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Website Mistakes To Avoid – Part One

By Kym Robinson

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Published: 22May2010
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Now – knowing what to do is of great importance but knowing what NOT to do will serve you equally as well!

We will start off by helping you to discover how to avoid the most common blogging mistakes!

Blogging is one of many ways to add to an online business’ success, but only if done correctly.

Unfortunately, there are just as many ways, if not more, to kill your blog’s success when you make certain mistakes in the process.

Let’s discuss some of the more common mistakes people make and how you can avoid killing your blog and your business’ chances of success.

Let’s get started……

Blogging Mistake #1: Using Free Hosting to Publish Your Blog

Hosting a blog on your own domain or as an extension of your business site is one of the first things you should do with your business blog. While free blog hosting on sites like Blogger, TypePad etc. are sort of ok for personal blogs, it’s not ok for an online business blog (one you want to make money from)

You will appear much more professional to your readers if you host the blog yourself instead of using a free hosting service.

You can either purchase a domain name specifically for your blog or simply create an extension on your current website. i.e. www.yourname.com or www.yourname.com/blog

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If you create an extension on your current website there is no extra cost needed as you already pay for hosting and you don’t have to buy a new domain name.

However, if you choose to purchase a domain name specifically for your blog here is a mistake you’ll definitely want to avoid when you do………

Blogging Mistake #2: Making Your URL Difficult to Remember

Another quick killer of a blog is having a domain name that is too hard to remember or type out. If you have a long company name, try to use the first letters of it only, or make a catchy acronym.

Also, using anything other than a dot com (.com) extension makes it difficult for readers to remember and may direct them to a completely different site when they guess and automatically type the .com from habit.

When choosing a domain name, try to avoid using symbols like underscores or hyphens as this also makes it difficult for readers to remember. Domain names need to be short, sweet, focused and easy to remember.

A good name to start your first site is your own name if you can get it! You will be able to use yourname.com for any purpose and it will help you with self branding as well!

Ok – I want to keep these informational articles in a short, easy to digest and act on format, so that’s it for today!

I’ll talk to you in a day or two and we will cover more mistakes to avoid on your site!

Thanks for reading and talk to you soon! Take Action and Move Forward Every Day!

Kym Robinson is the owner and producer of Make Money Online Tactics and enjoys writing articles on Internet Business related topics including Real Sustainable Income Generation Strategies and the Best ways to Make Money Online. Grab a Free Report on How NOT to Build Your List with a complimentary copy of my Pro List Building Bloopers!

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