Bloggers In These Days

… produce amazing content.
… use images to enrich their posts.
… understand the importance of beautiful web typography.
… know how to appeal to large audiences.
… utilize social media effectively.
… practice good SEO.
… visit other blogs and write comments.
… can effectively express their personality into writing and not sound like a robot.
… have an Archives or Sitemap on their blogs.
… incorporate rich media into their content.
… blog about something they are passionate about.
… know how to attract relevant backlinks.
… cite their sources whenever necessary.
… create helpful 404 pages.
… make it easy for readers to subscribe to new posts via RSS or email.
… minimize advertisements to reduce distractions.
… allow readers to easily share their latest posts via Twitter, Facebook, and social bookmarking sites.
… separate themselves from the competition by using a custom design.
… create an About and a Contact page.
… encourage readers to engage in conversation.
… write interesting headlines.
… guest post on other blogs.
… include a search function on their blogs.
… know how to optimize the speed of their blogs.
… know how to make their blogs look exactly the same across all browsers, even on IE 6.
… respond to readers’ questions.
… backup their blogs regularly.
Say what?! Your blog doesn’t fit any of these descriptions?! Shucks. Well, better start working on it.
Inspiration by CSS-Tricks.