Make sure your template makes it easy for your readers to:
1. View hyperlinks.
People generally associate underlined blue words with hyperlinks. So you might want to make sure your template has this or allows you to change this option.
But you don't have to stick to this guideline - as long as you don't deviate so far that people have no idea it's a hyperlink.
Generally stay away from light colors and dull colors - you want people to be able to tell right away that it's a hyperlink.
For example on CB Blog Success the hyperlinks are red against a white background and very easy to see!
Oh and if your template does not underline the hyperlink you may want to change templates because less people recognize non-underlined words as hyperlinks.
2. Background color + text color
Make sure this combo is literally easy on the eyes. If it's hard to read then you may lose readers as a result.
3. Font Size.
Although many sites ascribe to font size 12 as it looks professional considering the eyesight impairment of many adults I suggest a slightly larger font size such as 14 pt or 16 pt.
That's it for now if I come up with any more tips I'll create another posting!
Take care,
CB Webmaster
P.S. I just came across the criteria Bloggy Award uses for picking out the best blogs and it actually corresponds to some of the things I listed above so I thought you might want to check it out.
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