Blogging is one of most people's hobby nowadaysBlogging is one of my hobbies, because I love to write and express my feeling through text, video, audio, and post it into blog. I have been blogging since four years ago, so that during the making of this academic blog so far I did not find any difficulties.
Meanwhile blogging is not only typing and posting, as a good blogger we need to learn how the blog is working. As stated by Justin Tsan (2007) in his article titled “Qualities of a good blogger” that blogger must be willing to learn the fundamental or the basic of web technologies in order to prevent any obstacles or problems during blogging.
Moreover as a good blogger, we need to be aware about social culture issue, because weblog can be accessed globally by anyone in this world. So for being a good blogger, we need to pay attention to this issue, in order to prevent miscommunication or misunderstanding among the readers.
Regarding to the topic that will be discussed, bloggers need to prepare their self with good understanding of the subject. Justin Tsan (2007) points out that a good blogger has a keen sense of curiosity, one that is needed to continue learning and exploring.
However, blogger also needs to pay attention with web design which is affecting reader’s impression, referring to Jakob Nielsen (2005) in his article titled “Weblog Usability: The Top Ten Design Mistakes” he points out that during writing into blog, author needs to avoid some mistakes such as:
- No Author Biographies
Unless you are writing a business blog, which needs credibility of the author, anonymous writings have less credence than something that is signed.
- No Author Photos
Photos offer a more personable impression of the author, and it connects the virtual and physical words.
- Nondescript Posting Titles
- Link Don’t Say Where They Go
You should use the “link titles” rather than “click here”.
More regulations that blogger needs to obey, in order to produce effective products and useable for the reader.
To conclude, being a good blogger is not only typing and expressing your opinion, but moreover there are some regulations that every blogger needs to aware, so that blogger will produce such a excellent product and useful for the readers.
References:
Tsan, J, 2007, Qualities Of A Good Blogger. Qualities Of A Good Blogger. 8 Nov. 2007. EzineArticles.com. viewed 11 June 2008, [online].
http://ezinearticles.com/?Qualities-Of-A-Good-Blogger&id=823015
Nielsen, J 2005, Weblog Usability: The Top Design Mistakes,17 October 2005, Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox, viewed 11 June 2008. [online].
http://www.useit.com/alertbox/weblogs.html
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