Jan 20 2011

7 Reasons Why Your Blog Isn’t Getting Any Readers

1. Boring posts

Going through a boring blog is like reading a comic book or a novel with a dragging plot. Uninteresting or poorly-written articles may be the main reason why people don’t take a second look at your blog. When posts become dull and predictable, your readers lose their urge to return to your site.

2. Outdated blog posts

Blogs can be considered as magazines, too. A blog’s content should be fresh and regularly updated, to keep the readers’ interests and attention. Many Web users visit blogs because they want to know about and learn new things.

3. Untidy website

Fill your site with useless ads and disorganized content, and people will surely avoid visiting your blog in the future. People put a lot of importance on the visual appeal and design of the websites they visit often, because these factors also affect a website’s functionality. Cluttered websites tend to repel, instead of attract, site visitors.

4. Disabled comments

Many people choose to communicate with blog authors by posting comments on blog entries. When the blog’s ‘Comments’ feature is disabled, you’ll lose the opportunity to gain site traffic and potential links that can enhance your website’s SEO campaigns. Blog commenting is one way of expanding your network, because readers, bloggers especially, want to interact and share their ideas with you.

5. Posting unrealistic content

Many blogs out there are obviously unrealistic and dishonest. Don’t post about your supposed encounters with famous personalities or celebrities just to boost site traffic. Lying would definitely spell doom for your blog’s existence.

6. Not responding to e-mails or comments

Many bloggers tend to leave their e-mail accounts unchecked, because they focus more on their blog posts. You should remember that not all readers direct their queries on your blog; some prefer to do it by email due to issues of privacy. Whether it’s through email or direct blog commenting, take the time to answer your reader’s questions.

7. Having a profit-centered blog

Majority of bloggers on the World Wide Web consider their blogs as extensions of their business websites. There is nothing wrong about that. You can successfully blog your business. However, business bloggers should remember not to focus solely on profit. Do not over-promote your products and services, because it will only annoy your readers. They visit your blog to learn about you and your services, but not to buy all your products.

Warner is interested in everything online that fuels discovery. I find SEO a facinating puzzle so of course work for an SEO Reseller, Endless Rise

19 Responses to “7 Reasons Why Your Blog Isn’t Getting Any Readers”

  1. Nick Stamoulis says:
    January 20, 2011 at 6:39 pm

    Updating your blog frequently is vital to blogging success. I recommend updating once or twice a day in order to stay relevant and top of mind. Having good content and keeping it interesting is also very important.

    Moosa Hemani Reply:
    January 21st, 2011 at 10:26 am

    awesome advise Nick also write on trendy topics this bring more visitors to your blog…

  2. Akos says:
    January 22, 2011 at 3:05 pm

    Boring posts are the worst. Everything else can be eliminated.

  3. rumahmode says:
    January 23, 2011 at 3:07 pm

    nice…
    this information really use on me..
    thanks

  4. Four Divisions says:
    January 24, 2011 at 5:56 am

    the main reason is that while posting the content we should write the content unique and attractive. with this types of posts we can improve the blog users. every post should new and useful post.

  5. Barbarabuick (Buick Consulting) says:
    January 25, 2011 at 2:04 pm

    http://dailyseotip.com/7-reasons-why-your-blog-isn%e2%80%99t-getting-any-readers/1306/

  6. Greg Baumgartner says:
    January 25, 2011 at 2:37 pm

    I think the main factor should be a catchy title and a post that has some interest aside from keywords and sales pitches. If the blog maintain a clean message that is interesting and helpful than folks should read it. I find myself saving blogs I like and checking back frequently due to the unique content and point of view of the poster. My two cents anyway.

  7. SUnzurrunzaga (Susana U. Gómez) says:
    January 26, 2011 at 8:43 pm

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  8. Shazan Sayani says:
    January 27, 2011 at 7:51 am

    I think titles contains a lot of power to attract the people toward the post or repel the people from the post.. now a days title is a short summary of your post !!! but your tips to make your blog attractive are awesome !!!

  9. Lisa @ Best Laptop Deals says:
    January 28, 2011 at 11:20 pm

    I agree with Shazan its in the title of the blog to attract reader. If
    you have a nice article the reader will keep coming back to
    your site… great post!!

  10. Warner says:
    February 1, 2011 at 3:01 pm

    @Shazan I couldn’t agree more on the value of titles. They need to lead the reader. Thanks all for the props

  11. Nurseslabs says:
    February 8, 2011 at 4:30 am

    This is a great post.
    Some of which are I’m guilty about :)

  12. SEM Blog says:
    February 11, 2011 at 6:12 pm

    Hi..
    This is really a very good topic discussed on.. Mostly, blogs should be utilized for knowledge sharing.

  13. Casey@Weight Lifting Workouts says:
    March 2, 2011 at 7:41 am

    This is good. Aside to have a good quality contents we need to update it once in a while.

  14. ball mill says:
    March 6, 2011 at 7:48 am

    I think the most important reasons must be don’t have good views!

  15. Fatwarrior says:
    March 25, 2011 at 4:32 pm

    People go on internet looking for information, if you are able to give them reliable information, chances are you”ll always get readers.

  16. canvas print says:
    May 31, 2011 at 1:35 pm

    “Going through a boring blog is like reading a comic book or a novel with a dragging plot. Uninteresting or poorly-written articles may be the main reason why people don’t take a second look at your blog. When posts become dull and predictable, your readers lose their urge to return to your site.”

    This is the main one for me, thanks for the great post.

  17. chinawholesalz says:
    July 18, 2011 at 7:55 am

    I tweeted the post. Hopefully you get some good entries. ;-)

  18. queensridge real estate says:
    October 18, 2011 at 7:36 am

    Writing bad content can be a major reason why blogs do not get traffic. Poor content will not give readers any motivation to come back again. Some blogs which do not allow comments also limit its visitors because the people reading have no voice and can not express their views.