31 Days to Building a Better Blog—Day 10
Jun 4th, 2008 by Nut
Day 10 of Building a Better Blog is here. We’re almost halfway there and today’s tip is to Declutter Your Sidebar. Clutter can accumulate over time all over a blog, so paying attention to specific areas like the Sidebar is very helpful.
Coincidentally, I just took a look at this last week when I made some adjustments based on my first-reader audit. I reevaluated what was in my sidebar and the order it was in, trying to create an “image-text-image” continuum, since colorful images seemed to draw my reader’s eye (and it makes sense, of course). So, in a sense, I’ve already done this and I seem to be doing it regularly too.
But if you, as a reader, think anything about the sidebar needs to change (like the new text color of the Google Ads), then by all means let me know. I love getting reader email!
- Do you think I should add a “subscribe via email” button for those that aren’t interested in RSS?
- Are the “Recent Movie” and “Currently Reading” links too much? I happen to like the color and refreshing change they bring about, though I haven’t been reading as much lately.
- Do you guys click on the Recent Posts links?
- What would you take out of the sidebar if you could? Put in?
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