Comments on: Do Your Blog Posts Gain Reader Attention?

By: Sadira

Sadira — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:53:53 +0000

Great post! love this blog

By: E. Peevie

E. Peevie — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 05:58:38 +0000

In the easy-to-read category, short paragraphs are a must.

I avoid blogs that describe themselves as “hilarious.” There are a few other key words that immediately turn me off that I hilariously blogged about here: http://greenroomthoughts.blogspot.com/2008/05/hints-for-bloggers.html.

By: Susie's Homemade

Susie's Homemade — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 02:04:48 +0000

I also like brevity or at least a post that I can skim.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:25:43 +0000

@Alex – I like casual too. Forced college style writing is not what I want to see at a blog for sure.

@Ed – people do have short attention spans online, or so most of the research says. One of my major faults is going long. I’ve been working on it. Short is best online.

@Marye – you crack me up. You know I’d never eat snails, in tea or otherwise I agree about the food blogs that use stock images. After reading a blog, like yours, with actual food images, I hate when I see boring food photos. On the other hand we’re not all as good as you with pictures (lucky).

By: marye

marye — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:48:51 +0000

snails in homegrown basil? Hmmm..you know…if they were marinated in a little Earl Grey tea, and then breaded with panko..

This is great, Jennifer. I totally agree.

The other thing that I hate is food blogs that use stock images..I want to see what YOU cooked not what someone else did….Bloggers that are so open minded their brains have fallen out..bloggers that are so closed minded that their brains have developed gangrene from strangulation AND anyone that isn’t you, Deb, me, or a few others. Oh, and bloggers that are so exclusive that they only read four or five authors and leave smart alecky comments on their friends blogs.
Other than that..I am good.

By: Ed

Ed — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:48:49 +0000

Think brevity. Get to the point. Reading online is unlike anywhere else. Unlike television or books, where you commit 30 minutes to solely one activity, reading online competes with your e-mail, that piano-playing cat video and many other distractions. You want people to read your words, remember what you said, and return.

By: Alex Crabtree

Alex Crabtree — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 02:01:31 +0000

I will read almost anything that is casual, human, and passionate. If I come back, that means I want to read more (obviously), but I also want to get another peek into the author. he best authors tell their life story over many,many posts.