tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2733011395386678339.post9088914413627382574..comments2023-10-01T16:29:03.137+05:30Comments on Labyrinths of Life: Blogging for BeginnersJeena R. Papaadihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07532015053846532037noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2733011395386678339.post-47410097442083848992009-11-18T09:35:47.198+05:302009-11-18T09:35:47.198+05:30Thanks for visiting, Brittany, and your insightful...Thanks for visiting, Brittany, and your insightful comments! You are right, more stuff on the homepage clutters/slows things down and people will not be interested to wait and readJeena R. Papaadihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07532015053846532037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2733011395386678339.post-79367287841260843972009-11-18T01:57:21.239+05:302009-11-18T01:57:21.239+05:30This is exactly what I did! I got a new computer a...This is exactly what I did! I got a new computer and finally some internet, and so I decided to start up a blog. I did change the URL after a bit, as the original was really in no way connected to what I now do, and could be off putting.<br /><br />I read and comment as much as I can, and I post at the very least every three days. If I know I'll be sooper busy, I write posts and schedule them to go up at a later date and time. Also, I use a Twitter service to automatically tweet about the blogpost when it goes live. Or if I'm out of blog juice and won't be able to post, I throw up a "Sorry so busy I'll be back soon I promise!" post.<br /><br />I want to add that gorgeous templates are great, but not if they end up detracting from the actual blog posts. I used to have this gorgeous swirly design on the whole of my blog, with two sidebars crammed with all kinds of things. A friend finally told me it was all too distracting and made it hard for her to stick around and actually read each new blog post. I pared down my template, stuck to one sidebar, and kept only the necessities.<br /><br />Also, all those extras were dragging down the load time of my page. In a DSL world there are still people with dialup. Trust me, Google Analytics have shown me this. If it takes too long, people are going to close out the window pretty quickly, and too long can really be just a few seconds.<br /><br />Great post I really enjoyed it! ^_^B Mari Landgrebehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09882566188115324805noreply@blogger.com