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8 Not So Wise Decisions When Starting a New Blog



Choosing a domain name for your new blog is just one thing. There’s still the hosting, SEO, content, and design to think about. It’s important to tackle each and every issue if you are ready to start a new blog, whether corporate or personal. DailyBits’ Steven Ward wrote an interesting list of 8 Bad Decisions When Starting a Website. The items included in the list may seem basic but a lot of webmasters completely forget about them.

So here they are. I called them “8 No So Wise Decisions” because really, forgetting about them is just not so wise.

1. Free or Cheap Web Hosting. Low cost hosting will bring you to hell Frequent downtimes? Low bandwidth? Goodluck!
2. Not Buying a Domain Name. Read Why Domain Names Matter.
3. Not Getting the Right Domain Name. Review the 7 Highly Effective Domain-name Habits.
4. Designing Exclusively for Search Engines. SEO, SEO, and SEO. It’s all about optimization baby! Try to get noticed by Google.
5. Prioritizing the Look Over the Content. Content is still king. What”s the point of having a really cool flash-based blog if your content is so-so?
6. Forgetting About the Target Market. On a niche? Stick to it.
7. Poor Navigation. Please, don’t confuse your readers with fancy navigations. It’s just pointless. Help them by pointing them to the right page easily.
8. Ineffective Keyword Targeting. As part of good optimization efforts, learn to target the right keywords.There are lots of keyword research tools out there that could help you find the more popular keywords.

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4 Comments

  1. tischenko irina's Gravatar tischenko irina
    December 27, 2007 at 9:41 am | Permalink

    Hi,

    yeah, you are right domain name matter when it comes to optimize your website. But Content is King. Just hire prestigious website content provider.

  2. Justin Seibert's Gravatar Justin Seibert
    December 27, 2007 at 9:45 am | Permalink

    Nick – A good start. #6 is key! Not sure I understand #4, though – are you saying to optimize for search engines or not?

  3. Brick Marketing Staff's Gravatar Brick Marketing Staff
    December 28, 2007 at 12:22 am | Permalink

    Yes, Justin. Definitely optimize for search engines.

  4. Jake's Gravatar Jake
    January 10, 2008 at 8:05 am | Permalink

    I definitely agree with number 2 and 5. Domain name is really a big thing. And yes, content is the king…

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