I saw an interesting post over at Like It Matters today. One sentence caught me eye.

I’ll catch some flack for this, but your blog design doesn’t matter all that much.

This may come as a surprise form some who does design reviews. I agree with Brian Oberkirch. Blog design isn’t as important as everyone thinks. Most blogs don’t last. If you have to choose between a good design, and good content, choose content.

There are exceptions of course. Businesses that blog in conjunction with an existing site should probably have a theme that integrates into their existing web presence for instance. Design professionals need a custom theme, as would most web design or blogging related businesses. People for whom a significant part of their livelihood depends on their blog should also be using a custom theme. For most people, a nice off the shelf template will do. For a beginning blogger, you want a nice legible theme, that doesn’t annoy the readers. If after a year, you’re still blogging, then worry about a good design.

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