Comments on: What Should You Remove Or Add On Your Blog? http://www.blogherald.com/2007/02/22/what-should-you-remove-or-add-on-your-blog/ The leading source of news covering social media and the blogosphere. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 06:52:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Cleaning Up and Decluttering is Back « Lorelle on WordPress http://www.blogherald.com/2007/02/22/what-should-you-remove-or-add-on-your-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-248171 Cleaning Up and Decluttering is Back « Lorelle on WordPress Fri, 16 Nov 2007 11:05:45 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2007/02/22/what-should-you-remove-or-add-on-your-blog/#comment-248171 [...] What Should You Remove Or Add On Your Blog? [...] [...] What Should You Remove Or Add On Your Blog? [...]

]]> By: ilker http://www.blogherald.com/2007/02/22/what-should-you-remove-or-add-on-your-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-170015 ilker Fri, 23 Feb 2007 22:33:50 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2007/02/22/what-should-you-remove-or-add-on-your-blog/#comment-170015 I also recently <a href="http://ilkeryoldas.blogspot.com/2007/02/ask-reader-blog-usability.html" rel="nofollow">asked my readers</a> about my blog's usability and <a href="http://ilkeryoldas.blogspot.com/2007/02/what-did-you-get-for-valentines-day.html" rel="nofollow">received great feedback</a> about which elements should be removed, changed or tweaked a little bit. The poll was very helpful in terms of guiding me when people didn't leave a comment. Overall, I think it is very important to ask the readers of a blog because they are the ones who are using it. Yes, you might like it your way but I think "customers are always right" applies here as well. I also recently asked my readers about my blog’s usability and received great feedback about which elements should be removed, changed or tweaked a little bit. The poll was very helpful in terms of guiding me when people didn’t leave a comment.

Overall, I think it is very important to ask the readers of a blog because they are the ones who are using it. Yes, you might like it your way but I think “customers are always right” applies here as well.

]]> By: hdw http://www.blogherald.com/2007/02/22/what-should-you-remove-or-add-on-your-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-169871 hdw Thu, 22 Feb 2007 21:40:08 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2007/02/22/what-should-you-remove-or-add-on-your-blog/#comment-169871 As a designer, the most common problem I see with blog designs is clutter. Too much stuff, too many gadgets, too many blogrolls. The other day I was asked to look at a site that was no longer loading properly. It had 43 images and was running 23 scripts. A lot of sites appear to be working towards this goal. As a designer, the most common problem I see with blog designs is clutter. Too much stuff, too many gadgets, too many blogrolls. The other day I was asked to look at a site that was no longer loading properly. It had 43 images and was running 23 scripts. A lot of sites appear to be working towards this goal.

]]> By: Angela Parker http://www.blogherald.com/2007/02/22/what-should-you-remove-or-add-on-your-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-169869 Angela Parker Thu, 22 Feb 2007 21:05:30 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2007/02/22/what-should-you-remove-or-add-on-your-blog/#comment-169869 I've recently hit the "what's most important" phase of blogging and have found the toughest part to be scaling it back to the bare essentials. Blogs should be pretty, but not ornate. They should be informative, but not verbose. They should offer information without overload. (Not always the easiest rope to walk for me, personally.) I've recently redecorated my own blog utilizing the "less is more" mentality and will continue to tweak that. But, I agree that early on, adding the cool gadgets for ourselves was much more "weighty" than considering what was most important to our readers. As we mature as bloggers, so do our blogs (with only occasional tumbles back into the playground mentality -- if we are both vigilant and lucky). I’ve recently hit the “what’s most important” phase of blogging and have found the toughest part to be scaling it back to the bare essentials. Blogs should be pretty, but not ornate. They should be informative, but not verbose. They should offer information without overload. (Not always the easiest rope to walk for me, personally.)

I’ve recently redecorated my own blog utilizing the “less is more” mentality and will continue to tweak that. But, I agree that early on, adding the cool gadgets for ourselves was much more “weighty” than considering what was most important to our readers. As we mature as bloggers, so do our blogs (with only occasional tumbles back into the playground mentality — if we are both vigilant and lucky).

]]> By: engtech http://www.blogherald.com/2007/02/22/what-should-you-remove-or-add-on-your-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-169865 engtech Thu, 22 Feb 2007 20:24:35 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2007/02/22/what-should-you-remove-or-add-on-your-blog/#comment-169865 I was writing about <a href="http://engtech.wordpress.com/2007/02/20/getting-to-simple-engineers-have-no-idea-how-normal-human-beings-interact-with-their-environments/" rel="nofollow">something similar</a> a few days ago (or at least, the conclusions are similar). The answer is almost always "thoughtful reduction"... reduce the cognitive load on users. Having 101 different ways to navigate your site isn't that useful. I was writing about something similar a few days ago (or at least, the conclusions are similar). The answer is almost always “thoughtful reduction”… reduce the cognitive load on users. Having 101 different ways to navigate your site isn’t that useful.

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