Here some things to consider about blogging:

1. It needs time – it’s the biggest disadvantage, you’ll need to spend a lot of time in planning, writing, learning, etc.

2. It show much about its author – if you have a blog, people will be able to learn much about you – ideas, hobbies, photos, etc.

3. It could make you a bad favor – if you are not good at something and you write an article about it, everyone will understand that you are not a big professional.

4. It will become boring one – Yes, that’s the truth about every blog – after some period of time its author will be exhausted of ideas about new interesting posts. Then the blog will become boring to its reader, people will stop reading your blog, it will demotivate the blogger to add new posts. As we know, blog without new posts is a dead blog.

5. It obligates you – whatever you do, you will always have to keep in mind that you have a blog and you always have to write something interesting to your readers.

Well, I hope you’ve found something to think about blogging

1. Keep it Clear

When people visits your blog they want to read something interesting, so the most important thing in blog design is to make article reading easier.

2. Add a Big RSS Icon in the top of the blog

Many people use RSS, I use it, my readers too So, If someone wants to read your blog rss feeds, help him to find the RSS link in a second.

3. Add Menu in Header

Usually, every blog has some pages (home, about, advertise, etc.) If you add header menu, visitors will feel more comfortable

4. White Background is a Must

When we read books, textbooks, etc. all text there is black over white background. That’s how we learn to read. So, why should blogging reading cannot be as much as possible close and comfortable to the book reading !?

5. Create a Unique Logo

Well, I don’t have but when I find some free time I’ll add The logo is the symbol of your blog and th main part of the branding.

6. Check Loading Time

Who can wait your blog to load? So, after some design change, don’t forget to check blog loading time.

7. Increase the Line Spacing to Improve Readability

It’s easy to be done and can only help

8. Don’t Type More than 2 words in ALL CAPS

The reason is: DO YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE WHEN YOU READ THIS ALL CAPS TEXT

9. Forget Pop-Up Windows

I hate (and I believe you, too) when I open some blog and a pop up window appears to suggest me to download some book, read ads, etc.

10. Add favicon.ico

We have browsers with tabs, make your blog more ‘recognizable’ in the row of tab by adding a fav icon.

11. Check Your Blog Under All Broswers

Not all people use FireFox, IE is still a leader, so we need to check our blogs for browser compatibility, too.

12. Choose Proper Color

Colors affect our moods and feelings. So, you can read more about color effect before designing your blog.

13. Reduce Scrolling

People don’t like it. You can reduce it by displaying only summaries of post in the main and archive pages, reduce number of posts per page, etc.

14.  Stay away from animated GIFs and Auto-Loading Sound

Animated GIFs and auto-loading sounds are easiest way to annoy your readers

15. Maximum 1000 pixels for the Width

Most people have 1024×768 monitors, so your blog should be completely visible at 1000 pixels wide without horizontal scrolling.

16. Make the Text Large Enough to Read

It’s the most important css line

17. Don’t Underline Words If They’re Not Links

Same as some of the tips above, it could only annoy your readers.

18. Don’t Forget the Footer

If people scroll to the footer, it means they like your site or at least they’ve found something interesting in it. Do you think they want to read the Copyright text !? That’s why the footer should be awesome, too. Ex. you can design it like my footer: add main menu links there, twitter icon, facebook widgets, etc.

19. If You’re Proud with Your Blog Design, it’s Ready to be Uploaded

I think it’s the best way to understand when your design is ready. Just think how you’ll feel if everybody see it.

20. Your Blog Design Always Can Be Better

After upload you blog design, you can think what more can be improved. I bet you always will find something that can be improved

1. Not Blogging Consistently

A blog without new content is dead blog. Will you visit a blog again and again if there’s no new posts. That’s the reason I add new posts everyday.

2. Not using own domain for your blog

If you use own domain you’ve freedom to your blog – customize design, insert new plugins, etc.

3. Wait people to find you

There’s so many blogs and websites, so you need to promote somehow your blog. But the good news is that if your blog is really useful and unique you don’t need to spend much time promoting it.

4. To many adds

The truth is that people hate ads. They visit your blog to read something useful, not for ads there.

5. Give up

Blogging is not easy. That’s why you can see so many failures in web.

6. Too long post

People are too busy to read long posts.  So, if it is possible, write your posts shorter.

7. Writing for search engines

If your blog is useful for people, it’ll be useful for search engines, too

8. Blogging only for the money

Blogging is not a fast way to make money. If you blog only for the money, it is too possible to give up.

9. Blogging for something not interesting to you

Similar to Mistake #8, if you are not interested in what you are blogging, it is too possible to give up.

10. Not include your opinion

Blog is personal. If you don’t include your don’t expect to have a unique blog.

11. Repeat something that everyone knows

same as Mistake #11.

12. Changing your blog address

I’ve changed the address of my blog and that hurt SEO much. If you move your blog to a new address forget about traffic from search engine for couple of months.

13. Focus only in design

People visit your blog to read, so make their reading comfortable. It’s easy, all you need is simple design.

14. Not linking to others

If you not link to other, less blogger will link to you.

15. Ignoring readers’ Comments

When you read comments you can learn what people think about you and your blog. So, I read all your comments

16. Meaningless post titles

When people visit your blog they read post title first. If they find it useful they will read the post, too. If the title is meaningless they won’t read your post and will close the page with your blog.

17. Not learning anything

If you don’t learn new things, you won’t be able to write new and interesting post.

18. Copy others content

It is not good to steal content: not good for seo and not interesting post for the readers.

19. Not being useful

People visit your blog to find something useful for them. So, give it to them

20. Care only about number of visits

If you have many visitors with average time on site 1 – 2 sec. that’s mean they don’t find your blog useful.

21. Not using WordPress

There’s no better blogging platform than WP.

22. Adding too many plugins

It may slow your blog down. Does anyone likes slow loading blogs

23. Not being in Facebook

Many people use Facebook, allow them to join you in Facebook. Create a fan page and add its widget in your blog. By the way, you can join my fan page, too

24. Not being in Twitter

Twitter will let you to notify your followers about your new posts.

25. Not communicate with your readers

If you don’t communicate with you readers, it will be harder to find your mistakes.

26. Do Not Brand your blog

If you want to make your blog popular thing about its branding ‘How people will remember and recognize your blog?’

27. Not signing up to webmaster and bloggers forum

You can learn much about blogging from the forums.

28. Not knowing your target customers

If you don’t know your target customers, it’s hard to kind what to write about.

29. Letting the people who tell you that it’s not possible earn money from blogging

When you begin blogging, there will be many people that will tell you that you want succeed with your blog. If you listen to them, it’s 100% guaranteed that you won’t succeed.

30. Not planning

Blogging needs time. Ex. for the current article, I spend 2 hours to write it. It’s not easy, every day I spend at least 1 hour for my blog. It’s not easy, so I should plan my time.

Well, I hope you’ve found something useful in the tips above. I’ll be very thankful to share some your mistake as a comment

Blog Planning:

1. Check if your future blog niche will be profitable

2. When you choose blog niche follow your passion

3. Start blogging if you can do it seven days a week and on vacations

4. Select good domain name

5. Give your blog an appropriate title

6. Install WordPress for your blogging platform, it’s the best

7. Choose a clear theme that allows visitors to be able easy to read your articles

8. Test your blog under most popular browsers

9. Get a short and easy to remember name for yourself

10. Make a list of the best 10 blogs in your niche and try being like them and even better

Blog Posts Tips:

11. Post quality content

12. Post about something interesting to you

13. Write positive articles

14. Write something funny

15. Use short and easy to remember post titles

16. Write useful posts

17. share secrets with your reader

18. Include your personal opinion in your posts

19. Interview other bloggers and post the interview

20. Review other websites and blogs

21. Become an expert in your niche

22. Post videos that will help your readers learn something new

23. Share your hopes about your blog with your visitor

24. Get inspired by other bloggers

25. Ask questions and incite discussions

26. Do not write too long posts

27. Do not write too short posts

28. Use photos in your posts

29. Use striking images in your posts

30. Do not steal images

31. Use screenshots or parts of them as images for your blog posts

32. Do not use huge images, not everybody has a fast connection

33. Use thumbnails for bigger images

34. Do not automate your blogging efforts

Blog Comments Tips:

35. Encourage your visitors to share their opinions in comments

36. Reply to all your comments

37. critic comments are your friends, too. They show you what annoys your readers

38. Always be kind, it makes you a professional blogger

39. Allow trackbacks and dofollow links in comments

40. Congratulate your blog’s top commentators occasionally

41. Know your audience and offer it what it wants

Other Blogging Tips:

42. Put a nice RSS subscribe feed button to your blog

43. Offer a full feed

44. Add a blogroll of blogs that are similar to yours

45. Ask questions to your readers

46. Create polls

47. Do not add too much adds in your blog

48. Add a newsletter.

49. Explain what RSS is for people new to the concept

50. Always try to make your blog (design, widgets, etc.) better

51. Use a striking avatar

Branding your Blog:

52. Add an unforgettable logo in your header

53. Distribute T-shirts or other merchandise with your blog name on it

54. Buy a paid review from any famous blog

55. Get featured in a print magazine

56. Promote your posts, not your website

57. Use Feedburner

58. Celebrate your and your blog birthday with your readers

59. Put your blog’s advertise in the local newspaper

60. Write an e-book and allow to your visitors to download it for free

61. Donate for a cause or become a volunteer for a non-profit organization

62. Build free online tools that your visitors may find useful

63. Make a sticker with your blog’s name and stick it on your car

64. Start an auction and let people bid for something useful

65. Make contact with your local visitors and organize bloggers’ meet

66. Brand your blog with a catchy phrase along with the logo

67. Use your logo and avatar through the Net

Be Social:

68. Be on twitter, ex. http://twitter.com/devtheweb

69. Tweet This button after your posts

70. Create a Facebook Fan Page and Include its widget in your blog, example of it you can see in the bottom right of the page, you can enjoy it too

71. Socialize with other bloggers and add them as friends at Facebook

72. Submit your blog post to social bookmarking sites

73. Target niche social news sites

74. Post comments in other blogs similar to yours

75. Do not post comments only for marketing purposes

76. Join Forums from your niche and be useful to the people there

77. Join Yahoo! Answers and add a link on your website as an answer

78. Get on StumbleUpon, too. it brings huge targeted traffic if you do it right

79. Submit only good stuff in social bookmarking sites, so people get interested in you and visit your blog

80. Suggest your blog to your friends and let them do some work for you

81. Submit others blog posts to your favorite social bookmarking site and vote there for them

82. Send Email to other bloggers if they have “Page not found” or other problem in their blogs

83. Contribute guest post on other blogs

84. Do not annoy other bloggers, contact them only if it really makes sense

Blog SEO Tips:

85. Submit your blog info to blog directories

86. Use Google Analytics to your blog

87. Use blog communities like BlogCatalog or MyBlogLog

88. Use CLIQ to be displayed on similar blogs you like

89. Ping Google Blog Search and Technorati

90. Link to others to get linked

91. Don’t do conventional SEO on your blog

92. Do not copy-paste content from other websites or blogs

93. Learn Other SEO tips and use them to your blog

Most Important Tips:

94. Put beauty in everything you do for your blog

95. Learn something new every day, that will make you an interesting writer

96. Be open minded. Let everything and anything inspire you

97. Respect your readers and other bloggers

98. Be patient

99. Be yourself

100. Don’t give up

Well, That’s all. I hope you’ve found something useful in the tips above