You never know.  I remember that when I first started blogging, there were some rules I knew not to follow, but a few remain blurry.

Thankfully, I found a recent post at JMarganMarketing.com, “Top Reasons Why Blogs Fail and How to Avoid Blog Failure” which helped me figure out what’s black and white.

Are you committing any of these blog sins?  You may be able to see things more clearly, too.  The post outlines several reasons why blogs fail and how to dig yourself out of a possible hole before it gets too deep.

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OK.

So you have a blog. Kudos to you.

But do you REALLY need 75 JavaScript whoozie-whatz-its on your sidebar to tout your blog affiliations, blog ads, networks, MySpace feeds, Twitter-licious stats, etc., etc.?

I think you need to have a few of these doo-dads on your site to encourage interactivity, get feedback, show off some of your affiliations and of course get folks to subscribe to your blog.

But there is a fine line between providing some interesting distractions, and basically having more junk loading in the side bar, more…