I'm sure there are best practices for bloggers... I don't really claim to know them. My only thought here is, find a style that works for you. For example, a big driver of traffic is how frequently you update your site. A lot of the high-traffic sites consist of links + comment, a format that works well for many updates a day. Sometimes I try to link to more stuff, and it just doesn't work for me. I like to write out longer blog posts and long-form essays. Links just aren't my style, and I'm ok with that.So I guess that's my best practice - do what comes naturally, and don't sweat it if you lose traffic.