling me victorious. 🙂 I’ll make it happen.
No i didnt – i type however
Please im not that 98%!
Which 98% are you, then?
And this business of rebelliously not capitalizing your i’s (because Hajra pointed out that you had, in fact, slipped and done so after it was pointed out to you??) – reminds me a bit of someone I used to know who eschewed all spaces after periods as a “waste of time and pixels” (reasonable logic, if he had calculated it in terms of print and the number of trees that could be saved from the paper mill, each year; however, this was on an online forum and someone had simply pointed out how damnably HARD it was to read anything he posted). He also thought the energy required to hit the shift and some other key simultaneously was a waste of brain power (a subliminal message we all took to mean he was rightfully afraid he might run out, one day soon – as if his brain power were crude oil or something). He was convinced this made him “interesting.” Most of us were in agreement – it was tedious and made him a bit annoying.
Yes, you did!
You really need to work on your English, seriously. As you insisted, I visited your blog, actually, a blog with NO design and looks at all and I noticed so many grammatical mistakes and erroneous English, there (even after all this you call yourself BIG … LOL!!). And what did I see? An Internet Market who thinks out of the box is reviewing a webcam… LOL
Here I think it’d be good to re-direct you to a page for a while: http://jahangiri.us/
I did see you video, too. Sorry, couldn’t bother to watch it for more than 10 seconds. Another tip for you – Adjust the camera before you start speaking. AND speak properly and clearly, at least. Stop looking upside again and again.
If you wanna see some real videos, check out Chris Pirillo’s YouTube channel – “LockerGnome”. Or just watch some videos from Ms Ileane.
“.. you not half the person i am…” Stop yelling, man. Shouting that you are BIG will not make you bigger than anyone.
For your kind information, I’m not professional, online. I just have a little blog, I’m a part time blogger and a student pursuing Bachelors of Technology in Computer Science stream.
And what I’m doing online these days – http://www.probloggingsuccess.com/blogging-tips-101-contest-current-trends/
I wish you could be there.
And I noticed, you aren’t replying now, not coming back.
I hope you didn’t get any comment on your nerve.
loved the article. Although the points you mentioned are nothing new, but you combined them all in a beautiful post.
Wow, most people don’t like Pop-up, that’s why we not return visit the blog which installed pop-up code, thank for remind, Abhi.
Your welcome, buddy! 😀
Abhi, this is a very informative and helpful article. I think bloggers and website owners just starting out definitely could use these tips. I remember when I first starting blogging, I wanted to use all my favorite colors, blinky graphics here and there. But realized it was giving me a headache just updating my blog and started wondering if it bothered my followers/ readers. I later made many changes and have grown as a blogger and realized I blog for my readers, and to keep them coming back I had to give them a reason.
This article reminded me of how I had to make changes, and also made me see some other changes I might be able to make.
Thanks again!!
Deb
Hey Debbie!
Nice to see you here!
You know, I ad black background with white text when I started blogging. Soon figured it out that it’s not going to work that way.
Thank you for your comments.
I agree with most of these, but I have a slight issue with number 10. I generally use public domain images, or my own images. I’ve added citations for images whenever it’s been absolutely necessary, but I generally try to avoid images that require citations because it tends to clutter things up. I don’t think it’s fair to ASSUME that if you don’t see citations that the blogger is violating copyright laws and “plagiarizing” I’ve always been very careful and respectful about copyright.
The thing i hate most is pop up ads which slows down system i think bloggers should add things that make the website slow..!
All here hate popups, friend. Thank you for comments.
Actually, this brings to mind a question. Ileane where are you getting most of your images from?
I recently have begun having to credit even images I have made due to the requirements for syndication through several social services. I now add a “image source: where” snippet to the bottom of every post. I do not however link out unless required to by the terms of that images origin.
This however is a new action for me since most of my images are either rights-purchased or self-created I would not normally have too… except that I’ve moved to it as part of moving up in the world of functioning as a site of noteability.
Hi Kim,
90% (or more) of the images I use are from
http://www.istockphoto.com
I’ve been meaning to ask you about the syndication that you’re doing. Are you concerned that some of the sites that you syndicate to will outrank your original blog posts in search results?
Also, I noticed that on the B2community your profile didn’t have an avatar. Is that because of a requirement they have or is it just a glitch?
The reason I asked is because Tamar Weinberg brought up the topic on Google+ one day and she was totally against the concept. She was specifically referring to Social Media Today but I think the concept is similar.
Let me know when you get a chance Kim.
Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment!
Your welcome. Glad you liked it.
You know, my last guest post (and contest entry) was about “Why I will not accept your guest post”… I would be glad if you can press all share buttons and get into the conversation.
I see the similiarities you are talking about. (But – I do try and offer them solutions ;-p)
Haha… Yes!
I did try to give some tips (solutions) with my reasons. 🙂
Glad you visited.
Abhi, this is just SO hilarious! I absolutely loved your tone of voice. And the eye drops bit — LOL, priceless.
Thanks. :^)
Abhi – great article. I do agree with you on 99% of the points you’ve made here! The only one I disagree with? Pop-ups. Yes they are annoying. Yup they disrupt what I was looking for. But you know what I’ve found out? They convert. Either through people signing up, or getting that e-Book that has the upsells in them? It just plain works.
The reason why? There are still too many people willing to think that they HAD to sign up when that popup showed up in order to keep on visiting the site. Or they might have been honestly interested.
Otherwise? You’re dead on as to why I won’t visit most peoples sites. Stale content, too many advertisements, design is uninteresting.
Unfortunately I am guilty of inconsistent updates 🙁
Hey Jason,
Good to see you on my post, man! I know people sign up through pop ups BUT the point is, I can sign up from the sidebar or anywhere else if I want to. There’s no need to pop it up to my face while I am reading and interrupt me.
You know what’s most annoying for me, when I am waiting for a heavy site to load up, and just when I think the site is loaded fully, a pop up is presented in front of me. Pfft!
Well, all have different point of views.
BTW, I’m too guilty of inconsistency now. Being a part time blogger, lots of studies and all, you know. 😀
Hi Abhi,
You are one of my inspiring blogger! I read your post, its awesome.
Yes, i agree with your points.
Consistency in updating the blog with exceptional information along with the useful online presence would definitely make the readers to visit to your blog regularly.
Thanks for writing, keep doing it for your followers 🙂
Thanks a lot, Nirmala!
Being an inspiring blogger is definitely a good thing. Thank you!