{"id":3967,"date":"2016-10-14T11:34:41","date_gmt":"2016-10-14T15:34:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eparrs.com\/blog\/blog\/?p=3967"},"modified":"2024-02-29T19:30:59","modified_gmt":"2024-03-01T00:30:59","slug":"7-blogging-blunders-you-should-avoid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eparrs.com\/blog\/7-blogging-blunders-you-should-avoid\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Blogging Blunders You Should Avoid"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Think you might be amazed to learn how many business websites fail with at least 2 of these 7 blogging blunders you should avoid. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1) <strong>Search box missing<\/strong>.<br>This is an important usability feature that when missing could frustrate, and even discourage your readers.<br>How can you expect your readers to find anything without a means of searching your blog?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kGGy4eGFEsg?modestbranding=1\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2) <strong>Contact page missing<\/strong>.<br>A contact page is your \u201cconnection\u201d to your readers.<br>Making yourself more \u201creachable\u201d to your readers can make your blog appear more personable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/G_fM3zus8EU?modestbranding=1\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3) <strong>Bad choice of text type<\/strong> better known as font.<br>Be sure to choose the right style of font, font size, and spacing to make reading your blog posts more comfortable for your readers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iCgdf4pkvtQ?modestbranding=1\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">4) <strong>Complicated navigation<\/strong>.<br>Not using drop-down menus can simplify navigating your blog.<br>Too many options can confuse readers.<br>\u201cKeep It Simple Silly\u201d rule applies here!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"458\" height=\"164\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eparrs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/7-Blogging-Blunders-You-Should-Avoid-image01.webp\" alt=\"screen print of a navigation bar depicting an issue to avoid\" class=\"wp-image-8859\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eparrs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/7-Blogging-Blunders-You-Should-Avoid-image01.webp 458w, https:\/\/www.eparrs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/7-Blogging-Blunders-You-Should-Avoid-image01-300x107.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 458px) 100vw, 458px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">5) <strong>Links are invisible<\/strong>.<br>Always identify all of your links to your readers by either underlining them or using a different colour text.<br>Besides this, it is a <a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/webmasters\/answer\/66353?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">violation of Google&#8217;s guidelines<\/a> to use invisible links.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8oUzAFPQRBk?modestbranding=1\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">6) <strong>Ad overload!<\/strong><br>NEVER overload your blog with ads &#8230; unless you want to discourage a reader that is.<br>Too much of anything can make your blog appear cluttered and tacky.<br>And &#8230; too many ads makes your blog look desperate to sell something &#8230; anything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/N69M9II6Iog?modestbranding=1\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bruceclay.com\/seo\/siloing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> What is siloing<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">7) <strong>No Archive<\/strong>.<br>This feature can not only help your readers but also works to help search engine spiders, which in turn might help your website ranking in search results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This option becomes even more vital if you do not have a XML sitemap (for search engines) already included on your website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/en.blog.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/03\/en-blog-wordpress-com_sitemap-xml1.png?zoom=2\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eparrs.com\/blog\/why-your-business-website-needs-a-blog\/\"> Great blogs<\/a> are not created overnight. Post it and they will come doesn\u2019t REALLY work either.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eparrs.com\/blog\/5-ways-to-make-your-website-stand-out-from-your-competition\/\">basic rules of great website design<\/a> and having at the very least, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eparrs.com\/services\/\">basic SEO<\/a> done on your blog and you will be well on your way to success. Select a topic you are passionate about and that will help to sustain your momentum until the money starts rolling in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you found this post helpful, please share it &#8230; and &#8230; comments are greatly appreciated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"234\" height=\"16\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eparrs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/cs-wh-3d-234x16-1.gif\" alt=\"Protected By Copyscape Do Not Copy\" class=\"wp-image-8381\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<!--Yasr Overall Rating Shortcode--><div class=\"yasr-overall-rating\"><div class=' yasr-rater-stars'\r\n                           id='yasr-overall-rating-rater-72a8b9c6a6d9b'\r\n                           data-rating='5'\r\n                           data-rater-starsize='32'>\r\n                       <\/div><\/div><!--End Yasr Overall Rating Shortcode-->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Think you might be amazed to learn how many business websites fail with at least 2 of these 7 blogging blunders you should avoid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8858,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"yasr_overall_rating":5,"yasr_post_is_review":"","yasr_auto_insert_disabled":"","yasr_review_type":"BlogPosting","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archived"],"yasr_visitor_votes":{"stars_attributes":{"read_only":true,"span_bottom":"<div class='yasr-small-block-bold'><span class='yasr-visitor-votes-must-sign-in'>You must sign in to vote<\/span><\/div>"},"number_of_votes":0,"sum_votes":0},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eparrs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eparrs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eparrs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eparrs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eparrs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3967"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.eparrs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3967\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eparrs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eparrs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eparrs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eparrs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}