Comments on: 11 Ways to Spring Clean Your Blog

By: Referáty do školy

Referáty do školy — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 11:39:09 +0000

Thank you for this video. You have inspired me and now I have new design (more adsense optimalize).

By: Darren Rowse

Darren Rowse — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 04:08:11 +0000

I think it’s important in a couple of ways Joseph.

1. while the majority of your readers might use RSS to follow you and rarely see the blog itself – how did they come to subscribe to you in the first place? I would hazard a guess that it was on your blog in 99% of the case and that design would be one of the factors in that.

2. readers do come across from feeds – it varies a lot from blog to blog – but I find quite a few readers come across either to read the full article in a different setting to their aggregator, to comment, to take part in a poll, to read how others have responded. This might not happen with every reader every day – but when they do come across it’s an opportunity to reinforce your brand in their mind.

I don’t think that design is everything – but I think it’s still important.

By: joseph hollak

joseph hollak — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 03:56:38 +0000

I have a question regarding suggestions one through three.

How much does design matter if most of your readers are following your blog via their favorite blog reader app?

Sometimes I feel like anything I put in my sidebar or header is a waste and will rarely be seen by any of my regular readers due to the fact that they are catching my content in an aggregator app.

Thoughts?

Joseph Hollak

By: Chris Thomson

Chris Thomson — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 21:10:53 +0000

Oh jeez! I really need to fix up my 404 errors… fun!

As for backup and comment spam, I deal with those on a weekly basis, so I don’t need to worry about that *phew!*

By: Abdul Basit

Abdul Basit — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 20:59:30 +0000

yes, you are right most of the bloggers dont do the backup on regular bases, which is very very important.

I would definitely try to do this, Any ways its a nice and informative video.

Keep it up, Darren
-abs

By: Jummy

Jummy — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 20:57:29 +0000

Checking for dead links is always on my to do list, but it never makes it to the top. Thanks for the reminder!

By: Trevor Carpenter

Trevor Carpenter — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 19:31:28 +0000

Great set Brian. I’m currently seeking to overhaul my Photowalking.org site. These tips will help me, thanks.

By: Modern Street

Modern Street — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 19:58:32 +0000

Good suggestions there, Darren. My blog could do with some spring cleaning. I feel like deleting some redundant posts 5 months ago…

By: Phamen

Phamen — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 05:38:08 +0000

Thank you for the tips, Darren. I’m trying your tips.

By: Murderous

Murderous — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 05:34:50 +0000

Spring cleaning is good for any website.

I am new to your blog but I have been reading a lot, many good tips and articles, thanks.

By: Melanie

Melanie — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 21:13:19 +0000

Great suggestions, Darren! The little things like cleaning up sidebars and tweaking design elements can easily be neglected. Thanks for reminding us!

By: blogidator

blogidator — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 17:00:57 +0000

Great tips! Yep, your site now looks more elegant. Gotta run and start cleaning things up. Oops, just realized mine is still new, so many things to clean up:)

By: Horny Ang Moh

Horny Ang Moh — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 09:58:48 +0000

Hallo! This is new to me! I have no idea u have to ’spring’ clean my blog! Have a nice day!

By: Ryan Walker

Ryan Walker — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 06:20:17 +0000

That was a great video Darren. Being Australian myself I was first struck by your Aussie accent, something I haven’t yet come across in the Blog space.

I’ll certainly be back. :)

By: KurtV

KurtV — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 04:15:19 +0000

Just stumbled across your site, (starting from garysaid.com, who got a congratulatory comment from Lisa of justagirlintheworld.com who then mentioned you)

Quickly glancing around, I think I’ll be glad I found your site, even if I don’t win an autographed book, But of course that would be nice too.

By: Scott

Scott — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 21:07:43 +0000

D-A – Double R- E -N! Ha! got your own song even. That’s dope!! Where’d you get it from?

Nice video.

Scott
http://arriive.blogspot.com

By: vhxn.com

vhxn.com — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 20:09:44 +0000

Hi Darren ,Thanks for the Nice Video , Plz increase Videos atleast two video per week http://www.vhxn.com

By: David Scrivner

David Scrivner — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 00:49:28 +0000

This is a great post to bookmark. I have been only getting started with my blogging so a lot of these things are in constant thought, but as I get more settled into the design and ads and navigation of my blog I think these things will definitely help to get things cleaned up. Thanks!

By: alwaysLovely

alwaysLovely — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 11:48:11 +0000

hey darren, very helpful video.
tks for the remainder. afterall, it’s end of the year, springclean theme is real apt at this time.
cheers!
all the way fm Singapore.

By: Jena

Jena — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 05:49:00 +0000

Darren,
I am just getting started and trying to improve things. Do you ever just wander over and look at people’s blogs? I realize you are in the midst of moving and all. Also, we’re in the dead of winter here in the midwest U.S., so I can hardly think “summer”. I would also like to know what a “bounce rate” is. Why do I have half of my hits “bounce”?

Thanks for the service of what you are doing for bloggers.
Jena