10 Things I Hate About Your Blog

Have you guys seen the {10 things I hate about your blog}type posts? I love those! I like then because A) I get to see that others agree with me and B) they are so helpful to Newbie bloggers like me... they tell you what to and what not to do! I'll provide some links to others {10 things I hate about your blog} at the end of this post, but right now I'm going to do my own {10 things I hate about your blog} post.

 Hahaha, I saw that one of the lady's pet peeves was that she didn't like when people use exclamation points all the time. And then I noticed I basically use them every sentence... so I'm trying to resist it! And then I go and do it... wow Alyssa, wow. Anyways... no more babbling, here we go!

1. I hate CAPTCHA{the confirmation code thing you have to do when you are trying to comment} It drives me nutty. I try to leave comments on other small blogger's blogs but I get frustrated and give up sometimes because they have CAPTCHA... so do me a favor, turn it off.

2. The blogs with auto-play music... UGH! It's so awkward for me! I'm not sure why... but trust me, if I want to listen to music I would turn it on myself. thankyouverymuch.

Source: faithisthereason.tumblr.com via Leah on Pinterest

3. Advertisements all over the place! {not like Etsy shops and sponsors, Google ads (the big flashy kind)} It's okay if you have one in your side bar... but in between the posts and all over... NO.

4. When you don't link your blog to your Google account, or when you leave me a comment with a link to your blog and I try to go there but I can't because it's blocked. Don't leave me a link if you don't want me to see your blog.

5. When I leave you a comment asking a question and you reply on your blog. I don't really want to come back to that exact post and check if you have replied, so please, do me {and others} a favor and reply on my blog.

Source: flickr.com via Ivana on Pinterest

6. When your pictures are very low quality {blurry, grainy, dark, etc.} especially if you have a tutorial. The pictures are the first thing you see in your post, so your writing may be very good, but your pictures are bad which is a HUGE turnoff. Do yourself a favor and either edit your pictures or take them in natural lighting.

7. When you expect us to put your button on our blog, but your button has no drop down scroll box with the HTML code

8. When your blog's background is Black and your words are neon colors. It looks so un-professional! Do yourself a favor!

Source: allsiteslike.com via Jessica on Pinterest

9. When all you post about is your etsy shop or giveaways. I don't understand! It's okay to have a few posts here and there about your etsy shop and don't get me wrong, I love giveaways; but when your whole blogs content is about new stuff you added to your etsy... it becomes VERY boring and you will never get any followers!

Source: fromupnorth.com via Suzette on Pinterest

10. When you sound like a robot. Have some personality! I'm sure you don't talk like a robot in real life... so try not to on your blog. I personally don't want to follow someone who sounds like this. Yes, I just gave myself as an example. I wrote this post back when I started blogging, and I had my dad help basically write it for me through the instructions part. I didn't want to tell him how I felt, and I didn't want to change it behind his back, so I left it. That tutorial could have been really great and people would have started following me {I'm sure} if I had had personality. It just goes to show what your personality can do for you!

Please, don't take this as 'I HATE YOU IF YOU DO ANY OF THESE THINGS', take it as constructive criticism. I didn't write this post to anger you, I wrote it to help you! I know reading other's posts really helped me! Also, I would love to hear what you think about my blog... is the font to wacky to read? Do you hate my layout? Header? ANYTHING! Your comments will help me so much! So thank you in advance!

{others '10 things I hate about your blog' posts:}

{While He Was Napping}

{Hope Studios}