An overcrowded Blogosphere has created intense competition among bloggers in attracting more readers for their blogs. Offered with boundless number of blogs to choose from, the netizens has now become even more picky in choosing blogs to read. This situation has positioned credibility as one of the top considerations that the netizens look for in a blog. The more credible your blog is, the more readers stick to it.
There’s no doubt that blogs with credibility are the blogs that are widely read. But how and what makes a blog credible? Today’s post explores the possible ways you can do to improve your blog’s credibility, therefore, increasing your ‘readership’.
Tips To Build a Credible Blog
Choose a Niche
Having a niche or a specific topic to blog about is by far the most effective way to build credibilty for your blog and yourself as a blogger. In contrast to those who blog about all sort of stuff, niche blogging allows a blogger to focus and concentrate on a certain topic, preferably of his/her mastery which in turn makes him/her an authority. For the same reason, John Chow is considered as a more credible source of information about ‘making money online’ than Rose DesRochers, who blogs about different things.
Create Useful and Informative Content
Content is king but only when it’s useful and informative. Your blog’s content partly defines what kind of blog you have. If your blog contents are nothing of value to anyone, then it shouldn’t be considered credible either. People read blogs for certain reasons but mostly to gather useful information. If you want to earn credibility for your blog and for yourself, here are a few things you can do to improve your blog content.
# Know your audience or blog readers, understand their needs and wants.
# Blog about what your blog readers need and want.
# Read, read and do some more research before you create a post.
# Share your own experiences related to your post.
Link To Useful, Related and Informative Blogs
While some bloggers are generous in giving links to other blogs, most bloggers remain reluctant. Search engine optimization is a possible reason why most bloggers are reluctant to link to other blogs. Assuming that I’m creating a post about ‘Increasing Blog Traffic’ and I have linked to another post that has the same topic, the end result is usually a better search engine position to the blog post I’ve linked to.
Linking to other blog posts that are relevant to your blog may improve their page rank and search engine position but this will also improve your blog’s credibility as well as your credibility as a blogger. Linking to other blogs will send a message to your blog readers that you are a wide reader. In fact, your blog readers will appreciate supplementary information that you provide through linking to other blogs. Just make sure that you link to quality posts and it must be relevant to yours.
If you don’t want to share link juice to other blogs, which I don’t encourage, you can always use the rel=”nofollow” attribute. This will instruct Google to disregard the link you’ve created as a vote to the site.
Create a Professional Blog Layout
The appearance of your blog has a huge impact on your blog’s credibility. Usually, netizens judge blogs based on their appearance and design. It is therefore important that you invest on the looks of your blog. That shouldn’t be a problem if you are knowledgeable in coding but you can always hire web designers or just be patient to search for blog templates that will suit your requirements.
Work with Other Blogs or Websites
Establishing presence in the Blogosphere is another effective mechanism to establish credibility for yourself and for your blog. This can be achieved in several ways but here are some of my suggestions. Take note that the following tips require you to work with other blogs and websites. A good interpersonal skill will be very useful.
# Be a Guest Blogger.
# Submit Articles To Article Directories
# Join Social Networks, Social Directories etc.
# Join and try to win blog contests.
Have Your Blog Reviewed by Other Bloggers
Blog review is another simple yet effective strategy to build credibility for your blog and yourself as blogger. But getting other bloggers to review your blog is the challenging part. This is easy when your blog is really fantastic and when you have lots of blogger friends. Most of the reviews about Blogging Mix are created by my friends over at BlogCatalog.
Alternatively, you have the option of paying other bloggers to review your blog. ReviewMe and PayPerPost are the most popular sites that offer such kind of service.
Use a Domain Name
If you are using a domain name, people visiting your blog will think that you are serious at blogging. This alone will increase your blog’s credibility. Registering your own domain name has become affordable nowadays so having one for your blog shouldn’t be difficult.
As always, I’d like to hear from you. I’m sure that you have something to add to my list so feel free to drop it at the comments. Comments here are Blogging Mix are made ‘Dofollow’ so you get a link juice everytime you comment on my posts. Thank you for your time. Here are some of my previous post you might be interested to read.
From http://www.bloggingmix.com
There’s no doubt that blogs with credibility are the blogs that are widely read. But how and what makes a blog credible? Today’s post explores the possible ways you can do to improve your blog’s credibility, therefore, increasing your ‘readership’.
Tips To Build a Credible Blog
Choose a Niche
Having a niche or a specific topic to blog about is by far the most effective way to build credibilty for your blog and yourself as a blogger. In contrast to those who blog about all sort of stuff, niche blogging allows a blogger to focus and concentrate on a certain topic, preferably of his/her mastery which in turn makes him/her an authority. For the same reason, John Chow is considered as a more credible source of information about ‘making money online’ than Rose DesRochers, who blogs about different things.
Create Useful and Informative Content
Content is king but only when it’s useful and informative. Your blog’s content partly defines what kind of blog you have. If your blog contents are nothing of value to anyone, then it shouldn’t be considered credible either. People read blogs for certain reasons but mostly to gather useful information. If you want to earn credibility for your blog and for yourself, here are a few things you can do to improve your blog content.
# Know your audience or blog readers, understand their needs and wants.
# Blog about what your blog readers need and want.
# Read, read and do some more research before you create a post.
# Share your own experiences related to your post.
Link To Useful, Related and Informative Blogs
While some bloggers are generous in giving links to other blogs, most bloggers remain reluctant. Search engine optimization is a possible reason why most bloggers are reluctant to link to other blogs. Assuming that I’m creating a post about ‘Increasing Blog Traffic’ and I have linked to another post that has the same topic, the end result is usually a better search engine position to the blog post I’ve linked to.
Linking to other blog posts that are relevant to your blog may improve their page rank and search engine position but this will also improve your blog’s credibility as well as your credibility as a blogger. Linking to other blogs will send a message to your blog readers that you are a wide reader. In fact, your blog readers will appreciate supplementary information that you provide through linking to other blogs. Just make sure that you link to quality posts and it must be relevant to yours.
If you don’t want to share link juice to other blogs, which I don’t encourage, you can always use the rel=”nofollow” attribute. This will instruct Google to disregard the link you’ve created as a vote to the site.
Create a Professional Blog Layout
The appearance of your blog has a huge impact on your blog’s credibility. Usually, netizens judge blogs based on their appearance and design. It is therefore important that you invest on the looks of your blog. That shouldn’t be a problem if you are knowledgeable in coding but you can always hire web designers or just be patient to search for blog templates that will suit your requirements.
Work with Other Blogs or Websites
Establishing presence in the Blogosphere is another effective mechanism to establish credibility for yourself and for your blog. This can be achieved in several ways but here are some of my suggestions. Take note that the following tips require you to work with other blogs and websites. A good interpersonal skill will be very useful.
# Be a Guest Blogger.
# Submit Articles To Article Directories
# Join Social Networks, Social Directories etc.
# Join and try to win blog contests.
Have Your Blog Reviewed by Other Bloggers
Blog review is another simple yet effective strategy to build credibility for your blog and yourself as blogger. But getting other bloggers to review your blog is the challenging part. This is easy when your blog is really fantastic and when you have lots of blogger friends. Most of the reviews about Blogging Mix are created by my friends over at BlogCatalog.
Alternatively, you have the option of paying other bloggers to review your blog. ReviewMe and PayPerPost are the most popular sites that offer such kind of service.
Use a Domain Name
If you are using a domain name, people visiting your blog will think that you are serious at blogging. This alone will increase your blog’s credibility. Registering your own domain name has become affordable nowadays so having one for your blog shouldn’t be difficult.
As always, I’d like to hear from you. I’m sure that you have something to add to my list so feel free to drop it at the comments. Comments here are Blogging Mix are made ‘Dofollow’ so you get a link juice everytime you comment on my posts. Thank you for your time. Here are some of my previous post you might be interested to read.
From http://www.bloggingmix.com
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