How to Write a Better Weblog
In looking on how to write a better weblog, you don’t have to go any farther than Evan Schaeffer’s New Year’s Resolutions for Blawg Review #38 on his fabulous Legal Underground blog. A few of Evan’s suggestions:
Provide Both Information and Opinion
In mixing it up, weblog authors instinctively know they should provide relevant, quality information. But what about opinion? Some lawyer-webloggers seem afraid their opinions will offend readers or generate unwanted controversy. But if you can say it on an Op-Ed page, you can say it in a weblog. Besides, in the blogging business, controversy is good.Link Freely to Other Weblogs
Many weblog authors criticize the type of post that does nothing but provide links to other sources. But if you have a sense of what your readers want, you are providing an editorial service by choosing and selecting posts you think will interest them. As Dave Winer wrote recently, "the fundamental law of the Internet seems to be the more you send them away the more they come back. It's why link-filled blogs do better than introverts."
The whole list is:
1. Mix It Up
2. Prove You Have a Personality
3. Be a Better Writer
4. Write for the Computer Screen
5. Use Photos
6. Don't Be Obscure
7. Build a Community
8. Experiment with New Weblogging Ideas
9. Don't Let Your Weblog Make You Crazy
10. Learn from Other Weblogs
But don’t take my word for it. Check out the link yourself. Evan talks from the voice of experience. It’s good advice for anyone just starting out a blog.
good job! let's hope there are other folks who will see how easy this is to set up
