Nickname, creating a blog ... What digital identity?
I have published extensive notes rather general (sorry, I'm pretty talkative) tips, advice and pitfalls to avoid when creating a blog (particularly in design, design). This is in addition a small handy list of things to do or not do for his choice of nickname to the actual creation of the blog (a second article to follow tomorrow, with tips for the next step: writing articles and referencing) .
Blessed are the readers of this post who have not yet started their blog, because some of these points can not be changed once the blog is online!
The choice of a pseudo
is usually by choosing a nickname that everything begins. Under this nickname that you create an account with a blog platform or you sign your future bills.
Choice nick, how it shapes your "digital identity ," he reveals or hides a few (many?) your personality deserves a long article on its own. I do not elaborate, but take in mind that your username will embody more than your avatar (and you can always change your avatar, when I change my username is more difficult.)
Depending on what you expect from your blog, you can:
- choose a nickname more or less anonymous : from using your real name (for a blog-job for example) to the pseudo the most obscure if you want to preserve your anonymity at all costs (and be sure your employer does not identify you) .
- choose a nickname that talking about you, but not too: Mamiegâteau, Petitlapinrose, Stroumphgrognon ... or what you like:
Petitlapinrose, Dauphinbleu, Tartemeringuéeaucitron (a bit long, but I like!) , Skywalker, Yoda, or even if you dare. You can add an additional info at the end of pseudo form of a number (your age or your department, for example) will Rebelle47 made in May 1968 or will reside in Lozere. - choose a nickname that may say more about the content of your blog : PhotoPro appear more ambitious photo-du-Sunday ... but lose all credibility if his talent does not show up to his nickname.
in doubt, always go the easiest or the most neutral, think of the connotations implied by your nickname in your language, but also in other countries (other francophone countries, or negative connotation in other languages).
The url of your blog
The url of the blog is different from the title the blog. It is of the form http://mon-blog.com. The ideal is that your address has meaning, and is easy to remember.
Two options are preferred:
- Create this address from your name or your nickname: http://louis-dupont/blog.com
- Create this address from the title or content of your blog: http://photo-nature/blog.com
addresses to avoid:
An address that means nothing , and worse, which is a assemblage of letters and numbers obscure: http://ldxz314/blog.com (That's the address of Louis Dupont, who has thought a whole evening to create a secret code as an address). Such an address means nothing to those who read it.
An address too close to an existing web address , or which contains a site name, trademark ...
- First, because you risk that Google does not even see you, well hidden in the shadow of another site.
- Then because-as you risk serious problems if the website 's in sees.
short, be yourself, and little trick: Google takes into account (a little) text content in your address. So create a short address (but not too: two, three words) a few words or a name (or nickname) easy to remember, and separate each word with a hyphen instead of paste (http://photo- Nature / blog.com instead http://photonature/blog.com). Before using this address, indulge in a little Google search to see if it is not too close to an existing address.
The title of your blog
You have a name and an address for your blog? It is time find a title for your blog . Be imaginative, but not too much: a simple title, not too long, which immediately plunges you visitor in your universe. It may use the words contained in the address of your blog so that your visitors identify you more quickly.
Again, if you have international claims, make sure your title has no negative connotation in another langue.Pas of pun too subtle: think you're talking to people who know nothing about your legendary taste for the absurd. Especially
no misspellings (if, if ... it happens!) and think uppercase.
The title of a blog is important for both your visitors and for SEO your blog via google:
- is the first view the visitor to your blog. It is informative, poetic, your name, it must "talk" to your visitor immediately and remember easily.
- If contains keywords that reflect the content of your blog, it will promote your listing .
Two final remarks:
- With many blog platforms, you can change at any time the title of your blog that does not change his address.
- In the header of your blog, you can replace the text version of the title (= the title you specify in your administration) with an image which will be written on your title (which is what I did in this blog). In this picture, nothing prevents you from tweaking your title. (Of course the title you have specified in your administration who appear in the results of search engines, then no question it is too different from the title you wrote on your banner).
Creating your blog
You have survived the horrors of the launch of your blog. You finally reach the end of the tunnel. It'll just create truly this blog that you are dreaming. What model? What color background? What look? ... I have already addressed these topics in other articles (eg What web design for my blog ?). I'll just content myself with a small list of mistakes to avoid so that your blog may seem more pleasant, and does not deter the search engines.
Creating your blog: Above all, do not ...
- No music: we do not all taste the same, and think your visitors might come from slipping Carmina Burana in their drive before you go say hello. If they hear the Mole Robert echoing in your blog, it's the leak! And personally, sites glougloutent a tune that I did not want to hear, and that surprises me in the morning, I hate. If you really want to let others know your musical tastes, let them at least the choice to start your drive. If you want to associate music to a specific article, install your drive in the body of this article, and not in your menu.
- No width blog too long: more and more people are surfing on small screens (netbook. ..). Imagine your site on a screen 10 inches: if we the pad is cranking for hours just to get under your banner or go to the end of your line of text, your blog will be deserted by all the nomadic surfers or followers of the small screen. It seems to me that a blog full width of about 1000 pixels is a good compromise between fans and followers of big screen mobile web.
- Not too flashy banner: do not try to tell any of you in a header consisting of a montage of images
kitchissime: Your banner must put water in his mouth and make you want to go further, it should not be a cause of indigestion. - No gadgets, meters everywhere it solicits the reader too, it slows down the display of your pages and more, some gadgets or statistical counters rajoutent popups advertising without your knowledge. (See article: a site for testing the weight of his blog )
- no pictures, banners disparate and buttons in all the corners , especially not flashing or moving images: it is visually tiring, not funny at all for the reader,
and a little nerdy. - systematically Do not open any links in a new window : In some blogs, when you Click on a category to another article, the new page opens in a new window. Soon, your visitor is left with 5 or 6 pages of your blog started, he no longer knows where he is, it irritates him and he closes it! And that opening a link in a new window is not valid W3C: it is considered the visitor to choose whether or not to open a page in a new window by right clicking. Do not force him and the book open in new window to certain external links.
- Do not block the right click: block the right click is supposed to prevent copying of a blog. It is an illusion, a thin protection it is very easy to circumvent. Few benefits and many drawbacks: specifically agree not to your visitor right-click it to open one of your pages or one of your links in a new window. Height of absurdity: I saw blogging type food blogs that block the right click: they share their revenues, but we keep the prints!
- Do not display 85 items on the front page : some blogs are a real papyrus endless, and it's frankly annoying. Besides that slows down page display, or appreciate what your visitors, and motors. Does not first Page interminable, and let your visitors the freedom to go where they want to snoop, if they wish. A few items to give an idea of the content of your blog (with a link "Read more ..." if you write like me very long articles) is ample.
end of this list of tips, which rather concern the identity of your blog, and through it, your digital identity through my valuable advice, you can create a personal blog that you like, where your visitors feel welcome. I think the key is to respect the visitor: do not to impose a long tour, trust him and treat your content and organization of your blog to make him want to go further.
This list is not exhaustive. If you have other ideas, the comment threads are open to you and your comments are welcome.
This list is not exhaustive. If you have other ideas, the comment threads are open to you and your comments are welcome.
I prepare in the wake of a new list, which will refer to this time not the image you send as soon as you arrive in your blog, but its real content: Tips to write SEO- Articles. (Yes, I'm in my step "list" since I discovered how create post-it on the internet .)
And to go further, see the list of all tutorials creation, customization Blog .
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