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title: Fred Wilson Is Cleaning Up His Blog And You Should Too
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# Fred Wilson Is Cleaning Up His Blog And You Should Too

Written By: [Dharmesh Shah](https://www.onstartups.com/author/dharmesh-shah) April 27, 2008

Fred Wilson Is Cleaning Up His Blog And You Should Too Written by [Dharmesh Shah](https://www.onstartups.com/author/dharmesh-shah) on April 27, 2008

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I'm a regular reader of Fred Wilson's blog. Fred posted an article today that he is planning to [clean house](http://avc.blogs.com/a_vc/2008/04/cleaning-house.html) on his blog. He will remove many (if not most) of the widgets that adorn his site.

There was much rejoicing!

I can understand why Fred installed all these widgets in the first place. He's got a natural curiosity and he's a venture capitalist by trade -- and invests in this stuff. There's no better way to get to understand a technology or trend than to actually use it.

But, I'd argue that very few of his blog readers appreciate the widgets (except, perhaps the people that developed them).

**Benefits Of Widget Removal And A Cleaner Blog**

**1.** It focuses readers on the core content, which is (hopefully) why they're there.

**2.** It makes pages load faster. Think of the bandwidth saved across the web!

**3.** Search engines like Google appreciate fast-loading sites (and possibly reward them with higher rankings).

**4.** It makes things *simpler* and more likely to load across a variety of browsers. (Yes, yes, I know things are *supposed* to work -- but they often don't)

So, if you're a blogger, follow Fred's lead and clean things up a bit. Your readership will thank you.

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