Comments on: Up Close With Abraham Piper

By: Erik

Erik — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 03:12:28 +0000

I agree with you Abraham. I also like bondChristian's site as well. Very professional, easy to navigate, and easy on the eyes. His font is dark and crisp on a lighter background.

The problem with the darker (especially black backgrounds with the white font) is that I have to strain my eyes to read cause I'm simply not used to reading that kind of contrast. I "secretly" wish Zach over at Take Your Vitamin Z would change his theme/background.

I REALLY enjoy Z's blog (it's easily in my top 10 and I visit it daily) however, reading is so incredibly difficult on my eyes.

By: Abraham Piper

Abraham Piper — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:27:38 +0000

You may be happy to know that I was unclear, and you're not breaking the "rules."

1. Your text is dark on a light background and that's what matters.
2. I only meant use a pro photo if you're using a phot, which you're not, so you're all good.

I think your site looks quite nice.

Sorry for the confusion. Happy blogging!

By: bondChristian

bondChristian — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:33:15 +0000

Nice job, Stephen. I like the interview (and interviews in general… you should do more of these).

By the way, I break all three of the blogging rules. Definitely agree with tip about paragraphs though. Blog no es equal un booko!

-Marshall Jones Jr.

By: Calum Henderson

Calum Henderson — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:36:38 +0000

I do like the idea of using 5 lines or less in paragraphs. If people are only reading for 96 seconds or less, then they need to be able to scan what is written really easily. Thanks for the tips!

By: Stephen Altrogge

Stephen Altrogge — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:03:50 +0000

The only reason my letters are bigger is so that I could easily distinguish his response from my question. Thats it.

By: Mark Heath

Mark Heath — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:19:16 +0000

any reason why Stephen's words are 5 times larger than Abrahams?

My experience of blogging is that you will get far more people via google searches than you have regular followers. I have one five year old blog post that gets over 50% of my traffic. It wasn't even a particularly good one.

By: Erik

Erik — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:53:22 +0000

Two lines I completely agree with: Use a theme that has a light background. Amen to that. Blogs that have a dark background will only keep me there say, oh, 5 seconds. Reading a site that has a dark background is simply NOT easy on the eyes. In fact, it's annoying and painful. Abraham hit the nail on the head. People don’t generally read much more than 22 words of any given post anyway. Yep, the average person stays on a blog 96 seconds. That's it. Make it short and to the point. Very insightful post and tips. Thanks a bunch.

By: Janet Oberholtzer

Janet Oberholtzer — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:36:01 +0000

Love reading 22 words … short, sweet (or not) and to the point
Great tips for blogging – thanks!
I've been aiming for shorter pieces and now I'm really committed.