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1. Use 5 Adsense blocks on every page, especially when you’re blog is new.
2. Get music to play automatically when people visit…doesn’t everybody love “Def Leppard - Pour Some Sugar on Me”?
3. Have so much blogger bling (plug-ins, badges, etc) that readers can’t tell the difference between content and bling.
4. Use fonts that are too large, too small or too difficult to read. 
5. Use a color scheme with poor contrast…light colors on light background.
6. Don’t optimize images for the web - making your page loading time 7 weeks long.
7. Use a rainbow colour scheme with rainbow gradients everywhere
8. Don’t offer RSS feeds.
9. Use a visible feed counter when you only have 2 subscribers.
10. Don’t use points or subheadings and write posts that span 10 pages with no paragraph breaks.
11. Design a site that is only usable in one web browser.
12. Never trackback to other blogs - who needs links anyway?
13. Never leave comments on other blogs, never reply to comments left on your blog or emails relating to your blog.
14. Turn comments off. (is it really a blog if you don’t have comments?)
15. Delete comments just because they disagree with you.
16. Use popups…or pop unders for that matter.
17. Require registration in order to leave comments.
18. Use flashing GIF’s especially nice big ones that will give some of your readers a fit.
19. Have a misleading title

3 Responses to “20 Tricks To Drive Traffic Away From Your Blog”

1. Kenney Jacob on August 7th, 2007 6:59 am

   This is ultra cool. Now I know some of my mistakes.

2. Mark on August 11th, 2007 1:34 pm

   This is a great list, Simon. I can immediately see where I have gone wrong with my blog, and also identify many areas that I have already corrected thanks to the bloggers over at Authority Blogger Forums and at other blogging forums. (Gotta admit though, I love Def Leppard’s Pour Some Sugar on Me! Great song!)

   You have a well-written, professional blog. I’ll definitely be coming back here to read more of your excellent articles, and I have added your blog to my feed reader.

   Please, continue your great blogging!

   Have an excellent day!!

3. Simon on August 14th, 2007 6:32 am

   Hi Mark - Thanks for visiting my blog, I love Def Leppard’s Pour Some Sugar on me also, but I don’t think every one does

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