8 Blogging “Rules” You Should Probably Ditch
I just read an article titled, “8 Blogging “Rules” You Should Probably Ditch” and I have to tell you – my mind has exploded.
Here are eight current blogging practices that may be near the end of their lifelines:
1. Post Five Times a Day to Increase Traffic
2. Leave Blog Comments
3. Outsource Your Blog to a Professional
4. Always Write 100% Original Content
5. Not Every Post Needs to Have an Image
6. Stick to One Type of Format
7. Write a 500-Word Blog Post
8. Don’t Publish Your Articles on Third-Party Sites
Take a read over at 8 Blogging “Rules” You Should Probably Ditch and get an understanding of why they are coming to the end of their lifetimes. Do you agree? Leave a comment below and let me know what you think!
This is a huge help for me, I actually post more on video and uses transcript on the blog.
Glad it could help, Manu!
I don’t post 5 times a day, I would go nuts… But I truly love leaving blog comments because I really feel as though I have made some amazing blogging friends! 🙂
I agree, GiGi! Keep in mind that there are different reasons why people leave comments on blogs. One of them, as you point out, it to engage with the author and develop a relationship. I highly recommend blog comments for that reason. Keep it up!
Praise be the Lord that the rule about blogging 5 times a day is disappearing. I never followed that one because I like to write content that gets read, not just anything for the sake of content.
I’m like GiGi and comment only when inspired by the blog post and if I don’t have anything valuable to add to the conversation, I share it across social media so that others are made aware of the post.
Funny thing but the blog posts that I have written defying all rules and regulations (read SEO optimized) are the ones that Google loves and which actually get readership. How about that, Paul? 🙂
Sometimes we just don’t know what Google is thinking, do we, Vatsala?!? Overall I still say that the best SEO long-term is going to be CONTENT!