Blog Posts Not To Leave As The First Thing People See. Seriously. There are some subjects that you should not leave “up there” as representative as the whole content of your blog – particularly if you’ve been blogging for many years, (moi), in various places.

Death. Do not leave a “death blog” on your front page. I am, in fact, guilty of this. But it’s true – your idea of news/shock/horror etc may not be someone else’s idea of a casual read. And remember – your blog may have been recommended, or may be linked from somewhere else. Imagine a visitors surprise when they arrive on your home page only to find you rabbiting on about some dead celebrity. Of course, you must also remember that if your blog doesn’t get visited by search engine spiders that regularly, (usually ‘cos you’re not updating it!), then the cached version may well be that embarrassing “death blog” – and not what the current front page/current blog post actually is. (Ignore that last sentence if you started to get confused at the search engine spider bit!)

Drunken blog posts. Oh my God. If you think a “death blog” is a bad idea, there’s nothing more toe-curlingly painful then workmates/schoolmates winking/laughing at you as you stagger by with your hangover the following morning. Finally, the Office Nerd puts you out of your misery by informing you that everyone is referring to your graphic, (badly mispelt), description of “What I Did Tonight” confession on your blog. It may be true that you “hate even the air your boss expels“, and it may also be true that most of the office “has shagged the girl from accountants with the enormous assets” – but that could well be in the job….. you used to have!. Stay away from the computer when you come in pissed.

The ability to uploaded pictures direct to your blog from your phone must have seemed like a great idea…. until someone got hold of your phone and started to upload pictures of their arse! I suppose this is one of those “Keep Your Phone On You At All Times Warnings” particularly if you know that it’s likely to happen! Please check your blog at regular intervals if you noticed your phone missing or moved position on your desk – you’ll know something “is up” by the sniggering……..

Teenagers, (this one’s for you), – if you’re going to bear your heart and soul out on the internet – don’t allow comments on the blog. This way, once you’ve feel satisfied that the www knows all about your innermost feelings re: the “new girl/boy in class” or “new teacher” etc – you won’t feel offended by comments which say – “Great blog. Keep up the good work” – and then link to a penis extension website. Secondly, only have one blog post on your front page – and intersperse each emotional outburst blog with a sports/recipe blog – it’ll keep the comment spammers on their toes and give the rest of us a 50-50 chance of not accidentally stumbling across your tortured teenage sob stories.

There are actually many, many more no no’s of Blog Posts Not To Leave As The First Thing People See – and I’ve probably been guilty of a few. And most importantly, remember folks – once it’s on the net……. it’s there for good!

Happy blogging peeps!

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