There are 3 things that you should do today with your blog.

First, update it to the latest theme possible. I’m not talking the latest version of the platform, but the theme. Themes that as old as two years ago may not be totally functional because of the progress the blog platform has made. We are talking about WordPress, which is the most popular platform being used today. For instance, the newer blog themes are “responsive” which means that if the Blog Site is viewed with an iPhone or a portable tablet, the blog site will automatically resize the site so that it is easy to navigate and pleasing in design. Gone are the days where the blog site will be only partially seen or “miniaturized” so small that it is unreadable.

Second, you should make your blog “lighter” in design and less busy looking. Remove some pictures, delete some affiliate ads, and any other extraneous things. A blog with less items on it will load faster in all browsers. That will give you “brownie” points with the search engines. It seems that the websites with so much loaded in it and way too much buttons and images actually slow down a site.

Lastly, make sure you blog is tied, and linked to all your social media properties. You may have heard of “link wheels,” a technique that SEO companies used to make for their clients. It was a series of interconnected websites that, would in the way they were linked together, would give you more ranking in the search engines. Now, all you need is a blog, your Facebook, Twitter, maybe a Squidoo site, or Pinterest all linked together. Just a small group of sites that you can be active on each one and linked together. You can build up visitor traffic between all linked sites in no time.

Blogging has come a very long way since 15 years ago before it became main stream. Today, blogs are really full blown, main websites for world class fortune 100 companies. Whether it is a magazine style format or a one person operation out of a home, blogs have taken over the world!

Currently there are over 67 million WordPress blogs in existence today. For complete stats about WordPress blogs, go to en.wordpress.com/stats