Request for thoughts: What makes a good blog?

Posted by Mark on April 22, 2009
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myoldblog2At the prompting of Dave Miers, I’m toying with the idea of revamping this old blog…

It’s been a few years since I’ve worked in the online IT world, but I think now’s the time to resurrect some of those skills.  My area of expertise was in the realm of online adverting at Sensis (Yellow Pages, White Pages, Whereis, Bigpond, Telstra etc) and am keen to see what sort of interesting things I might be able to conjure up…. And thus, I’m going to try and step this site up a notch and see what happens. But I really want you to tell me what you think makes a good blog site or website generally:

- Layout – do you like a 2 or 3 columned look?
- Audio/Video/Text – What do you mostly scour the net for?
- Blog posts – Do you like short or long posts?
- Other sites – What other sites do you really enjoy visiting? Why?

Basically, any thoughts on what you like in blogging websites, I’d love to hear!

Much love in Christ,
Mark

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4 Comments to Request for thoughts: What makes a good blog?

reuben//
April 22, 2009

I’m sure dave has told you about this already (he loves it!) but smashingmagazine.com is a great resource for example design, trends, free templates even.

This might be useful for example: Beautiful blog designsLook forward to seeing what you come up with! And feel free to ask if you need any help.

geoffc
April 22, 2009

REgarding length of post, it all depends. When I’m writing a post I keep it short because if I’m being really honest, is it worth more than 2 minutes out of somebodies day? Do I have the ability compared to so many other brilliant writers to keep people reading. The answer for me is ‘no’.

If you have statcounter you can check how long people visit your blog for, and that may give you an idea how long to keep your posts.

I’d pay someone 20 bucks for a decent blog design. I’ve got no idea how to do it.

mark
April 23, 2009

Cheers guys, that’s flippin’ great. Reuben, you’ve picked it mate – I’m a geek with little to no design ability, so templates here we come!

And Geoff, yeah mate – I’ve got to try and limit the old ramble. I’ve appreciated having swung over to your blog to read a quick question, then just have a think about it…

Thanks fellas…

dvm
April 28, 2009

I like the two column for a blog and I like short posts. If I want to read something longer I will go for published articles or books. I go to blogs for something quick – an idea, an observation, something funny, something interesting. I agree with geoffc that to keep it short is better, as there are so many other time pressures these days, is a post really worth more than 2 minutes out of the day.

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