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I am constantly amazed at what people think is interesting, entertaining or cute.

Sex Sells

And way too many people incorporate that premise into their every post and article.

One guy, writing about his sister’s visit to the zoo uses photographs of wild animals mating that he admitted finding on the web except for the one photo his sister took!

Many sites purporting to give you all the secrets of selling on line or monetizing your website or blog use images of scantily clad women. I know guys like to see stuff like that, but half the population of the world (i.e. half of all the people you’re trying to reach) are women. And women, (even gay women) don’t care a lot for photos like that.  We have a hard time getting past them to read what you’re trying to tell us.

Blinking, Scrolling and MouseOver Tricks

There’s a place for blinking — it’s when you’re eyelid closes over your eye to distribute tears so it doesn’t dry out. Blinking is not a good thing for websites. Oh, yes, it draws your eye to the ad, but for some people, it causes seizures or migraines. Same goes for scrolling text; how beginning-of-the-internet can you be? Mouse Overs can be very useful, but when incorporated into links that blow up some hidden ad in your viewers face? Uh Uh – nope — wrong.

Using Photos of Yourself Obscured

Some people I guess are a little shy and while they want a photo of themselves on their website to personalize it, they don’t want to make it too obvious who they are in case the neighbor lucks up on the blog and realizes just who you are talking about. One such blogger has a photo of herself holding a camera while the flash is going off. Yeah, it obscures you some, but I could still recognize you on the street and let me tell you, it’s NOT a good photo, honey. If you want a photo of yourself on your blog, then put up a GOOD one of you. I don’t mean that you have to dress up in your good clothes and get a professional portrait done, but make sure the image you put out there for the world to see is the one you want them to know you by.

 Cute or Sickening?

Cute is such a relative term. What’s cute to me is boring or mundane to someone else. Even on any given day, something that was cute yesterday is not very cute today and makes me yark tomorrow. Give thought to your cute photo, cute idea or cute story. Look at it for awhile before posting it. If you still think it’s cute after 24 hours, then MAYBE it is. Thankfully, when blogging you can quickly get that now awful post or yawny photo off the front page and buried.

It’s Just My Opinion

Well, now you have my 2¢ on things to avoid on your website. Of course I’m no expert — just an average Jane who does a fair amount of surfing and reading and knows what she likes and just as importantly, what she doesn’t like.

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