This post was guest blogged by Thomas Sinfield of ThomasSinfield.com, a blog about blogging, and making money from it!
I spend a lot of time visiting new blogs, revisiting my regular blogs, and commenting my favourite blogs – I’m sure you do the same!
What is it that makes our favourite blogs so good and why is it that we sometimes just visit a new blog once and then never return? If you can work this out then you have found an easy way to improve your blog.
So What Do You look For When Visiting Blogs?
Every blog that you visit, whether it be in your niche or not, you should be asking yourself the following initial questions:
* What do/don’t I like about this blog?
* What makes me want to stay/leave this blog?
* Is this blog providing me with any form of value? (Unique information, entertainment, etc)
If the blog shows its RSS feed count, ask yourself the following questions:
* Where is there RSS feed button located?
* How big and how visible is it?
* Is it located above the fold?
* Do they ask you to subscribe after each post?
When you start becoming aware of what does and doesn’t make blogs successful, you are able to use this knowledge to benefit your own blog.
Cheers Thomas for the guest post. Some decent tips there, aye? Off to fail Islamic Culture, enjoy 
January 5th, 2008 at 8:20 am
Most people will do the same including me. Thanks for the information.
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January 5th, 2008 at 9:13 am
Good tip, keep up the good work!
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January 5th, 2008 at 10:29 am
It all starts with one’s self, eh? Good article.
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January 5th, 2008 at 10:40 am
I think content is king (as if you haven’t heard that a thousand times!).
” * Is this blog providing me with any form of value? (Unique information, entertainment, etc) ”
I think that is the most important point!
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January 5th, 2008 at 11:37 am
i have to agree, good post. this question should be added, “is it a no follow blog?” lol.
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January 5th, 2008 at 2:39 pm
A good question would be : Is there so many advert that it makes me want to bang my head against a concrete wall?
And it happens often to me >_>
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January 5th, 2008 at 6:24 pm
@ egk -> I agree. Blogs should provide useful information
@ cdotech -> I sometimes check
@ neo -> I agree with that 2.
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January 5th, 2008 at 6:53 pm
I look for the content, and to see if it entertaining or not to keep me drawn in the post.
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January 5th, 2008 at 7:12 pm
I think knowing the standpoint of a blog is also pretty important, is the author talking about marketing, SEO, design or anything else? I generally get turned off when the first post I see is something like “What is the nofollow tag?” – It’s pretty obvious and you could just link to one of the other million articles about it.
If they write unique articles from a unique standpoint the blog is much more enjoyable IMO.
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January 5th, 2008 at 8:21 pm
For me.. the content, and the friendly commentators (TUK eh..??
) make up for a great blog..
However, good and fun content, along with something valuable is what I look for in a blog
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January 6th, 2008 at 1:01 am
Really Good tips.
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January 6th, 2008 at 8:38 am
@Sawan…
exactly
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January 6th, 2008 at 6:17 pm
And if it is some person rambling on about domain parking *ahem* j/k, but you get the idea.
Content is King!
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January 6th, 2008 at 7:09 pm
Let’s hope Sammy doesn’t read this… LOL.
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January 6th, 2008 at 8:05 pm
Rambling about Domain Parking eh..??
I remember reading that ‘boring’ post somewhere here on TUK Jason.
What’s happened to your Blog lately Jason..?? Why all this boooring stuff?
j/k Sammy if you’re reading this
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January 7th, 2008 at 3:35 am
Fooking exams, eh. I finish today though
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January 7th, 2008 at 8:37 pm
Then you can rake in the cash
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January 7th, 2008 at 9:38 pm
@Jason..
I hope you got that ‘J/k’ word in my post eh..??
@Sawan
And so can we
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January 11th, 2008 at 12:38 am
good and useful tips…
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