I first came into the world of Blogging via Blogger.com (before it was owned by Google). On their home page, they would have a few blogs listed or the most recently updated blogs so it was easy to find new content—and back then it was usually pretty good. Now, it seems, everyone has their own blog, which equates to: most of it has turned into words that share nothing at all. Content? Not at all. Filler? Definitely. A blog? No.
The reason why I love blogs (at least, the real ones) is because they are like reading a mini book. The author shares something, I can go to a new place via a link, I can learn whatever it is that the blog is about. Each day, there’s new content and it can be a new topic—though usually blogs stay on one topic (because of the nature of people and our capacities).
My “Blog Roll” a.k.a. Favorites list, rotates with my life, and also depends on if I think their content is worth reading.
To me, a good blog will:
- Update a few times a week
- Suck me in as a reader so I am waiting to read the next article
- Draw me in to make a comment
- Be relevant
- Be refreshingly comical (though I think this is a matter of personal taste)
- Not be bland (This makes me think that a good blog is like a good meal…)
A bad blog will:
- Be predictable
- Spit me back my own thoughts with no new commentary
- Be at least more than a paragraph long
- Have an author that infuses life
Any of your own ideas on what constitutes a good or bad blog? Comment away below!