Top Ten Blog Blunders

Jakob Neilson has published a list of the top mistakes bloggers make. These include

1. No author bio.
2. No author photo.
3. Nondescript posting titles.
4. Links don't say where they go.
5. Classic hits are buried.
6. The calendar is the only navigation.
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.

Here's one in depth. For 'boss', you can read 'funder' if you like.

"9. Forgetting That You Write for Your Future Boss
Whenever you post anything to the Internet -- whether on a weblog, in a discussion group, or even in an email -- think about how it will look to a hiring manager in ten years. Once stuff's out, it's archived, cached, and indexed in many services that you might never be aware of.

"Years from now, someone might consider hiring you for a plum job and take the precaution of 'nooping you first. (Just taking a stab at what's next after Google. Rest assured: there will be some super-snooper service that'll dredge up anything about you that's ever been bitified.) What will they find in terms of naïvely puerile "analysis" or offendingly nasty flames published under your name?

"Think twice before posting. If you don't want your future boss to read it, don't post."

http://www.useit.com/alertbox/weblogs.html