What makes a good blog?
These are some of my ideas and opinions about what makes for a good blog. They are in no way intended to judge anyone's blog, it is not my place to do so these are merely observations.
Subject matter....Interesting topic that needs to be addressed or one that we can learn from is a good start. Or a blog that helps us see an issue from a perspective we have not before or a great story, personal observations about life and things that may be current in the world.
Spelling...accuracy in spelling certainly helps to get the point across and makes us feel the writer knows what they are talking about. I may spell in a European manner as I was born and educated there and we do not spell phonetically ( how things are pronounce as they do in the U.S.)
Lay out...Is the blog easily read and understood?
Grammar... I tend to write in a rambling manner and when that happens such as run on sentences it all tends to blur if it isn't in paragraphs. I know that this is one my own things that I do when I blog.
Tone...Is the blog sanctimonious and lecturing? If it is that may cause offense to some. I have been accused of such when it was not intended.
Length...A blog that is too long ? I tend to wander off in the middle if the blog is too long. And I have written many a long blog in my time.
Number of re-times it is re-posted Is it just me or is it slightly aggravating when you see the same blog, posted almost daily, sometimes even several times a day?
Block Blogging. Does the same author post in blocks of two, three or even four or five blogs in a row daily? I think that's milking it if I have seen the same thing over and over. Even I re-post blogs occasionally and usually only post one a day that's if I do blog. In my humble there are so many good blog authors here and block blogging only hogs the board so that the blogs of others get pushed down and possibly get less readers as a result.
These are only my opinons about what makes for a good blog. You may have different opinions :-) Such is the nature of blogs, we blog, people have the right to their opinons and comments on said blogs :-)
Joan