Are you a blogger? Do you often wonder why your blog gets no traffic and no subscribers? This is something many bloggers ask themselves every day. They blog regularly and the traffic just does not come.
I have come up with the top 8 reasons I believe that your blog sucks and if any of the tips below remind you of you then you know what you need to do too change things.
1. Your blogs theme is a load of rubbish and the layout is atrocious. You have too many ads overlapping and flashing in your visitor’s eyes and your text is too small to read.
2. You have copied your posts straight of another blog. Ask yourself this, if they have read it somewhere else why they would want to come to your blog to read it again. Plus duplicate content results in NO search engine traffic.
3. You don’t post enough. You should aim to update your blog every day or at least every other day. Once a week or month will not get you anywhere.
4. Your blog posts are incredibly boring. People don’t want to read about boring things, so if your life sucks and you blog about it then chances are your blog sucks.
5. You offer no response to your visitors, if they leave you a comment then respond to it and they will return.
6. Your blog posts are all made up. People soon get fed up when you exaggerate the truth. Blog honestly at all times to build trust.
7. You don’t spend enough time on your blog. Blogging is not just about posting regularly but also about changing things around on it as it gives the impression of being innovative.
8. You have lost the passion and no longer bother to post often. You are quite happy to make the pittance that your blog makes and leave it at that.
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#1 by Hugo Santos on August 6th, 2008
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point 2: totally agree. Im tired of reading content and getting the feel i have read it somewhere else. actually i have to say when i read this post title i thought “oh no, not another x reasons you suck at blogging!” lol, but after reading the post i saw the content was original
point 4: incredible boring… and i would add incredibly long. Persoanally i don’t like long articles, i tend to get tired of reading it specially if it is written in a boring style…
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#2 by banji - Lesson In Life on August 6th, 2008
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Blogging should never be considered as a job. It must always be a passion, any benefit be it financially or reputation wise that may comes is totally a bonus for us.
Nice write up
#3 by John Hoff - eVentureBiz on August 6th, 2008
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I think #3 is all relative. It depends on what you’re trying to do with your blog and where you see it going as a measure of if it gets anywhere.
To say “your blog sucks” just because you don’t post every other day at a minimum is dumb, but that’s just my opinion. Does someone have to be a full time blogger if they wish to run a blog?
There are successful bloggers out there who only post once a week and their content is very good.
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#4 by David Hobson on August 6th, 2008
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Maybe `sucks` is a strong word to use, but it did what i wanted it to do get attention.
Yes blogs can succeed with 1 post a week but it has to be really good content for it to do so.
#5 by John Hoff - eVentureBiz on August 6th, 2008
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True on all accounts
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#6 by Berry on August 6th, 2008
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I am not worried for all things, I am blogging just for fun not to live, some peoples just throw garbaged and pretend their an experts.
#7 by Blog Tips for Beginners on August 6th, 2008
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I’m still guilty of point #3 but I guess at the end of the day, passion is what makes or breaks a blog. Without it, everything will just fall apart eventually.
Yan
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#8 by Puneet on August 6th, 2008
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yea blogging shud b done as a true passion and not for competition or to survive as.
very true points mentioned … hv seen many such bloggers following few of the points which they souldn’t had.
#9 by Addiction Rehab Centers Blog on August 9th, 2008
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Publishing frequently can be beneficial but it is not required. You will get a different type of traffic but can also build a devoted following by publishing well written longer posts less frequently. But that is a less common strategy. And then the importance of the quality of each post is in greatly increased.
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#10 by Paul U on August 10th, 2008
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I’m going to reply a lot next time on the comments of my blog.
Thanks for mentioning that on your post.