Top 10 blog design mistakes

There's a really interesting list dealing with politically correct webblog design tactics that most people are probably going to flock to, bookmark, print, and worship as if it were gospel, primarily because it's the product of Jakob Nielsen, the father of modern usability. This will likely lead many a developer/designer and manager to emphatically call for meetings to immediately bring about a dramatic change in their weblog's aesthetics, as if to appease Nielsen's manifesto.

What's interesting is that many of the principles laid out aren't that much different from those taught in any entry-level web design, web marketing or usability course. Things like not having your own unique domain, poor chronological navigation, illogically-arranged content - they all apply to web publishing, blog-based or not. It's funny to see people get all jazzed about time-tested concepts they should be adhering to anyway.

The only point that really stands out to me is Mistake #9 - "Fogetting that You Write for Your Future Boss" speaks to the editorial nature of blogs. That's a keeper.