Comments on: How to Make Your Blog Posts More Readable

By: Alex, Blogsessive

Alex, Blogsessive — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:38:38 +0000

Thanks kat, glad you like both the design and content and hope to see you joining the discussions soon. Welcome to Blogsessive!

By: kat

kat — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:47:10 +0000

Wow! My first time here. Love your blog! It’s so neat and clean. Love the use of red and beige (finally found how to use red in a site and still look calm yet snappy).

Even your content is neat and clean!

Lurv eet!

By: Alex, Blogsessive

Alex, Blogsessive — Wed, 07 May 2008 20:20:21 +0000

@Sam: Thanks!

@Eric: As always, you’re right.

@Corvida: Thank you! Unfortunately, not all people have a background in copywriting or graphic design, to know that sometimes, less is more and white space is a great reading guide.
PS: I like your blog very much!

@sfalx: I think it’s a bit too much to call inexperienced bloggers irresponsible. After all, that’s why we’ve put blogs like Blogsessive online, to offer our guidance, from our experience. As I said to Corvida, not everyone has experience with graphic design or copywriting. About Smashing Mag, I think they huge titles are a matter of personal taste.

By: stfalx

stfalx — Wed, 07 May 2008 19:27:13 +0000

You are absolutely right. And related to this i know smashing magazine looks nice but 100% on the left block + huge titles really bug me. Anyway … everything you’ve just said is usually done by responsible bloggers, but not all bloggers are responsible.

By: Corvida

Corvida — Wed, 07 May 2008 19:13:07 +0000

Excellent write-up. I whole heartedly agree. Spacing between paragraphs can be a huge deal breaker for me too. I also like to see headings for sections so that I can find what I’m looking for more quickly.

By: Eric Brantner

Eric Brantner — Wed, 07 May 2008 14:04:35 +0000

Great post, Alex. I think the main point to take away from this is that it is not always enough to have great content. Content presentation is key, particularly online. Potential readers will be scared away if they see huge blocks of text. In short, make it as easy on the reader as possible.

By: Sam

Sam — Wed, 07 May 2008 13:16:12 +0000

Excellent post, I’ve often wondered where people go wrong, and since reading a post similar to this I completely changed my writing style all together!

Thanks!