Blogging has become a hobby as well as profession. No doubt Blogging has spread it self far and wide but still new bloggers face some difficulties and problems. In this post I will tell you how to create a decent and user friendly blog. No matter you are using Blogger, Word press these tips will surely help you.
THEME OR TEMPLATE
Theme and Template both are same. In Word press it is known as theme and in blogger it is called template. Theme plays a vital role in overall outlook of a blog. So choose such a theme that gives good outlook and is responsive. There are many free themes available but if you choose Professional paid theme it will definitely maintain good speed and great user experience. Themes with slideshow add extra glowing effects to your blog. You can choose the featured images to display.
USER FRIENDLY
Write for people not for Google. This is a very famous and meaningful sentence for bloggers. Definitely it is true. Try to build good relationship with your visitors. Create a user friendly blog and site should be easily navigable. Encourage visitors to comment and know what they want from you.
SITE MAP
Always create a site map of your blog that fully describes the purpose of your blog. Moreover it also give information about other pages and categories. Sitemap helps the visitors to quickly overview your website and decide what to surf and what not to.
ANNOYING ADS
This is the biggest mistake that mostly do. Just to earn few bucks they keep showing ads sometime pop ups sometime link shortened intermission ads. These ads snatch your visitors. Use decent ads and never fill your whole page with ads.
FLOATING LIKE BOX
One more not do is to add floating like box. It slows down your web loading speed and annoy the visitors. Avoid using floating box rather than that use Page Badge in side widget.
LESS RESTRICTIONS
Do not use so much restrictions for comments. Introduce simple yet spam protecting form that is easy to use. Don't add restrictions to register in order to read full post or something else like that.
LAST WORD
These points are must for beginners. Surely you will see good results. Keep visiting for more posts and do let us know your opinion through comments.