Bloggers keep blogging and find that not many people visit their blogs. In some cases, people visit only as long as the blogger visits others' blogs and posts appreciative comments there. If so, they feel frustrated. In almost all cases, bloggers just need to persevere and keep blogging with passion. A bit of tweaking helps. This small presentation gives the essential minimum that a blogger should do to be popular and be seen as a respected blog in the long run.

1. Why is my blog not popular?
A presentation by http://indiantopblogs.com

2. Can people relate to it?
• Have you given the blog a good name that is easy
to recall? Is the name relevant to your theme?
• Have you given it a good title and description that
bring out the essence of the blog?
• Do you put the best of your content in the top 10
inches of the home page?
• Do you post content that people look for? Nicely
written personal notes…expert advice…in-depth
analysis…beautiful pics… [depends on the type of
blog]

3. Are you a committed blogger?
• Are you passionate about the theme of your
blog [for example, in the case of a themebased / hobby / sales blog]?
• Do you update the blog regularly?
• Do you make sure to write good quality
content?

4. What is your social
standing?
• Do you engage well with those
commenting on the blog?
• Do you visit others’ blogs and comment
there?
• Have you interlinked your social
networking accounts [Facebook,
Google Plus etc] here?
• Do you inform your FB friends etc
about the latest posting?
• Does the blog have buttons for
subscribing, following, Stumble-ing,
G+ing etc?

5. Are you social in real life?
• Do you tell your friends, relatives and
colleagues about your blog and its latest
posts?
• Do you present people in good light, in your
posts [for example, in a personal, beauty and
travel blog]?

6. Hope, you don’t repel
visitors.
• Is your blog’s design unacceptable
to your target audience?
• Have you put many useless widgets
and effects on the blog?
• Is your content shabbily composed,
factually incorrect or superficial?
• Do you post offensive or highly
provocative content? [If you want
to make controversies your selling
point, no issues; but be sure of it. In
any case, you can’t cross limits of
decency and the law.]

7. Finally…
• You don’t need to learn SEO [search engine
optimisation] or other technology stuff unless
or to engage a professional unless the blog is a
sales blog.
• Being passionate about blogging is all that
one usually needs, to be a popular and
authoritative blogger.