The year 2007 has come and gone — way too quickly it seems.
Looking back at last year and what I’ve learned about blogging during 2007, I have to say that the number one thing I’ve learned starting up a blog in 2005 is to never “delete” a blog on Blogger. If you started a blog there, but don’t want to continue it, just let it sit fallow. Deleting it guarantees that a splog will invade it once you leave. If you don’t want any content on the blog, delete all of the previous content, but keep control of the subdomain.
The second lesson I’ve learned is how nice it is to use WordPress after using Blogger as my platform since May 2005. I had dabbled with WordPress previously, but never took the plunge and seriously used it. I wish I had started using WP as soon as I had discovered it. Plug-ins make blogging easy by doing all sorts of things such as capturing spam and creating XML sitemaps that when done manually take up time and effort. The chores of blogging are reduced so that bloggers can concentrate on the creation of content.
The third was learning about BlogNetNews and reconnecting with Indiana bloggers and subsequently connecting with Northwest Indiana bloggers. I foresee great things for NWI’s bloggers and look forward to seeing all of the new content (and new bloggers) during 2008.
What are the lessons of blogging that you’ve learned — good or bad — that might enlighten the blogging community in general?
