Comments on: What Makes A Blog Suck

By: Jason

Jason — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 16:18:13 +0000

Thanks for the input everyone… I had to go check out MY blogs to see if I was violating some of this also :p

By: Kris Hoots

Kris Hoots — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:46:14 +0000

Great list Jason! I’ve seen some Twitter backgrounds that have literally hurt my eyes. And I think your same principles apply on Facebook fan pages, too. Good design and branding doesn’t have to be complicated to be effective and classy.

By: Rosie

Rosie — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:13:17 +0000

Thanks for the post! Beyond the above mentioned flashing things, especially combined with inverse print, in crazy bright colors, make my skin crawl.

By: Darlene

Darlene — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:25:01 +0000

Where do I start? As a child-free woman, I subscribe to the premise that just because I can bear children doesn’t mean I should. Same goes for writing. Just because you can write doesn’t mean you should. The Internet has promulgated a proliferation of bad writing!! Wrong words, misspelled words, horrid grammar. All enough to keep my English teacher grandmother spinning in her grave! Granny had a saying, “Fool’s names and fool’s faces should not appear in public places.” There’s a lot of worldwide web foolishness going on that could have been prevented by actually consulting a dictionary, a book of style, or your mother.
Okay, done on the soapbox.

By: Kate

Kate — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:26:23 +0000

I read this blog post and immediately brought up my personal blog to be sure I wasn’t a culprit. Luckily, I’m not. Still, I know that as a new blogger I make a lot of mistakes myself. Could a lot of these “sucky” blogs just be new?

I’ll add to your pet peeve list: really, really long posts. I’ve been guilty of this, but have since learned my lesson. I love bloggers with a lot to say, I just wish they would say it over time and not all in one post since I read blogs in the morning with a time crunch.

By: Winnie Anderson

Winnie Anderson — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:22:11 +0000

Amen Jason! I DETEST reverse type (black background and light type)! I also hate teeny weeny fonts. C’mon I read ALL day! Gimme a font size I can read without having my face up against the monitor!

By: Abigail

Abigail — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 13:51:01 +0000

Keeping the post short enough to remain interesting!
If I start reading and look to the right of my screen to see how far down the scroll still has to go – I immediately switch off, if it’s a tiny scroll button and has ages to go to reach thee bottom!

By: Kathy

Kathy — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 02:27:34 +0000

Hi, Jason,

Love your post. Your topic reminds me of all I learned about publishing when I worked as a Desktop Publishing specialist. All your points are spot on, relate to making the blog easy to read in all aspects (not just the font), and serves up the best advice on topic content.

One of my pet peeves is very long paragraphs…difficult to wade through and quickly loose my attention. I want to start hitting the Enter key the second I spot one. Writers should break up large chunks of information into smaller paragraphs, at logical breaks (that flow), so I can easily follow along.

Best,

~Kathy

By: Darryl

Darryl — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 01:07:23 +0000

These are all great points -nice post.

It’s also interesting to note that many blogs fail or simply are abandoned by their owners shortly after being set up: http://bit.ly/by7lpE as reported by The New York Times (June 2009).

By: Kakie

Kakie — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 23:16:28 +0000

Pop ups where site owners are advertising for you to join something and then won’t let you continue until you click a button. Especially times when you can’t find the button to escape or close the pop up