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I see a lot of blogs that are very heavy text often just one long paragraph. While content is king, you have to do something to attract and keep people’s attention.
Here’s a couple of things I’ve done to try an make my site more readable.
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I start with an idea and then go look for a picture that expresses the idea. In this post, I just wanted a picture to grab your attention. Nothing like a dog with three balls in his month.
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Then I try to get across my point in a series of very short paragraphs.
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I try to keep my post to something that you can read in just a few minutes. If I have more to say, I can always write another post. Also if you exhaust a topic, what are you going to write about tomorrow.
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Keep to your theme but don’t be too predictable. This blog is about learning so I always try to connect it in some way, but the range of topics is fairly broad.
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I also prefer a narrative style so it sounds like I’m having a conversation with the reader.
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Text is fine if it’s also succinct and to the point. I’ll read a few paragraphs, but I won’t read treatises. It’s the first Rule of Blog — better short and sweet than long and long.
I’m probably as guilty of that as anyone, but that’s beside the point.
http://awaitingtenure.wordpress.com
Yeah short and sweet, everyone’s busy, but the occasional long one is good, i think.
On images, I’ve actually noticed I get lots of search traffic for the images I use, based on what I name them. Granted, it’s probably not real strong traffic – just people looking for a picture to post on their site – but it’s something.