Web logs are important online journals on internet characterized by distinct features and most company websites should have a blog extension. Blog engagement, success, visibility and reputation depend on the most important features you have decided that they should appear on your blog. These blog features give the most important reasons for their presence in terms of call for actions like commenting, spreading the word, search and sorting blog posts and content. This post highlights the most important features your blog should have in order to stand out among the million blogs we have today
1)
Recent Post Feature
This is
widget or plug-in that will help your blog to feature most recent posts to your
readers. Since blog posts are arranged in a way that latest appears first. This
will acts as a guide for the reader to find fresh and new content on your blog.
2) Popular Post Feature
This is
one of the most important widget or plug-in your blog should have because it
shows the visitors the most viewed blog posts. Posts become popular on a blog
due to the number of views. You the
blogger should have this feature in place to help the visitors or readers know
which blog post is making headlines.
3) A Blog Tag or Label
Tag or label is a keyword or
keyword phrase in a block that do add links to all blog posts tagged with in a
period of time. This blog feature helps to importantly describe and sort posts
by use of keywords or keyword phrases that will always form
links when created. This helps the reader to know where blog posts fall with
the use of keywords and what the posts under the linked keyword phrase are.
4)
Blog Category
Word Press blogs are the ones
mainly having feature. This feature allows the blogger to sort posts in topic
hence making easier reader and web log owners search for old posts.
Categories help
in bringing an organized inventory of blog content.
5) Blog Archive
A must have and important
feature for every blog that will sort all blog entries from the newest to the
oldest by month and year. This feature should be able to show the reader what
posts were published in a given month. Therefore it stores posts for reading
purposes.
6)
RSS Feeds
Real simple syndication (RSS)
feed is one of the most important features every web (publishing) platform is
having today. RSS feeds are web formats that help publishers to syndicate
content over the web. Instead of a reader visiting your blog, he/she can opt-in
for your blog feed that will keep him posted on new content. This feature is
important when it comes to building loyal subscribers that will always interact
with content. Examples of feed RSS feed reader include Google feedburner.
7)
Search Feature
This is a mist feature every
blog and even website should have. It plays an important role of a gate find
for specific content on the entire blog hence embracing user experience.
8) Social Media Platforms
New media is selling like a hot
cake. The blog publisher should integrate social media platforms in the blog so
that is easy for the reader share and spread the word across most social
networks.
9)
Subscription Form
This is a blog feature that
should help the reader or visitor to opt in for your blog updates by submitting
in his/her email to feed readers and email marketing softwares like MailChimp. This saves time in a way that instead of checking a blog for new
post, all new posts and dropped in the reader’s inbox each time they are
published.
10)
Comment System
It is important that your blog
should have this feature in the era of web 2.0 that is read/write the web. It
helps most impressed blog readers to leave remarks, bring out you ideas through
comments, criticize and create conversation between a reader and the publisher.
11)
Comment Spam Filters
This blog feature plays an
important role for blog owners and administrators when it comes to spam attacks
and issues. Spam protection platforms and filters like Akismet
for Word Press block most spam attacks in form of comments. It is recommended
that you should weed out spam comments manually because spam filters have
proved not to be that perfect as I thought.
12)
Contact Form
This feature is mostly used for
networking and connecting purposes by the reader on the blog. Readers may use
the contact form to ask questions, share important remarks privately, for
partnerships, guest blogging etc. This is a must have feature and should not miss
on your blog because its one way readers can reach you directly concerning most
issues on your web log.
The above are some of the most
important features your blog should have regardless of the blogging platform or
type. These features help in blog growth and plans. If your important blog
feature lacks in this post, it will be wise of you to leave it in comments.
That’s it for now, feel free to Add-on, comment and criticize where possible. Thank You.
That’s it for now, feel free to Add-on, comment and criticize where possible. Thank You.
