Blog design is important - not to be underestimated!

Blogs are outdated static websites in popularity. Blog originally started as a platform for people to put down their thoughts and what they were doing at the moment, a sort of public diary. Then companies started to use blogs as a means to inform their customers about product updates.

Now, blogs have become mainstream, and an essential part of internet marketing. This is because the creation of a blog is much easier than the creation of a static web site. Applications such as WordPress means that the knowledge of HTML is required, and the site design and content are now easy to install, with the advent of themes and widgets.

Because blogs are more dynamic sites, people keep coming back, if your blog is quite interesting. If the webmaster does not update his site there is no incentive for a visitor to return.

If a blog gets a steady following, provide a great way of marketing a product and income from ads placed on blogs, like AdSense and ads of other companies.

You can increase your blog traffic by joining affiliate programs and directories of the site, which will list your blog in a certain category. You can also make relevant comments on popular blogs, always include a link to your blog in your signature.

You can get people to return to the blog having evolving interesting or entertaining content, along with a good layout and design. If you do not write your content you can download other peoples articles and publish them on your blog, as long as you keep the original author bio box intact.

The blog layout and design is almost as important as content. Your blog must be interesting enough that your blog stands out from the millions of other blogs that use the standard models for free.

* Get a custom header

You will see a lot of blogs with generic designs downloaded from the sites that give away free patterns header.

It is recommended to customize the graphic header having their badges or logos. If you know Photoshop or Gimp, you can change the graphics so that they become free exclusive to your blog. You can also get professional looking graphics done for you if you do a search online.

* Use your own photos

People love to see pictures. A photo of you makes the blog appear more human and friendly.

* Includes RSS feeds in your blog.

These let your followers know there's a new posting to your blog. Tutorial on how to set up RSS feeds are available anywhere on the network.

* Add audio

Audio customize your blog, and if it changes, can keep your visitors coming back. Just make sure that the audio does not start automatically. People may be reading your blog at work and forget that they raised the volume. If you can not record an audio track of yourself you could try streaming radio stations or mp3 files preferred. Just do not make it too obtrusive - you want people to read your blog, do not listen to music.

If you use these tips, keep your content relevant and evolving, and you get some traffic, you should definitely have a popular blog, one that stands out from all others....