Comments on: 4 Reasons Your Blog is Broken (and How To Fix It)

By: Brian Cox

Brian Cox — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:29:11 +0000

I think there is a definite fear of stepping out of the blogging comfort zone, when we have a niche with some followers there is an obligation or remain focused. As humans we must also consider the situation in which one topic consumes your attention and the tendency to rewrite about something already stated. Dead blogs are no fun to read and I like the suggestion of switching it up to various forms of blogging, maybe writing isn’t really the best way to portray your personality and video will really get people involved.
Great insight, I completely agree.

By: Weber

Weber — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 11:34:17 +0000

One must know that your blog must have a life. Well this article will be thanked by many who had their blogs and broken and eventually fix them.

By: thedailyblonde

thedailyblonde — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:49:58 +0000

THIS is a fabulous post. I hope I don’t suck….geesh…made me take a look and see if people were still hanging with me and having fun on my blog. Sometimes I get carried away with an issue but because I have such a short attention span, I’m on to the next one really fast. Some find that it makes my blog inconsistent but I’m not writing a blog about Twitter or social media. Those are subject I like…but I have no issue writing about something completely (insane) different.

I hate the fact that people get stuck in a rut or get bored with the blogging thing….I, too, have given up reading many blogs because they just repeat the same darned thing all day. I don’t care for Techcrunch but I do like Cap’n Crunch. So much more interesting………the back of the box always has something new.

Kudos……..

By: Nicholas Z. Cardot

Nicholas Z. Cardot — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:32:54 +0000

Great article. Right off the bat the image at the top that showed that twitter status about a blog being like a baby just grabbed my attention. Great stuff here!

By: Mary@Everyday Baby Steps

Mary@Everyday Baby Steps — Mon, 18 May 2009 01:05:16 +0000

Yes, my blog is broken, and I’m on a mission to fix it. Thank you so much for giving me some concrete tips to do so!

By: Tumblemoose

Tumblemoose — Fri, 15 May 2009 22:32:47 +0000

Ok, this is me breaking out of the mold.

Thanks for an insightful and true-to-the-core piece.

I’ve been thinking about this recently, wondering who will be the next gen of bloggers and blog types. I’ve found myself growing weary of the “big boy” blogs. Even with guest postings and such, the content is overall kind of stale. As well, most of them rarely if ever respond to comments and there just is no sense of community because of that fact.

I think I’ll subscribe to this one. I’m looking forward to it.

Cheers

George

By: Phil Barnhart

Phil Barnhart — Fri, 15 May 2009 18:36:55 +0000

There was a bit of irony when I landed on this blog post – and found it unreadable. The “Helvetica Neue” font is messing things up. On Linux – both Konquoror and FireFox3 – the browser, not finding this font installed, does not progress down to the next font in the css list (Helvetica) but attempts to render the font anyways – and becomes almost unreadable. I’m also noting this on the Thesis site since this is a default font set (I too am a Thesis user). I tested this by removing the font via Firebug – and the page becomes instantly readable.

I placed a screen shot of the sample rendering at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pbarnhart/3533434797/

FYI – Opera is a bit better behaved and renders the page a bit better.

By: It's Broken Blog

It's Broken Blog — Fri, 15 May 2009 01:26:17 +0000

We at IT’S BROKEN (things in everyday life that annoy us – http://www.2wtx.com/itsbroken) agree with all your points. The number of established blogs worth reading has indeed dropped.

We just discovered yours, though, and hope it won’t break any time soon ;-).

By: Diane Gilabert

Diane Gilabert — Thu, 14 May 2009 05:08:20 +0000

I haven’t been blogging long enough (or good enough?) to be popular yet, so I’ve not experienced being broken either. But I bookmarked this post to return to in case I’m ever fortunate enough to have that problem!

By: Lisa Barone

Lisa Barone — Tue, 12 May 2009 17:40:49 +0000

Scott: Do you mean blogger outreach as a genuine blogger or as part of a marketing effort? I’m going to hope you mean that latter and then give you a mental high five right now. We don’t need to wait for SMX. I can feel myself getting jaded with the quality of blogs and the lack of respect people approach them with. It’s draining me.

Hamlton: That’s a great point. At old jobs I used to have to blog every day and it was not an enjoyable experience. Being able to blog a little less frequent has really changed my attitude towards the blog I’m writing for and, I hope, allowed me to create some better posts. Thanks for the comment. :)

Kenny: I hate pictures. I hate having to put them in posts. I resent them. But I will try to be better. For you. :)