How to write a great blog post: or, how I chose a topic for my first blog entry

Google provides answers. Tonight, it showed me how to write a great blog post.  Here is what I learned:

1. Create an appealing title and topic
2. Stay on topic and opine honestly
3. Keep it clear and simple
4. Keyword and link like crazy
5. Proofread
6. Engage in discussion

While pondering a good first entry, I thought it best to research then summarize how to make a good blog entry.  Thus my first post came to be.