5 Tips to Consider When Creating A Blog

After reviewing four blogs that were similar to my own Personal Blog, I chose to use the experience to create five tips everyone needs to consider when creating a blog.

1. Do not use a white background especially when using Blogger.

This is a tip that the author of the blog What's Alan Watching failed to follow and it made all the wonderful information featured on the blog about the TV Industry extremely hard to read. Also, white is boring, you need to make the background on your blog flashy to attract the attention of readers. However don't make the background too flashy you do not want to blind the people trying to read your text. What's Alan Watching and its boring white background.

2. Make sure the text on the blog is readable.

This refers to making sure that the text on your blog is big enough that people don't have to squint to read it or making sure that the color of the text is visible on the background you are using. Making sure that text is readable also requires you to make sure that their are parameters set on the template that you are using for your blog to prevent the text you are writing from getting cut off or being presented as one long sentence that runs across the screen.

Examples of texts that may appear on a blog.

3. Make sure your blog stays on topic.

For example I have a blog entitled Across The Airwaves that is dedicated towards providing news and opinions on the Television Industry. This means that you will not find posts about movies or housewarming tips on my blog and if I ever turned away from that decision I would just leave the people reading my blog confused. In fact they might even turn away from my blog.

Best Week Ever is a blog that goes from discussing TV such as the Tyra Banks Show (left) to commenting on YouTube videos (right).

4. Write your posts in a way that does not require the person reading your blog to do a lot of scrolling with the Mouse.

I hate to say it but people are lazy which means that when people look at a blog they want the information right in front of them, they do not want to roll the little wheel on their Mouse to get to it. In order to put the information right in front of the people reading your blog try to keep your posts short and to the point while still making it clear that you are putting effort into them. However if you feel like making a post that is going to require visitors to do a lot of scrolling place a portion of your post on your blogs main page and then hyperlink it to a separate page dedicated just to that post.

This blog post links to this web page.

5. If you have factual information in your blog posts back them up.

Backing up the information on your blog using hyperlinks, images and videos is a great idea because it gives your blog legitimacy. For example on my blog, Across The Airwaves I try to hyperlink the names of TV Shows and actors used in my post to give my blog viewers background on what I am discussing in case they have never heard of it. I also use pictures to help my readers visualize an actor I am writing and I use video if it is available to help them experience a scene I am describing. An example of backing up facts posted on my blog.