The readability of your blog posts is the key to your success. You expect your readers to get the message put in the blog posts you write, but how can they if your blog is not comfortably readable? Below are few tips to help you improve your blog readability


* The post should be clearly separated from the design. The beginning and ending of your posts should be visually obvious.


* Be neat. No one likes too long articles even if the subject is interesting. You most likely can say in 20 words the same thing you said in 45 for instance.


* Underline the links. Links are expected to be underlined, thus do not disappoint you readers Thus if the links are expected to be underlined nothing else should.


* Don’t break up the posts with the adverts. Putting the ads in the middle of the posts you just annoy your readers and distract them from the article.


* Use italics and bold. If the reader doesn’t have time to read the whole post you’ll help him skim through the text highlighting the key elements. Note that if you use italics and bold there’s no need to change the color and size of the highlighted words.


* Put the post images at the beginning of the post. Post images are used mainly to attract attention, thus they work best when put at the top of the page.


* Centre the images that are a part of the article (charts, diagrams etc.) Thus you’ll show the reader that the image is a part of the text not just an element of decore, and don’t forget to skip a line before and after the picture.


* Use common fonts. Make sure your posts are written with common fonts that everyone has.


* The sidebar should be short. The sidebar competes with the post for attention, thus the sooner it ends the better.


These are only few things to consider when writing a readable post.


What else do you do to improve your blog readability?