Blogging Tips: Be Cautious at third party 'Expert' Advises

Even though most of the third party information that we pick around from Web 2.0 may be helpful, a good number of them can be misleading. As a Blogger you should be cautious, especially when you are stuck and looking for a way out.

The routine

It all starts when what we think we kow begins to show that we don't know it yet. All of a sudden, we become frustrated at the fact that blogging is not as easy as we initially thought it to be, or, as we were initially told it is. This can be a time when you want to integrate that cool social media button to automatically appear below all your posts, or, that time when you don't want your adSense unit on the sidebar anymore, rather, inside the content of your posts.

The next step is finding a solution, and we always want it to be fast, easy and straight forward. So, we get down to the search engines. The high ranking results take us directly to either groups, forums or Yahoo answes, and, the first few comments... That's it!

Reasons

Some good reasons that explain why you should be cautious include:

• The Internet is just full of experts.
• We interact with all kind of people online, including those who may want to mislead you intentionally.
• Some people do strange things that only work for them - as they claim. They are very kind to share the tips too!

My advise

1. Take your time, research and make a list of a few trusted sites that you can run to for help.
2. Always pay attention to details and seek clarity where you don't understand.
3. If you use Blogger, the Blogger help should not be taken for granted.