Comments on: Essential Blog Criterea to Improve

By: sukosaki

sukosaki — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 17:40:20 +0000

Good post here Nick, always worth reading.

By: Nick Sullivan

Nick Sullivan — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 23:44:50 +0000

Yep. They should be the main thing to focus on I agree. My next milestone for this blog is 500.

By: Sly from Slyvisions.com

Sly from Slyvisions.com — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 23:33:38 +0000

Just as the University Kid, I am also focusing on increasing my RSS subscribers. I’m close to 200 and cannot wait to reach 500+.

By: Nick Sullivan

Nick Sullivan — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 13:06:44 +0000

Make my own now. Used to borrow like first posts on the blog but now make my own unless it’s like a review for a company or something then I’ll use their logo and relevant images.

By: Coffeesh0p

Coffeesh0p — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 12:50:16 +0000

Do you make your own for each post or find others and borrow them?

By: Nick Sullivan

Nick Sullivan — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 12:00:41 +0000

The University Kid have read your blog a few times. You always have a lot of comments! how many readers you got?

Oh and must of been a temporary drop of usage on my RSS front. Back up there now!

On the monetization front. Yeh, I think with a blog, solid readership is the most important aspect, so you should only monetize when you can afford to lose some.

I haven’t even attempted to monetize yet. I’ve done the odd review, got 1 payed ad spot on board – only 4 available currently *125 by 125 and a banner ad.

Coffeesh0p: Yeh I think having an image whenever possible or images rather. Without images a post can still be good but I just never like it, good images make a post look so much better.

By: Coffeesh0p

Coffeesh0p — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 10:31:09 +0000

Hmm good post.

One thing that makes your blog stand out for me is the use of images in every post. Sometimes, they can look a bit strange or out of place, but they’re *always* there. Looks attractive.

By: The University Kid

The University Kid — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 10:10:51 +0000

Great post. I’m concentrating on the RSS subscribers for now, something that has been difficult to get off the ground.

Monetization is a key point, but I’ve held back from that (ergo the empty advertising spots on my blog

By: Nick Sullivan

Nick Sullivan — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 07:25:56 +0000

At what point did I say to do it all at once ?

By: Wayne Liew

Wayne Liew — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 07:21:23 +0000

I agree with you that we shall always seek improvements for our blogs from time to time. However, we shall not be experimenting everything at once. This will lead to too many frustrations and efforts to be placed on tracking and optimizing.

Also, frequent changes on blogging style for example might chase readers away as well.