- popups - I really don't like popups and I detest the ones where I have to click to make it go away before I can read the blog. An ad popup is bad enough but I actually came across a blogger with a survey popup and the only way you could view the blog was to complete the survey. Now that is obnoxious!
- autoplay music or video or slideshow - Thankfully, many bloggers are getting the hint that these are annoying especially to those not on high speed connections. While there are a lot less bloggers using these, I still run across anywhere from 5 to 10 blogs in any given day using one of more of these.
- forcing cookies - I'm sorry but if you tell me I have to accept your cookie before I can read your blog, I blacklist your blog and will never visit again!
- forcing anything - I came across a blog a couple of days ago that told me I had to update flash before I could read it. That blog is now blacklisted. I also occasionally come across a blog that tells me to use a different browser as apparently it doesn't like Camino so unless I use a different browser I can't read their blog. Hello, there are other browsers out there besides Internet Explorer. Your job as a blogger is to make your blog compatible with as many browsers as possible not just one!
- comments disabled - Some blogger's in an effort to control spam or negative comments, disable comments entirely. If you do this you no longer have a blog, you have a website. While your website might be interesting it is a website so don't call it a blog. Don't put it in a blog advertising promoting it as a blog when it is a website.
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