1. Too Many Ads
Okay, kalau korang tengok dekat blog Fyqa rasanya ada Nuffnang, Churp-churp dengan Heartbeat ja, add tak ada pown kan. Hee, malas lah nak letak adds bagai, bukan tahu pown apa benda tuu. Kadang-kadang tengok blog lain banyak pulak adds nih, tapi fungsinya langsung tataw and then kita pown nganga saja tengok. Err, itu hanya menambahkan berat blog ja kot, hahah. Monetization is one of the cornerstones of any site, blog and web business, and is usually done in form of advertising banners and links. While you have every right to profit from your hard work, there is a fine line between earning income and squeezing every pixel on the page for add revenue.
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Not only is the practice of adding too many ads are confusing, annoying and disrespectful to your reader, it’s also detrimental (haa hambek aku bagi kau, lalalala) to the ads you serve, most of the time your users will only click one ad, so if you have 10 ads, it means 9 of them are ignored. The more ads you have, the less impactful they have. Ha nampak kan kesannya, memang hanya beratkan blog. Orang tak klik pown adds kau, baik kau letak 1 or 2 ja :)Tip(s): Experiment with different ad providers and ad positions, then select a few effective ads and place them well. Korang kan kreatif so use it okay :) This will usually result in better earnings and a more desired look than stuffing ads all over your site. Also, don’t use text ads that insert links into your content. At best, users have already learned how to avoid those, at worst, it’s frustrating, especially the ads that expand once you hover over them. U got it bebeh ? Panjang betoi aku berleter kan , bhahahaha .
2. Intrusive Ads
Okay yang nih pulak lebih kurang dengan yang nombor 1 tuu. Intrusive ads are among others, those banners that expand once your mouse passes over them, or those that flash like a Christmas tree, teeeheheh. * merepek. It’s the ads that auto play music and videos, and worst of all, the biggest no-no is pop-ups and pop-unders. Pop ups and pop unders have gotten such a bad reputation, and rightfully so, that any site that features them is immediately look down upon by the user. Tak payah lah kau nak buat pop window bagai, semak gila kot :)
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Always remember that content is the reason the visitor got there in the first place, so you need to hang on to them. Annoy them too much, and they won’t come back, no matter how great your content is. So kau terlepas lah orang yang jenguk ke blog kau. Tak paham lagi? Buang lah poop-pop bagai tuu :DTip(s): Don’t be annoying. Check what kind of companies advertise on your site, how their banners appear, and choose the displaying method that’s less annoying to the readers. And regarding pop-ups/ pop-unders that is don’t do it. No matter how much you get paid per pop-up window, it’s annoying and most people close it before the ad even loads, it’s just harmful for long term. Aku tataw apa aku merepek hari nih , lalalala.
3. Too Many Sosial Media Button
Tuudia , yang nih tak jadi masalah sangat kot. Fyqa just nak bagitahu jangan lah terlalu banyak button bagai yer. Bagi yang penting sudah lah contoh fb, twitter. Sharing your content and letting others be aware of it should be a part of your routine. But there’s a limit on how many Twitter buttons you can cram on your site before it becomes annoying and distracting to readers. Always remember that everything is right to do until it makes reading content annoying.
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Tip(s): Gather your social media/share buttons in one place on your site. On the sidebar, or under the posts. It’s a lot better than having a retweet button in one place, a Facebook share button on the other side of the page, etc. Blablabla :) Yang penting keep it simple. Disregard the fancy, glossy, grungy, large buttons. They won’t get you more Twitter followers than a regular, simple Twitter button. Also, position them right. Readers are much more likely to retweet your articles if the retweet button appears at the top of the page, rather than at the bottom. :)4. Bad Design/ Crowded Design
Yang nih Fyqa tak risau sangat sebab sekarang kan ada blogskin, copypaste ja blog jadi cantik kan. So tak ada lah semak sangat kan. When designing your site, you have a lot to consider, and the most important thing to strike is a good balance between site graphics, content, ads, and so on. And the worst thing you can do is to make your site crowded with too many elements. Nampak gambar bawah nih? Sumpah semak kepala otak :)
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As soon as the users arrive to your site, the first thing they’ll be looking for is the content, and it’s your responsibility to ensure that the content is easily found, that the users’ eyes don’t have to scan through fancy graphics, social media buttons, banner ads and many more before they arrive at the destination. In short, don’t make it ugly for design and usability. Tapi kalau Fyqa cepat-cepat cari Cbox ja, hahah :DTip(s): Understand that you won’t be able to fit everything on your site, especially if you want it “above the fold” (at the top part of the site, before any scrolling is done). Make sure that your main objective is to display your content in a readable way okay, then build the design around that notion. It’s counterproductive to have a fancy, colorful header that distracts users, and or pushes the content far down the page. No one ever bookmarked a website because it had a fancy header. Focus on content, and build everything around that. Tudiaa kalau Nas Afiqah menulis :) Harap korang paham lah inggeris yang aku translate sendiri nih. agagagagag.
5. Aggregating Contents From Others
Okay yang nih penting. Contoh lah kan, kalau blog tuu semak, korang cakap ja lah cantik, kalau kurangkan gadget lagi cantik. Gunakan bahasa yang boleh buat dia senyum bukan kutuk blog dia. Yang nih juga tips untuk dapatkan ramai pengunjung ke blog korang. We’ve all been guilty of doing it at one point or another. When we don’t have any ideas or posts lined up, we “cheat” and aggregate content from others, a “daily news roundup” or something similar, unless your site is fully a content aggregator.
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There’s nothing wrong in doing this once or twice a week, sharing content that you appreciate, but these kinds of posts must never overshadow your own content. Remember that the content is king, and by content it means unique content. Tadaa, kan ? :) Your readers are the ones who come because of your unique content, not the content you link from other sites. If readers start coming to your site because of the links you share, you’re in trouble, because those readers are easily lost to the next guy who can do a better “daily roundup”.Tip(s): Limit “roundup” posts, like twice a week or once a week, and make sure the articles and links you include are the best you can find.
Okay, dah panjang sangat Fyqa tulis, dah tataw nak berleter apa. Harap dengan adanya tips macam nih, blog korang akan nampak profesional. Try to reduce mana yang patut okay. Jangan nanti orang datang blog kau terus pangkah disebabkan semua benda remeh tuu. So lets make our blog look profesional bebeh :) Have a nice day, bye .
Ya Allah, aku bersyukur dengan apa yang aku ada hari ini. Terima kasih ya allah :)
May Allah bless us (:
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