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Common Blogging Mistakes & How To Avoid Them

by Pooja G
Blogging Mistakes You Should Avoid

Common Blogging Mistakes And How To Avoid Them

It is easy to not reach your blogs full potential due to minor mistakes. A lot of bloggers especially when starting out tend to make these small but detrimental mistakes. Here is how to avoid common blogging mistakes:

Too many tags

Tags are a great way to get traffic to your blog but when you use too many tags on your post WordPress automatically assumes you’re a spammer and takes your post off the discover/reader section. This can decrease your traffic and consequently the amount of likes/follows you get.

Solution

To avoid this make sure to use a maximum of ten tags per post. If you feel that those are really not enough change your settings to make the maximum tags per post higher.

Not engaging with others

WordPress is very much a two way street. You cannot expect people to consistently support your blog if you’re not supporting theirs. If you don’t leave likes/comments/shares on other peoples blog they are not going to leave them on yours.

Solution

To solve this problem try to be as active as possible- I know it can be time consuming but check out who regularly leaves likes/comments on your blog and try to repay the favor when you get the time.

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Being disorganized

It is very easy to get disorganized especially when you start blogging because you’re not sure how to categorize everything yet and may not even know what your niche when writing on this blog will be. Unfortunately, this can cause a decrease in traffic and follows.

Solution

To be more organized use categories and make sure they are displayed on the sidebar so that your readers can check out similar posts on the topics they are interested in. Also try not to have too many categories because that will just make it more confusing- stick to the main ones.

Not responding to comments

Even though responding to all the comments you get can be time consuming it is always a good idea to respond to your readers because it keeps them engaged with your blog. If you constantly ignore their comments they will most likely stop commenting and eventually stop viewing your posts altogether.

Solution

To avoid this make sure to respond to comments and if you’re busy you don’t need to respond to every comment instantly- schedule a few minutes every day to respond to comments.

Posting irregularly

This in my opinion is one of the main reasons that a lot of people lose traffic/followers. I myself stopped posting regularly for a few months and saw a dramatic decrease in traffic. Most people want to follow a blog that is more regular and posts on similar times because then they know when to check for new posts. If you’re posting randomly your followers may miss your new posts simply because they didn’t know you posted anything.

Solution

To post more regularly try to keep a schedule of when you have the highest views on your blog and post during these peek times. I know that a lot of times life gets in the way and it is difficult to post regularly- if this is the case try scheduling your posts or writing them in advance so all you have to do is press publish.

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127 thoughts on “Common Blogging Mistakes & How To Avoid Them”

  13. You know I kept seeing similar things in my face it is probably tell me I really need to start to organise my posts a bit. XD May I also ask what were the differences in your experience between having more than 10 like perhaps 14 tags and 10 or less?
    Thanks for the post PoojaG!

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    1. I think 10 is the perfect amount and more than 10 tends to just confuse people who are looking for something specific. I think 5 should be the minimum amount of tags you should have and 15 should be the maximum.

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      1. It’s funny – after going through and fixing some old posts, I immediately saw some new comments and likes trickle in! ☺️ So thank you again for sharing this! 💜

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  28. This article ‘Become a Better Blogger’ is so helpful. I’m new to blogging and need to know the tips and tricks of blogging.
    Thank you

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  30. Thanks for sharing. I tend to get frustrated with the lack of interaction & stopped blogging for a bit. I’ll have to work on interacting even more & see if that helps.

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  32. This was very helpful.. I found you on my likes and I wanted to check on what you write. Also about irregular posting, I agree totally. I had stopped blogging for a year or so, after I had started out and I only had one follower and 0 likes,,, I have been regular (a bit too much, lol) and I have reached a total of 50 likes and new followers in a week’s time

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    1. I had a similar experience where I stopped blogging for over a year because I just felt lost ( still do but I’m determined not to give up!) and I think just organising in your head what you can manage consistently makes such a difference!

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      1. Yes.. I also feel lost sometimes, since people have a niche on what they blog about,, but for me, I write whatever is on my mind that particular time. I’m diverse and categorizing, I’ll have to learn later.

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    1. Thank you! I’ve been blogging for almost 4 years now and I think that could be solved with proper tagging, being active and finding the best time to post to reach the biggest audience possible.

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  45. I need all the help I can get, my photo blog only gets a handful of likes so I will try to be more active and comment and be more attentive. Any other hints for photo blogger?

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  46. Thank you very much for this post. I set up an account on here about a week ago. I haven’t started blogging yet, but your post was very informative for a beginner like me.

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