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How Important is Blog Design?



There is more to blogging than just getting a free blog on blogspot or wordpress, it takes some time, effort and patience to really get your blog visible. You know the old saying don’t judge a book by it’s cover? Well people do and they will.

If your writing is great but your design is sloppy you won’t get people to stick around for very long. The design aspect is a very important factor for your blog’s success. Website visitors want to see great design. if sections are disconnected and out of order you bounce rate will increase drastically. Great blog design keeps your web traffic wondering and looking for more. It will entice people to scroll and visit other pages. Before you build loyal readers you need to grab the trust of your web traffic as soon as they land on your website. A blog should have its own identity established. You want your web traffic to have something to remember you by when they are not searching around online. The tighter your blog design the wider of an audience that will appeal. Chances are your blog will have competition in the search engines so it is important to compete with them visually so that you can attract some of that audience. Once a blog has loyalty and readership it will take a great deal of effort to pull that loyal reader away from that blog to have them read yours.

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Google Chrome’s Your CSS – Blog Design May Need Tweaking



The recent release of Google’s own version of a browser, Google Chrome, appears to have issues with CSS when it comes to some blogs. If the browser takes off then many blogs will need to have their blog design checked.

In the past, it was always advisable to check you web pages out on both Firefox and Internet Explorer. Now it may be necessary to check them out on Chrome.

Websites, your blog included, are representative of you and your business. If a visitor arrives they expect to see a properly formatted page. There are times when a page will look good in Firefox and look terrible in IE6 – or vice-versa. Since these two browsers make up 75-90% of all traffic, it makes sense to ensure your pages render well in each browser.

With a third browser coming on line, it has the potential make live even harder. Microsoft through Internet Explorer has tried to re-invent internet standards. Internet Explorer doesn’t recognize many of the current standards which can cause problems.

The question that many have asked is whether or not Google Chrome will be written in the future to a standard that forces publishers to choose. Render your sites IE compatible or Chrome compatible – you won’t be able to have both since the code required for both will be different.

Time will tell. First, the general public has to take up Chrome and use it. Until then, it is only a browser puppy. Even puppies grow however.

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