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10 reasons why most blogs suck

November 20, 2009

In no particular order:

  1. Writing for Twitter clicks instead of a real audience.
  2. Bad design/no variation in layout
  3. Lazy writing: little thought, very little research, no editing.
  4. Writing for SEO keywords.
  5. Short posts about the same thing we’ve read 1,000 times before with no depth.
  6. Being too informal and/or biased, i.e. not sounding the least bit objective.
  7. Being to formal and uptight, i.e. sounding like a corporate megalopoly.
  8. Inconsistency: not posting regularly.
  9. Not knowing what one is talking about but talking anyway, a.k.a. ignorance.
  10. Rampant use of top-10 lists
  11. Bonus (edit): Not allowing comments. (Thanks, @thetylerhayes)

I have been guilty of all of these at least once.  I’m working on it.  :)

You can reach me on my Twitter account: @mccambridge.

 

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UPDATE: Comments are now allowed again. Woohoo—I’m starting to follow my own rules!

by Sean McCambridge on January 03, 2010 at 3:35 pm

 

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