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I was busy surfing when I found an article Top 3 Most Annoying Things on a Blog.It was quite interesting and insp

1. Cats and Dogs: While 1 or 2 personal posts on your pet or personal life are OK, a personal post every second day on a blog that is not personal will omly put readers away.
2. New Tabs: Every link opening in new tab just annoys. Remember, if your content is interesting enough, reader can easily use back buton.
3. Dead Links: Links not opening at all are more annoying than new tabs. So, doublw check your links!
4. Rankings: What interests a reader is Content. What if you are showing your Page Rank or any other directory rank in your sidebar? What is its use for visitor?
5. Useless Widgets: When placing widgets, think as a visitor. Will you like that user location widget? Again, just ask yourself, "What is its use to visitor?"
6. Directory Banners: Why would someone want to see a list of the directories you are listed in?
7. Copyscape Banner: If a copyscape banner could stop content scrapping, everyone would have been using it! But do they?
8. Long Blogrolls: Blogrolls are useful but only when they contain useful links and not just reciprocal links!
9. Advertisements: Advertisements are not bad. But when they are in numbers, they are! So, remember to place ads wisely!
10. Long Loading Times: When blogging, remember one thing, "You are not the only blogger in this world." No one will wait 5 minutes for you page to load.  Avoid overusing flash and javascript.
11. Ghost Writers: This is a problem with new blogs. No one likes to read content written by ghosts! Place a small "About Me" and "Contact Me" widget in sidebar.

There are many more annoying things on blogs. You will surely have 1 or 2 more in mind. so, why not share it? Tell me and other readers through your comments.