Comments on: 10 Elements of Highly Effective Articles

By: ChickenFreak

ChickenFreak — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 07:37:46 +0000

Yes! I’ve been participating in a forum about blogging for months now, and there’s almost nothing about content. It’s almost all about how to lure people to the blog – SEO, backlinks, advertising, Twitter, Facebook, blah blah blah – but almost nothing about whether the blog has anything worth reading when someone gets there. A million visitors a day will do the blogger no good if every one of them says, “Oh. Bleah.” and clicks away.

I think that the most important thing for any blog is to be fun to read. That might mean that the posts are actually funny, or it might mean that they’re engaging or thought-provoking or full of fascinating nuggets of information. But the experience should translate to _fun_, not educational or useful or healthy. Fun.

Whatever the details, the reader should be eager for the next post. You want them to say “ooh!” when they get a new-post notification and hurry to click the link, or they save that post until they get back to the computer with their lunch because they know it’s going to be great. The post should be a verbal treat.

People aren’t all that loyal to who they look to for advice on how deep to plant a tulip bulb or how to refinish a table; they _are_ loyal to the writers who make them happy.
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By: ah hong

ah hong — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 12:21:29 +0000

Yes…always proofread blog in the end just to reduce the spelling and grammar mistake.

Human loves organized headlines for easy reading and Google Bot loves it for SEO
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By: andy

andy — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 20:44:54 +0000

Another excellent article – and a very useful one for me. I have been guilty of breaking most of these rules at one time or another (especially the one about post length).

Learning how to correct these has been key to my development so far.

The grammar issue is one that I have noticed more and more as I visit newer blogs. Some are just hard to understand.

Thanks again for a great article!

By: Kok Siong Chen

Kok Siong Chen — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 23:42:29 +0000

I think the topic of the article is important. The first impression plays a crucial role to determine whether people want to read the content or not.

Before i post out my article, i will ask myself whether the topic is attractive enough to others.
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By: Nicholas Cardot

Nicholas Cardot — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 10:51:55 +0000

scheng1 –> Yes but the vast majority of bloggers aren’t blogging in a technical field. Most are working to appeal to as many people as possible.

By: scheng1

scheng1 — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 12:53:45 +0000

Using of Jargon works only for very specialized audience.
I follow some blogs written by those professors. The information is deep, insightful and full of jargons that outsiders do not understand. Anyway, their readers are highly-educated specialists in that field.
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By: ZXT

ZXT — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 11:46:08 +0000

Rish, thats how bloggers supposed to write. In their own words, their personal opinion because blog isn’t a news article. Even if you are blogging about news, you write it as blog not like an article from a newspaper.

By: Ron Boracay

Ron Boracay — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:32:27 +0000

Yeah, and do it regularly in a right way, then your good to go.

Remember, as what Andrew said:

“practice makes permanent”.

So practice your skills in a right way, ok?

By: Ron Boracay

Ron Boracay — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 04:57:43 +0000

Well, ok, so its really a case to case basis. It depends on the niche/topic you are writing and it also depends on your objective in writing that series type/one long article post.