Do You Make These 100 Common Blogging Mistakes?

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Some people say blogging is fun while others say it’s a business.

Whatever it may be, blogging is an evolving medium and it’s a powerful platform to build online reputation.

Agree?

Well we all do mistakes but few blogging mistakes can make you look dumb.

Do you make the same mistakes?

Go through all the 100 common blogging mistakes which are listed below and try to avoid them.

General mistakes

1. Not using self hosted domains
2. Not having a professional logo
3. No blogging schedule
4. Not using RSS feeds
5. No Contact page
6. Inconsistent posting frequency
7. Not reading other blogs to keep updating yourself
8. Not commenting on other blogs
9. Always looking at the stats
10. Not building the email list
11. Not interacting with the readers
12. No About page
13. Having weird blog names
14. Writing totally unrelated topics
15. You don’t have blogging goals
16. Avoid complex URL structures(keep them simple)
17. Not having ‘search box’
18. Excessive use of pop-up’s
19. Not using XML sitemaps
20. Not registering at Google Webmaster Tools
21. Not having a unique favicon
22. Not backing up your blog frequently
23. Writing something that is not followed by the author itself
24. Not using rel=”nofollow” to external links
25. Not making a related niche blogs list to learn, comment and interact
    

    Blog designing mistakes

26. Using too many social sharing buttons
27. Using flashy things
28. Playing audio or video files automatically
29. Using tiny fonts
30. Slow loading site
31. Using unnecessary plugins thus making more burden on blog loading time
32. Putting subscription boxes in the wrong places
33. Using free or nulled themes
34. Tweaking the CSS files without having much CSS knowledge & making site loading time even worse
    

    Silly mistakes
    

35. Asking others to guest blog on your blog when you immediately launch a blog
36. Asking others to comment on your blog repeatedly
37. Asking others to like your Facebook fan pages
38. Spending more time on Facebook, twitter, Google+ or StumbleUpon etc
39. Repeatedly disturbing professional bloggers to do something favor
40. Replying to scam comments(I know few people who do this)
41. Always checking Alexa rank
    

    Traffic mistakes

42. Worrying about traffic without having quality content
43. Not using ping services
44. Not promoting on social media
45. Believing the myth “Create content – they will come”
46. Not making your content accessible
47. Not using links and trackbacks
48. Not using tags in your posts
49. Not submitting your posts to social bookmarking sites like StumbleUpon, Digg or Reddit
    

    Content creation mistakes
    

50. You write almost about everything(know your niche first then stick with the content)
51. Publishing content without proof reading
52. Not worrying about creating the killer titles
53. Not having Call to action (CTA) at the end of the posts
54. Copying others content
55. Writing looong and boring paragraphs
56. Not crafting the post
57. Not using images
58. Not making your content scannable
59. It’s all about YOU! Why should someone read your blog then?
60. Creating content without doing proper research
61. Lots of typos and grammar mistakes
62. Not writing Top 100 lists(make it bigger if possible)
63. Not optimizing the content for search engines
    

    Blog promotion mistakes

64. Failing to promote content in social media
65. Ignoring Google Analytics
66. Not joining the forums
67. Not interacting with other bloggers
68. Not conducting interviews of the top bloggers in your niche!
69. Not gathering .edu and .gov links
70. Not linking to others in your own posts
71. Not joining the blog carnivals
72. Not guest blogging
    

    SEO mistakes

73. Keyword stuffing
74. Targeting the wrong keywords(use this Website Keyword Suggestion tool)
75. Not worrying about building quality backlinks
76. Having big blog rolls
77. Not optimizing “post URL structure”
78. Not using broken link checker to find broken links
79. Buying links from unauthorized sites to get high PR
80. Not learning SEO basics
81. Not using title tags and meta descriptions
    

    Monetizing mistakes

82. Using infolinks
83. Using flashy ads(Ex: HostGator uses these type of banners)
84. Pasting too many ads than displaying the content
85. Monetizing the blogs without having enough traffic
86. Treating your blog readers like ATM machines
87. Lying to your readers to sell your stuff
88. Considering blogging as get-rich-quick scheme
89. Writing paid reviews too often rather than creating quality content
90. Not diversifying your income streams
    

    Blog commenting mistakes

91. Making commenting difficult by using CAPTCHA’s
92. Not at all responding to the comments(respond to at least few people)
93. Leaving one liners like Wow. Great post etc.
94. Not registering at Gravatar.com
95. Approving spam comments
96. Not using Akismet plugin to prevent spam
97. Not approving negative comments(they add value!)
98. Reacting to negative comments instead of responding
99. Leaving comments without actually reading the content
100. Hunting only for do-follow blogs to comment

Conclusion:

Whoever reading this post may be new bloggers, full time or seasonal bloggers. No matter at what stage you are, we all make few mistakes. Try to get rid of them and make new mistakes!

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