This is a guest post at DailyBlogTips, about style versus blog content.
It is called: Style Versus Content in Your Blog
Can they coexist in a blog? Does a ‘popping’ format hypnotize the reader into reading?
As Chris Peterson said:
Both are important, we can’t neglect design or content. When visitors at first land in a blog they first see design then content. If your content is not meaning full then there is no use of good design and also vice-versa.
On the other hand Debojyoti has another point of view and he is not quite agree with me.
I don’t quite agree with the author. I am not saying that properly formatting and presenting your writing will make up for bad writing skills.
But PRESENTATION IS ESSENTIAL. Bullets, numbering etc make the posts look nice and actually make it easier for readers to go through it.
The reason that most people will read through your 1st paragraph is because of the eye catching type title and first line. But there are a lot topics where this is not always possible.
I would like to think that having a different opinion when we talk about content versus style will move us forward along the blog journey. I close this post with a conclusion posted by Eric C:
Before I agree with what Ciprian wrote, let me add the caveat that the style needs to fit the content, and the goals of the writer. Your topic will indicate what you should write about. Also, certain style techniques just work better online, like bold sub-headers. That said…
People like short sentences because they are easier to write. Ditto with lists. People went success on the internet to come easy, and learning to write well, baby it ain’t easy.
@ the people hating on the post – This was not a complicated post. It is relatively short, and actually organized pretty well.
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