Friday, June 26, 2009

Your Basic Blogging Guidelines

This is a very quick post on some essential basic guidelines for your blog. If you adhere to these basics you should not encounter any problems and learn how to blog successfully very quickly.

If you are using blogger.com they have their own terms and conditions for posting content. You can't just post anything, so always read the terms & condition's. Your blog will probably be marked as spam or even deleted if you don't follow there rules.

This is a restriction of using a blogger.com blog. If you wish to have full control over your content that you can post, you need to host your own blog and have your own hosting account.

That brings us on to the dos and don'ts of our blog

Dos:

• Make sure you base your posts with a good category structure to make it easy to find content for a particular topic.

• It is vital to put paragraphs and sub-ideas. It's not entertaining to read one block of manuscript. Digest it into pieces or your readers will get tired of struggling and leave your blog.

• Put pictures and multimedia sources to enhance the content. Could either be a vlog, photoblog, etc.

• Always create mutual communication between you and your readers. Answer queries without leaving your readers hanging for an answer.

• Make your article as simple and as understandable as possible. Avoid beating around the bush. Write like your talking to one of your mates.

• Always respect your reader's opinions, even if you disagree

• Make sure you update regularly. If you make blogging a part of your life, post as often as possible with fresh content.

DON'Ts:

• Never go against your host's legal boundaries. Respect their terms and conditions.

• Don't ignore the quality of your content. Be specific with posting information.

• Don't provoke fights. Sometimes comments can be a pain. And sometimes, none of it is true. Let it go and don't waste your time and energy.

• Don't waste a post with inappropriate details that would just confuse your audience.

• Don't copy the works of others. Produce something original. Imitations trigger criticisms.

• Don't be afraid to advertise. It's one way to make your blog famous among the masses. Go to other sites and leave your blog address. It's a matter of give and take.

Most internet sites like Yahoo! and IBM publish their guidelines on blogging. It is intended to be read, understood, and accepted by the blogger. Obey certain rules and policies. It won't do you wrong. Libellous materials could cause you problems, so better follow the rules.

Above and beyond all, if you write your own content and have fun doing it and keep it informative and entertaining then being able to learn to blog will be a lot of fun and very profitable. 

Happy blogging.

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