Many new bloggers are coming to the blogging world thinking blogging is easy, till they start unknowingly making some blogging mistakes that can ruin their blog.
Hey, blogging is not easy bro. Whoever told you otherwise, you should stop listening to such people.
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As a new blogger trying to make a living out of this blogging business, you need to read and follow a lot of blogs on your field so you can actually avoid most blogging mistakes that might come your way.
Remember, the key word here is ‘determination‘ –
Determination plus hard work can make you do better in the blogging system. And also, having a mentor to help shape and guide you, can help you in your blogging journey and help you avoid some critical blogging mistakes.
Blogging Mistakes New Bloggers Make…
If you want to run a successful blogging career, reading should come first so you won’t make mistakes…
Though it’s okay to make mistake, many can’t handle it and those that do, well… hm…
When starting a business, from your foundation to your finishing needs to be perfectly done. So you won’t suffer collapse along the way…
Below are some blogging Mistakes you might make as a new blogger and how to overcome such mistakes.
Using a free hosting platform to host your blog
Blogging can be awesome if a blog is being run smoothly and still, it can be frustrating if you always get downtime.
Because of lack of funds, many Bloggers run their blogs on either a cheap web host or a free web host. And trust me, these free or cheap host doesn’t guarantee you 50% uptime.
After running their blog for some days, they will start getting downtime more than uptime, which in turn will make Google pullout their traffic.
And the truth is, once you lost your traffic, it will be difficult to get them back, especially as a new blogger.
To avoid this blogging mistake, you need to get yourself a good web host. In doing so, you won’t need to bother about downtime and your blogging will go as smooth as possible.
Using plugins you don’t need
Some bloggers use plugins because of the attractiveness it brings to their blogs. So they use some crazy amount of plugins not knowing it can cause harm to their blog.
Hey, I know that those plugins are beautifying your blog, but have you considered the amount of weight it is also putting on your blog?
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Okay, let’s try to do a speed test and see how your blog is performing…
don’t know how to do a site speed test? Here’s a link – Google Page Speed Insight
The consequences of a slow blog are as followed;
- You’ll lose search engine traffic.
- Your hosting might shut you down or make you upgrade your current plan due to high CPU usage.
- You’ll also lose organic traffic because nobody likes a slow site.
Copy and paste other bloggers contents (plagiarism)
In the blogging world, plagiarism is one of the greatest sins every blogger must avoid.
Google frowns at plagiarism… In fact, a copy and paste blogs hardly get the required traffic they need to make sales. And without traffic, you can’t make money as a blogger
And do note that once your blog is being reported often, you will lose all its quality, thus making the blog useless.
Don’t copy other bloggers hard work, if you can’t come up with ideas, please look for another profession.
Destroying your blog all for the sake of SEO
Many new bloggers are destroying their blog simply because they heard someone somewhere talked about SEO.
I have a friend who claimed to be an SEO expert after one week of creating his very first blog.
Now search engine traffic is not coming and his blog is like a graveyard.
After a while, he gave up and called me to check his blog… After checking his blog, I realize he has messed his blog up all in the name of SEO… Lol
Hey, you can’t just be an SEO expert in less than one week of having your very first blog.
Don’t engage in SEO practice without proper learning and understanding…
Conclusion
Before you venture into any business online or offline, make sure you learn how it works.
If not, succeeding will be a bigger problem…
Let’s talk
What other blogging mistakes new bloggers make you want us to know about? Please use the comment box below and drop your comment and I am sure many would learn from you.
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Hello
Babanature,
Such a nice post, my friend. You did a great job by writing this post and it will be very helpful for bloggers especially for newbie. You have listed most common blogging mistakes that every newbie bloggers do and after that they don’t get the expected results.
I agree with all your points that you have listed about blogging mistakes.
Thanks for sharing. Will share this post on my social media accounts.
Have a great day ahead.
Praveen verma.
Hello Praveen Verma,
Thanks for dropping your thought on blogging mistake we should avoid as blogger. I sincerely appreciate your comments dear friend.
Have a good weekend
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Hello Baba,
Nice article to finish the week with. I sincerely don’t play with Seo o, because I’ve always known that if you do it wrongly, it will kill your blog.
Some other blogging mistakes new bloggers make are; not doing blog commenting because they are so lazy to get their blog notice and also not doing the right promotions to get their blog noticed.
Thanks for dropping such a wonderful post as always mate. have a good one
Hello Bello,
Indeed, blog commenting is very important and should be carried out religiously.
Thanks for the comment mate. Hope you’re having a blast
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Free hosting is good for starter. Just migrate when blog is mature enough. 😉
Free hosting is good when it is being hosted on WordPress.com or blogger.com .
There are some hosting providers that offer free hosting – those web host providers are bad and can kill your business before it even begin.
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Great points and thank you for sharing them. I really find this helpful especially I’m new to my personal blog. Though I have experience in writing I was just a contributor to some websites I didn’t own a blog back then. Anyways, awesome read. Cheers!
Hello Esther,
Welcome on board the blogging journey. I am sure you’re going to pick up faster because you already have some experience….
Thanks for dropping your comment and do have a blissful weekend
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Hi,
And what about the link building? how ? if you have a blog with very unique content and fresh…. How much time it will take on ranking factors
Hello Rebecca,
Promotion and building trust is the first thing a blogger should think of achieving before taking any other step.
Remember that promoting your content brings in traffic and getting them to trust you makes you more sales.
You can read more of my post for traffic generation.
Regards…
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very nice article with usefull information
nice post & good explain
this is post usefull ffor every blogger
thanks for sharing this article.
Thanks Pramod,
Good to see that you liked the post. Hope you’ve read more on this blog, if not, do check it out
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Hello Babanature,
It is really very nice and amazing post and it is really very helpful to us and specially for new bloggers.
Thanks for sharing this article.
Regards,
Roshni
Hello Roshni,
Good to know that you liked the post and do hope you’re having a good read 😉
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I find the toughest part of blogging is CONSISTENCY. It’s very time consuming and also makes me weary.
Hello Roy,
You’re so right. But once it start paying the bills, consistency will kick in 😉
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Nice article and it will be very beneficial for newbie bloggers. Generally beginners do all the mistakes in their blog when they start a new blog. Copied articles and free web hosting are the most common mistakes according to me. You are doing a great job by sharing amazing stuff for beginners.
Hello Raj,
That’s it, and that mistake can destroy a blog unknowingly to the blogger that is making that simple one.
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Hello,
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Hello Getha,
Thanks for dropping your thought and kind comment, I sincerely appreciate.
Do have a wonderful week ahead…
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Hello Peter,
Thanks for dropping a comment, I do appreciate.
Hope to see you more here with your awesome comment.
Have a peaceful week
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article
Hello Satish,
Good to know that you learned something from this post… Do explore the blog for more awesome blog posts.
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article
Hello,
Good to know that you learned something new.
Do have a good week ahead…
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Nice article. This is very helpful for blogger and knowledgeable too.
Thanks for sharing with us, keep posting
Hello Manish,
Good to know that you find the post interesting… Thanks for your thoughtful comment.
Do have yourself an awesome week ahead…
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Such a useful article for the beginners. Very well written and described each point. There are many tips to follow in your article.
Thank you for sharing such useful article.
Hello James,
Thanks for dropping your thoughtful comment on this, I do appreciate.
Do have a good week ahead
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Thanks for the advice’s. They are very helpful and the information is very clear.
Good to know that you find the post helpful Sudeesh.
Thanks for the comment and do have a wonderful week ahead
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Thanks for sharing great thought …
Nice Article Given By You…
Its,s Very Helpful For Me…..
I have My Blog
would you recommend me where should I start for promoting this site? Building links or blogging?
Hello Paliwa,
Blogging and building quality links will help boost your blog…
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I am searching for avoiding blog mistakes to write my own blog in my website.
Came accross to your page. it is indeed a nice blog.
Keep writing ..
Thanks so much.
Good to know that your searches lead you hear KBihm.
Do search the blog for more awesome blog posts.
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Nice post, new bloggers can learn from your articles.
love you.
That for the love Ravi,
This post will help new and old bloggers that still make such mistakes.
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This is really helful post.
Thank you for sharing good article.
Really nice.
Glad you liked it Smriti,
Do have a fabulous week ahead
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Thanks for sharing with us as a beginner it helped me allot 🙂
Hello Kashif,
Good to know that you learned something from post and do hope you’ve checked other post out to learn more…
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Good to be here again today on your ONENAIJABLOG Web. I particularly agree with your points about Blogging Mistakes Bloggers Make. Will be sharing this with my tribe too.
Thanks for the teaching, i was once a victim due to poor search before testing the water. with your comprehensive information i have learn alot. Hope to apply them immediately.
I am glad by this blog’s information. So helpful and useful.
Hi Babanature,
This Article is really well written. I love doing SEO for my own content though not unnecessary SEO. The tips you shared is very useful and if followed properly, blogs can be ranked high in SERP. Liked the content. Keep up your good work. Cheers!
Regards
John Smith
Haha, point 4 is awesome.
Well said and good blog ever !
i am a new blogger this article really helpful for me. i learned some blogging mistakes from this post. article is nicely explained and easy to understand. thanks for sharing this valuable information with us. keep your good work.
Hey Babanature,
In my opinion – Blogging is a journey and you should stay true to yourself and the content you love to write. To keep yourself organized you should have a planner to plan what you are writing, when you are writing it and when you are uploading.
The general rule for blogging is to write for users first and search engines second. Even with your social media efforts, especially as a new blogger and don’t have a large social following, it can be difficult to get your content seen.
Every blog post should be researched and optimized for SEO in order to appear in the search results for relevant searches. You have picked nice points and these are commonly seen in blogosphere when it comes to newbie.
Eventually, thanks for sharing your worthy information with us.
With best wishes,
Amar Kumar