5 things that your blog doesn’t need

The More Minimal blog has a very interesting post listing “5 things that your blog doesn’t need”:

  1. Badges
  2. Social bookmarking buttons
  3. Google AdSense insertions (when your blog has low traffic)
  4. The Really Big Blogroll
  5. Unrequested media (i.e. Background music)

I agree with most of the items. Badges, buttons and other intrusive objects just clutter the blog without adding to the reader experience.

Got Your Free eBook?


  • Subscribe to the Daily Blog Tips newsletter and you will be able to download the "Make Money Blogging" eBook for free.
  • You will also receive tips to improve your blog, strategies to make money and useful resources from around the web.
ebook cover

14 Responses to “5 things that your blog doesn’t need”

  1. Thilak on November 28th, 2006 9:22 am

    Nice Point, I personally hate to visit those Malaysian blogs with sidebar filled with ads and other unwanted things

  2. ak_sha on May 6th, 2008 3:31 am

    Could you please explain why social bookmarking buttons are not needed for our blog?? I thut that was one was to get more traffic..

  3. Daniel Scocco on May 6th, 2008 8:11 am

    If people want to bookmark your stories or vote for them on Digg, they will do it no matter what.

    Buttons only serve as a reminder, but they are not essential.

  4. Thoroughly Good on June 7th, 2008 10:26 am

    One of the most frustrating things about some people’s blogs is their apparent refusal to archive their material. Blogs with a “front page” consisting of a year’s postings take an age to load. Each successive time I visit them I get more and more frustrated. Keep your posts on one page to a maximum of five!

  5. Laura on August 19th, 2008 9:46 am

    The links aren’t working, at least for me. I just get a page with sponsored links and the message “This domain is available”.

  6. michele on August 28th, 2008 2:00 pm

    I agree on the background music…That kills a site.
    I close it as quickly as I opened it.
    And most of the tunes are those horrible midi things,
    yaikes!

  7. e business corporate on April 14th, 2009 10:19 am

    With the social bookmarking buttons I agree.
    But at least I think we need to have a digg button.
    Background music is something that drives me nuts. So no no to music.
    Long blog roll too is a sign of a poor blog.

  8. darksaturn7 on April 23rd, 2009 10:32 pm

    I know I have a very long blog roll, but I have it capped at 5, so if the viewer wants to see ALL of them, they can just click and expand. I also like tucking things away. Hopefully the new tabs at the page bottom will lighten the load.

    I also heard that placing Digg buttons, slows down blogs. I know I had the button at the top right of each post, and the page took an age to load before I took em off.

    ~DS

  9. Naphthenate on May 12th, 2009 5:03 am

    You are right,a good blog don’t need to do that things.you only need to write acritle every day,write your life,work,if you do that,many people will come to see it.

  10. Daily Good Tips on May 25th, 2009 9:45 pm

    I use google pagerank badge and alexa rank badge…depent of the quality of pagerank and alexa

  11. Sam on June 8th, 2009 11:47 am

    i agree with you on everthing but the social bookmarking button !

  12. Yuxx on June 14th, 2009 10:23 pm

    i have a very simplistic design !! by the way, i like your design, can you give it to me please?!!

  13. Smackitta on June 17th, 2009 10:29 am

    coool !! :) i removed the social bookmarking buttons ( digg and facebook ) the calendar, the blogroll ! but adsense !! not now :) .. thx

Got something to say?





Sponsors

Say Goodbuy to AdSense web directory Performance Based SEO Flex Theme for WordPress 20% Off on Shared Hosting BlueSEO

Recent Articles