The Top Ten Blog Design Mistakes

Jakob Nielsen, the king of usability, has published an article on Weblog Usability in his Alertbox column yesterday.

1. No Author Biographies
2. No Author Photo
3. Nondescript Posting Titles
4. Links Don’t Say Where They Go
5. Classic Hits are Buried. Link to your past pieces in newer postings.
6. The Calendar is the Only Navigation, categorize postings
7. Irregular Publishing Frequency
8. Mixing Topics
9. Forgetting That You Write for Your Future Boss
10. Having a Domain Name Owned by a Weblog Service