The layout and design of a blog is one of the key elements for its success. No one says that without fancy design blog will not have big traffic. But at least the simplicity of navigation is a must for a blog to be successful.
Using these simple tips you can make your blog stand out from the millions of other blogs with standard designs.
Customize the header
Header is the top graphics, you see it at the top of a blog. Usually header is the biggest picture and, by the way, the first thing that visitor sees when coming to you blog.
Now you understand that this is a very important element in the design. It must quickly explain what the site is about and tell the readers that they came to the site they’ve been looking for.
A good header (without Flash) can cost up to $25. But you can bargain a better price.
Add a favicon
Favicon is the tiny icon that you see to the left of the URLs in the browser. No big deal, but adds extra feeling of the blog being unique.
Choose the best blog templates, layouts, backgrounds, textures and skins
There any many sites who are giving away all this stuff for free, just for the sake of becoming popular. Yes, it is likely that someone might choose the same blog theme that you’ve chosen, but the chances a smaller, if we compare with the chances to see the same design with ‘by deafult’ blog templates.
Include RSS feeds
Make sure to give the RSS button nice visibility on your blog. This will increase the number of people who will subscribe to your feed and become your loyal readers. Of course, a lot will depend upon the quality of your content. If the button is nice and shiny and content is junk – no one will subscribe. But in any case you need to make it easy to find where to subscribe for those readers who took this decision.
And the final tip – be creative and your blog will stay out of the line.
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