nowadays but be wise in your choice by staying away from pop-ups and ads which move across the screen or obstruct the view of your content.

Being Unpersonal

There is a real person behind every blog and people want to feel a connection with the author. This not only builds credibility but also loyal readers. A good example are books where the author info is at the back together with their picture. The whole idea is to build a relationship with your readers and keep them coming back. Can you imagine Problogger without Darren or JohnChow blog without John?

We have gone through together so far in this week's 'Covering the Basic' theme with free directories submission,start-up tools and seo. In this final part, I shall feature the things bloggers do to kill off their traffic. As you probably know by now, traffic generation requires a lot of effort, time and in most cases investment as well. To just throw it all away is such an utter waste.

So let us look at how we can avoid these pitfalls then by learning from these 7 common mistakes:

Unfriendly Environment

Besides designing your blog to be friendly to the search engines, it also must be user-friendly to your visitors. There is no right and wrong in terms of choosing your preferred template may it be with 2columns or even 4 but the important thing to keep in mind is how you utilize the space available. Also make sure that the codings is right and can be seen perfectly in multiple browsers.

Offering Too Many Choices

I have come across a few sites and blogs giving out special offers on some E-books on Internet Marketing but before you can download it, you have to subscribe to one of 25 available partner sites. Firstly I do not have the time or interest to read up on the summary of each of the 25 partner sites and furthermore most people shun at the idea of subscribing to unwanted offers. Now if they offered just 3 choices, then perhaps I wouldn't mind but at 25, all it did was to make me close the browser.

Constantly Swaying Away From Topic

If you are writing about your pet, then stick to that most of the time. If a new topic really catches your attention then by all means start a new blog for it but do not dilute the purpose of your present blog.

Information Overload

No doubt some are born to be great writers but style of writing aside, how you deliver that message is just as important too. No matter how interested I am on a particular article but if I find its about 5000 words long and crammed into just 5 paragraphs, I will lose interest in it also immediately. If your article gets lengthy, you can either split it into small readable paragraphs or better yet split it into separate articles.

Too Much Distractions

Having ads on blogs are common nowadays but be wise in your choice by staying away from pop-ups and ads which move across the screen or obstruct the view of your content.

Being Unpersonal

There is a real person behind every blog and people want to feel a connection with the author. This not only builds credibility but also loyal readers. A good example are books where the author info is at the back together with their picture. The whole idea is to build a relationship with your readers and keep them coming back. Can you imagine Problogger without Darren or JohnChow blog without John?

<s designing your blog to be friendly to the search engines, it also must be user-friendly to your visitors. There is no right and wrong in terms of choosing your preferred template may it be with 2columns or even 4 but the important thing to keep in mind is how you utilize the space available. Also make sure that the codings is right and can be seen perfectly in multiple browsers.

Offering Too Many Choices

I have come across a few sites and blogs giving out special offers on some E-books on Internet Marketing but before you can download it, you have to subscribe to one of 25 available partner sites. Firstly I do not have the time or interest to read up on the summary of each of the 25 partner sites and furthermore most people shun at the idea of subscribing to unwanted offers. Now if they offered just 3 choices, then perhaps I wouldn't mind but at 25, all it did was to make me close the browser.

Constantly Swaying Away From Topic

If you are writing about your pet, then stick to that most of the time. If a new topic really catches your attention then by all means start a new blog for it but do not dilute the purpose of your present blog.

Information Overload

No doubt some are born to be great writers but style of writing aside, how you deliver that message is just as important too. No matter how interested I am on a particular article but if I find its about 5000 words long and crammed into just 5 paragraphs, I will lose interest in it also immediately. If your article gets lengthy, you can either split it into small readable paragraphs or better yet split it into separate articles.

Too Much Distractions

Having ads on blogs are common nowadays but be wise in your choice by staying away from pop-ups and ads which move across the screen or obstruct the view of your content.

Being Unpersonal

There is a real person behind every blog and people want to feel a connection with the author. This not only builds credibility but also loyal readers. A good example are books where the author info is at the back together with their picture. The whole idea is to build a relationship with your readers and keep them coming back. Can you imagine Problogger without Darren or JohnChow blog without John?

ribe to one of 25 available partner sites. Firstly I do not have the time or interest to read up on the summary of each of the 25 partner sites and furthermore most people shun at the idea of subscribing to unwanted offers. Now if they offered just 3 choices, then perhaps I wouldn't mind but at 25, all it did was to make me close the browser.

Constantly Swaying Away From Topic

If you are writing about your pet, then stick to that most of the time. If a new topic really catches your attention then by all means start a new blog for it but do not dilute the purpose of your present blog.

Information Overload

No doubt some are born to be great writers but style of writing aside, how you deliver that message is just as important too. No matter how interested I am on a particular article but if I find its about 5000 words long and crammed into just 5 paragraphs, I will lose interest in it also immediately. If your article gets lengthy, you can either split it into small readable paragraphs or better yet split it into separate articles.

Too Much Distractions

Having ads on blogs are common nowadays but be wise in your choice by staying away from pop-ups and ads which move across the screen or obstruct the view of your content.

Being Unpersonal

There is a real person behind every blog and people want to feel a connection with the author. This not only builds credibility but also loyal readers. A good example are books where the author info is at the back together with their picture. The whole idea is to build a relationship with your readers and keep them coming back. Can you imagine Problogger without Darren or JohnChow blog without John?

rpose of your present blog.

Information Overload

No doubt some are born to be great writers but style of writing aside, how you deliver that message is just as important too. No matter how interested I am on a particular article but if I find its about 5000 words long and crammed into just 5 paragraphs, I will lose interest in it also immediately. If your article gets lengthy, you can either split it into small readable paragraphs or better yet split it into separate articles.

Too Much Distractions

Having ads on blogs are common nowadays but be wise in your choice by staying away from pop-ups and ads which move across the screen or obstruct the view of your content.

Being Unpersonal

There is a real person behind every blog and people want to feel a connection with the author. This not only builds credibility but also loyal readers. A good example are books where the author info is at the back together with their picture. The whole idea is to build a relationship with your readers and keep them coming back. Can you imagine Problogger without Darren or JohnChow blog without John?

nowadays but be wise in your choice by staying away from pop-ups and ads which move across the screen or obstruct the view of your content.

Being Unpersonal

There is a real person behind every blog and people want to feel a connection with the author. This not only builds credibility but also loyal readers. A good example are books where the author info is at the back together with their picture. The whole idea is to build a relationship with your readers and keep them coming back. Can you imagine Problogger without Darren or JohnChow blog without John?

Incomplete Instructions Always give full and simple instructions on your guides or 'how to' articles. This is a mistake I see quite often especially on tech related blogs who offers plugins or widgets but their installation instructions are written to like minded people and not for the masses. So always give a simple step by step guide written whereby even those newbies can understand. This not only make it easier on your readers but yourself as well with less comments seeking for help.