Five Blog No-No's

Class, I'm back after a brief recess, and I have Five Blog No-No's for you and how to fix them. Some of these may make you squirm in your designer jeans.

Before we start, wasn't your substitute teacher/guest blogger Sue thorough with her No-Follow post? I have also removed the No-Follow from my blog template, but I haven't posted the I-Follow badge yet on my sidebar. Oh well, you know that your comments will now receive a link-back, right? So jump-on-in and mouth off, won't ya?

So Listen UP my darling ones, here are my top five Blog No-No's:

1. My number one bitch these days is the endless messaging I'm receiving from fellow bloggers on MyBlogLog. It's very simple: Don't do this! It feels like spamming, looks like spamming, and hey, it IS spamming! I'm not the only other blogger who's griping about this, as I've read plenty of negative feedback on other blogs. I bet MyBlogLog folks are probably scrambling to fix this new service. Blog relationships are important, so don't screw them up.

2. If you see a comment and haven't acknowledged it by returning a comment, this is a huge no-no. Click on the name and speed as fast as Courtney Love on crack to their blog and return the favor because that is a ***READER***, and you want readers and friends. After all, blogging is a SOCIAL enterprise. If you leave a comment, make sure your blog has been updated recently--there's nothing so depressing as going to a blog which hasn't been updated since 2006!

3. Don't hesitate to promote yourself. Holding back because you're not a BIG f****** fish doesn't matter. People forget. People have too much on their plates already. The advertising rule is that consistency works, and only after the third time will your ad even be noticed. Same goes for blogs. You will remain invisible unless you plaster your name and mug onto the blogosphere. So comment away on other blogs and in forums. Be Seen!

4. Puhlease don't plaster your blog with lots of ads! It's challenging to know where to begin reading if a blog is smothered in ads. I know some of the top bloggers do this, and frankly, the only reason that they get away with it is because they've already paid their dues, are one of the big boyz/girlz, and have a devoted following. And yet, it still looks tacky and confusing. What to do: de-clutter your blog. I never click on the ads anyway. Do YOU? I have work to do in this regard because my sidebar needs serious weeding, not from ads but from widgets run amok!

5. Don't burn yourself and your readers out by posting TOO OFTEN if you don't have anything to say! Make your posts relevant, timely, and with benefits for your readers. Much of the writing I read on blogs is re-hashed hoo-hah.

Ok. Mr. "Humor-Blogs, com", watcha think about these pointers?