Bloggers Share Their Blogging Mistakes

April 2nd, 2007

Bloggers Share Their Blogging Mistakes

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Daniel at Daily Blog Tips recently ran a collaborative blogging project on ‘blogging mistakes’.

Forty eight bloggers participated in the project and shared their learnings from their blogging mistakes. I contributed with my learning on why you should move to your own domain before it’s too late.

After reading through the forty eight posts, I found that bloggers make their biggest mistake in terms of -

- Not starting their blog on their own yourblog.com domain, or not installing Wordpress on the root directory.
- Not choosing an appropriate, easy to pronounce and easy to remember domain name.
- Not defining the focus and posting frequency for their blog, or deviating from their defined focus or posting frequency.
- Not building relationship with readers and other bloggers in their niche.
- Not focusing on feed subscribers.
- Monetizing the blog too early or too much.
- Focusing too little or too much on SEO and traffic generation.

I have been guilty of most of the seven blogging sins listed above, but I’m making these mistakes less often than before.

Here are my three favorite contributions -

- Don’t monetize your blog too early by Maki
- Don’t ignore the basics of SEO by Simonne
- Build predictability in your posts by devoting each day in the week to a particular type of post by Roberto

Here is a complete list of the contributions -

- Include a “subscribe to my feed by e-mail” box and choose a domain name without hyphens by Thilak
- Clean up the clutter in your blog so that it’s light and quick to load by Clever Dude
- Maintain posting frequency by writing many posts together and scheduling them to appear on different days by Chris
- Have a focused vision for your blog by Shawn
- Target a posting frequency that works for you by Julian
- Choose a short domain name without any punctuation marks by Cory O’Brien
- Don’t change the name or domain name of your blog by Denise
- Choose a domain name that is focussed yet flexible by Ben
- Don’t start too many blogs at the same time by Green Llama
- Define the focus of your blog by Bret
- Don’t mix work and blogging by Annie
- Focus on the basic and keep it simple by Vijay
- Don’t run a contest without prior preparation by Robert
- Don’t do rushed, unverified or incomplete posts by Bill
- Don’t try to promote your blog using tools better used by A-listers by Nathan
- Always install Wordpress on the root directory by Daniel
- Make your posts more interesting with images and videos by Madhur
- Start blogging before it becomes impossible to find a niche by Francesco
- Don’t open links in new windows by Nirmal
- Only comment if you have something worthwhile to say by Rory
- Use a smart permalink structure on your blog by Leftblank
- Don’t write your post in Microsoft Word and check how your blog looks in both Internet Explorer and Firefox by Mark Paddock
- Don’t have too many incomplete draft posts because you’ll never complete them by Inspirationbit
- Don’t underestimate the time you will need to put in to make your blog successful by Andrew
- Start your blog on your own domain using Wordpress by Andrew Flusche
- In a niche dominated by “experts”, sometimes, it’s better to be a learner by George
- Delete your first blog post by Mark Alves
- Participate in blog carnivals to build readership by Andrea
- Manage your blogging time productively by Dave
- Define the number of tags you want to use on your blog by Shankar
- Start your blog on your own domain using Wordpress by Jimbo
- Don’t monetize your blog too early by Maki
- Don’t ignore the basics of SEO by Simonne
- Focus on blogging, not begging for links by David Paul
- Build predictability in your posts by devoting each day in the week to a particular type of post by Roberto
- When you don’t have anything to say, read outside of your niche by Philip Liu
- Find your own voice instead of copying the styles of other successful bloggers by Paper Bull
- Don’t start too many blogs together by Mohammed
- Do not use shared hosting by Rene
- Choose a easy to remember domain name by Cavin
- Don’t over-monetize your blog by Jason
- Stick with your blog through thick and thin by Blake
- Comment on other people’s blogs by Somu
- build a relationships with your readers by Ronald
- Don’t try to work with code when you know you can’t give your total attention to it by Amanda
- Do not underestimate the importance of your feed subscribers by Kevin
- Build your blog on your own domain name by Engtech