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Don’t Make Me Type In A Code And Other Blogging Annoyances

January 9, 2015 by Julie 9 Comments

blogging annoyances

I enjoy visiting a lot of different blogs in different niches.  I try to get to a few other blogs everyday. I have been doing this for a few years now and I have noticed some things that drive me a little crazy when I see them on a blog…

1) Music that plays by itself. Remember the days of Myspace and playlists? That was fun but I don’t enjoy seeing it on a blog.  When I am looking through blogs I am usually listening to music or a podcast and if music starts randomly playing on a blog, it is a huge turn off for me. In fact, it drives me nuts. Any music you have on your blog should not start automatically. I understand wanting to share music but it is so much nicer to let the reader chose if and when they want to hear it.

2) White writing on a black background. This is frustrating because it is hard to read. I might really enjoy what you are talking about but if it is hard to read I am more likely to stop following you. It also can give some people a headache and that isn’t good. It might work for sites that are more photos than words as photos look really nice on a black background.

3) Word verification or captcha. I hate this. I really really hate the Blogger.com version of it with the numbers against a wall. I usually can’t even figure out what the numbers or letters are. Now I know spam is a problem but there are other ways to deal with it. Word verification is a huge turn off to me. I also don’t like when I leave a comment and get up from my computer only to come back to it hours later to see I missed filling it out because of captcha. Just say no to captcha. I would rather check a box or something easy like that.

4) Not allowing comments. I know there are certain blogs where this is needed but if I am reading your blog and want to respond, let me leave a comment. I don’t want to click on another link and go somewhere else to do it. I want to leave it right there on your blog. I can understand turning off comments if things get too heated on a certain post or even after a certain amount of time but please let your readers have a say.

5) No way to share you on Social Media. I know that I can copy and paste your link to whatever social media site I want but it is a lot easier if you have a button right there for me to use. It makes it easy for me to share your post which is better for you. If nothing else, make sure you have share buttons for Google+, Facebook and Twitter as those are the most popular of the social media sites.

Not everyone blogs the same way and there is a lot of debate about how to handle things in the blogging world but I think most of us bloggers would agree on this list. When you have your own blog, you don’t want to be turning people off for silly reasons that you could easily change.

What drives you nuts about a blog?

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  1. Nicole/TheMadlabPost

    January 20, 2015 at 7:49 pm

    Yeah these blogging practices can drive a reader nuts. Music playing automatically when the page loads is one of my biggest pet peeves because it’s seems so intrusive. I mean, I usually expect to Read something when I visit a blog. If I wanted to listen to music…that’s what Pandora and iTunes are for (Ha!)….Am I right?!

    It’s funny how this usually occurs on blogs that are about topics other than music. I’ve read a few music blogs and you’d think they would be the ones that do it but interestingly enough, they don’t. They review a concert or album or band, etc. and then give readers the option to hit “play” or not. The non-music blogs that have random tunes automatically playing really need to get a clue. I think I loathe the unwanted music even more than Word Verification but blogs with word verification are annoying.

    The Blogger platform allows comment moderation, so that’s another option for people who are concerned with spam but then that’s another ball game too because readers have to wait for their comment to appear. I’m ok with that most of the time but I know there are other people who would find comment moderation just as annoying as Word Verification.

    Good list. I understand and agree with the points you made. Anyway, I found your blog while searching for care packages and thought I’d just take a look-see and read some of your posts while I’m here. Nice blog.

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    • Julie

      January 23, 2015 at 11:17 am

      That is a good point. I don’t go to a lot of music blogs but that is good that they know we don’t want to hear it play automatically.

      Reply
  2. Brittney {The Military Wife Li

    January 25, 2015 at 5:23 pm

    Ugh, yes! I can’t stand blogs that do most of these things, especially the automatic music and the white letters on black. When I see that I just leave. There’s no way your content is worth me putting up with that hahaha

    Reply
    • Julie-Soldier'sWife,Crazy Life

      February 27, 2015 at 6:27 pm

      Yes, it is so hard to read. Not cool.

      Reply
  3. GreenMtnGirl

    January 25, 2015 at 7:23 pm

    Totally agree, especially the captcha. There are some sites I can’t use (cough*linkedinmobile*) cuz I can’t get the captcha right. Not cool guys, not cool.

    Also, Comic Sans is never an appropriate choice for a blog or website.

    Reply
    • Julie-Soldier'sWife,Crazy Life

      February 27, 2015 at 6:27 pm

      It’s so frustrating when you can’t get that darn code right!

      Reply
  4. robataka_neo

    January 26, 2015 at 6:44 pm

    know what I hate? pop ups asking me to “like me on facebook”

    Reply
  5. Anne

    November 7, 2015 at 12:35 pm

    I was so laughing at the first one and nodding my head. Many times I read blogs when everyone else is asleep. When a loud ad or music starts it almost scares the pants off me as I frantically click the mute button. Drives me batty!

    Reply
    • Julie-Soldier'sWife,Crazy Life

      November 9, 2015 at 3:17 pm

      Yes! It isn’t fun anymore when blogging makes you scream…lol

      Reply

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