Blog Etiquette To Live By

I started blogging about a year ago, and Oh what a wonderful year it has been. One of my friends introduced me to the fun world of blogging. She also mentioned that there were a few rules of blogging that everyone needs to follow. The only rule that she really mentioned was to be respectful to other bloggers who comment on you blog. Always comment back. That was the only rule that I knew about. A few days ago I decided to do a little research and find out if there was some type of blogging etiquette that I should be following. Well, there sure is. Gosh, I hope I've been following the rules all these months. I came across many wonderful sites that set me on the right path to proper blogging etiquette. These are not my made up rules, but the rules of the blogging world.


Never ever steal someone else’s words or pictures off their site and post them on your blog. That's considered plagiarism. It’s just plain stealing. It's okay to provide a link to a specific post or even a quote but never copy and paste their words on your site.

It's tacky to include a link to your site when you are commenting on a site. There's a spot on the comment form for your link. There's no need to include it more then once. If you include that in your comment it's considered spam.

Always be respectful to other bloggers. If you disagree with a post, that's okay. But never ever respond to a post you disagree with buying using profanities. That's just plan disrespectful and rude.

Always respond to your readers comments. You love receiving comments, Don't you? Well, so do they. It's just not very polite to not respond back. I've made so many wonderful blogging buddies by responding to their comments. Give it a try. I promise you’ll like it.

Remember once you publish something on the web it's out there for everyone in the world to read. If you don't want people to read something about yourself or a situation, then don't post it. For example if you create a post about your boss at work and you bad mouth that person. How do you know that you're boss isn't reading your words. That could truly jeopardize your job. Plus it's not nice to say mean things about people.

Always respect other blogs. You'd want the same respect in return.

Hope this clears the air about what type of blog etiquette to use as a blogger. I've sure learned a few new things today and I'm going to try my best to follow the rules.