Two tips for bloggers

As a reader, my background as a copyeditor and proofreader often comes to the surface, and I find myself getting mildly annoyed at content that CLEARLY hasn't been spellchecked or even read through before getting posted. Whereas I am aware that I am "old" (at least in the world of blogs), I can't help but feel appalled by people who expect to be taken seriously when their blog is almost entirely written in "txt msg." Yes, I *know* that "language depends on usage," but gimme a break! As a writer (who keeps a half-dozen blogs, mostly "topic specific"), my main challenge is "too much information." I agree that long paragraphs are a drag to read, and 80 lines of NO paragraphs feels like "word soup," but sometimes it's hard to be adequately thorough on a topic, without "going on, and on, and ON" about a subject. I think my writing reflects my own disappointment in many sources, when I do research online. I may get 2000 hits on the keywords I'm using, and none of the sites offer more than a sketchy synopsis with NO new in-depth insight. If someone is going to take on a topic-- even if we're dealing with personal anecdotes-- I want some MEAT on the bones of what I'm reading!

I am not very expert about blogs but I do agree with you..I think what you wrote can be used as a good advice for everybody writing here...for example, I often make mistakes while writing here..sometimes it is because I don't know the proper way of writing the thing I have in mind, but sometimes it happens only because I didn't pay enough attention or didn't proofread...I must apologise for this because I can imagine that this might be boring for native speakers reading my comments and posts...the fact is that I don't have enough time for everything...and this is why I think that it is nice to write as descriptive as possible but without creating a novel because we are so busy and don't have enough time to read too long paragraph. thanks for making me thinking about this matter

To me one of the biggest turn-offs to blog readers is a blog that doesn't update consistently. You might find a post every day, or several times a day for a while; then there may be a gap of a week or more. If readers find the same content on a blog that was there on their last visit, they may stop coming back. It's important for a blogger to provide fresh content on a regular basis--not to say every day,but the intervals should be consistent.

I am a fairly new blogger so I haven't had time to see all the problems yet. I do know the thing I hate the worst when visiting websites is broken or outdated links. I supposed that is a big annoyance for blog readers also. Thanks for your tips. I do notice bad grammar here on mylot. I figure though that many may not be writing in their native language so give them the benefit of the doubt. Thanks again.

wow..that's the use ful advise...you said it..