Please could I have some honest opinions on my new blog?

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    fenstravels · Member ·

    Hi, please could I have honest opinions on my blog? suggestions? advise? tips?

    I’m new to wordpress, I’ve started posting daily since last week and I am willing to carry this on as I enjoy what I am writing about. It would be great to hear other peoples opinions, please have a look and say what you think!

    Thanks, Fenya.

    The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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    timethief · Member ·

    Good day to you,

    This support forum is not provided for blog promotion purposes. It’s for resolving specific issues that you need help with that pertain to use of the software, features and functions,etc.

    On the bottom of your Admin page you will find a link to the Learn WordPress.com blogging Tutorial prepared by Staff. http://learn.wordpress.com/ The support documentation is all found at the Support link http://en.support.wordpress.com which is also on the bottom of your Admin page.
    http://en.support.wordpress.com/introduction/
    http://en.support.wordpress.com/getting-more-views-and-traffic/

    I’m a blogging tips blogger but there’s no way that I will do blog evaluations free of charge. Here’s a 12 step do it yourself blog evaluation. What follows is “on-the-house” too. :)

    Here are 25 basic steps to take to increase traffic to your blog:
    1. Structure a reader and search engine blog;
    2. In blogging content is king create unique, high quality content so publish fresh content frequently;
    3. Learn basic SEO so you can use keywords effectively and apply basic SEO to your headlines, blog and posts;
    Search engine optimization (SEO) is the process of improving the visibility of a website or a web page in search engines via the “natural” or un-paid (“organic” or “algorithmic”) search results.
    4. Make your blog posts look professional;
    5. Create at least 4-6 pillar posts and continue to create pillar posts;
    Pillar posts are also referred to as flagship content. Pillar posts are comprehensive posts that offer great value to readers as the contents are timeless in nature. They define you as having authority in the niche you blog in.
    6. Select and link to appropriate anchor text;
    7. Leave meaningful comments on related blogs and encourage comments on your own blog;
    8. Develop relationships with other bloggers so you can build a blog readers’ community around your own blog;
    9. Support the blog centered communities on related blogs by commenting on them and promoting posts from them;
    10. Link to authoritative sources in your posts;
    11. Deep link to your earlier related posts in your new posts;
    12. Assign appropriate categories and tag your posts with care;
    13. Link to related authoritative blogs in your blogroll;
    14. Provide RSS feeds for subscribers;
    RSS (Rich Site Summary or really simple syndication) is a format for delivering regularly changing web content. Many news-related sites, weblogs and other online publishers syndicate their content as an RSS Feed to whoever wants it.
    15. Having a well designed theme is important, evaluate your theme for effectiveness, and if required, create a new header, make improvements or replace your theme and reduce page loading time;
    16. Avoid cluttering your blog with widgets that lack reader value and slow page loading time;
    17. Buy your own domain and domain mapping;
    18. Verify your blog with the three big search engines.
    19. Get organized, use an online to do list by developing a blogging workflow;
    20. Join social networks and social media sites like Facebook and use Twitter, Friendfeed and other Free RSS directories to promote your blog posts;
    21. Promote your blog through social networks, online groups, and selected directories;
    22. Develop a social media time management strategy and stick to it;
    23. Submit your latest pillar article to a blog carnival;
    24. Become a guest blogger on sites with higher page rank than your own site.
    25. Create newsletters and/or ebooks for your subscribers.

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    joellepoidevin · Member ·

    Hi Fenyawells,
    From the looks of your blog you very much have the basics in place… Widgets in the sidebar, tagging on your posts, links to external websites within the posts, and pictures that you have taken etc etc etc
    My only two suggestions would be to have a really stunning picture in the header. (Alternatively, what you could do is compile a few smaller pictures and then save them as one picture – this could be done easily in Microsoft Powerpoint or Word)
    And/or you could change to a theme that displays pictures in a more eye-catching way. Autofocus and Modularity Lite look good for this, although I would assume you want something that is also content focussed as well. See what you think!
    Happy blogging
    Joel :)

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