I found an awesome new blog, Life With My 3 Boybarians, over the weekend and this girl is singin' my tune! Not only does Darcy discuss photography and bloggin', but she also does fabulous blog design. I found this hilarious post that she did about the biggest bloggin' mistakes that people make. Below are some of my own bloggin' pet peeves. See the full list on her post,
Bloggin' Mistakes.
- Always Apologizing - I get annoyed when people write "I'm so sorry I haven't posted in so long, I'm a bad blogger." You don't owe anyone an apology for not writing on Your.Own.Blog.
- Automatic Music - A.n.n.o.y.i.n.g. Enough said.
- Making comments hard to post - Disable the word verification people!
- Ads - Pioneer Woman and Bakerella have reached ad status. Putting ads on a personal blog is distracting and not necessary (unless you have 6 thousand followers).
- Cluttered Sidebars - Sometimes I run across three-column blogs that have so much "stuff" on the sidebars that I get too distracted and leave. I have tried cleaning up my sidebar a bit.
- Pre-Made Layouts - Some pre-made layouts allow you to keep writing outside of the margins. I can't see your text!
- Comments Like - "Thanks so much for checking out my blog." We all look at tons of blogs and leave comments here and there. It's not necessary to keep saying "thanks" to everyone who comments on yours. Why not leave them a witty comment instead?
I'm sure you all have your own bloggin' pet peeves too! Oh, and you don't have to agree with me here. This is just stuff that has been pluckin' my nerves as of lately. 
10 comments:
God Yes!! Love this post!
Thank you! I HATE the music players! If I want to listen to music, I would open up my Itunes!
Oy I'm guilty of that last one I hope you still like me :D
I hate when I'm automatically asked to sign into Twitter when I land on their blog. Excuse me, but I don't even have Twitter and if I did, why do you assume I want to stalk you on there!? Geez...
Yes! Yes! Yes! I love this list :)
Amen, sista! I echo everything you posted. So so true...that annoying automatic music. Eck! This is so great...thanks for saying what has been on my mind, too.
crap. i think i have apologized once or twice. most def. will stop all that! :) this is great i love it!
I'd have to agree on most of those! I am getting a blog makeover and I first thought I wanted 3 columns, but after looking at other 3 column blogs they are way too cluttered! The posts should be the focus. :)
I hate the music too!
And the only problem I have with disabling word verification is that I get spam comments (at least 3-4 per post!). And your readership is much higher than mine...do you get spam comments?
Well, I was coming over here to thank you for visiting my blog but now I won't! I've made a lot of those "mistakes" - but I'm not going to apologize for it. Merry Christmas!
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