Comments on: What would I do different if I had to start my blog over? – Merlin Mann

By: Chakrapanye

Chakrapanye — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 17:48:51 +0000

It sounds like you’re creating problems yourself by trying to solve this issue instead of looking at why their is a problem in the first place.

By: cheryl

cheryl — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 07:18:07 +0000

Thanks for the reframing – I got a lot out this and Chris’ post. I’ve spent time going back through my content and repositioning what would be evergreen. It just makes good sense.

What was the result of this?

Average time of visits on the site shot up dramatically. Doing this make my site ’stickier.”

Again, many thanks!
cj

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By: David Bain

David Bain — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 17:30:36 +0000

Hi Jim

Make sure that you have a strong set of relevant categories that people can pick from to insert their comment / article in. This way ‘off topic’ conversation will be discouraged without moderation. My site’s a general businss advice website in a blog format that lets other people post articles. You might get some ideas from that. Click on my name above to visit it if you want.

By: Jim

Jim — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 13:41:57 +0000

Our company is considering starting a “blog” as part of a way of creating and increasing communication among employees and from management to the employees (multi-state operations). We’re considering a blog as part of that, but want to minimize the need for a moderator but still make sure content is worthwhile (whether positive or negative toward business) and attractive. Any ideas?

By: Clark

Clark — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 01:05:31 +0000

Maybe most importantly for the primary “blog” portion of the site, I wish I’d realized that the date and time of a “post” were usually its least important attributes. Unlike a news site or typical “funny thing my kittycat did” blog, the content is evergreen — it’s not wedded to “now” or “then” for its context and relevance — so I wish I’d better planned how to make it easy for people to navigate around their interests, rather than having to undertake a backwards death march through time. It’s like having arranged your library of books by cover color.

This is so relevant and something that so many now overlook as they focus all their attention on designing for Google (seo, ads) and forget about their readers.

By: David Bain

David Bain — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 20:04:46 +0000

Really great post. Will a ‘blog’ be such an important term in five years time? Or will it simply be an interactive part of a more interactive website? It’s so important to think of your visitors, and offer as many services as your technological skills can muster. Keep them coming back for more.

By: Nathan Hughes

Nathan Hughes — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 19:41:06 +0000

I am speaking from the standpoint of a new blogger, but the advice offered here sounds good. The point I took the most to heart was about watching what your readers are telling you by their clicks.

What are your most popular blog entries?
What Google searches are sending visitors to your site?
What links are they clicking on your site?

I hope that I am using the information that I gather wisely. I guess time will tell….

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Pearsonified — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 18:15:47 +0000

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