You check your traffic every day but all you find are tumbleweeds blowing across the landscape of your blog. Well, there’s a reason you’re not building readership. Your blog sucks. Most do, and all for the same reasons. The same 7 reasons.

1. Your writing is boring – Ever come across writing that are both educative and entertaining? The simplest way to add life into your articles is by writing your post the same way you talk. It adds personality in your post.

2. Your blog revolves around you – Stop talking about yourself already. I don’t know you personally, and I couldn’t care less about your ramblings. Tell me something I can use in my own life. Facts, stories, not boring personal stuff.

3. You’re repeating what others are saying – This is especially true for news blog. Whenever you have big gadget blogs reporting on the latest Apple gadget, it doesn’t take long before other small blogs follow suit. I’m not saying don’t do it. But at least, have your own perspective on the matter. Not a paraphrase of ideas. There wouldn’t be any point of reading your blog then.

4. Your video on auto-play – Videos, or worst, music on auto-play pretty much spells goodbye for most visitors. You could at least let the visitors the freedom of choice, or they are going to hate you for it.

5. Nothing but a wall of text – I’ve written many articles on what makes a good articles. Not once is this point missed out. It’s that important. And remember to put some relevant pictures to go along with your articles. It may take some time to find one, but it’s well worth the effort.

6. You post once a month – The worst you could do to kill your blog is by writing one hell of an article and leave it till next month before you get your new post up. For established bloggers, they might be able to pull this off. But if your blog is new, I recommend at least three posts a week for the first couple of months.

7. Your blog design is lame – I’m sure you heard of the importance of having a good first impression. That applies to blog, unfortunately. If your design is unprofessional and clumsy, chances are, they are not going to read what you have to say. It’s sad, I know.

Good news is, its never too late to correct these mistakes. I’m sure this list is not complete. Do you have any to share?

Nik Imran is the writer of IMakeABlog, a blog that provides guide on blog setup. If you have no clue as to what constitute a blog, you can check his article where he answers the most basic question in elaborate fashion. What is a blog? Click here to get your own unique version of this article with free reprint rights.

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