Tuesday, October 18, 2005

Blog design advice

Jakob Nielsen presents Weblog Usability: The Top Ten Design Mistakes

To reach new readers and respect your existing readers' time constraints, test your weblog against the following usability problems.

  1. No Author Biographies
  2. No Author Photo
  3. Nondescript Posting Titles
  4. Links Don't Say Where They Go
  5. Classic Hits are Buried
  6. The Calendar is the Only Navigation
  7. Irregular Publishing Frequency
  8. Mixing Topics
  9. Forgetting That You Write for Your Future Boss
  10. Having a Domain Name Owned by a Weblog Service

Hat Tip Scobleizer

I don't agree with all of these points, but they are good to consider when starting a blog

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