Commentary on top 10 blog usability mistakes - nondescript posting titles

Jakob Nielsen presents nondescript posting titles as third common mistake in his top 10 blog usability mistakes list from 2005. This type of usability mistake is also common in graphical user interfaces where windows, dialogs or menus sometimes don't have informative titles and the user has to decipher from the content of the windows, dialogs or menus what it is all about. In the wonderful world of blogging the titles are important because they represent the blog and its posts in search engine results and feeds.Title of the blog post should not only describe the content of the post but also reflect its style. Unless you have clear idea what the posting is going to be like, it might be better to write the post first and add the title last when post is in its final form. When writing series of postings on particular topic (like this top 10 blog usability mistakes commentary) it is good to use the titles of the posts to bring some continuation between posts (in this case first name of the common theme and then the name of the individual usability mistake).