Blogging Rules made to be broken.

I have written several posts about blogging, two of note are the recent Small Business Blogging Tips and the less recent Blogging tips for optimum findability.

I stand over both articles, they are good advice. However, and I'm sure everyone realises this, they are not hard and fast rules. They are tips I have found to work for me.

Bif (aka Brendan O'Connell) claims he breaks most of them. And, as the guy who originally got him blogging, you might wonder why I don't pester him about that. It's because I enjoy his breaking of the rules. And because I don't think he breaks as many as he claims.

One tip he definitely ignores is the use of post titles. His titles are not short, are often not descriptive, would never be something someone would search for and usually make no sense. For example: "Tom's 80,000 Defamatory Spaghetti Monsters"

However I find them amusing and intriguing. And they work well with his style of writing. So I don't bother him about it. I think they add to the style of his blog. You have to weigh up the pros and cons of any approach, and in this case I think it's worth keeping Bif's quirky approach in place.

The tips I have written should help you to make an informed decision about how to go about creating and writing your blog, but remember that rules were made to be broken ;)