Why is it important to have a blog design?
Everyday thousands of blogs are started (in case you are not sure that how to blog, then read this guide - How to blog?) and I'm sure most of you must be running a blog or if not you must have started one and then let it go off in the world of internet as no one ever noticed the blog.
However, there are blogs which get noticed and if you notice them, most of them must be running a unique blog design and there is major role that design plays in making it popular.
I hope this squidoo lens will explain it to you that why and how a unique blog design will help you in improving your blog.
However, there are blogs which get noticed and if you notice them, most of them must be running a unique blog design and there is major role that design plays in making it popular.
I hope this squidoo lens will explain it to you that why and how a unique blog design will help you in improving your blog.
Why should I be concerned with a blog design?
Because you care about your blog!
A blog design is a reflection of your personality and thus it gets important that you get a blog design and these points will surely help you decide if you need a blog design or not?
- If you care about your blog and want to ensure that it gets hit amongst the people and you should be seen as authority on the subject then you need a blog design.
- If you want to stand out of the crowd then you need a blog design.
- If you don't want to be just another tom, dick or harry then you need a unique blog design.
What makes a good blog design?
A blog design is just not collection of widgets, text, images or videos; it's more than that. A good blog design will always focus on these point -
1. Good typography.
2. Unique Design.
3. Page Loading time.
4. Good Navigation
1. Good typography.
2. Unique Design.
3. Page Loading time.
4. Good Navigation
Blog Design is not for you but for your readers
Blog is read by your readers - Save their eyes!
A blog design is just not the images and the placement of various objects around the content, it's about the way text is displayed too.A good blog design will always have nice fonts and good enough text size to ensure that it can be read by your blog readers without putting much strain on eyes.
Blog Design renders your personality
A blog's design renders your personality and it' important that people should get to understand you as a clean and interesting person rather than a messy and careless person.So, if you blog design is clean and interesting then people will see always form a better opinion about you.
Page Load Time
Stop making your reader wait forever
Internet users have very low patience level and if a page is taking forever to load, then they'll probably move away pretty quickly over to some other page and you'd loose a potential reader. So it's important that you have a blog which loads faster and leaves a good impression on your readers. Better Navigation
Is a single page view enough?
Most of the readers come to your blog through various channels like Google, Social media sites etc. and generally land up on one of the pages of your blog and it should be important for you to ensure that they browse your blog around and should be able to reach to your blogs content. A blog's design and UI is really important to help them discover that interesting post which they always wanted to read. Who the f*ck are you?
Thanks for asking this question. I'm Mayank Gupta and I've been a professional blogger for more than 2 years and have been following this industry for long enough.
I started a tech blog and then later started a blog about blogging and which also offers Blog Design services.
I started a tech blog and then later started a blog about blogging and which also offers Blog Design services.
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