This week, a guest post by Bob Dunn, AKA @bobwp. I think he’s been living around a writer for too long because he’s into those metaphor and analogy things. Learn how to spice up your blog so it’s a comfortable and inviting house your readers won’t want to leave.
6 Interior Design Tips to Make Your Blog User-friendly
BY Bob Dunn
Your blog is your house. And your visitors ring the doorbell with one question in mind: “Will I find what I need here?”:
Your content may be incredible, but it won’t get read unless you have set up the basics that will get your visitors from point A to point B quickly and effortlessly.
Your readers want clean, simple, easy-to-use. If the experience is clunky, complicated or cumbersome, you can bet they won’t be back—even if your posts are astounding.
All You Need Is ‘Luv’
I’m bringing my other—er, I mean, better—half to you today because I wanted to show you all the cool features of the CommentLuv Pro, which I just installed here on the Judy Lee Dunn blog. Well, to be perfectly honest, it was Bob who did the installing. I just kind of leaned over his shoulder and watched. My goal, always, is to make changes that make the reading and commenting experience better for you. Please let me know how you feel about this new commenting system, where else? Why in the comments, of course!
If you are regular follower here at Judy’s blog, you probably have noticed the change in the commenting system. She has tested a few, and with the help of my tech skills, she makes changes from time to time in an effort to make the experience better for you.
Just last week, she moved back to the free version of CommentLuv. Using this with the WordPress vanilla commenting system (in other words the default system that comes with WordPress), she felt like she was getting closer to what she wanted. That would be treating all readers fairly by allowing them a link back to the post of their choice.
All was good, but then along came CommentLuv Pro. Whoa, did that change things.
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