SEO For The Common Webmaster

One of the biggest mistakes many bloggers make is putting auto-loading audio on their blog. This can range from songs to short speeches. This is a huge turn off for many viewers and could cause the visitor to just leave. There is nothing more annoying than surfing the Internet and have a song start to blast through the speakers.

Other things to consider when adding audio is the time factor involved in the page loading. There are still many people using dial-up service. Some of these audios cause hug delays in the time it takes a page to load. When I was still using dial-up, I would close the wiwebmasterndow if it took too long for a blog or site to load. Now I am on DSL, I just click out of most sites that have auto-loading audio.

If you insist on using audio on your blog, install it so that the viewer can start it if they wish to listen to it. It you insist on it being automatic, make it as short as possible to allow for quick loading of your page.

When creating a blog, the purpose is to draw traffic to your site not to scare it away. Think twice before adding audio to your blog.

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